mick's photo blog

Snow Ball -23

Snow Ball -23, originally uploaded by mick y.

Snow Ball at Hatherley Manor

Moscow 29th January -87

Moscow 29th January -87, originally uploaded by mick y.

Ian & David, Red Square

Moscow 29th January -96

Moscow 29th January -96, originally uploaded by mick y.

Red Square

Moscow 29th January -84

Moscow 29th January -84, originally uploaded by mick y.

St. Basil's Cathedral

Moscow 28th January -16

Moscow 28th January -16, originally uploaded by mick y.

Restaurant Oblomov

Moscow 27th January -4

Moscow 27th January -4, originally uploaded by mick y.

From the Swissotel ...

Green Lady

Green Lady, originally uploaded by mick y.

... for a RedBubble project

mickyates.redbubble.com/

Hendrix

Hendrix, originally uploaded by mick y.

One the all time greats .. and one of my favourite artists of all time. Hard to find new approaches to such an iconic figure, but still worth trying .. wanted to explore the darkness in some of his work ..

Snow on Tog Hill, 2

Snow on Tog Hill, 2, originally uploaded by mick y.

An HDR image, processed in Photomatix and finished in Photoshop

Nikon D2X 28-70mm, at 50mm. ISO 500. 7 exposures from 1/2000 at F21 to 1/250 at F7.6

Snow on Tog Hill, 1

Snow on Tog Hill, 1, originally uploaded by mick y.

An HDR image, processed in Photomatix and finished in Photoshop

Nikon D2X 17-35mm, at 19mm. ISO 250. 5 exposures from 1/1000 at F15 to 1/180 at F6.7

Red Lady

Red Lady, originally uploaded by mick y.

... for a RedBubble project

mickyates.redbubble.com/

Blue Moon December 31 2009

Blue Moon December 31 2009, originally uploaded by mick y.

A composite of moon and sky to adjust exposures ...

Pop goes the Cathedral

Pop goes the Cathedral, originally uploaded by mick y.

I've always been a "pop" artist at heart ...

St. Paul's by the Thames on a winter's day

Also on my RedBubble site

Absinthe in the kitchen - on fire!

Christmas -10, originally uploaded by mick y.

Rhys tries to blow it all out ... but a fire blanket comes to the rescue ;-)

My Favourite Christmas Present ...

My Favourite Present ..., originally uploaded by mick y.

... and in the screw top jar ... you just have to love it!

How to say "Merry Christmas" in 105 languages and dialects ...

How to say "Merry Christmas" in 105 languages and dialects ..., originally uploaded by mick y.

* Afrikaans: Gesëende Kersfees
* Albanian: Gezur Krislinjden
* Arabic: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
* Argentine: Feliz Navidad
* Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
* Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
* Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal
* Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
* Bengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha
* Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce
* Brazilian: Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
* Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
* Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
* Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
* Chile: Feliz Navidad
* Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
* Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
* Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
* Colombia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
* Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
* Corsican: Pace e salute
* Crazanian: Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
* Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
* Croatian: Sretan Bozic
* Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
* Danish: Glædelig Jul
* Duri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
* Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
* English: Merry Christmas
* Eritrean/Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
* Eskimo: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
* Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
* Estonian: Ruumsaid juulup|hi
* Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
* Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
* Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
* Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
* French: Joyeux Noel
* Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
* Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
* Galician: Bo Nada
* German: Froehliche Weihnachten
* Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
* Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
* Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
* Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
* Hindi: Shub Naya Baras
* Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
* Icelandic: Gledileg Jol
* Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal
* Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
* Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
* Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut
* Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
* Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
* Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
* Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
* Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
* Lausitzian: Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
* Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
* Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
* Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
* Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik
* Maltese: LL Milied Lt-tajjeb
* Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
* Maori: Meri Kirihimete
* Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh
* Navajo: Merry Keshmish
* Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
* Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado
* Papiamento: Bon Pasco
* Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
* Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
* Philippines/Tagalog Maligayan Pasko!
* Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
* Portuguese: Feliz Natal
* Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
* Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
* Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
* Romanche: (sursilvan dialect) Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
* Romanian: Sarbatori fericite & La multi ani
* Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
* Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
* Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
* Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
* Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh
* Serb-Croatian: Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
* Serbian: Hristos se rodi
* Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
* Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
* Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
* Slovene: Vesel Bozic.
* Spanish: Feliz Navidad
* Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
* Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
* Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai
* Tongan: Mele Kalisimasi
* Trukeese: (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
* Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
* Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym
* Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
* Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh
* Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
* Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!
* Yugoslavian: Cestitamo Bozic

A twitter Seasons Greeting!

A twitter Seasons Greeting!, originally uploaded by mick y.

Earlier this year, a group of people whose common interest was the Glastonbury Festival decided to meet the day the Festival started, last June. About 75 people came along, and a small movement was started, called #twisto on twitter.

If you would like to read more, please see mickyates.posterous.com/seasons-greetings-and-thoughts-on...

And, if you would like to see some of the pictures, please see Mick's #twisto on flickr

Anyway, in the meantime, let me just wish everyone Seasons' Greetings, and the very best for 2010.