Don Charisma’s latest Photography Posts – Page 8
A Storm Is Coming 1st May 2014 - Stormy looking clouds on the horizon giving another spectacular sunset. Given in regular and panoramic style. The panoramic is 3 times wider than the regular photo, …
Al Fresco Buffet With Lanterns – Loy Catong Festival – “Rihanna-orama” 1st May 2014 - Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. Al fresco buffet with lovely coloured lanterns 🙂 “Rihanna-orama” because – tenuous connections welcomed ! … …
Beach Slipway Boaty Sunset Panorama – “Gwen Stefani-Orama” 1st May 2014 - This one’s six portrait shots sewn together by the loving hands of Gwen who I’m reliable informed by a site on the internet, that she sews … That’s why I’m calling it a “Gwen Stefani-Orama” … if you look closely you can see …
Bank Holiday Weekend Sunset Challenge 30th April 2014 - Sunset’s are one of mine and Don’s favourite photos to take. They provide endless opportunities to take beautiful photos. To give you an idea how popular …
Why Is Megan Fox In My Garden? 30th April 2014 - Ok, sorry to disappoint those looking for Megan Fox in my garden, this one is just a regular old fox. I have invited her in the …
Ocean Sunset Panorama – “Gordon Ramsay-Orama” 30th April 2014 - This one’s six portrait shots riveted together by a special process invented in Gordon Ramsay’s kitchen … That’s why I’m calling it a “Gordon Ramsay-Orama” … if you look …
The Gourd Shop – Silverlake Vineyard 29th April 2014 - It’s a shop that sells handmade Gourds – taken at the Silverlake vineyard … My understanding is a gourd is a vegetable like a cucumber/courgette/pumpkin that has a …
Thai Boy Hay Cart – Silverlake Vineyard 29th April 2014 - This Thai boy was posing for his mum in a photo and I wanted to photograph at the same time … taken at the Silverlake vineyard … …
Night Beach Panorama – Loy Catong Festival – “Kim Kardashian-orama” 29th April 2014 - Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. This one’s four portrait photos sellotaped with PTGui Pro. “Kim Kardashian-orama” – tenuous connections invited, but …
One Horse Or Two Horses – Which Do You Prefer? 29th April 2014 - I know some of you have seen the pictures of the Ferrari’s I have photographed, and you are probably getting a little bored of seeing the …
Subtle Rocky Ocean Sunset Panorama – “Sylvester Stallone-Orama” 29th April 2014 - This one’s eighteen landscape shots glued together in MS ICE … Today’s celeb name is “Sylvester Stallone-Orama”, because he’s Rocky ! Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Field Of Flowers – Silverlake Vineyard 28th April 2014 - This is a field of flowers at the Silverlake vineyard … I like to take a closeup of the flower beds stretching out into the distance …
Fingers Of God And Nuclear Blast Sunset 28th April 2014 - Here are two sunsets for the price of one. When I go out to take pictures of sunsets, I usually go out about 30 minutes before …
BMW Headquarters Munich 28th April 2014 - Following my recent post from the Ferrari dealer, here’s a few photos from the BMW Headquarters based in Munich, Germany. Unfortunately most of my pics had my children in, so have automatically been excluded, so here are the few that …
Huge Sky Sunset Panorama – “Kelly LeBrock-Orama” 27th April 2014 - This one’s five portrait shots seem welded by my expert friend PTGui Pro. Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Lamb 27th April 2014 - It’s a lamb 🙂
Boats, Ferraris, Macaroons And Drunks – All In One Day 27th April 2014 - As it was the end of Easter holidays for the children, I decided to take them on a road trip – to Brighton, UK. It was …
Big Buddha II Pano – Khao Chee Jan 27th April 2014 - Here’s the Khao Chee Jan Big Buddha this time a cropped version. It’s been stitched with Photoshop – 6 landscape photos … The lighting conditions were “interesting” …
Huge Sky Sunset Panorama – “Daniel Craig-Orama” 27th April 2014 - Twelve portrait shots bonded together by a special fusion process so secret even the CIA and MI5 haven’t yet realised that they want it … Don Charisma TM …
Daytime Panorama 26th April 2014 - It’s not just a sunset that makes a fantastic panorama. Here’s a beautiful one taken during the day, with great clouds crossing the sky. Made up …
Beach Tree Sunset Panorama – “Jack Nicholson-Orama” 25th April 2014 - Two portrait shots welded together with one of those trees that grows sideways we get in Thailand … It’s even later in the AM here … so …
Balcony Sunset – “Morgan Freeman-Orama” 25th April 2014 - These striking lights in the sky greeted me on my balcony. They look like some kind of search lights, very striking indeed ! Dear readers it’s …
Royal Holloway And Queen Victoria 25th April 2014 - Thought you guys might like to see the rather splendid grounds the Queen Victoria statue stand in. Taken at Royal Holloway University, UK © dannyboybroderick
Beach Sunset Panorama Blues (& Yellows) – “John Lee Hooker-orama” 24th April 2014 - Four portrait photos masterfully merged into one very beautiful sunset indeed … Today’s sunset is a “John Lee Hooker-orama” because of the blues in the sky and …
