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Western Mongolia 2014 Although the queen is still the subject of this shot, the landscape plays a larger roll. I darkened and saturated all but her face and the front of her dress. I added just a touch of diffusion adding … Continue reading
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Rangoon, Burma 2011 This is my Burma fantasy. My mental image of what Rangoon should look like. Pretty girls, umbrellas, ponds filled with water lilies. Did it look like this in real life? No, but the essence was there. It only … Continue reading
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Araouane, Mali 2001 Off to the left a herd of camels waits for the men of the caravan to haul water from one of the wells of Araouane. Providing water to camel caravans and herds was the main industry of … Continue reading
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China 2003 I had wandered down a mucky, muddy riverbank looking for scenes from “old China”. Old houses made of homemade brick lined the river. Abandoned puppies huddled on the steps. Ramshackle houseboats anchored a few feet from shore. The houseboat people gained … Continue reading
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Eastern Mongolia 2014 September 30 and there was snow on the ground near the old Buddhist monastery. Lichen blossoms, reminding me of my Italian grandmother’s best china, grew in profusion on rocks protruding from the frozen earth. Tamarack trees laced … Continue reading
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Western Mongolia 2014 When you go on a tour for a special event such as the Eagle Festival held in Western Mongolia, or the Theyyam in Mangalore, India, your photos are specific. You may, as I did, shoot several hundred gigabytes … Continue reading
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Western Mongolia 2014 We stayed here with a Mongolian family for two and a half days. We women bunked in the nearest ger and the men on our tour slept in the farthest ger. The family, who were our hosts, … Continue reading
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Mongolia 2014 Herds of animals are a common sight in Mongolia. This scene was only an hour from the capital of the country, Ulanbaatar. The land is open grassland, but I read that there are forests north of Ulanbaatar. When … Continue reading
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China 2007 White, fluffy clouds huddled over the vast steppes of Qinghai. Now and then we’d see a yak hair tent with prayer flags flapping. The women in the tent continued to card yak wool as we tourists gaped at their … Continue reading
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Somewhere in the Sahara Desert… 2005 Empty. Sand and sky. Now and then a soft dune as you see here. Sometimes a dune the size of a mountain. It could get boring, sitting in the car mile after mile, drinking water … Continue reading
