Ferðirnar Mínar

2007-05-29T07:35:00.000-07:00

I have stopped posting to this blog as I now have a flickr account to which I post my photos...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericdossantos/

Philip Seymore Hoffman

2006-07-25T19:27:00.000-07:00

I'm not crazy. There are doubles of everyone in the movies. You can find them if you look.

Juliette Binoche

2006-07-25T19:01:00.000-07:00

I have to disagree with the person who commented that these two women are not similar.

My Trip to England

2006-07-25T07:05:00.000-07:00

A nest model from the museum of natural history.

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The dinosaur exhibit at the natural history museum was pretty good. I was wishing I had my boy with me, though.

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The jaws of a port jackson shark. These are crunching teeth, not cutting teeth.

2006-07-25T06:57:00.000-07:00

How can you not want to go into a building that looks like this? Here's the Natural History Museum of London.

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Where did the rest of this building go? It seems like the right hand side was just chopped off with a knife.

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A little carving I whipped up in my spare time...yeah right. I can't believe what some people can do with a block of marble!

2006-07-25T06:52:00.000-07:00

Little boy in a big garden. I don't know the kid, I just thought it was a beautiful place and he happened to walk by when I was composing the shot.

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Flowers in Hyde Park.

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I wouldn't have been a proper tourist in London if I did not take a picture like this. Quintesential London: Big Ben, double decker bus, and the Tube emblem all in one frame. If only there had been a beef-eater on his way to work...

2006-07-25T06:42:00.000-07:00

The Lodon Aquarium.

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This monument had very powerful images. I stared at it for a long time. The following few are bits of a larger work.

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The lookout.

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Pilots and planes.

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The cowering masses.

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The eyes.

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I see the world in a different light than many. These stairs look more interesting to me on their side as an abstract shape than as functional objects.

2006-07-25T06:36:00.000-07:00

The Millenium Wheel really is quite large. I'm not sure that it's bigger than the one I saw in Yokohama in 1996, though.

2006-07-25T06:34:00.000-07:00

It was good to see exciting architecture again.

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The Parish Church of Saint Mary-Le-Strand Is on an island in the famous street called the Strand.

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It's good to know that there are people like Paul Tyler helping to make the field of biology enjoyable.

2006-07-25T06:29:00.000-07:00

Every now and then in life, you'll meet people whom you wish you could have met earlier in their life. Torben Wulf is one of those people for me. From the stories I heard at the symposium he was just as much a wild man as he was a superb biologist.

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This is Michael. He's a bit crazy, but a lot of fun. His natural accent is exactly the same as the nihilists in "The Big Lebowski". He's the first German I have met who really sounds like that. Thanks for the music, by the way, Michael.

2006-07-25T06:23:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately, I only got to know these four Germans on my last night in Southampton. I hope we will meet in India in 2009.

2006-07-25T06:22:00.000-07:00

Does this woman look like Juliet Binoche or is it just me?

2006-07-25T06:20:00.000-07:00

Tomas Cedhagen was surprised when the mayor of Southampton placed the mayoral chain (which was made sometime in the 1700's) around his neck. This was a great photo-op that lasted only a couple of minutes.

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Margot with the winner of the poster competition, Hiromi Watanabe.

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Some of the colorful characters of the deep-sea biology world. Ólafía-the woman on the left-is the other Icelandic student who attended the conference.

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Here's a couple (the Wilsons) who are originally from the States who now live and work in Australia. People say that married people start to look alike after years go by. These two don't resemble each other, but they use their hands in the same fashion when talking.

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A good time was had by all at the conference. My compliments to the organizers.

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I couldn't resist the opportunity to photograph a pair of mute swans.

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Jerry Garcia didn't die, as is commonly believed. He moved to Portsmouth to take up entertaining on the HMS Warrior!

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This guy reminds me of my father-not by appearance but because of his personality. For those of you who don't know the long history of what my relationship with my father is like, that's not a compliment.

