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Morocco 1997 An outdoor display of Moroccan pottery shot in bright sunlight. Luckily, there was enough light bouncing from the dirt to light the shadows. All I had to do to this was try to get the colors right. Moroccan … Continue reading
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Inle Lake, Burma 2011 I happened upon a photographer (on the net) who used soft focus rather than sharp focus on his portraits. Actually, his work was almost all soft focus. I liked it. Soft lends a dreamy quality to … Continue reading
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China 2007 Sorry. I can’t remember the name of this city. I do remember it was a metropolis and if we needed a bank we would find plenty of them here. The streets were filled with cars and lined with high-rise … Continue reading
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Sergei Posad Monastery…Moscow 2009 An elderly woman, maybe a nun, sits on a bench in the courtyard of Sergei Posad Monastery. Her posture makes me think of despair but she may be full of hope and peace. I name my blogs … Continue reading
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Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China 2003 Uighur men take the opportunity to get their faces and heads shaved at the Kashgar Sunday Market. Every hair was shaved down to the skin except the luxuriant flowing mustaches.
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Gujarat,India 2009 A family carries their harvest across the bridge. The women were smiling and laughing when they saw us. They walked ahead of the man. Most likely he had helped them heft their headloads to their heads and he … Continue reading
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Ngorongoro Crater, Kenya, 1998 A zebra drinks from a pond in the Ngorongoro Crater. You can tell that he has had enough as he is letting water spill from his mouth. This is typical of horses and apparently zebras, too. … Continue reading
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Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan 2012 I talked about “filters” in yesterday’s blog and showed how adding a filter to an uninteresting photo could give it a patina of mystery. Today’s photo has an interesting subject: a man retrieving baked dumplings from … Continue reading
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Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan 2012 Adding your own filters (shots of texture and color) to a boring image can turn it into something that demands a longer look. It takes effort to make the filters and not every filter will work its … Continue reading
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Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung Monastery, Burma 2010 He was the perfect monk to pose for us. He was in a hurry, though. The master had designated him to start the tea for breakfast and we were making him late. He was torn between pleasing … Continue reading