Gherkin Flat Broke 24th April 2014 - Here’s some breaking news for you guys – the gherkin, one of the most iconic buildings in London has gone bust. It seems the company that …
Big Sky Beach Sunset Panorama – “Megan Fox-orama” 23rd April 2014 - Nine landscape photos loving merged into one stunner of a sunset … So beautiful I’m calling her a “Megan Fox-orama” … Enjoy them apples Google 🙂 …
Lots Of Sky Lanterns – Loy Catong Festival – “Michael Jackson-orama” 23rd April 2014 - Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. A sky full of sky lanterns 🙂 “Michael Jackson-orama” because he’s now just a bright light drifting in …
St George’s Day Celebration 23rd April 2014 - We like celebrating the past over here in England, and what better way than dressing up a St George (even if you are a woman), and …
Ocean Sunset Panorama – “Jackie Chan-orama” 23rd April 2014 - Nice colours on this I’m calling a Jackie Chan-Orama, because he’s Asian and this was taken in Asia … Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) …
Piccadilly Circus/Regent Street, London – “Gandhi-orma” 22nd April 2014 - It’s a long time since, bit nostalgic really, 2002. I like these photos as much as when I took them. There’s personal things attached so I …
Sun Breaking Through The Clouds – “Leonardo DiCaprio-orama” 22nd April 2014 - Caught this recently off my balcony, the sun breaking through is always pretty exciting … So I’m calling this a “Leonardo DiCaprio-orama” because isn’t he just like …
Great Trees And Great Queens 22nd April 2014 - A beautiful tree sited at the Royal Holloway University, and from the main quad, a statue of Queen Victoria. Quite outstanding show of nature and from …
Voyagers – National Maritime Museum 22nd April 2014 - This one caught my eye flicking through my photos this morning … It’s a full width iPhone interior panorama taken at the National Maritime Museum in …
Rocky Beach Sunset Panorama Yellows – “Obamaorama” 22nd April 2014 - This one I’m calling an Obamaorama, to fit in with my celeb names vs Google season … The tenuous connection – this sunset really is a …
Helicopter Cloud Landing And Air Pioneers 21st April 2014 - The police were recently tracking down some criminals in my neighbourhood, making use of their helicopter. Little hope of escape when they get their big toys …
British or Italian – Which Do You Prefer? 21st April 2014 - Passing by a Ferrari dealer, I couldn’t help but take a few photos. They had a number of beautiful Ferrari’s on show and even had a …- Easter Sunset 21st April 2014 - Sunset from over here in London. I thought it was a little cloudy, but the horizon was clear so the sun came through pretty nicely in …
Easter Angels 20th April 2014 - I made a visit yesterday to my recently deceased aunt. I unfortunately missed the funeral, so I made a special trip to pay my respects. While …
Beach Sculpture – “James Franco-orama” 20th April 2014 - Captured this one recently on the beachfront, it’s a “twisted” sculpture, with some seagulls on the top. I’m calling it a James Frano-orama, because he’s twisted …
Thai Lady Statue – “Madonna-orama” 20th April 2014 - This Thai lady statue stands close to one of my local banks. She looks quite stern, not sure if that’s intentional or not. I’m calling her …
More Sky Lantern Fun – Loy Catong Festival – “Katy Perry-orama” 20th April 2014 - Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand in November. The lady has just literally let go of the sky lantern 🙂 I’m calling this one a …
“Stormy Sky Justin Beiberorama” 19th April 2014 - In response to my request for ways to trick Google into sending me traffic for my Google neglected sunsets – Thanks Phil Taylor for the marvellous …
Beachsunsetorama 19th April 2014 - I’m experimenting with daft titles because Google hasn’t sent me any traffic for my sunsets … They are mean, don’t you think ? The title “Beachsunsetorama” I’m calling “concise”, perhaps tomorrow I’ll do “verbose” … Taken in Thailand (c) Don …
How To Take Off Vertically In A Plane – The Harrier Jumpjet 19th April 2014 - This one reminds me of my childhood. Watching a plane take off vertically was something quite special, and still is even now. This was the only …
Beach Sunset Yellows Blues Reds 18th April 2014 - This is a one shot deal sunset where I’ve managed to capture yellows, blues and reds … It’s a rare beauty for sure, painted exquisitely on …
RAF Museum – Hurricane And Spitfire 18th April 2014 - This will be the last post from the RAF museum, I don’t want you all getting bored seeing photos of planes. I think it’s fitting that the last photo should be of these two great warplanes from the past. Nothing …
North American P-51 Mustang Plane 18th April 2014 - One of the highlights of my visit to the RAF museum in London – the beautifully kept Mustang. This was one of the great fighter planes …
Ship In A Bottle – National Maritime Museum 18th April 2014 - This was taken outside the front of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London … It’s a massive sailing ship inside a bottle … I believe …
