Tuscany

I am still sorting out through 5 years worth of photos on my hard drives. Good news is that I improved a lot in the last few years and my pictures are much better but the bad news is that I've been to some amazing places and didn't take pictures as good as I could now. Oh well, it's just a reason to go and revisit those places again.

Here is a shot from Tuscany taken 4 years ago with my first DSLR - the Rebel.

Milos Panorama

Milos is one of the less touristy islands in Cyclades. It is not as busy a Santorini or Naxos but it's absolutely beautiful.

The main town, Hora, is on the hill facing the west and some amazing sunsets. For more images check out the new updates on Darko Sikman Photography

View from Catbells

Catbells is a popular fell outside of Keswick. We went for a hike on Monday, one of the rare sunny days of the summer.

This is panorama stitched of 7 different shots.

Santorini sunrise

At sunset, there are hundreds of people all over the narrow cobbled streets, sitting on the steps, peeking over the walls and crowding on top the old fort watching the sun go down.

At sunrise, there is me, 3 dogs and 2 street cleaners.

Postcard from Greece

We're going to Wales in one week and leaving for India in 2 weeks and I still have thousands of photos to go through for the site and stock portfolio. Today was the "Greece" day and here is one of the outtakes.

This was taken in Oia (Santorini) just outside our hotel. What I was wondering is how come this was the only piece of clothing hanging there!?

One day in Paradise

Traveling around on cruise ship is good in some ways but when you get to some magical places like Moorea in French Polynesia and you only have one day its all really a tease.
Yes we were fortunate enough to see this amazing island, swim with rays and sharks in crystal clear waters of the lagoon and we even managed to drive up into the mountains for a quick stop before rushing back to the ship.

This shot was taken as we were leaving the island. I don't have many images from Polynesia since we only spent a brief few days in the area and we were out enjoying the beaches and jetskiing around Bora Bora but few of my favorites you'll find in my PLACES gallery on Darko Sikman Photography

Rescue operation

We were hiking in the Blue Mountains in Australia and I noticed the helicopters hovering around above the canopy. As we came to the lookout on the edge of the cliff we could see the big fire burning on the cliffs opposite us and smoke coming from the valley below. Some of the fire spread down the cliff and into the thick forest.

The firefighters were being lowered down into the bush to try and stop the fir from spreading. All this happened only weeks after massive bushfires burned acres of forest in Victoria.