2006-07-25T06:03:00.000-07:00

The flag was beautiful in the wind that evening in Portsmouth.

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Marjolaine Matabos and Margot Stiles. I met Margot somewhere else a long time ago but I cannot remember for the life of me where or why. She says that I am familiar, too. This is the first time that this has happened to me. I remembered her laugh and facial expressions so she is someone I talked to at some length and yet we have never lived in the same place. Strange.

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Dr. Baban Ingole. This man gave a wonderful presentation to sell the symposium crowd on Goa, India for the next symposium.

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Saskia and the ever-present mimosa.

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Liao and Dr. Jamie (who's last name I can't remember) on board the HMS Warrior.

2006-07-25T05:48:00.000-07:00

Mr. Mark Shields, originally of Glasgow, now works as a researcher on megabenthos in the North Atlantic. He's been kind enough to send me assistance with my project.

2006-07-25T05:46:00.000-07:00

Madhumita was one of those who succeeded in lobbying for India as the venue for the next deep-sea biology symposium. I'm sorry but I cannot remember the name of the other fine woman in this photo. If you know who she is, please leave a comment.

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Dr. Sandra Brooke, Dr. Jon-Arne Sneli, and Dr. Jörundur Svavarsson (my advisor) on board the HMS Warrior

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My new friend Liao from Taiwan.

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Commander Nelson's table.

One More from Snæfellsnes

2006-05-24T14:40:00.000-07:00

I played with the lighting in this photograph and I think it's starting to look half decent. I want to thank all those who have commented here. It's great to read some very constructive ideas about in which direction some of you would go with given photographs. The oodles of compliments don't exactly hurt either!

Ornithology

2006-05-21T12:41:00.000-07:00

The following group of photos (all posted on the same day) come from five days of birding trips around the western side of Iceland. These photos are all taken by me except the one photo of me which was taken by Eyrún Gígja. I only put the best of the few hundred photos that I actually shot during these trips and I have some others. let me know if you're dying to see more.
These trips ranged from southwest of Hveragerði Iceland north to Snæfellsnes. Click here for a map. We did a count at Þingvellir and another in Heiðmörk close to Reykjavík. Most of these photos are of places I hadn't been to before this month.
As usual if you want to use any of these photos let me know. I have the originals-which are considerably larger-and I would be willing to send them.

Birding Trips for Ornithology Class

2006-05-21T12:35:00.000-07:00

Skeiðönd--Northern Shoveler--Anas clypeata

Seen near Mýrar Iceland. Sorry for the quality of this photo. This beautiful duck is fairly rare in these parts. But I couldn't get a better photograph without a tripod.

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Strangely, Urriðafoss (Brown Trout Falls) is not a common tourist attraction.

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Grey Abandonment

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Herdís and her little buddy. When we were trapping this one, a crotchety old man drove by to tell us that we were putting the eggs in danger because of the cold. He was one of those people who didn't go to university and thinks that anyone who does is wasting their time. I just figured that my professor who's been doing this sort of thing professionally for a few decades and the other two advanced education students who were assisting him with our motley crew know a thing or two about birds. In the end, it seemed like the oystercatcher in question was not severely effected by the experience when all was said and done.

2006-05-21T12:03:00.000-07:00

We got to band a few oystercatchers. This is the one that I got to hold while the banding was done. I'd never held a bird like this before and it shocked me that it was so hot. They have a much higher body temperature than we do.
This was yet another one of those experiences of being in contact with an animal that will sit in my memory.

2006-05-21T10:41:00.000-07:00

Toppskarfur--Shag--Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Keeping the egg warm overcame this bird's desire to get away from the guy in the bright red windbreaker peering over the edge of the cliff wielding a camera. As a result, I got several pretty good photos.

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Here's a beautiful place for a house.
When we were there, the wind was cold enough to feel like my ears might just drop off and go blowing away into the sea.