Ship Propellor Towerama – National Maritime Museum 18th April 2014 - The National Maritime Museum in London is pretty interesting to have a look around. We were using it as a shelter from the wintry rainy weather, …
RAF Museum – Eurofighter hanging from ceiling 18th April 2014 - A shot of the Eurofighter jet plane which has been hung from the ceiling of the RAF museum. There are quite a number of planes that …
Huge Sky Beach Sunset Pano 17th April 2014 - It’s time for me to depart up the wooden hill to bedfordshire … If you’re British you’ll understand, otherwise Google it … I’ll leave you with …
Toscana Italian Restaurant – Nautical Theme 17th April 2014 - These are the last of the photos that I took at the pretty decent Italian restaurant I visited here … There’s a kind of nautical theme going on, even one of the rooms is built with the wooden beams like …
Inside the Thai temple 16th April 2014 - After my last post about the Thai temple in Wimbledon, I found this picture taken last year from inside the temple. Normally you aren’t allowed to take any photos inside the temple, but for some reason they were encouraging people …
Thailand in London 16th April 2014 - Don has asked me to fill in for a couple of days while he’s taking a well earned break. This will be my first set of photos on his site. I live in London, but recently visited the Thai buddhist …
I’m Not Perfect – Who Is ? 15th April 2014 - This post is partially dedicated to Niko. It’s a blogging phenomenon, perhaps, that I meet some really awesome people, truly inspiring. Niko is if one of those guys. Not picking favourites, I have many favourites, many awesome people around me, …
Mama Dog 15th April 2014 - She’s a mama dog … taken at the service station on a road trip to Cambodia for visa stamp. Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Sunrise Balcony Panorama 14th April 2014 - Off of my own balcony, where I live … rare I know for me to be taking photos at sunrise … It’s twelve portrait photos merged …
Friendship Supermarket And Shrine 14th April 2014 - The friendship supermarket is great. They have pretty much everything one could possibly want in the way of imported foods, and often it’s actually cheaper here …
Mural 14th April 2014 - Friendship shop is the place to go for all the western foods here. They have pretty much everything that I could possibly want imported. I especially …
Beach Sunset Panorama 13th April 2014 - This weekend I’m trying to do the normal rest and relaxation thing, so not too many posts … I’ve some material written that’ll come out next …
Beach Cats 🙂 13th April 2014 - I saw these two beauties on my evening walk by the beach … they are often quite timid here in Thailand, but helps if you smile …
Kung Beach 13th April 2014 - In Thai – Kung (or sometimes Gung) means prawn or shrimp. Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Ocean Sunset Pano – iPhone 12th April 2014 - Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Rocky Beach Sunset Pano – Happy Birthday Audrey 🙂 11th April 2014 - This one’s for one of my longest readers Audrey Dawn … She’s, well, part of the family almost now 🙂 … and … It’s her blog’s 1st birthday …
Sunset Balcony Towerama 10th April 2014 - Off of my own balcony, where I live … Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Sky Lanterns And Fireworks – Loy Catong Festival 10th April 2014 - Photos (c) Don Charisma 2013, taken in Thailand
Leafy Road 10th April 2014 - A fairly typical leafy avenue/street/road (what’s the difference ?) here in Thailand … Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Big Sky Beach Sunset Pano 🙂 8th April 2014 - Twenty-four photos merged in Photoshop CS6 … Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Another Lovely Don Charisma Sunset Panorama 🙂 7th April 2014 - There’s a dude with a parachute, you know the ones they attach to a speedboat … better than sex, hmmm, not sure about parachuting attached a …
Beautiful Flowers … And Don Charisma’s Quick Guide To Taking Nice Photos 7th April 2014 - It’s amazing what one can do in five minutes on the way to the beach ! I saw these flowers and my first thought was of the lighting. Best to get the source behind one, whilst paying attention not to …
Stunning Cloud Formation – Balcony Panorama 7th April 2014 - We do seem to get a lot of beautiful skies here in Thailand – Grandeur on a biblical scale ! … This is due in part to the fact …
Extra Skinny Ocean Sunset Towerama 6th April 2014 - Extra skinny so you can see the whole of the heavens 🙂 This is 7 landscape photos merged with PTGui Pro. Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand …
“Camp” Ronald McDonald 6th April 2014 - So is he a McRonald ? … I decided not to run with the James Franco article. I reckon that guy has enough publicity right now. Writing …
Orchid 6th April 2014 - At least I think it is, botanist I’m not ! The plant itself was quite large and actually looked more like a vine. So not sure, …
