It started with 5 Gay weddings on the boat of the City, performed by Mayor Job Cohen, the first couple see movie are friends of a friend. AT5 is a local broadcaster but this news item could be seen all over Europe. These ‘mixed’ marriages are made up of Dutch and American same-sex couples. I know that [...]
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in a land far, far away… my vacation ended.
Chicago And Beyond – My Vacation 2009 can be found on Picasa. From the original 805 photos over 400 ended up in this file. Have a look and give a comment.
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For my up coming trip I bought a new camera. It only weighs about a fifth of my old one, which still worked on steam, even when it was an early digital one. And it’s much smaller, credit card size and just a pinky thick.
For those interested in the make: It’s a Casio EX-Z1 Exilim, with [...]
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A perfect circle due to the reflection of the water…
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Just a normal picture which has been altered for a 3D effect.
BTW, that is not me… my splash would need a refill of the pool
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This is exactly what it looks like! Noah’s Ark floating through Amsterdam. The giraffe is life-size but a dummy. The ship was built in 18 months near Alkmaar and is on its way to Rotterdam.
Thomas Schlijper took this shot, he’s a freelance photographer, visit his website for more shots.
Click the picture for a larger view, [...]
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The department of Transport would have taken this vehicle off the road immediatly, but since this looks like some eastern European country…
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Today HRH Queen Beatrix visited the cities of Woudrichem and ’s-Hertogenbosch [Duke's Forest], Den Bosch as we call it is the province capital. This city was once one of the main cities of the Duchy of Brabant, the northern part of the Duchy is in the Netherlands, while the middle and southern part is in Belgium and partly [...]
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EARTHSONG
Photographs by Bernhard Edmaier and text by Angelika Jung-Huttl
Hardback
0 7148 4451 9
about the book[s]
-A spectacular collection of breathtaking arial photographs of the earth`s surface
-Divided into four chapters or “zones”, Aqua, Green , Desert and Barren, the photographs are accompanied by text that offers geographical context and explains the importance of climate and how human activity [...]
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On April 5, I gave a comment to a post of Craig about Amateur photography, that afternoon I had seen a great B/W picture I really wanted to have but knew nothing about, who shot the photo or where it was from. A day later I was a bit wiser and knew who made this picture, I contacted [...]
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