Balloon Race
Balloon Race, originally uploaded by Heaven`s Gate (John).
Multicoloured hot air balloons take off into a cloudless blue sky, over the English countryside.
February 18, 2007
February 17, 2007
Postcard from the attic
Postcard from the attic, originally uploaded by Michal.S.
Oia, Santorini, Greece.
[Canon EOS 5D, EF 24-105 f/4 L IS lens, @80mm, ISO 800, f/11, 1/800 sec., handheld]
January 18, 2007
Sweeping away the past.jpg
Sweeping away the past.jpg, originally uploaded by Kevin Day.
January 7, 2007
January 1, 2007
Sun Break over the Alhambra
Sun Break over the Alhambra, originally uploaded by bgladman.
December 31, 2006
Meter for the Shadows
Meter for the Shadows, originally uploaded by Trevor Haldenby.
Collingwood, Ontario.
September 2006
September 6, 2006
Geger
Geger Beach, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
The photographer writes about this photo: “My memories of Geger go way back to my first trip about 13 years ago. We were trying to promote seaweed mariculture and ground zero was Geger. Strolling by the beach once again and surveying the now-thriving industry make me proud.
I will never tire of revisiting Indonesia. Couldn’t wait for next week…”
August 23, 2006
Olden, Costa Atlantica HDR
Olden, Costa Atlantica HDR, originally uploaded by R.Duran.
Olden - Nordfjord - Sogn og Fjordane - Norway - July 2006
High Dynamic Range (HDR) image created with Photomatix Pro and Photoshop (levels, unsharp mask and noise reduction). Three bracketed JPG shots with 1 exposure stop - Nikon D70s Lens Sigma 18-200mm (3,5-6,6) at f:14 1/125 sec. - 26 mm - ISO 200 - WB Auto -3
July 30, 2006
… after the rain …
… after the rain …, originally uploaded by idogu.
the photographer:
“.. I’m back from rush-hour on 5th Avenue …”
June 6, 2006
Rome and his churches
Rome and his churches, originally uploaded by Giampaolo Macorig.
View from the “Altare della Patria” monument, Rome
June 4, 2006
Colorful Basket
Colorful Basket, originally uploaded by BoazImages.
The photographer: “A young Mursi Girl with a beautiful basket on her head.”
Lower Omo valley
Ethiopia
May 25, 2006
May 22, 2006
Ruins in the wind…
Ruins in the wind…, originally uploaded by Giampaolo Macorig.
the beginning of Via Appia Antica, Rome
May 20, 2006
Take a walk
Take a walk, originally uploaded by wmchu.
The photographer: “Somewhere in Kyoto…”
May 10, 2006
Eland - Masai Mara sunset
Eland - Masai Mara sunset, originally uploaded by markeveleigh.
May 6, 2006
Morning Has Broken
Morning Has Broken, originally uploaded by Kenny Maths.
The photographer: “was tired and weary, mostly through not having slept very well as a result of my first few days at the altitude of the Tibetan plateau. However, given the chance to see sunrise over the Potala Palace (the former home of the Dalai Lama), you just have to book that early morning call.
When I took this, I was the sole European representative, surrounded by about a dozen Japanese photographers, all of us with carefully interlocked tripods (the rock we were standing on to get this vantage point wasn’t that big!). At one point while we were waiting for interesting light, we started taking shots of the group. Ahhh…memories! 
”
April 24, 2006
color landscape
color landscape, originally uploaded by phitar.
the photographer: from the train between yangon and moulmein, just before sunrise
better in color or in bland and white ?
April 22, 2006
damgo
at the Good Friday procession in Bantayan town, Bantayan island, Cebu, the Philippines
April 17, 2006
The Rose Red City
The Rose Red City, originally uploaded by Kenny Maths.
the photographer: “A spot of precarious climbing and clambering was called for to get this shot. This is the building known as ‘The Treasury’ from Petra, Jordan. It featured in ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’. Mind you, I didn’t find any death traps inside! 
”
March 14, 2006
Crazed 歌舞伎
Crazed 歌舞伎, originally uploaded by mboogiedown.
