Gates of tomorrow

Gates of tomorrow

Originally uploaded by EagleXDV

If only the sand was a little bit straighter…
Anyway, after leaving the beach and going back to my parent`s car, I turned around and realized I have a stone frame just waiting to be shot!
so I shot, and… heres the result

Apocalyptic Tomorrow

Apocalyptic Tomorrow

Originally uploaded by EagleXDV

I visited caserea port with my parents and a friend, after not being there for a long time.
Its a beautiful place, and this overexposed, underexposed, whatever this is, actually came out pretty nice…
The two kids, boy and a girl, and the “Exploding” sun behind them just caught my eye.

Germany-Berlin 2009

Dankeshein!
So, few month ago, as some of my 0.9 readers of this blog remember, I was at Ben Gurion airport, enjoying a very cool tour, and announcing its even better then really flying!
Well, I was wrong.

It was the night of 6th of August, it was cold, and the birds were hiding. The streets were empty, and there was a certain vibe in the air, a feeling that everything is about to fall apart.
Ahhh, who am I kidding? it was just another freaking hot Israeli summer day.
Me, my father, and my mother were driving to ben gurion airport, yes, again, but this time, we were heading for the real thing.
It started pretty funny actually – as you can imagine, Israeli temper, Hot day, 2 check in desk for 34242 people, long queues.
Doesnt sound funny yet? Just keep reading.
Well, yea, at this point it wasnt that funny, unless you consider sweat smell funny, but then the fighting started. Our line was mostly old and relaxed people, but the other lines… people were shouting, pushing, screaming, making scenes, and oh boy, it was a thrill to watch.
I mean, yes, most people will consider this situation sad and pathetic, but call me a sadistic person – it was freaking hilarious!
Well, we passed this part, and that part, border control, shmorder control, and then, Duty free! who oh, my first time at the new ben gurion duty free.
Very unexciting, and at this part I also realized that my grip is not working at all, not just under hot conditions
Well, we boarded the plane, and it was a pretty nice plane. 737-700, spacey, nice food for a flight, and suprising considering it was a low cost company – tuifly.
The flight was smooth, beside a sad incident which I am not allowed to talk about.
Anywho, we arrived at tegel airport, and from there we took a ride to our hotel, the holywood media hotel, which had our room ready at 7am instead of 3pm – great surprise, and great hotel.
I wont talk much about the hotel, I will just mention they are very nice, big rooms, great, amazing breakfast, and is located in a very great spot.
At this point I came to realize that the German public transportation system, at least in Berlin, is nothing less than a genius piece of art. Trains, metro, trams, buses – its freaking genius, especially when compared to israel public transportation system.
At the first day, we mainly hang out around the hotel area – we visited the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, the Bavarian quarter, europa center, kunfurtsendamn street, kadewe shopping center, and the charlotenburg palace, which we didnt enter, and as it got late, all my shots came out like crap.
and here they are, I mean, it is a photography blog after all

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

K..Kunf…you know.

Bavarian Quarter

and as I said, we finished at charlotenburg palace, and this view on the spree river is near the palace.

The 2nd day was dedicated mainly to the jewish life during the nazi regime.
We joined an Israeli group and an Israeli instructor, which was very emotional and great guide generally, we went to the grunweald hollocaust memorial, friedrichstrasse, we heard stories about the jewish history in berlin, famous jewish people, we went to the jewish cemetery, and saw the new jewish synagogue, and much much more.
Here are few shots:

Grunewald train station was a major transport location for berlin jew`s. From there, many jewish families were sent by trains, from that train station to death, concentration, and labor camps all over europe.

Today, its a very special memorial place.

Another holocaust memorial statue

The new synagogue

Later in this very busy day, we went to the reichstag, and from there we walked to the very beautiful branderburg gate. Sadly enough, it was getting dark at this point, and we all know shooting handled with the kit lens and no flash at night is not the best idea.
Anyway, we visited the beautiful reichstag dome, which didnt have a very long queue, and gained a beautiful sight of Berlin.

and then, brandenburg gate:

And then, there was day 3.
Which wasnt any less than great, well, It was a great trip
anyway, we started with a visit to the museum island and unter den linden, and we visited the amazing pergamon museum, so many thing to see, photograph. It has some very impressive architecture and art there, a must see museum for anyone visiting the area.
Sadly enough, the outer part of the museum was under renovation, and I didnt get to upload the pictures from inside yet – this post will be updated later.
Right now, let me skip to the later part of this evening – potsdamer platz.
Potsdamer platz, and sony center in particular, is a beautiful piece of modern glassy architecture in the heart of the berlin. Skyscrapers, shadowmakers, and just a beautiful place. and yes, this part is also missing some pictures will be updated later.
for now…:

Also in the 3rd days, we went to the beautiful, iconic and historic olympic stadium. It was closed due to the word light athletic championship taking place there, but I was still able to shoot this mega stadium from outside:

Thats it for part 1.

The story about how I went to an airport and didnt fly.

Well, Dont worry, its not like my flight was canceled or something, I just wasn’t there in order to fly.

Few month ago, my ant told us that a friend of her, a former worker of the Israeli Airports Authority, which is the body that runs most of the Israeli airports and borders passes is arranging tours in Ben Gurion airport, which goes to places you will usually dont have access to, and asked us if we would like to join.

Me, being the aviation fun I am, quickly took the offer, and than, few month later, 20.7, me, my family, and 2 of my friends went to the tour at Ben Gurion Airport.

What can I say? It was even better than flying from the airport (Yea, thats what I keep telling myself ).

