About the Photo: I was in the Netherlands for a workshop and a conference last week, so updates weren't as frequent as I would have liked. The text blog especially suffered as I was preparing for presentations before travelling to Amsterdam and was busy with them while there. To make it worse, I didn't get much time to take pictures while I was in Amsterdam or in Wageningen. The weather wasn't helpful either. So after all these preamble (read excuses!) here is a picture of some nice coloured birds. On my last night in Amsterdam, some of my friends and I were going out for drinks and for dinner afterwards, and on the way we happen to pass a small urban zoo. We didn't notice anything from the front but as we were walking round the back of the zoo, we noticed these nice birds heading towards the pond for a drink. It was already dusk so lighting wasn't great but still managed to capture this picture from behind the iron fence. The camera was on auto-focus mode with maximum zoom (optical only). Some enhancements in colour gave this output. So, here is my present from Amsterdam to you all!
