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Kombolói or kompoloi is a part of modern Greek culture, used to relieve stress and generally pass the time.... The origin of the Greek komboloi is debated. It may derive from the komboskini used by Orthodox monks or the Islamic Misbaha. Armenians also have their own worry beads which serve the same purpose as the komboloi and are also non-religious in nature....

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Flash on the right side outside the box, power 1/128, two lamps on the left-front side of the box (providing the 2-colored light bokeh)

'2monks' by cisco image 

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Black Magic by Geraint Rowland

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Another old one from my trip across Western Africa. Spooky skulls and other dead animals for sale at the World's largest voodoo market in Lome, Togo, West Africa.

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Fremont Bridge Collage by ♡Lynn♡

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Every time I cross this bridge I think to myself I want to photograph this from this view, so... one day I did just that. I know the 1st one has too much space on the bottom but it made me feel looking at it like I was lying on the road to get the shot. #3 feels like I am going up a roller coaster. I really like the lines of the bridge & looks really cool when you drive over it.

I changed these to an aged kind of old Newspaper look.

Good Defeats Evil by J J

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This is one of the many statues at the UN complex in NY, many cannot be seen now with the grounds close doff or re-arranged for the renovations ongoing to the main building

Good Defeats Evil is a sculpture that combines traditional-style bronze work with a more contemporary material--American and Soviet missles. "Good" is represented by a depiction of St. George, who is astride a rearing horse. In his right hand he holds an enormous spear, with which he is slaying a writhing dragon, representing "Evil." The dragon lifts his head with one last attempt at resurgence, but it is clear that this is the dragon's last breath: the dragon's body, which is made of an American Pershing II missile and a Soviet SS20 missile, has been torn apart by St. George's spear."

Source: www.blueofthesky.com/publicart/works/goodandevil.htm

Black Magic Woman by bensonfive

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Oxford Circus - Central London

Early in the morning... by Sam Ho

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Baliati Jaminder Palace At Shaturia , Manik Ganj , BANGLADESH

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I'm handsome !! by Anna Guðmundsdóttir

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history of snow by rayzr55

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TG! TG! TG! by Akbar Simonse

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Op zwart....

Soul Food by Louise Lindsay

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Seen in Western North Carolina, on vacation. Back in S. FL now

Taken 10/13/09, Uploaded 10/29/09, #8432, Topaz Simplify

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[ corridor B. ] by Roman Sołowiej

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On tour with Aksnipil, Norbert Löv and Photoportee

Hydrangea / Hortensie by Rainer Fritz

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farmstead by bob merco

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found on the eastern plains of Colorado.

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dawning dream by die minimalistin

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better future by Massimo Valiani

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Moon Set at Whitney Portal - Mount Whitney, Lone Pine, California by Kendra Karr

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L A R G E R

Jim & I recently took at extended trip along the eastern Sierras and into Death Valley National Park. First, we spent a day in Lone Pine. Where we explored the Alabama Hills and the various mountains peaking out of storm clouds. After our first sunrise, we hung around the trail head to mount Whitney before driving north to Bishop. Quickly, we realized that we were lucky that the moon was going to set above Mount Muir and the Keeler Needle. Maybe next time, the moon will be full... oh well.

This is the first of many images from our eastern Sierras and Death Valley getaway. Stay Tuned.

Nikon D300

Nikkor 70-300mm @ 200mm

f/16 for 1/40s

Singh-Ray LB Color Combo

Bowl- Healthier food by J J

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Todays challenge on www.photochallenge.org/ was "Bowl"

Now I thought after my last couple of posts being A. not that Healthy and B, not good for those dieting I would go for something healthier today.

Well lets be honest I resorted to doing a shot in my lightbox as I didnt get a bowl shot when we went out today , but this is fruit from our fridge and a lot healthier than bacon and eggs.

I am sure if I had taken more time I could have got this a lot better but just got home a short while ago and the evening is ticking on so did this quickly

We went for a walk to our local Mall today to pick up a few things and then decided to go and catch a movie, we decided on seeing 2012 which i wont say antyhing about to for those that havent seen it but I thought it was a good movie well worth watching

Tunnel vision @ Brussels, Belgium :: Long Exposure :: Fisheye by Erlend Robaye

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Best viewed in LARGE (Contacts only, sorry).

dEUS - Fell Off The Floor, Man [CD:In A Bar, Under The Sea]

For Ryan Eng, who like symmetric shots,

please have a look at his stream, great stuff !

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getting comments so it's more than normal to spend some time commenting on other peoples work. You might have noticed my absence and not so frequent posting nowadays, I really would like to be able to give more back to the community but some things are more important in life for me right now.

