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Burning Desire by Lyndy

Come towards the glow of me / and feel burning desire / Come forth towards my light and dark / and experience the fire / Come let me hold you into me / and keep you safe and warm / Come sweet love of mine / And I’ll keep you safe from harm
Glenfinnan, Arygll-Shire by Steve Smith

Please View Large This image was taken from The Glenfinnan Monument which is owned by the Trust for Scotland, which is part of the National Trust. As of 08/11/2009 – 503 views / 41 Favs Wikipedia © Prince Charles initially landed from France on Eriskay in the Western Isles. He then travelled to the mainland in a small rowing boat, coming ashore at Loch nan Uamh, just west of Glenfinnan. Here he was met a small number of MacDonalds. He waited at Glenfinnan for a number of days as more MacDonalds, Camerons, McPhees (Macfie) and Macdonnells arrived. When he judged he had enough support, he climbed the hill and the McPhees (Macfie)raised his royal standard, on Monday 19 August 1745, and claimed the Scottish and the English thrones in the name of his father James Stuart (‘the Old Pretender’); A MacPhee (Macfie) was one of two pipers at Glenfinnan when Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his banner there in 1745. Brandy was distributed in celebration. So began the rebellion that was to end in failure eight months later at the Battle of Culloden (16 April 1746). Many MacPhees (Macfies) followed Cameron of Lochiel in the second line into the Battle of Culloden in 1746. / After Culloden, in his flight to evade government troops, Charles came to the same area again. After being hidden by loyal supporters he boarded a French frigate at the shores of Loch nan Uamh, close to where he had landed and raised his standard. Today The Prince’s Cairn marks the spot from which he departed. Featured in – Colour And Light – 21st September 2009 / Featured in – European Everyday Life – 21st September 2009 / Featured in – Dimensions – 21st September 2009 / Featured in – Friends of Bangor – 22nd September 2009 / Featured in – Historic Places – 23rd September 2009 / Featured in – Lakes & Inland Waterways – 25th Sept 2009 / Featured in – Beauty Of European Waters – 28th Sept 2009 / Featured in – Mountains Across The Globe – 29th Sept 2009 / Featured in – England v Australia – 9th October 2009 Nikon D300 / Sigma 24-70mm Google Maps
Inland Bound by linmarie

I am lost in a sea of pain / I will tread water as long as I can / Majestic mountain and waterfall / I see below your islands and trees / My favorite places of all! I will just float for I am tired / Watch for rocks and obstacles / Your babbling water soothes me / Where am I now, a pond, a lake or the sea? Well I don’t know because you don’t answer me / Does it matter whether it is land or sea? / I guess not, just a place to lay my head down / I can’t hear you, so I am Inland Bound. written by linmarie-10/24/2009 / Painting painted with spray paint and acrylics, and pen and ink,, 10/24/2009 / FEATURED IN THE WORLD AS WE SEE IT-group-10/27/09 / FEATURED IN-ART NOUVEAU & THE ART & CRAFT MOVEMENT group-10/28/09 / “bound” / “bound”
Austrian Alps by Wayne Gerard Trotman

© All Rights Reserved – No Usage Allowed in Any Form Without My Written Consent. Canon T-70. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Wertach is a small town in the Oberallgäu district, southern Bavaria, Germany, in the German Alps. It is situated on the river Wertach, southeast of Kempten. From me: Photographed near German / Austrian border. It was a long time ago, but I distinctly remember crossing the border from Germany to Austria.
The Creek Farm by Maureen Maliha

An example of hidden treasures in The Catskill Mountains of New York (there’s no place like home) / Cauterskill, NY /
Lake Winnipeg by Larry Trupp

! Location: Taken just before dusk at Sunset Beach just south of Grand Beach on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. The island in the distance is called Bird Island…Looking due north, to the left where the water meets the sky, is approximately 416 km (258 mi) to the distant shore. Interesting Facts Lake Winnipeg is a very large (24,514 square kilometers (9,465 sq mi)) lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the city of Winnipeg. It is the largest lake within the borders of southern Canada, and it is part of the most undeveloped and pristine large watershed of southern Canada. It is the sixth-largest freshwater lake in Canada, but it is relatively shallow (mean depth of 12 m (39 ft), excluding a narrow 36 m (118 ft) deep channel between the northern and southern basins. It is the eleventh-largest freshwater lake on Earth. The east side of the lake has pristine boreal forests and rivers that are being promoted as a potential United Nations World Heritage Park. The lake is elongated in shape and looking to the left here, is 416 km (258 mi) from north to south, with remote sandy beaches, large limestone cliffs, and many bat caves in some areas. Manitoba Hydro uses the lake as one of the largest reservoirs in the world. There are many islands in the lake and most are undeveloped and pristine Camera Details: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi, 55mm Lens, Aperture exp 13.0, Shutter speed 1/400, ISO 200
Going Down by BigD