Top Floor Sunset Panorama 5th April 2014 - This is the sunset as seen from the landing of the top floor of my building … very respectable sunset. Merged using PTGui Pro, 8 photos. …
Murals 5th April 2014 - It’s an odd feeling realising that something isn’t right but not knowing what it is. That’s what happened to me a couple of days ago. I …
Strikingly Surreal Beach Sunset Panorama 4th April 2014 - Another of the surrealist sunsets today … very wide angle, merged direct on my iPhone 🙂 Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Sexy Beach Sunset Towerama 3rd April 2014 - What’s sexier than a silhouette beach towerama ? … can’t think of many things … This is 4 portrait photos merged with PTGui Pro. Enjoy 🙂 …
Tree Flowers 3rd April 2014 - These flowers are on a tree. To shoot them I’m standing on tip-toe with the camera in my outstretched arms. There’s a running debate about whether …
Silhouette Trees Beach Sunset Panorama 2nd April 2014 - For me this is almost perfect … Merged with PTGui Pro. Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Boaty Sunset Panorama 1st April 2014 - This one was taken last year, lovely calm sea … with boats 🙂 It’s twelve (4wx3h P) photos merged with PTGui Pro Photos taken in Thailand (c) …
Today’s Gorgeous Sunset Panorama – Just Gets Better 31st March 2014 - What can I say … two days in a row, fantastic super awesome amazing, I love it … same deal as yesterday … just breathtaking 🙂 …
Water Sprite Sunset 31st March 2014 - By way of a little preview of the panorama I’m posting later, this is a one shot deal of the “water sprite” … this one’s a …
Sunset – Just When I Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Better ! 31st March 2014 - I keep thinking I’ve taken and seen the perfect sunset, and then I go out to shoot another that leaves me in awe. This evening’s was again, stunning – 652 photos in a little over an hour ! I know you …
Leafy Hotel Driveway 31st March 2014 - This driveway is on my walk home from the town center. It’s another excuse for me to hone my panoramic skills. So 3 portrait photos merged …
Today’s Perfect Sunset Panorama 30th March 2014 - I just couldn’t describe how much I enjoyed this evening’s sunset here. First there is what I call the faux sunset, this happens before the sun …
Running Sunset Girl 30th March 2014 - This evening’s sunset here was breathtaking, really I haven’t seen anything like it before. It had the awe of what looked like massive explosions in the …
Presentation Table – Italian Restaurant 30th March 2014 - Still exploring whilst waiting for my pizza … There’s a table with leaflets, flyers etc … Some antique looking wine casks underneath. The table itself did …
Overhanging Tree Beach Sunset Panorama 29th March 2014 - They have these trees in Thailand which seem to grow sideways … how, I have no clue ! Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Pretty Flowers 29th March 2014 - These are in the dentist’s secret garden. I couldn’t decide which one I like best, so I posted them both. Enjoy Taken in Thailand (c) Don …
Night Beach Tree Lights Towerama 29th March 2014 - I was walking home one evening after doing my sunset shooting and noticed how cool the lights looked in the trees. So an experiment in night …
Sky Lantern Fun – Loy Catong Festival 29th March 2014 - Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand. These guys are having some fun with sky lanterns 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Strangely Surreal Ocean Sunset Panorama 28th March 2014 - Something oddly surreal about this sunset, I can’t quite put a finger on it … anyhow, something different for today ! Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand …
Palms And Towers – Landscape 28th March 2014 - I posted the panorama/towerama version of this one already … Quite a sexy photo if you’re into phallic things ! Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) …
Tranquil Ocean Sunset Panorama 27th March 2014 - Very tranquil ocean sunset … with swimming dude 🙂 Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Thai Columns – Both 27th March 2014 - I posted these before as separate photos, now here they are together. These are columns at the entrance to one of the beachfront hotels. Check out …
Rocky Ocean Sunset Panorama 26th March 2014 - Rocks with an amazing sunset. Four photos merged with PTGui Pro Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
“Cove” Beach and Sea Wall Panorama 2 26th March 2014 - I really like this spot, it’s as far as I can walk on my daily walk. There’s a little beach here that can be used when …
Huge Sexy Sky Beach Sunset Panorama 25th March 2014 - Gotta love the big sky made by 31 photos merged together … sexy, yes, anyone for cocktails, sex-on-the-beach 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma
Sunset “Castle” 25th March 2014 - I think these guys spent a bit of time putting this one together, it’s even finished beautifully with a straw ! Enjoy 😀 Taken in …
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