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a year from now.

I will be posting some more shots, I've already cut down on the photography bit as well but will not stop doing that, every now and then I can't go by a 'golden opportunity'.

I will understand that this will make the views, comments and faves that I received drop, well they have already.

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The tunnel near Brussels North train station.

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1 exposure of 32 seconds in RAW/ISO100 at f/16 using the Sigma 10mm fisheye lens, on a tripod.

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Fine tuning of the light using Exposure, Fill light, Blacks, etc.

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Vine Sefa! by MarculescuEugenIancuD5200Alaska

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Think very seriously about the GREEN BENCH :-) by Wendell

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B I G O N B l a c k m a g i c

I'm just now in the house, sorry to be a no show the last couple of days but shit happens and I'm the one with the shovel :-)

Please have a great today!

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Lens: Nikkor 50mm 1.8

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Aperture: f/1.8

Focal Length: 50mm

ISO: 100

Processing: Raw, Photoshop, Fractalius and Topaz Adjust

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De Blokker / Blokweerse Molen, Kinderdijk sunset by Bram van Broekhoven

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Molendatabase Info about this mill

De Blokker of Blokweerse molen is een van de achttien molens van Kinderdijk. De molen staat ook bekend onder de naam Blokkerse Wip, en wel omdat het een wipmolen betreft. Op de plaats van de Blokker molen stond al in de Middeleeuwen een molen. Deze oorspronkelijke molen werd tijdens de Nederlandse opstand door Spaanse troepen in brand gestoken. De huidige molen stamt uit het begin van de zeventiende eeuw

Thanks for your visit and comments, I appreciate that very much!

Regards, Bram (BraCom)

Stone Arch Bridge-NY-Collage by ♥ BeWoLf13 ♥ EriCaMAxiNE **ON AND OFF

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The Stone Arch Bridge,crossing the Callicon Creek in Kenoza Lake is one of Sullivan County's most famous structures.It was built by German and Swiss stonemasons around 1880.

It is considered to be one of Sullivan County's most famous structures on the National Register of Historic Places.

One of the few hex murders on record was committed in Sullivan County on the bridge in 1882 . As the story goes, a hex was placed on Adam Heidt which had caused him suffering and pain through most of his life, to end his agony and suffering, A Man Named Joseph decided to murder George Markert, the man that was claimed to have put the curse on Adam. For him, this was the only way he knew how to break the curse.One night, while Markert was walking along the bridge, Joseph shot Markert in the head five times,clubbed him with his own heavy chair leg that he used to use, as a cane, and then proceeded to dump Markert's body off the bridge down into the icy waters. Joseph was convicted of murder and spent several years in prison. Adam claimed he had a full recovery suddenly of all the suffering and pain.There were reported sitings of a ghost walking the bridge, who knows?, it might have been George Markert.

Portrait or landscape...? by ouldm01

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View on B l a c k or Grey, for a wee change

for those of you that recognise this shot, it is not a crop... and I am not usually one to repeat shots... I always take a landscape and portrait of all my shots... this was the next shot in sequence from the one previously posted...

I post this as I have had some comments on composition about the landscape version of this shot, some people like the symmetry, whereas some like the lack of symmetry, so this is the question I am asking with this shot, portrait or landscape mode?... symmetry, or lack of symmetry? personally, I prefer portrait, but it seems from the views and favourites of all my shots that landscape format wins!!... is it more pleasing , more acceptable or just that it is easier and cheaper to frame?!... actually, my most favourite is Square, but we dont want to go into that...lol

f16, 12mm on sigma10-20, 120 seconds with B+W NDx1000 filter

Bokeh Jewels by ♡Lynn♡

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USS LEXINGTON: YOU COULD PARK 1000 CARS ON FLIGHT DECK by RUSSIANTEXAN

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From my 2005 collection.

USS Lexington, known as "The Blue Ghost", is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name, is named in honor of the Revolutionary War Battle of Lexington. She was originally to have been named Cabot, but she was renamed while under construction to commemorate USS Lexington (CV-2), lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942.

Lexington was commissioned in February 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, receiving the Presidential Unit Citation and 11 battle stars for World War II service. Like many of her sister ships, Lexington was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, but was modernized and reactivated in the early 1950s, being reclassified as an attack carrier (CVA), and then an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career, she operated both in the Atlantic/Mediterranean and the Pacific, but spent most of her time, nearly 30 years, on the east coast as a training carrier (CVT).

She was decommissioned in 1991, remaining active longer than any other Essex-class ship, and was donated for use as a museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas. Lexington was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2003.