Best View Larger! Featured in First Things group. / Featured in ImageWriting group. / Featured in 300+ Go Long! group. Taken in my backyard at the feeder. There was at least 20 bluejays feeding at the feeder and there was at least 30 mourning doves on the ground feeding as well. Even a gray squirrel was feeding there too. Canon 50D / Canon 400mm lens / Shutter Speed 1/750sec / Aperture-f-5.6 / ISO 400 Cool Facts / Thousands of Blue Jays migrate in flocks along the Great Lakes and Atlantic coasts, but much about their migration remains a mystery. Some are present throughout winter in all parts of their range. Young jays may be more likely to migrate than adults, but many adults also migrate. Some individual jays migrate south one year, stay north the next winter, and then migrate south again the next year. No one has worked out why they migrate when they do. / Blue Jays are known to take and eat eggs and nestlings of other birds, but we don’t know how common this is. In an extensive study of Blue Jay feeding habits, only 1% of jays had evidence of eggs or birds in their stomachs. Most of their diet was composed of insects and nuts. / The Blue Jay frequently mimics the calls of hawks, especially the Red-shouldered Hawk. These calls may provide information to other jays that a hawk is around, or may be used to deceive other species into believing a hawk is present. / Tool use has never been reported for wild Blue Jays, but captive Blue Jays used strips of newspaper to rake in food pellets from outside their cages. / Blue Jays lower their crests when they are feeding peacefully with family and flock members or tending to nestlings. / At feeders in Florida, Red-headed Woodpeckers, Florida Scrub-Jays, Common Grackles, and gray squirrels strongly dominate Blue Jays, often preventing them from obtaining food. / The pigment in Blue Jay feathers is melanin, which is brown. The blue color is caused by scattering light through modified cells on the surface of the feather barbs. / The black bridle across the face, nape, and throat varies extensively and may help Blue Jays recognize one another. / The oldest known wild, banded Blue Jay lived to be at least 17 years 6 months old. / Habitat ForestBlue Jays are found in all kinds of forests but especially near oak trees; they’re more abundant near forest edges than in deep forest. They’re common in urban and suburban areas, especially where oaks or bird feeders are found. Back to TopFood OmnivoreBlue Jays glean insects and take nuts and seeds in trees, shrubs, and on the ground; they also eat grains. They also take dead and injured small vertebrates. Blue Jays sometimes raid nests for eggs and nestlings, and sometimes pick up dead or dying adult birds. Stomach contents over the year are about 22 percent insect. Acorns, nuts, fruits, and grains made up almost the entire remainder. Of 530 stomachs examined, traces of bird eggs and nestlings were found in only 6 stomachs, although a search was specially made for every possible trace of bird remains. Blue Jays hold food items in feet while pecking them open. They store food in caches to eat later. Back to TopNesting / Nesting Facts / Clutch Size / 2–7 eggs / Egg Length / 1–1.3 in / 2.5–3.3 cm / Egg Width / 0.7–0.9 in / 1.8–2.2 cm / Incubation Period / 17–18 days / Nestling Period / 17–21 days / Egg Description / Bluish or light brown with brownish spots. / Condition at Hatching / Naked and helpless, eyes closed, mouth lining red.Nest Description / Open cup of twigs, grass, and sometimes mud, lined with rootlets. Nest Placement TreeBlue Jays build their nests in the crotch or thick outer branches of a deciduous or coniferous tree, usually 10-25 feet above the ground. Male and female both gather materials and build the nest, but on average male does more gathering and female more building. Twigs used in outer part of nest are usually taken from live trees, and birds often struggle to break them off. Birds may fly great distances to obtain rootlets from recently dug ditches, fresh graves in cemeteries, and newly fallen trees. Jays may abandon their nest after detecting a nearby predator. © Isidor Jeklin / CLO / Back to TopBehavior Ground ForagerThis common, large songbird is familiar to many people, with its perky crest; blue, white, gray, and black plumage; and noisy