Featured Work
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Water of Death. by TREVOR IRWIN
PLEASE READ THIS. This is the only source of water at Tunga/Zuga Village. This water hole is fed by the river and does not run dry. These villagers and those from surrounding villages have no other choice, but drink this water as their well was contaminated and then caved in. This is one Village where we do what we can to help deal with the aftermath of drinking polluted water, River blindness, Intestinal worm infections, Skin diseases and other water borne diseases Make many sick, especially children. I am returning to the village on 19th November, where I know like previous years many children will not be there, as they will have died in agony. I ask you all who read this to please make a donation via our charity website, or purchase some art. Pray and whatever you can do, please do it, no matter how small you may think it is. it will make a difference. We need much supplies to help these people. ALL PROCEEDS FROM SALE OF MY ART, PLUS DONATIONS MADE TO PHILADELPHIA MISSION CHARITY, GOES TO HELP EXTREME POOR AND SICK IN REMOTE AND RURAL VILLAGES IN AFRICA. WE NEVER TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF YOUR GIVING. ALL CHARITY OVERHEADS ARE COVERED BY OUR MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS. Please visit my Charity website: / http://www.philadelphia33.org/ See all my art and video at: / http://www.missionary.smugmug.com/ Camera: Canon 400D. Lens 18-55mm.. / / The temperature was so hot that the Camera really had a problem functioning. The body of the Camera was extremely hot. But at least I got this.
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Alleluia by Sharon Mau
At the most literal, Alleluia means “All hail to Him Who is.” This is a colour photograph taken inside the St. John’s Episcopal Church near Kula on Maui Hallelujah (הללויה) is a Hebrew word meaning “praise Yahweh”. It is an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration. Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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a sister called trust by Colinizing Photography with Colin Boyd Shafer
Van Vieng, Laos growing up fast -Canon EOS Rebel XT, 18-55mm Canon Lens Featured on the Cover of ‘Asian Photography Magazine’ September 2009 Featured in Asian Photography Magazine India October 2009 Submission for Digital Camera MagazineYour Best Shot Photography Contest Top Ten in Live, Love, Dream – “feel the emotion…portraits” Challenge Top Ten in Children Raw Power of Emotion Group’s “Best Friends” Challenge*
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BRIGHT FOREST © by Vicki Ferrari
BRIGHT FOREST © Vicki Ferrari Spring has sprung! :) / And what lingers beyond? / Cunninghams Gap, Queensland, Australia. / Vicki Purchase Card / Purchase Framed Print / Tech / Nikon D70 / Nikkor 28-105mm / Photoshop (Uploaded 8th June 2009) / re-uploaded 1st Sept 2009
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Service With A Smile by David McMahon
These flags carry the famous symbol of the Australian Open tennis tournament, one of the world’s four major titles that constitute the coveted grand slam. It was a scorching hot January morning and the flags were being whipped by a hostile northerly breeze – away from me. Then for one brief moment, they filled my screen. The flags, on the corner of Punt Road, were several metres high but because I chose to shoot this from Platform One at Richmond station, I was shooting at almost the same height as the flags! I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 70-300mm lens. Featured in FLAGS IN MOTION, May 2009. Featured in SPIRIT, August 2009. Runner-up, FLAGS IN MOTION October avatar challenge.
