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The Cross of the Church of Vera Cruz with the Alcazar int he

background, taken last winter.

Took a bit of work to get into this spot, but I think it was worth

it. What an absolutely beautiful town ....

Saw this little boy while walking around Cuneca one morning and had

time for only one shot. A friend thinks I have a thing for little

kids in historic places, but I don't think I take that many. To me,

it's a boring shot without him.

I love the pose here, but I think it's a bit too noisy; I need to

ahve a go with Noise Ninja or something, I think. I also hate the

jellyfish that is right in front of the little boy's head and

disturbs his silhouette. Actually, I didn't notice it until just

now, but now it is driving me crazy.

You can't really see, but he is balancing a drum on his foot and

twirling in a cirle while he plays. At the same time, they twist

their heads to make the ribbon on his hat spin in circles. This is a

traditional drumming performance I came across in front of Pagoda

Park in Seoul. I took a lot of pictures that show the drummers

better, but this one captures how much some of the people in the

crowd got into it. BTW, I didn't notice that he was in the picture

but the guy in the red hat made me eat a dish of his stuff about ten

minutes after that. He was friendly and the food was great. I love

Korea.

I went below Ramsey Cascades in order to try to obtain a different

view. I like the cascading effect and I think I handled the exposure

difference bewteen the sky and the foreground ok, although I wish

there was a bit more light in the foreground. But, I think I

completely lost the sense of scale. These top of the falls are over

100 feet (30 meters) above me, but the picture really doesn't convey

that. Does anyone have any idea how I can show everything and

introduce more of a feeling of height? Maybe shoot from further away

with a longer lens?

A part of my Red State series. Please see the rest of the folder for

context. This was taken in Prattvelle, AL.

A gorgeous little town in the Dordogne region of France. BTW, if

anyone can tell me what kind of trees these are, I'd appreciate it.

I see them everywhere but was never sure exactly what they are.

The Housing and Urban Development Building Downtown in Washington, a

neat photo place that is a bit off the normal tourist circuit.

Taken in Cairo from the other side of a massive cemetary.

Unfortuantely, I was on foot and there was just no way to get to a

place where I could get that big building out of the shot. Believe

me! I about killed myself running up the hill trying to find a

better shot.

A view of the new zone of Shanghai at night. Everything you see

here - and quite a bit more - has been constructed in the last ten

years.

The subject line isn't me being corny; that's what the central

building at the University of Pittsburgh is called. What a great

building! You could film a Harry Potter movie in here without

changing anything.

This was taken from a belltower in Bordeaux, France. I'm still

working on getting a BW conversion I like. I haven't decided about

this. Part of me thinks it's too contrasty and too white, but part

of me really likes the look, almost infrared.

The cliffside town of Rocamadour, one of the most visited sites in

France. We drove to the bottom looking for a different view and I

hopped across a stream to find this. FOr some reason, it looks a bit

more contrasty here on PN then it does in the print.

Pittsburgh on one of the coldest days of the year, a couple days

after a huge storm. I was quite frozen waiting for this train to get

in position (the first time it got there my lens froze and wouldn't

focus so I had to warm it up and shoot again) but I loved this

surprisingly beautiful city.

What always fascinates me about a mosque (or most non-Christian

religous buildings that I have seen) is how they are community

centers as much as places to worship. People come there to read, to

sleep, to lay around on the carpet and talk. This picture, I think

shows a bit of that. Anyway, I took about four shots here, but I

couldn't get it to look as straight as I wanted. I have another shot

that looks a bit more geometric, but you can't see the lights, whcih

I quite like.

Agree about the blown highlights but I love the composition. great work. Where is this?

I like the tilt ... I probably would ahve shot this straight to emphasize the geometry but this is better.

lovely and different and yet another example that some rules are meant to be broken.

Very interesting use of perspective

I see where you were going here and I like it, but it needs to be more composed for me.

Obviously this is not asthetically pleasing but just as obviously, that wasn't what you were going for. This is a powerful, interesting image although I'm not sure what I should think of it. However, it did make me look at the rest of the folder, whch could use some pruning but has some really unique images in it. I'll be back to look at the rest of your portfolio later. You really have a great eye and it's wonderful to see something so real.

I like this a lot ... it reminds me a ...um .... someone whose name i can't recall. Anyway, i love the alck of pretension and the realistic color.

Creative and interesting. The makeup (or digital?) is nice, but it's the pose that really makes it for me. I like the emphasis on the hand.

Wonderfully sharp and clear. Great color. Good work