calls. Blue Jays are known for their intelligence and complex social systems, and have tight family bonds. They often mate for life, remaining with their social mate throughout the year. Only the female incubates; her mate provides all her food during incubation. For the first 8–12 days after the nestlings hatch, the female broods them and the male provides food for his mate and the nestlings. Female shares food gathering after this time, but male continues to provide more food than female. Some individual nestlings begin to wander as far as 15 feet from the nest 1-3 days before the brood fledges. Even when these birds beg loudly, parents may not feed them until they return to the nest; this is the stage at which many people find an “abandoned baby jay.” If it can be restored to or near the nest, the parents will resume feeding it. The brood usually leaves the nest together usually when they are 17-21 days old. When young jays leave the nest before then, it may be because of disturbance. The jays are usually farther than 75 feet from the nest by the end of the second day out of the nest. Young remain with and are fed by their parents for at least a month, and sometimes two months. There is apparently a lot of individual variation in how quickly young become independent. Blue Jays communicate with one another both vocally and with “body language,” using their crest. When incubating, feeding nestlings, or associating with mate, family, or flock mates, the crest is held down; the lower the crest, the lower the bird’s aggression level. The higher the crest, the higher the bird’s aggression level; when a Blue Jay squawks, the crest is virtually always held up. Blue Jays have a wide variety of vocalizations, with an immense “vocabulary.” Blue Jays are also excellent mimics. Captive Blue Jays sometimes learn to imitate human speech and meowing cats. In the wild, they often mimic Red-shouldered and Red-tailed hawks, and sometimes other species. Blue Jays are disliked by many people for their aggressive ways, but they are far less aggressive than many other species. In one Florida study, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Red-headed Woodpeckers, Florida Scrub-Jays, Common Grackles, and gray squirrels strongly dominates Blue Jays at feeders, often preventing them from obtaining food, and Northern Bobwhites, Mourning Doves, White-winged Doves, Northern Mockingbirds, and Northern Cardinals occasionally dominated them as well. Sometimes Blue Jays mimic hawks when approaching feeders. This may deceive other birds into scattering, allowing the Blue Jay to take over the feeder, but most birds quickly return after the jay starts feeding. Blue Jays carry food in their throat and upper esophagus—an area often called a “gular pouch.” They may store 2-3 acorns in the pouch, another one in their mouth, and one more in the tip of the bill. In this way they can carry off 5 acorns at a time to store for later feeding. Six birds with radio transmitters each cached 3,000-5,000 acorns one autumn. Their fondness for acorns and their accuracy in selecting and burying acorns that have not been infested with weevils are credited with spreading oak trees after the last glacial period. Despite being common, conspicuous birds that have been studied by many researchers, much about Blue Jays remains a mystery. This is the only New World jay that migrates north and south, and large flocks are observed flying over many hawkwatch spots, along shorelines, and at other migration overlooks, but their migration is very poorly understood. Some individuals remain year-round throughout their entire range, and at least some individuals depart during spring throughout their entire range except peninsular Florida. Migrating flocks can include adults and young birds, and recent analyses of movements of banded jays indicate that there is no age difference between jays that migrate and jays that remain resident. The proportion of jays that migrate is probably less than 20 percent. Back to TopConservation / status via IUCN / Least ConcernBlue Jays do well around humans, and their populations are secure. The most frequent cause of death associated with humans comes from attacks by cats and dogs. Credit given to, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
is it Insomnia? by tazzina

