The problem with making night pictures in high latitudes as summer approaches is that “night” evades its common meaning and gets closer and closer to being an abstraction.
The technical term “Astronomical Twilight” may apply, depending on how close to the poles you are, meaning there simply may be no real nighttime, even as “low” as Scotland. Fact is, you may have only a few hours in which the sky won’t look like daytime’s in longer exposures

A buddy from Rio, in São paulo for a few days, suggested there might be a nice photo opportunity  in the condo´s swimming pool, at the top floor of the building. But why not go a little further and see what´s on the true top of it?

This was just a test, in between two heavy rain periods. Turns out I liked it, so here it is. A huge thunderstorm prevented us from moving on and upgrading this into a proper picture, so we may return to explore the place in the near future.

The second post from the pics I took with Renan,  who introduced me to these breathtaking views in the northern coast of São Paulo state. The first people to see the pics immediately dubbed us “the martians”, so, finding a name for the post wasn´t  exactly a challenge…

Lazy nights in Paris to be back in a few weeks…

Si tu est parisien, et tu connais un endroit intéressant pour faire des photos, envoie-moi un message.
Si tu est un mec intéressant, et tu veux être photographié, aussi…

Bisoux.

An old one, from the files. São Paulo, half a block from the Marginal Pinheiros avenue. Right beside an abandoned factory who is to become the latest mega-plus-ultra high rise condo in town… One more example of the city´s almost total lack of planning, contributing to the virtually perpetual traffic jam that seems to be part of the cityscape in recent years.

And, what if your buddy is also into taking the opportunity of an almost empty sugar loaf to bring home a most unusual souvenir?
Not the usual picture visitors come back with…

What does it feel like to have one of the world’s greatest and most visited touristic spots virtually just for you?
The surprise of having it almost empty in an awesome evening, in one of the busiest times of the year for tourism in Rio, is priceless.

I guess everybody was down there enjoying Rio’s Carnival already…

P.S. – You can have a feel of the Santos Dumont approach in the first half of this video. Thanks to Avianca pilots for making this.

For those missing the Grincheux series, here we are…

“Oh, and there´s a platform up in the mountain from where you can see the whole city…”
Who would resist?…
Thanks, Renan.

Last day in town, and that guy you´ve only exchanged a few messages with now says he´s all about taking pictures. Even better, he has access to a very interesting research facility.
So we set sail… To the lab!
Thank you Daniel.