End of the story

I just sold my bike. A love story with a sad end.

I remember going down the road through the Shire's Royal National Park, enjoying every corner in the bush with my 2 mates in the wing mirror. Stopping at Stanwell Park to watch para-gliders taking off and have an ice cream. Enjoying schnitzels and beers (moderately of course) on the terrace of the Scarborough pub (Google map). Ahhhhh, good days are over. For a couple of years at least.

For those you haven't seen it, it's a beautiful Suzuki SV650S. I filmed it once, for posterity.

Suz, i will never forget you.

HDR photography

HDR is short for High Dynamic Range. It is a post-processing of taking either one image or a series of images, combining them, and adjusting the contrast ratios to do things that are virtually impossible with a single aperture and shutter speed.

A very good website that will convince you that it is indeed a great art is Stuck in Customs. They're frequently updating their website, and they provide the best HDR photos online to download.

French film festival - 2009

Once again, the Alliance Francaise is sponsoring a new edition of the Australian French film festival. 2009 is a special cru because this is the 20th edition of the festival.

Obviously I'm very delighted to enjoy more new French masterpieces. Many good shows are scheduled for this new season with 35 movies broadcasted over (only) 15 days.

Working myself from Monday to Friday like most of the people, I certainly know how hard it is to find time to do everything we'd like to. The question is therefore: what are movies you don't want to miss out this year?

I just find an answer for myself and I finished my list of "movies not to miss this year".

• Asterix at the Olympic games (Asterix aux jeux olympiques) - French trailer
• Summer hours (L'heure d'ete) - Trailer
• A Christmas tale (Un conte de Noel) - Trailer
• Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) - French trailer
  

On the top of it for the big fans like me, there are also a few other movies that I'd recommend eventhough they're more alternive:

• JCVD - Trailer
• Public enemy number one - Part 1 and Part 2 - French trailer
• Rivals (Les liens du sang)
• Tabarly
• Cash
• Disco - French trailer
• Born in '68 (Nes en '68)

Avis aux amateurs, you can book tickets at this url. We see you there.