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Black and White Landscape

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Northern Russia 2009 A black and white photograph contains shades of gray called a gray scale. These are graded from 0 to 10 with 0 representing black and 10 representing white. A low key image consists of tones of gray from the … Continue reading

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Bokhara Architecture

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 Bokhara, Uzbekistan 2012 The domes and madrassas of Bokhara are bathed in the sun’s gold light. I was happy to see the touch of blue in the shadow on the large dome and I intensified it in Photoshop. I substituted a … Continue reading

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Portrait of a Busker

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Gujarat, India 2009 Here’s a tip: always get out of the vehicle whenever or wherever it stops. You never know what you will see. This man, in his outlandish costume, sauntered up the main road of the town. Whenever he had a … Continue reading

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Daydreams

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Burma 2011 A portrait of a tribal girl enhanced with Topaz Impressions. I chose the Edward Hopper filter. Edward always included a lot of background. If I’d known, I’d have shot wider.

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In the Sahara Desert: Mauritania

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Somewhere in the Mauritanian Sahara 2005 I left the shade of the acacia tree where we were eating lunch and ran toward these men who were herding camels through the desert. They rode double. The man in front sitting in … Continue reading

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On the Border with Tibet

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China 2007, near the Tibetan border Oh, I missed it here! Sometimes when I look at my old shots, I wonder what I was thinking or if I was thinking at all. I’m talking about the reflection of clouds on … Continue reading

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Hats of Palm

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Burma 2011 This photo makes me think of Joseph Conrad’s novel, “Heart of Darkness”. I like the way the man stares impassively. Who knows what he is thinking? I cropped the photo to a square format to place the man … Continue reading

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Variations on a Tiger

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Los Angeles Zoo 2015 Using Photoshop and plug-ins, it is possible to make similar photos unique.  This shot is saturated but not over the top. The tiger’s fur really did have that intense orange color or that is the way … Continue reading

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Practice at the Zoo

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Los Angeles, California 2015 The tiger was restless. He paced back and forth along the edge of the moat in his enclosure. We felt sorry for him because we imagined that he was unhappy. I had plenty of chances to … Continue reading

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Crowd Shots

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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 What makes a good crowd shot? Number One is to get yourself above the crowd. Here I’m standing on a stone bridge above the people who are clustered on the ground below. Number two is to try to … Continue reading

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