boring evening in Split, Croatia; sick with flue, but so want to make some shots… :), and I do! / MY KNEES!! Featured in Group The Woman Photographer is it Insomnia? was featured in aqua, lime or indigo . / Losing my common sense / Lay under bright lights You can’t hear the music / But we’re playing the same tune / Each beat, every note / Played perfectly by you Lay under bright lights Lay under bright lights / Fishing for company I can’t sleep. I don’t know what to do. / Troubling thoughts seem to come, right on cue. / Is it true that / “Sometimes fish get insomnia too.” Sleepless under bright lights / My knees are everything I see / Two Moons and the Sun / Playing games on me / No darkness there / There’s only light! there’s no relief / if I could only get some sleep / creaky noises make my skin creep / I need to get some sleep / I can’t get no sleep… / i’l take photos, no weep Would you like to snore? I can’t sleep. I don’t know what to do. / Troubling thoughts seem to come, right on cue. / Is it true that / “Sometimes fish get insomnia too.” * is it Insomnia?* /
Orange Man by phil decocco

The day was hot, thirst buds were aching for something cool and wet, and as we turned a corner in Kusadasi, Turkey this angel appeared with his manna from orchard heaven ready to be squeezed into fresh juice.
House in the Rain Forest by shellbee

While taking our train ride we came across this old home all alone, yet beautiful in my eyes. Curitiba Brazil was our beginning spot it has a population of 1,587,315 people. The city is large but very well organized! Lovely homes, among the highrises, lots of parks, great food, friendly people, alot of history, just a wonderful place to vist.
Cat Contemplating Sleet by Nadya Emanuel Johnson

“If I didn’t tell her / I could leave today / California Dreamin’ / On a winter’s day” (Oh, yeah… I could kill my owner. What’s she do, moves from California back to Illinois? I knew it! Should have run away in June.”) Ode to the Arrival of the Winter in the Heartland Featured in IMAGE WRITING
Sky Runners, Storm herd by Nancy Stafford

As you look toward the sky, you might see the Storm Herd. As they thunder across the sky to bring the storm clouds of your imagination.. / The’re led by a white stallion named Snowfire.. / part of it was photographed Rodeo beach / /

Recent Work

THE QUEEN IS NOT AMUSED by Dayonda

I had to pick the stubborn little thing up, which only fueled her fire. She’s very aware of her superior position in the house, and she owns Daddy. Sometimes life doesn’t go the way you want it to, even if you’re a spoiled-rotten cat! The Rolling Stones put out the song YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT. . . STONES. / Or from the original vinyl Rescued: Molly went from being a starving little mother-to-be on the street to having her own house, bed (once ours), and her very own daddy (she thinks). While she likes me somewhat too, she’s daddy’s girl. / She didn’t want to move off Daddy’s feet, so I had to help. I might add, but it’s obvious, that she’s gotten a bit plump since she moved in here. Any Tabby with brown hair behind its ears is a brown tabby. On this bedspread, the brown in her coat really stands out! Normally she looks kind of raccoony grey. CAMERA: CASIO EXILIM 12.1 MP / Zoom: extended to visual zoon, not electronic / Lighting: Indoor, incandescent / Setting: Sports
Stoned by Patricia Anne McCarty

The fate of a life, the path which is traveled, is it “written in stone”? This is a mixed media work done in photo shop with filters, cut ‘n paste, and textures / I used a photograph, but I don’t own it so I can’t sell this work it’s just to show. What I did here is SO easy, if you have photo shop then all you need to do is take a photo into the program, any photo will do. And go to the top menu bar. Then hit filters. There you will find the different filters and some have other choices too in their drop menus . so find the “emboss” filter and set it to your liking. Then after you got what you need. go again to filters and find “texture” Hit sandstone and set it to your liking. then just go back up to the top menu bar and find “image” hit it then a drop menu will show hit “adjustment” then click on “channels” play around with the colors,. Then that’s it,you’ll get the same result and stone look as I did. You can also play with “Hue and Saturation” to get these colors even more. Also in photo shop you can use layers and textures too that add even more!
The Creek Farm by Maureen Maliha

An example of hidden treasures in The Catskill Mountains of New York (there’s no place like home) / Cauterskill, NY /
GRAZING by Sandy Stewart