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Fierce by Bezay
This song fits the piece please listen, please / Commanche at Indian Nation Festival in full warrior dress and war paint. I love that these people embrace the Earth and live for a celebration amongst friends and family Albuquerque New Mexico along Route 66 Shot with the SONY a200 f5.6 ALSO AVAILABLE THUNDER WALKER / / WINNER OF THE SHOW US YOUR STUFF CHALLENGE – Photographers Of RedBubble Group TOP 10 FINALIST in the / Selective Color Group / Photographer’s Choice Challenge TOP 10 FINALIST in the / That One Great Shot group / Your Best Portrait Challenge / / / / / / / / / as well as Color Altering Group Politics,Race,Sexuality & Culture Group Sony Shooters Group and Photo Manipulators Group
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~Lavish Autumn Productions~ by NatureGreeting Cards ©ccwri
The maples in my yard were just on fire!! Shot this looking up, what an amazing sight! Autumn in the Ozark is such a spectacular sight, its eye candy wherever you look. I do enjoy trees, and I shoot them often, but during the autumn season they sure shine in all their glory. Fall 10 3 2005 Arkansas / AS IS: / hp 635 / F/5.8 / 1/245 sec. / ISO-100 /
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~*Autumn Drive On The Pig Trail*~ by NatureGreeting Cards ©ccwri
AS IS Canon PowerShot S3 IS 6mp “Autumn Drive on the Pig Trail” U.S. Arkansas State Highway 23 S. Better known as the Pig Trail Bypass. I love to shoot fall colors right after the rain; the moisture saturates the colors, and makes them POP. /
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Sombrero by Linda Gregory
One of the many characters walking the streets in costume at Tombstone, AZ’s Wyatt Earp Days. Taken in natural light with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ 28. Check out my other portraits / Top 10 in RANDOM PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGES’ “Your Best B&W Portrait” Challenge/July, 2009 / Top 10 in PORTRAITS IN NATURAL LIGHT’s “Men Only” Challenge”/August, 2009 / Featured in: / FIRST THINGS/June, 2009 / THE WILD WEST/June, 2009 / OUT OF THE PAST/July, 2009 / RUSTIC/July, 2009 / SPIRIT/August, 2009 / PORTRAITS IN NATURAL LIGHT/August, 2009 / WEEKLY THEME CHALLENGES/August, 2009 /
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Mata Hari by Tainia Finlay
Chosen as avatar for the week in the SISTERHOOD group 30th June 09 / Featured in JPG Cast -Offs group 30th june 09 Mata Hari ~ Mother of God in Hindi Inspired by SOE WW2 secret agent Princess Noor Inayat Kahn More information here Model Eliza / Canon EOS 50D / Canon 28-135 Lens Thank you for looking.
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Profile In Patriotism by Arla M. Ruggles
I found this 45-star American flag in an old shed. The loose weave of the fabric indicates it was probably a parade flag, or souvenir, and would date to 1912 or earlier. The flag has a new home more befitting; framed and proudly displayed on the wall of my gallery. I did not realize while I was framing the shot, that the angle and the light had created a silhouette profile of President Abraham Lincoln. Placed Second in Avatar Challenge on SPIRIT: / (2009.OCT.19) Featured on / SPIRIT: / (2009.AUG.06) / Shapes And Patterns / (2009.JUL.15) RedBubble Album: Rusticana / Window Americana Canon 350D EOS
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Save Me by linaji
This shot was so cool… cause the capt let me shoot while the boat was nearly on it side like a catamaran.. it was so compelling to be almost thrown over.. I kid you not.. the best for me is the mystery.. / will I survive.. ??? Camera stratagy.. I had a plan to toss it to someone as I may have slipped in.. tee hee.. all kinds of adrenalin .. goings on.. / Hope he likes it.. this and the a few other close ups of crew.. I am so happy with. TAKEN IN REDWOOD CITY WATERS (SF BAY AREA) CALIFORNIA..BEHIND MY HOME..XOX
Recent Work
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The old pumping station in the polder by jchanders
On this picture you see the historic buildings of the steam pumping station “Hertog Rijnout” near Nijkerk/The Netherlands, lying in the wide polder “Arkemhem”. Being built in 1883, it served for 100 years. Before that there had been a windmill which had burnt down. Rebuilding it was considered insufficiënt, as the polderland requires regular drainage. The ground becoming lower and lower due to land subsidence – somewhere I read that the lowering of the ground was about 2 m since the first diking of this polder was started a little more 600 years ago -, more and more water had to be drained. Like this the land could still be used for agricultural purposes, but there were also negative effects, as the resulting aeration of the peat soil leads to the oxidation of its organic components, and this decomposition process causes further land subsidence. Steam-driven pumping station like this one now are a historical monument of a past age. Most of them here in the Netherlands have been demolished, but fortunately this one with its characteristic high chimney was preserved and can still tell its story. The new building in the left of the picture shows the new electric pumping station. Near Nijkerk, 20th November 2009, 0.08 pm / Panasonic TZ3, 4.6-46 mm at 4.6 mm / F 3.3, 1/800, ISO 100
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Vegetable Merchants by Tatum Wulff
Image captured in a rural area outside of Lucknow, India.