We went almost around the all airport, went to the huge baggage handling basement, operation center, Ramon Tower, which coordinates different bodies in the airport and has a great view on the airport parking/taxiways/runways, and we also walked just a little bit near some of the parking’s and jetways, not enough

Anyway, the best part of it all, that I was allowed to photograph everywhere, and I actually like what I shot.

So here, for your enjoyment, come to Israel, we have a great airport :

Baggage Handling – I sure do hope they will treat our baggage with a little bit more respect :

Operation Center/Ramon tower:

El-Al 767-258 4X-EAC:

Ramon Tower

Again, EL-AL 767 4X-EAC, this time for a different position:

Ramon Tower again:

and of course… the duty free!

The beautiful way to the incoming hall:

again, other side is for outgoing flights:

Welcome to Israel – For good and for bad

and we are home.

Summer, Summer… Summer!

Yesterday.. All my troubles seemed so far away…
Oh, yea, blog.
Yesterday and today were 2 great days, probably the first I actually felt it is summer!
me and few of my friends had a “console night”, we hooked up 2 xbox 360 to 2 tv, halo 3, cod 4, 1 vs 100, the good life
Of course, this night couldnt end without an EPIC photo:

Tomer`s (loosing ) hand holding a winning controller.
Oh, the irony
Anyway, today was even a better day, when me and my good friend yakir decided to go all slowmo and stop the time, once again, by exploding a baloon.
It came out a little bit different than the last time due to the different shutter value, you might like it better, or the other way, anyway, as always, its a cool thing to shoot:

He sure knows how to blow. up balloons.
And I sure know how take 5734ish unsuccessful shots of him doing that
The older photo for reference:

Anywhohowway, this is it for now,
stay tuned for more.
And yes, Im talking about you! one of the 16 different random visitors to this godforsaken blog.

My Personal Favorties – Part 2

Im Back

Once upon a time, in a kingdom far far away, lived a boy called noam.
It was 3am (or not) and the boy was hungry, so he decided to eat a melon.
But oh no, it wasnt any good! so the boy decided to murder the poor melon, and capture it on tape! ya!

Once upon a time… again? Its another time – there was a major math test. But me and my friend yakir decided – study? no! its time for water balloons photo shoot!
and it was Awwweeesome.

More like the Herbert Samuel Street Road, but oh well

This blog…

It doesn’t matter if someone will actually visit this blog or not, I just wanted to post something.
This blogs primary target is to showcase my photographs, and share the world with my passion for photography
But, I also want to use this blog as a tool to show how beautiful my country is, Israel.
Israel doesn’t always come out good in the media. When you hear about Israel, the first word that probably jumps to your head is WAR.
Well, that’s not true. Israel, despite all the problems, wars, conflicts, inner conflicts, outer conflicts, and other issues, is a beautiful place, with beautiful people (well, most of them ).
I want to show that in this blog, and, in my flickr photostream.
This is not a political blog, but I definitely want to show that Israel is not just war and problems, as it sometimes look in the international media, and, unfortunately, in the local media.
Eagles Out.

My Personal Favorties – Part 1

Everyone who is involved on a regular basis with photography, knows the feeling when you shoot 500 pictures a day, and only 1 comes out as good as you expected , or the feeling when you have to filter out only the best.
Well, here are few of my personal favorites photos I shot and uploaded to Flickr.
Enjoy

Shot in Jaffa, after an amazing day where I got to finally use a “L” lens

From the latest Independence day show, I really like the atmosphere in this shot

Tel Aviv Promenade at its best. (You Should really see the original photo on flickr)

Yes, Its a Sunset, But a great sunset nevertheless Tel Aviv Port.

100 Years to Tel Aviv opening concert

One of my ultimate favorites. Its no secret that I like Tel Aviv, and Azrieli Towers particularly.
I never found anything special in the original color version of this shot, but when someone told me I should check it out in b&w… I fell in love with this version. GREAT SUCCESS!

Follow the white Line – Gamla, Golan Heights.

Eli Against the world :@

Shot by Eli, a really great idea and execution.

The long and winding road. Gilabun, Golan Heights.

Hula lake, Home to many flocking birds and generally a beautiful place. Like a postcard

One of the best days of my life, Paul McCartney live in Tel Aviv, Israel!

Western Wall/Wailing Wall – Jerusalem

Shot from Azrieli Tower

Ayalon Highway, HaShalom Bridge, Tel Aviv

Old VS New

Thats it for Part one, Now for part 2!

Tel Aviv

Well… Tel Aviv.. The first Hebrew city that just turned 100.
My favorite city to photograph at, and my favorite city in General.
You know what they say… It Aint No Jerusalem sister!
Wait what?
Sorry, wrong blog
Anyway, Tel Aviv is the 2nd biggest city in Israel, and its famous for its non-stop way of life and mixed cultures and activities.
Anybody finds something to do there.
Besides being so supermilkshaketastic, Its also a very beautiful city, architecturally, and has a beautiful promenade, and mixed building styles, from Bauhaus, skyscrapers, historic buildings, and yes, even some buildings that makes you wonder who the hell was in charge of them and their location… (Yes, Neve Tzedek Tower, I am talking about you!).
Well, as this is a photography blog, time to show you my favortie Tel Aviv photos that I shot, and, when I have the time, I will add links to other peoples shot ofcourse.
Enjoy:

A bridge between the Tel Aviv promenade and Jaffa

Jaffa

Residence skyscrapers

Jaffa`s famous watchtower

Old VS New

From HaShalom Bridge – Looking towards Ramat Gan

Great Azrieli

Life in the fast lane

Reading power plant

Happy 100th birthday Tel Aviv!

Tel Aviv Beautiful Promenade

And even he payed us a visit

Thats it for this time, and please, watch my pictures in their original size