2006-05-21T10:33:00.000-07:00

Yessir, that was one beautiful beach. I thought of that great photo that Egils took at Plumb Island when I was there. Here, I tried to get a similar effect, but the blowing sand jut isn't as visible as it is in his photo. So I guess this is kind of a tribute to him. He's a great photographer.

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I had to play with the fill light in order to see the grass in this one.

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Sunset on Snæfellsnes. I was avoiding the Eurovision qualification contest by walking on the beach, watching the gannets dive, and taking pictures. I think I got a better deal than those who stayed in to watch Iceland's embassador be booed off the stage.

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In my opinion, this is the best shot I've gotten of stones on a beach. The sunset in some of the other pictures lit the beach in such a stunning way it was hard NOT to get good photographs (jafnvel eftir nokkur glös af landa!).

2006-05-21T10:14:00.000-07:00

What would you say bout this photograph? What would you have done differently? Should I crop it and if so, how? I'm pretty happy with it he way it is.

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Beach comet

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Just your average looking-down-the- beach-on-Snæfellsnes- just-before-sunset photograph, nothing special, but the color is pretty good.

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Lómur--Red-throated Diver--Gavia stellata
Sitting on a nest. The nest has o be so close to the water because these birds' feet are so far back that walking on land is impossible. The bird slides of the nest straight into the water.

-Akra (Iceland)

To see some really cool photos of this bird click here.

2006-05-21T09:24:00.000-07:00

Somewhere along the way to Snæfellsnes we came across a really cool beach. This pole sticking out of the sand is about 3.5m tall. I just HAD to climb it after a long drive. I hope someone got a picture of that...

2006-05-21T09:20:00.000-07:00

What, you didn't know a ram could run so fast his wool would come right off?! This happens all the time up here in Iceland.

2006-05-21T09:08:00.000-07:00

Unlike the chicken, some birds have an ink gland that squirts some camouflage color onto the shell of eggs before they are lain. The golden plover
(lóa)-Pluvialis apricaria-is one such bird.

2006-05-21T08:57:00.000-07:00

Rjúpa--Rock Ptarmigan--Lagopus mutus
(Male)

-Þingvellir (Iceland)

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Straumönd--Harlequin Duck--Histrionicus histrionicus
(Male)

-Þingvellir (Iceland)

2006-05-21T08:45:00.000-07:00

I don't know who this was, but I thought it was interesting that where many Icelanders are buried with their occupation listed on the gravestone, this woman is credited as being a Housewife. At least someone had respect for the amount of work a woman in that position does.

2006-05-21T08:42:00.000-07:00

Svartþröstur--Blackbird--Turdus merula
(female)
-Fossvógskrikjugarður (cemetary in Reykjavík)

2006-05-21T08:39:00.000-07:00

Skógarþröstur--Redwing Thrush--Turdus iliacus

-Fossvógskirkjugarður (cemetary in Reykjavík)

Rotation of a Photograph

2006-05-08T01:47:00.000-07:00

As melody pointed out, this picture really is supposed to be rotated. I didn’t notice that until I was posting it with Picasa. By then it was too late to do anything about it except cancel the post and start again. I don’t think it’s less cute if it’s sideways, though. But since she asked, I thought it only appropriate to post the shot the way it was taken. Of course, doing that makes you understand why his hand is bent the way it is. Leave it to a graphic designer to pick up on something like that. My danged family are all so artistic I can't get away with anything! Actually, that's not completely true. I get away with quite a bit if I can explain my reasons for doing it.

The First Picnic...

2006-05-07T07:53:00.000-07:00

We went out to have a picnic today. I have a favorite spot about 25 minutes away by car, in the mountains. I found it a couple of years ago, but my laziness has prevented me from going there for a picnic until today. I rustled up some tuna fish sandwiches, cookies, salad (though I forgot the forks), water, and orange juice and we headed out. This was by far the greatest weather we've had since last summer. I don't know how warm it is, but it feels like the upper 60's to me. There was a little breeze up in the mountains and that always makes it a bit chillier.
This was a great little trip out into the natural world about which I've been studying so hard lately. It charged the old batteries and gave me the opportunity to snap off 111 pictures! Here you can see only a few of them. If you want to see the rest, you'll have to send me a request for a cd along wih your address.