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Moon over Ross Castle by sbb960
Ross castle is located on the edge of Killarney town, Co Kerry, Ireland.
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B Is For Bangles by David McMahon
Taken at a streetside night market in Calcutta, India, in 2006. This was shot without a tripod. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F5.6, 1/90 sec, ISO 200, focal length 88mm. India3 028
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Heart Reef © by Vicki Ferrari
Heart Reef © Vicki Ferrari A scan of an original print, taken using a Minolta SLR, back in the early 1990’s. / Heart Reef is located north of Hamilton Island, on the Great Barrier Reef, in North Queensland, Australia. It was named Heart Reef because, and obviously, it looks like a heart! / This photograph was taken from one of my regular chopper rides up on the island. I never got sick of flying in choppers, or seeing the amazing reef from the air! When you are at the Whitsundays, well worth visiting the Reef by helicopter! The view is amazing! Vicki Ferrari Purchase Card / Purchase Laminated Print / / Purchase Mounted Print / / Purchase Framed Print / / Uploaded 21st May 2009
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He pua laha 'ole Hau'oli, Hau'oli'oli ~ Pua Melia hae Hawai'i Tropical Plumeria by Sharon Mau
He pua laha ‘ole / A rare, prized blossom / Hau’oli, Hau’oli’oli / Joy, Happiness / Pua Melia / Plumeria Flower Tropical Plumeria / Ke’anae Peninsula Maui Hawai’i Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here I adore this particular variety of Plumeria, it is the most beautiful I have seen on the island. I took this image, along with several hundred others, as it was raining, a wonderful light misty gentle rain, and the soft natural colours in midday light are enchanting. I brought home a cutting for my garden. At this time I have collected five varieties of the lovely Plumeria here on Maui, and of them all, this one is my favourite. It is so beautiful. Slight adjustments in Curves to set the White Balance and a final adjustment in Contrast. “Plumeria, common name Frangipani; syn. Himatanthus Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) is a small genus of 7-8 species native to tropical and subtropical Americas. The genus consists of mainly deciduous shrubs and trees. It produces flowers ranging from yellow to pink depending on form or cultivar. From Mexico and Central America, Plumeria has spread to all tropical areas of the world, especially Hawai`i, where it grows so abundantly that many people think that it is indigenous here. The genus, originally spelled Plumiera, is named in honour of the seventeenth-century French botanist Charles Plumier, who traveled to the New World documenting many plant and animal species. The common name “Frangipani” comes from an Italian noble family, a sixteenth-century marquess of which invented a plumeria-scented perfume. In Mexico, the Nahuatl (Aztec language) name for this plant is “cacalloxochitl” which means “crow flower.” It was used for many medicinal purposes such as salves and ointments. Depending on location, many other common names exist: “Kembang Kamboja” in Indonesia, “Temple Tree” or “Champa” in India, “Kalachuchi” in the Philippines, “Araliya” or “Pansal Mal” in Sri Lanka, “Champa” in Laos, “Lantom” or “Leelaawadee” in Thai. Many English speakers also simply use the generic name “plumeria”. In several Pacific islands, such as Tahiti, Fiji, Hawai`i, Tonga and the Cook Islands Plumeria is used for making leis. In modern Polynesian culture, it can be worn by women to indicate their relationship status – over the right ear if seeking a relationship, and over the left if taken. P. alba is the national flower of Nicaragua and Laos, where it is known under the local name “Sacuanjoche” (Nicaragua) and “Champa” (Laos). Information Source: Wikipedia The beautiful Plumeria comes in a wide variety of delightful colours and bloom virtually year round. Plumeria (Frangipani) also known as the Lei flower, is native to warm tropical areas of the Pacific Islands, Caribbean, South America and Mexico. Plumerias may grow to be large shrubs or even small trees in the Hawaiian Islands and in mild areas of the U.S on the mainland. In tropical regions, Plumeria may reach a height of 30’ to 40’ and half as wide. They have widely spaced thick succulent branches, round or pointed, long leather, fleshy leaves in clusters near the branch tips. Plumeria are true tropical flowering trees, also known as Frangipani or the Temple Tree, and the fragrant flowers are often used to make Hawaiian leis. They may be grown in containers, in the ground, or in containers sunk in the ground. During the months of active growth, ample sun, water and food are essential. Healthy plumeria will bloom regularly and abundantly when they receive at least 6 to 8 hours of full sun per day. They are heavy feeders and will bloom and grow vigorously with enough of the proper foods. Plumeria love lots of water, but cannot tolerate wet feet, so they must be planted in fast draining soil or in beds with adequate drainage. The fragrance is wonderful with hints of jasmine. This lovely beauty is blooming near the Taro fields of Ke’anae Peninsula, Maui Hawai’i. Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / Shooting Date/Time 07 June 2009 14:41:22 / Tv 1/125 Av 7.1 ISO 100 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM / Focal Length 44.0 mm / Currently with 875 Views
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Susan- A Miracle girl! by TREVOR IRWIN
I was born in Northern Ireland and now live in London. I have been a missionary now for 15 years. When we first met Susan on a mission to a rural village in April 2007, she was in the later stages of death. Her body was infested with intestinal worms. Medicines would not work. I prayed for her in the village, along with two other mission volunteers. We left to continue our journey. But God spoke to me, and we returned that evening and put her in our old battered vehicle and brought her to our mission centre. We continued to pray and command death to leave her alone. 5 days later and God completely healed her. Now as you see, Susan is completely healed. She shares her testimony with us on missions into other villages and many have also received healing and hope. Praise God! Please help us to continue to reach others in need and extreme poverty. ALL PROCEEDS FROM SALE OF MY ART, PLUS DONATIONS MADE TO PHILADELPHIA MISSION CHARITY, GOES TO HELP EXTREME POOR AND SICK IN REMOTE AND RURAL VILLAGES IN AFRICA. WE NEVER TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF YOUR GIVING. ALL CHARITY OVERHEADS ARE COVERED BY OUR MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS. Please visit my Charity website: / http://www.philadelphia33.org/ See all my art and video at: / http://www.missionary.smugmug.com/ Camera: Canon EOS400D / Lens: Canon EF70-300 IS USM [AS IS]
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Pressure Tactics Can Be Hard To Gauge by David McMahon
This shot of a steam pressure gauge was taken in the engine room of the sternwheeler (paddle steamer) S.S. Klondike, which is now a static tourist attraction in Whitehorse, capital of Canada’s Yukon. I actually had two cameras with me, with both my lenses, but chose to use the longer of the two lenses for this shot, because depth of field was so important to the way I visualised the image. The light wasn’t great. It was murky and raining, and this shot was taken in the mid-section of the interior of the historic vessel. That’s precisely why I shot it from side-on, rather than standing directly in front of it and obscuring what little light there was. The Klondike played a crucial part in transportation and re-supply during the gold rush and was a symbol of the subsequent prosperity in the province. I can only imagine how many crew members in the course of the vessel’s operational life must have trained their eyes on this gauge, to make sure their wood-burning ship was operating within the correct parameters. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K200D, using a Sigma 70-300mm lens. F4.5, 1/90 sec, ISO 400, focal length 170mm. Featured by my co-host in PASSONATE ABOUT VINTAGE, November 2009. Canada08-S.S.Klondike-27Aug-7535
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1914-The Call by Martina Fagan
The Call / The Scottish American Memorial in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. / a little SC done with PS / / ©MCN:C6D3B-888RE-V3KXA
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Coming back to me... by smallfox
Taken around North Sydney/Milson’s Point. I warmed the picture over a slow flame.
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Walking alone... by micmac
One of those early morning walking alone with my dog.Same morning as «Liberty» .At the summer camp “Bruchesi” near my house. / 18 NOV 09….13223 views / Saint-Hipplyte.Quebec.Canada
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Wheatfield in Mukinbudin by Adrian Kent
Wheat ready for harvest in a paddock near Mukinbudin, a wheatbelt town in mid west wheatbelt of WA Camera Nikon D80
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