A young Mule Deer Buck can be seen taking a break from the hot sun, foraging for grasses in a lovely grassy shady area along a hillside. The mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) gets its name from its large mule like ears. The Mule Deer can be found in the western half of North America. / Mule deer prefer to eat high amounts of fresh grass. Mule deer rarely travel far from water or forage, and tend to bed down within easy walking distance of both. Young mule deer tend to forage together in family groups while bucks tend to travel alone or with other bucks. Most actively foraging around dawn and dusk, they tend to bed down in protected areas mid-day, but will also forage at night in more open agricultural areas, during full moons, or when pressured by hunters. Repeated beds will often be scratched level, about the size of a washtub. Temporary beds will seem little more than flattened grassy grounds. The Mule Deer on average, stand 101 to 106 cms(40 to 42 in) at the shoulders and is 203 cms( 80 in) or so from nose to tail. An adult buck will weigh from 68-136 kgs (150 to 300 lbs) on the hoof, with does averaging 56.6 to 79 kgs (125 to 175 lbs). The occasional trophy-sized mule deer buck may weigh in around 226.7 kgs (500 lbs). “PHOTO INFORMATION” Taken on July 18/09 at 4:20pm in Yellowstone National Park, US. / Taken in Raw, Adobe RGB and aperture priority. / Camera; Canon 40D / Lens; Canon EF 100-400 L IS USM lens. / Tripod; Manfrotto, including joystick head / Take at 1/400s, at f/8, 220mm, man col bal 6050 kelvin, iso 800. / Histogram adjustment, lab mode sharpening, lightness channel, unsharpmask ( amount 20 radius 5, threshold 1). No cropping.
Lake Winnipeg by Larry Trupp

! Location: Taken just before dusk at Sunset Beach just south of Grand Beach on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. The island in the distance is called Bird Island…Looking due north, to the left where the water meets the sky, is approximately 416 km (258 mi) to the distant shore. Interesting Facts Lake Winnipeg is a very large (24,514 square kilometers (9,465 sq mi)) lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the city of Winnipeg. It is the largest lake within the borders of southern Canada, and it is part of the most undeveloped and pristine large watershed of southern Canada. It is the sixth-largest freshwater lake in Canada, but it is relatively shallow (mean depth of 12 m (39 ft), excluding a narrow 36 m (118 ft) deep channel between the northern and southern basins. It is the eleventh-largest freshwater lake on Earth. The east side of the lake has pristine boreal forests and rivers that are being promoted as a potential United Nations World Heritage Park. The lake is elongated in shape and looking to the left here, is 416 km (258 mi) from north to south, with remote sandy beaches, large limestone cliffs, and many bat caves in some areas. Manitoba Hydro uses the lake as one of the largest reservoirs in the world. There are many islands in the lake and most are undeveloped and pristine Camera Details: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi, 55mm Lens, Aperture exp 13.0, Shutter speed 1/400, ISO 200
An Evening in June by George Cousins

An evening of boating among the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada, often has the added benefit of quite wonderful skyscapes. Especially in May and June, we get these cloud formations that have a wide variety of shades and colours. At times it looks like a downpour is imminent,but it seldom is at that time of year. This view was taken a few miles off Sidney, a town on the Saanich Peninsula just north of the city of Victoria. The large hump at the right is Salt Spring , the largest of the southern group of islands. BTW, it might appear that this is an HDR image; it isn’t, I prefer not to use it. / Taken June 17, 2009 / Fuji S100FS camera.
Aloha Island Dreams ~ This is Pa'ako by Sharon Mau

Pa’ako Beach Makena Maui Hawai’i My images do not belong to the public domain and may not be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without my express written authorization. Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Aloha ahiahi, mahalo nui loa to the anonymous buyer who purchased one of my posters Monday 01 June 2009. I very much appreciate your kindness and I sincerely hope you enjoy my image of beautiful Pa’ako Beach displayed in your home. Please let me know how it looks when you receive it. I I would love to know who purchased the poster, but if you prefer to remain anonymous I certainly understand. Thank you so much for your gift of Aloha!! Mahalo nui loa!! E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe! Aloha e Malama pono Sharon Mau SOLD / 01 June 2009 / 1x Poster Pa’ako Beach Makena Maui Hawai’i No post processing, it is really this beautiful! / Early morning light on Pa’ako Beach, Maui Hawai’i. / The island of Lana’i is visible on the distant horizon and Oneloa (Big Beach), Makena is in the distance on the right. The division between Big Beach and Little Beach was caused by a lava flow and earthquake in approximately 1790. The hill dividing the beaches is called Pu’u Ola’i or Earthquake Hill. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Currently with 2738 Views, _Mahalo :))) “At the northernmost corner of the Polynesian triangle, the Hawaiian Islands stand as a sentry for a collection of atolls, volcanic remnants, coral blocks and large islands that punctuate the region stretching to Aotearoa (New Zealand) in the south and Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the east. Hawai’i is the newest landmass in Polynesia and the most isolated settled area on the globe, rife with unique ecosystems. Maui, sitting in the middle of the main Hawaiian island chain, is young geologically. Haleakala, still volcanically active in the 18th century and now considered dormant, rises 10,023 feet. The older and more eroded West Maui Mountains are 1.3 million years old. The tallest point at Pu’u Kukui – 5,788 feet – is one of the rainiest spots on earth. Ka’anapali is on the leeward side of these mountains of West Maui on the slopes facing the islands of Lana’i, visible on the horizon in this image and the beautiful island of Moloka’i.” Information Source Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date 30 September 2009 / This is a composite of two images taken on the same location at the same time stitched one over the other / Currently with 2826 Views
Iron Monster by Tutelarix

