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by Richard SkidmoreClose-up photography rocks. Just waiting for the day I can get my hands on a proper macro lens!
Date added: 14th Nov 2007Categories:
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McLeod Ganj
by Adam James NallA selection of photographs (from so so many) taken during a six week teaching placement in McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh, North India. The residence of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in exile, McLeod has become a haven for Tibetan refugees, Buddhist pilgrims and the ever-present kitsch tourist 'Children of the World' who take to playing flutes out of cafe windows and not wearing any shoes. Regardless of that annoyance McLeod is wonderful. The smell of damp pine needles and incense drift across on the breeze with the thick mist - as pervasive, even, as the hippies during the monsoon season - lending to everything a surreal (and, annoyingly for photography, a harsh white glare and slightly blurred) edge. The distance, though rarely visible, occasionally broke through after a good air-clearing storm to reveal the fantastic views into the valley below and up to the Himalaya proper. A marvelous, magical monk-filled place. For anyone going there to shoot I suggest comprehensive camera insurance and the acceptance that nothing, in the second wettest place in India, in monsoon season, at that altitude, will ever, ever truly be what we the British consider 'dry'...
Album updated! More photos of Tsechokling Monestary, bird photos, and now features photos taken from our trek to Triund (9325ft), including a few shots from an impromtu cricket game we had with a few locals at about 5000ft. The crease was situated either side of a very steep slope, one of which we'd just spent the last two or so hours getting up. Needless to say I was glad to not be fielding...
Date taken: August 2007
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La República Dominicana
by Sophie GledhillDate added: 12th Sep 2007Date taken: August & September 2007
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Marrakech & The High Atlas Mountains
by Sophie GledhillDate added: 10th Aug 2007Date taken: August 2007
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Hola Barcelona!
by Sophie GledhillA selection of shots taken over five days in the amazingly diverse city of Barcelona. Images feature Mercat de Sant Josep, Las Ramblas, Port Olimpic, Parc Güell and Font Màgica
Date added: 8th Jul 2007Date taken: July 2007
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Texture and Colour
by Sheli Date added: 27th May 2007Categories:
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Costa Rica - Plants and Flowers
by Claude SchneiderSome of the many beautiful flowers, plants and other flora found in Costa Rica.
Date added: 1st Apr 2007Date taken: March 2007
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Morocco and the Desert
by Oliver BeardonTaken on a trip to the Jebel Sahro mountains and the edge of the Sahara Desert, beyond of the Atlas Mountains in SE Morocco.
All pictures: Pentax MZ 5n with 80-320mm and 19-35mm lenses; Fujichrome Sensia
Date taken: March - April 2005
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