The photographer: “The finale of kabuki performance by the geiko (geisha) of Miyagawa-cho, Kyoto. Kabuki roles, even those of women, are played by men, but this selection was performed entirely by the most accomplished geiko of Miyagawa.”
March 13, 2006
sufi dancer in cairo
sufi dancer in cairo, originally uploaded by romsrini.
the author: “this looks better in the large size.”
March 12, 2006
Plitvice Lakes - Turquoise Pool
Plitvice Lakes - Turquoise Pool, originally uploaded by acastellano.
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
March 11, 2006
S A D H U . Sri Sailam
A portrait of the sadhu Nara Simha, from Sri Sailam.
February 27, 2006
February 19, 2006
Gisimba Memorial Center
Gisimba Memorial Center, originally uploaded by camera_rwanda.
Gisimba Memorial Center
She asked me to take this photograph…the gesture feels like a little offering…like a little Valentine…
Gisimba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.
…
The orphanage currently houses over 150 children. Ten years ago almost all were genocide victims, but many of the newer arrivals have been orphaned by AIDS. Because their parents were HIV+, a number of them are also infected.”
January 15, 2006
A stairway to Andalucia
A stairway to Andalucia, originally uploaded by cuellar.
Staircase in Mojacar, Almeria.
January 3, 2006
January 2, 2006
Memories of Vltava
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December 29, 2005
beach of kvalvika - Lofoten islands
beach of kvalvika - lofoten islands (another “perfect” place that stays in my memory),
originally uploaded by Reinhard.Pantke.
The photographer: “this beach is north of the arctic circle, on the west side of lofoten. You reach the place after a hike, the water temperature is here around 12-14 degrees celsius (well in summer). Next stop to the west is greenland!!! But its a great place!”
December 25, 2005
Convergence…
Convergence…, originally uploaded by lapidim.
Cuzco - Peru
The photographer: “This is one of my own favorites - look at these facial expressions and tell me something…”
December 4, 2005
November 29, 2005
November 18, 2005
November 13, 2005
November 11, 2005
papageitaucher/puffin
Puffin in Norway.
November 5, 2005
November 4, 2005
The Ideal of Beauty
The Photographer: “Under the last beams of a setting sun, the Parthenon looks just incredible, a monument 25 centuries old, the Ideal of Beauty, the peak of the esthetical achievements of a great civilization.”
Parthenon - Athens, Greece
November 1, 2005
Mono Lake Winter Kayaking2
The photographer: ” shot this with Fuji Velvia 50 and a 2-stop hard GND filter and scanned it with a Nikon Coolscan IV. No real “processing” other than to try and match the original slide. It was a stormy late afternoon and I was near Paoha Island out in Mono Lake looking west towards the Sierra crest. This was a multi-day mid-winter solo kayak trip. The water color in the shallows had a greenish tint but the deeper water was quite blue. Mono Lake is 3 times saltier than the ocean which is why it’s not frozen in winter.”
October 29, 2005
Beauty 美人
The photographer: “Two tourists, dressed as maiko (apprentice geisha) explore Kiyomizudera, the Temple of Pure Waters, in Kyoto. I usually don’t take pictures of tourists playing dress-up, but they were so beautiful! ”
originally posted by mboogiedown.
October 26, 2005
Eyes. Madurai
The Photographer: “Another one of those old people I met in Madurai. This one was near another temple outside the city.”
October 25, 2005
October 23, 2005
Gateway to hell
Gateway to hell, originally uploaded by hkvam “Námaskarð has very active solfataras (sulphurous mud springs) and fumaroles (steam springs), none of which contain pure water. The mud craters are uncommonly large and are well worthy of the travelers attention, whereas many of the steam craters are drilling holes that have been covered with rocks. There is no vegetation in this high temperature area and the ground is sterile and very acidic due to the effects of the fumes from the mud springs.”
Námaskarð geothermal area, Mývatn, N-Iceland
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm at 10mm.
ISO 100, f5.6, 1/50
October 22, 2005
October 21, 2005
arches pools
Arches National Park, Utah
The photographer: “the scene was real; the effect is manipulated.
To achieve this effect I simply duplicated the layer and added a gaussian blur filter, then used a soft eraser in the center to reveal the lower layer. I also used the burn tool around the edges.”