Enjoy this incredible monster :) Tech info: / Canon 400d / Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 Aperture priority / F 2.8 / Ev 0.33 / ISO 800 / Focus 50 mm This photo I took from hands on motorcycles exhibition. This monster was the best from other. I set focus to 50mm and diaphragm to 2.8 to get great DOF. At home I did 15 minutes post work (Levels, Shadows&Highlights, unsarp mask, noise ninja and work with black and white filter) and now you can see this shot. Welcome to: / My site / My Facebook All rights reserved. ©Tutelarix. Please do not use my images without permission.
Marquand Post Office by barnsis

Some of you may have noticed that we are from Marquand Missouri from the information on our profile page. Actually we live some ten miles from the town. This is the post office in Marquand. Yes it is really that small, like the town which has less than three hundred on the population sign at the edge of town. Very much Small Town USA. Marquand was originally settled in 1804 by Capt. Henry Whitener and Michael Mouser, and was known as Whitener Settlement. The town was renamed in 1869 after W. G. Marquand, a railroad administrator, who donated $1,000 for the construction of a church. The town was incorporated in 1906. In 1924 a highway bridge was built over the Castor River. It has a population of 264. (Source Wikipedia)
SKIATHOS - Ready for lunch! by luanda

SKIATHOS – New Harbour AS IS – Straight from NIKON D 90 Greek people are really creative and cheerful. They love gather together, stay along with friends around the table eating, drinking and singing their songs At the same way they want to pamper the tourists and let them to feel themselves just like as they are at home… And what is more lovely than eat so close to the sea? Yeah, the table was just set almost…”in” the water….as You can see in the following shot… / SUCH A FANTASTIC PLACE TO HAVE A LUNCH!!!...Do you agree? Do U want to know all about SKIATHOS? Click HERE / To find out where SKIATHOS Island is situated, follow the green arrow on the map, at the bottom of the page!!! Click on the images below to leave a comment! To find out where SKIATHOS Island is situated, follow the green arrow on the map!!! / MCN: CXRB3-CEKG1-SV17G (s) / MCN: WEDUC-QFTN2-MAYYN (Wp)
Montecchio Pageant 1 by David Clarke

Montecchio is a village in Tuscany on the road between Castiglion Fiorentino and Cortona. As a village, you’d drive through it without noticing it, but up on a hill behind is a medieval castle that opens its doors once a year in September for a medieval pageant lasting two days. It’s a very local affair, attracting people from all over the surrounding area. As well as the main players such as members of the procession, knights, maidens, flag throwers, trumpters etc, there are stall-holders also dressed up in medieval costume preparing traditional doughs as well as the ubiquitous pastas. / I didn’t quite follow the pomp and ceremony of the pageant, but this fine fellow seemed to be important in the whole affair, presenting the main nobleman and his wife with a scroll that was read with great ceremony. The wonderful thing about Tuscany is that when the people dress up in the costumes of 500 years ago, they are look like they have stepped out of a renaissance fresco – all the facial features are there. Canon 1DMkII with Canon 70-200mm f2.8 lens at 190mm; ISO 200 f4.5 1/800 Montecchio Pageant 2 / Montecchio Pageant 3 /

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We encourage all forms of writing, from humor to fiction to poetry to factual commentaries that explain the history or story behind a work of art. And titles are important to us, for a good title brings the entire work of art together. We encourage people to contribute regardless of their writing skill, as long as what they write is coherent and works with the image they have submitted. It can be a photograph of a special family gathering, just write to the best of your ability what the occasion was and it should fit our criteria.

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