Capture: Roamin' Holiday
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
I think he felt a bit of an exhibit poor thing. Did you venture into the hustle of petals and sculptures?
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
This might be a better link. Cheers,
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150742407897345&l=ce5b532886 -
Lilith __, in reply to
Did you venture into the hustle of petals and sculptures?
No, I thought it probably wasn't my thing. I might have been wrong. Were there hordes of people?
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
Yeah, to echo Jackson and Sofie: not necessarily!
Yup, 'nother echo here. Not that I'm any good at photography.... But these compacts are getting really compact and cellphones are getting super fancy, and both are so much easier to slip into a pocket and pull out for those random, spur of the moment shots that happen just as you're going about your daily business. Pity my old N72 seemed to do a much better job of photographs than my current Nokia 5230, but oh well....
This one Mr Nokia cooperated reasonably well with. The view out my brother in law's window.
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A little further to the right... the local pollution factory, busily turning coal into electricity.
In both photos, the older buildings and the power station are Yanjiao Township (on the east bank of the Chaobai River in Hebei Province. The Chaobai River is the border between Hebei and Beijing along this stretch) as it was before Beijing's real estate bubble took the good ship Insane and put it into warp speed. All the fancy new highrises in the background of the first photo are Beijing's real estate bubble swallowing everything in its path. Strange place, Yanjiao. I think today's trip was the first time I haven't seen real estate touts lining the main road pushing brochure's for fancy-looking housing developments into the window of every car unfortunate enough to have to slow down. Fortunately my brother in law lives on the very eastern edge of the township, too far out for the touts to bother with, since most of the traffic at that point is local rather than Beijingers desperate to find an affordable apartment.
I'm enjoying the birds and bugs. This morning on the way out a couple of magpie-like birds (喜鹊 - I'm confused, because they do look like, but absolutely neither behave nor sound like the magpies I remember in NZ) were playing happily, but too high and too fast for my cellphone, or even for my meagre skills if I had my SLR with me. First birdlife beyond crows I've seen in a few months.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
No, I thought it probably wasn't my thing. I might have been wrong. Were there hordes of people?
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I really would love to say "a Partridge in a Pear tree" but not so, instead I watched this Starling harass others yesterday. This one was determined to berid others of it's pear.
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More guarding.
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Then, satisfaction.
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Whiritoa Archway.
These bird shots are good Sofie, and a whole lot safer. ;-)
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merc,
Mud Bay hole face.
You can get in from the surf via the hole, as I found out. -
JacksonP, in reply to
Mud Bay hole face.
You can get in from the surf via the hole, as I found out.Is that the same place? Thinking I might have posted this before now. Just found the original again and cropped it a bit.
Dreaming of beaches and holidays I guess.
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merc,
Mud Bay = Maori Bay.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
the sky pyrus...
More guarding
pears de resistance!
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The Pyrus Pirates
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
OMG I would be hiding inside a safe room with windows shut tight.
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
Sweet.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Sweet.
Very.:)
Just to compare holes with Jackson and Merc, Here is another one.We did a pub crawl around the East Coast and found this one as we walked the length of the old Tolaga Bay Pier. -
And of course Jacksons is a popular spot on Venice Beach CA
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
That's in California? Change the language on the signs and it could be any number of hole-in-the-wall restaurants here in China.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Change the language on the signs and it could be any number of hole-in-the-wall restaurants here in China.
Well, we are all the human being. California, China, Dominion Rd Aucks. }: ) It even looks like our 4wd in the shot. Not so different eh? Here, is Wellesley St in Ak City.
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JacksonP, in reply to
Just to compare holes with Jackson and Merc
Next stop, Jackson Hole, Wyoming?
Yo' so funny. ;-0
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Next stop, Jackson Hole, Wyoming?
Never say never! ;)
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Never say never
There's always the Hole Earth Catalog!
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Lilith __, in reply to
Change the language on the signs and it could be any number of hole-in-the-wall restaurants here in China.
Hole foods? :-D
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