2006-05-07T07:50:00.000-07:00

It's tough to get a photo of Dabgjört without the Someone's-taking-a- picture-of-me smile. But every now and then, if I'm patient enough, I get a natural expression. I think this is one beautiful girl. She has such nice hair and those big blue eyes.

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New growth on the wall of the gorge.

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Inga mín.

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Guðjón turned into a guru high on the mountain. His meditation led him to important conclusions that explained mysteries he's been pondering since he was a young boy...or something like that!

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Two beautiful angels in repose on a sea of soft moss.

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I love the fact that this place is within 30 minutes of my house!!

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Guðjón enjoyed looking in all the nooks and crannies.

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Don't ask me why I'm the only one not smiling. I really did enjoy the picnic!

Color and Form

2006-04-30T06:21:00.000-07:00

Okay, so this is a manifold in the engine of a brokendown skimobile. I was walking around town (altough it's especially short, a walk around town is still a trip) snapping photos.

Allan, the Beach, and Me

2006-04-03T07:17:00.000-07:00

This weekend my friend Allan called me to say he as going to go poke around on the beach at the bottom of he cliffs near Grindavík. He offered to pick me up on the way. I can't turn down such a good offer-especially when I'm supposed t obe doing some homework. the next seven pictures or so are from that trip.

Foam and Black Sand

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Surf

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Stone Ship

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Smooth Roughness

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Red

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Looking West under the Cliffs

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Looking East Near Grindavík

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Ein enn frá Vestmanneyjaferðina

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Sindri minn, hvað ertu að gera? Af hverju er aldrei hægt að ná venjulegri mynd af þér?

Til Vestmanneyja

2006-01-25T09:52:00.000-08:00

Síðasta helgi fór Hetjan Okkur (ég elska mig) til Vestmanneyja ásamt 21 verðandi líffræðinga og tvo kennara. Ferðin var alveig frábær. Mikið var hlegið, sungið (samt engan lög sem ég kann), borðað, labbað, skoðað, talað...ó og smá lært, líka! Í rauninni, ef það var einhver sem lærði EKKI að kvarna, mæla, og kyngreina fisk skal ég persónulega lemja hann/hana! Ég kynntist fimm af litla krökkunum á annað ári. Þau voru jafn skemtileg og biluð og við á þriðja ári (og kennarinn okkur, líka)-þau voru jafnvel með jafn mikið úthald og hinir og sofnaði ekki fyrr en 5:00. Leiðin heim lág í gegnum smá óveður (15 mps og 6m ölduhæð) og fleiri en einn skildi hádegismatinn í sjónum (en ekki ég). Samt komum við öll lifandi af og þegar við vorum komin í Öskju var bros á varirnar. Hér að neðan eru myndirnar mínar úr ferðinni.

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Ævar spilar tónlist, lokar augun og fer frá okkur heim inn í heiminn tónlistarinnar.

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Hrönn er svo sæt.

2006-01-25T08:28:00.000-08:00

Fallegir litir á bergið hinu megin við höfnina.

2006-01-25T08:09:00.000-08:00

Guðrún Lilja lítur alltaf vel út. Úpps, gleymdi, hún vill láta kalla sig Lilja.

2006-01-25T07:41:00.000-08:00

Virðist vera að ekki allir eru jafn hrifnir af Mr. Eric dos Santos!

2006-01-25T00:07:00.000-08:00

Við vitum að þessi heitir Marinó.

Og þessi heitir Ingibjörn.

En, hver er ÞETTA?!

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Heimaklettur

2006-01-24T23:58:00.000-08:00

Ferðin var meira, skulum við segja psychadelic, hjá Helenu.

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Guðny Gítarleikari