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Lotus effect

seen on a banana tree leaf.

BTW: This plant is called "Great Horsetail" (Equisetum telmateia). The German name is "Riesen-Schachtelhalm".

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As always I recommend the http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5993039&size=lg">larger version...

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What you see here is the Bismarck Tower inTuebingen/Germany.

Wikipedia: "Bismarck Towers are a unique German monument genre, to honor theex-chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Approximately 250 of these towerswere built between the years 1869 and 1934, in various styles, on fourcontinents (Australia, South America, Africa and Europe), of whichabout 175 remain". Click http://www.bismarcktuerme.de/website/ebene1/indexenglisch.html">here for more information about these towers.

BTW: This photo shot with my old point&shoot camera.

Yet another trip to Brussels/Belgium for FOSDEM 2007 resulted in anotherportfolio photo: Isaw these two benches in front of St.Michael and Gudula Cathedral while shooting in the rain. Please gostraight to the largerversion.

Maybe you also want to take a look at the http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4168633">photo Itook during my trip to Belgium last year.

Seen 2262 meters above sea level on the Chaeserrugg panorama

way in Switzerland.

This picture was taken near Sch�nbrunn Palace in Vienna/Austria. The

palm house was built in 1882 for Emperor Franz Joseph I.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,

and see a fine picture every day of his life,

in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense

of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

This is one of the first (handheld) shots with my Canon 70-200/2.8IS.

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