Day 335 - Thursday 31 March 2011

Awning. There's a story behind this one! A few days ago a disgruntled officer compained about being kept waiting outside the PHF for a check-in, sitting in the hot sun for more than an hour. The answer... we now have an awning set up outside the front of the PHF tent so any 'huffysirs' with an aversion to a bit of sunlight can wait in the shade...

Day 334 - Wednesday 30 March 2011

Rainbow. Stacked ISO containers silhouetted against arc lighting...

Day 333 - Tuesday 29 March 2011

Flypast 2. Another helicoper shot. No idea what this one is, probably of Russian vintage but it's one of several operated by a private company to deliver supplies, often underslung in cargo nets, to remote locations. This is one of a flight of 2 returning to Bastion in the late afternoon. Unfortunately the shutter speed was too fast to capture movement in the rotor...

Day 332 - Monday 28 March 2011

NON-POTABLE. I posted an image a while ago of a tanker filling up with water at a stand pipe. This is the other end of the operation, delivering non-potable water to various locations around camp...

Day 331 - Sunday 27 March 2011

Mug. At last! My MFO box has arrived after a mammoth six and a half month journey by sea and road. I now have my favourite mug and can enjoy a cup of tea in style. No more horrible cardboard cups...

Day 330 - Saturday 26 March 2011

Description: Dusty Sunrise. Plenty of dust around this morning making it difficult for the sun to shine...

Day 329 - Fraiday 25 March 2011

Sunrise landing. A helo comming in to land early in the morning as I'm waiting for the transport into work...

Day 328 - Thursday 24 March 2011

Crack. Dammage to one of the heavy duty blast walls...

Day 327 - Wednesday 23 March 2011

Pallet. The edge of an aircraft cargo pallet, this one being the property of the US Airforce...

Day 326 - Tuesday 22 March 2011

Stars n Stripes. Its an overdone technique these days but I saw this and thought it had to be done...

Day 325 - Monday 21 March 2011

Canvas. The sagging roof of the inbound passenger terminal tent in the early morning sun...

Day 324 - Sunday 20 March 2011

Fandango. The fan on one of the 'air conditioning' units in the departures tent. Unfortunately they all seem to have only two settings, hot and very hot! Its like an oven in there these days...

Day 323 - Saturday 19 March 2011

SCHOPF. Mud splattered cut-out lettering on the side of an airfield tug...

Day 322 - Friday 18 March 2011

Shake, Rattle and Roll. A 2 second hand-held exposure of a passing bus. This image, for me, captures the experience of riding around camp on the potholed dirt tracks...

Day 321 - Thursday 17 March 2011

Merlin. A helicopter parked under a service shelter...

Day 320 - Wednesday 16 March 2011

Red/Black. A pair of marker pens hanging from a cardboard file on the office notice board...

Day 319 - Tuesday 15 March 2011

In chains. Close up of a pretty heavy duty chain used to secure the PHF...

Day 318 - Monday 14 March 2011

Jerry. A line of fuel containers...

Day 317 - Sunday 13 March 2011

Pin. Close-up of the notice board...

Day 316 - Saturday 12 March 2011

Crystal. Bottled water, plenty of it available. Have to drink 5-6 bottles a day now the weather is warming up...

DAY 315 - Friday 11 March 2011

Zerosix. As promised, here is the 'Banksy' style grafitti on a blast wall close to Piacettos coffee shop...

Day 314 - Thursday 10 March 2011

Tigger. Stencilled wall art is starting to appear everywhere. This tiger is close to the Tazmanian devil one I posted earlier. There is a really nice 'Banksy' style one near the coffee shop, I'm hoping to take a picture of it tomorrow in daylight...

Day 313 - Wednesday 09 March 2011

The pond. Not the famous poo one though. Although the weather is starting to warm up now and the place is starting to dry out, there are still areas where large temporary ponds of muddy water exist. This one is outside the Asian DEFAC. I was standing on a walkway to the DFAC entrance made from a row of wooden pallets to take this picture...

Day 312 - Tuesday 08 March 2011

Vent. A somewhat redundant feature on the busses we ride around on...

Day 311 - Monday 07 March 2011

Flypast. A quick grab shot of a passing low flying helicopter...

Day 310 - Sunday 06 March 2011

Swat. Close up of a very useful fly control device. No flies were harmed in the production of this image - YET...

Day 309 - Saturday 05 March 2011

Aerial. Makeshift aerials attached to the rear of the pods...

Day 308 - Friday 04 March 2011

Mud and water. Another "happy" mistake. I was trying to capture reflections of the PHF in the huge puddles when the camera moved during the exposure...

Day 307 - Thursday 03 March 2011

IP65. Close-up of the light fitting above my bed space...

Day 306 - Wednesday 2nd March 2011

Flood. So much rain recently there are huge puddles everywhere...

Day 305 - Tuesday 01 March 2011

Pallet. Propped up against the fence at the back of the baggage tent...