Wow... great shot... lucky timing

beautiful...

Amazing! I wish one day I can catch one! :0)

Thank you very much for your comments. It's not that difficult, really. Just set the cam to bulb mode, set the focus on something very far away and then turn to AF off. Then head the lens toward a spot where you see lots of lightning and press the shutter. Exposure in the darkness about 30 sec, just try with different aperture settings. Then just wait, press the shutter again and again and when a bolt comes down when the curtain is open, you've catched it.

Cute!

LOL!! Too cute

This is too cute!

Nice Congrats

Wow! Where was this shot in the gambling contest? Looks like you got all the luck you'll need but GL all the same!

thank you very much! The shot was taken after the poker turney, I did rather well, I won. It was a turney among friends though, so no money was involved.

Congrats!

Nice!

lovely capture, nice colors. well done.

beautiful

nice... well done.. where was it taken? I like pictures of snakes.. they are so beautiful, u know..

thank you all very much! The picture was taken at the Zoo, it's really a beauty.

its really nice shot! even if i hate snakes :S

creepy

nice and such a lovely green

High res is great.

Thank you! I was surprised myself that even the Greek flag is recognisable in the harbour in the full res. I like this image a lot, because I did long to sail away with that boat when I saw it.

Where's the Colossus?

destroyed in an earthquake some 200 years BC, I was told by a communicative and history adept cab driver. Remains laid there for some 800 years, as the Rhodians did not dare to rebuild it because the oracle of Delphi made them afraid they had offended Helios.

Legend or history tells that in the year 654 the arabs, who had captured Rhodes at the time, sold the remains to a jewish merchant of Edessa.

Thanks for the info, that's very interesting. They should re-build it today!