Public Art Display during the 2010 Winter Olympics by Brandon Godfrey

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A piece of public art that caught my eye on my second trip to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

Light by AnneliesW

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on black

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness;

only light can do that.

Hate cannot drive out hate;

only love can do that."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr. --

Museum Beelden Aan Zee, Scheveningen

www.beeldenaanzee.nl/

www.beeldenaanzee.nl/index1.php?lang=en

Like a pearl in the sand, Beelden aan Zee Museum lies concealed in the dunes of Scheveningen. The museum was founded in 1994 by collector couple Theo and Lida Scholten, and concentrates exclusively on modern and contemporary international sculpture. Beelden aan Zee is a private museum, sustained by a large group of enthusiastic volunteers and provided with structural support by an association of friends. Thanks to its artistic policy, the museum organizes numerous other cultural activities that have given it a special place in the international climate of The Hague.

Happy Valentines day. Be kind to each other by Anna Guðmundsdóttir

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Game over by Joe Adams Photography

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Game over

Kirkjufell við Grundarfjörð by Anna Guðmundsdóttir

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Mt Kirkjufell (463m) is a beautifully shaped and a symmetric, free standing mountain on the northern coastline of the Snaefell’s Peninsula to the west of the Grundarfiord Bay. It is a save challenge for mountaineers with some experience despite some fatal accidents in the past. To its west is another free standing mountain, Stodin. Both mountains are totally severred from the peninsula’s mountain massif. The creation of these mountains can be traced to the latest cold epoch of the ice age, when the glaciers and their rivers were seriously carving out the landscape. The landscape of the northern part of the peninsula was gradually shaped during the last one million years. Danish seafarers, who frequented this part of the country in the past, called Mt Kirkjufell “The Sugar Top”.

Mediterranean moon by Ben The Man

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Valletta is the capital city of Malta. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta. The Most Humble City of Valletta with the building of bastions, curtains and ravelins, along with the beauty of the baroque buildings along its streets, it became known as Superbissima — 'Most Proud', amongst the ruling houses of Europe. Valletta as "a city of palaces built by gentlemen for gentlemen". In 1980 the City was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Photo taken in the harbor of Valletta and post processed by myself :)

Valletta is de hoofdstad van de republiek Malta, op het gelijknamige eiland in de Middellandse Zee. De stad staat sinds 1980 op de Werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO.

De stad heeft een uniek laat-middeleeuws centrum met volledig intacte ommuring. Het is de zetel van de Maltese regering en het parlement. Valletta is een belangrijk verkeersknooppunt en heeft een mooie haven.

Durdle Door twilight by Antony Spencer

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Sunset at Durdle Door on Sunday night.

Sorry if I'm posting too many Durdle images, I can't seem to keep away from the place!

Canon 5dmkii 16-35mkiiL 240 secs @ f.8 iso 200. Lee 0.75 hard grad

lost april by little~ny

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Explored May 13th 2009 #31

thank you friends

Opeth's - Porcelain Heart

I lost all I had (that April day),

I turned to my friends (nothing to say),

I wrote down a name (and read it twice),

I wallowed in shame.

I said that I loved (eternal schemes),

I cling to my past (like childish dreams)

I promised to stay (and held my breath)

I went far away.

Icy roads beneath my feet,

Lead me through wastelands of deceit,

Rest your head now, don't you cry,

Don't ever ask the reason why

Kept inside our idle race

Ghost of an idol's false embrace

Rest your head now, don't you cry

Don't ever ask the reasons why.

Ventura Harbor Sunset by Wendell

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Yep, I got a ton of sunset shots the other night... this one is 3 exposures "fused" (blended) using photomatix, then finished off in Topaz.

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catching the worm ... so to speak by Ray Rhodes

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Black Magic

It's winter time now by holland fotograaf

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Natural ice in the Netherlands is a rare occurrence. In fact, some winters there's no natural ice at all. Maybe that explains why the Dutch love to skate outdoors. They hardly ever get the chance! But when a cold wave hits, and the interconnected maze of canals, rivers and lakes freeze over, it's a spontaneous celebration, a national holiday. Businesses close their doors and everyone goes skating.

The Alblasserwaard tour starts in the town of Kinderdijk, a tourist mecca famous for its windmills. (Molentocht means windmill tour.) The Krimpenerwaard is one of the oldest polders in Holland, dotted with ancient villages, and you can skate through nine of them in a day. (Negendorpentocht means Nine Villages Tour.) You can read about the area's history in this Krimpenerwaard site.

Aside from the scenery, the joys of Dutch skating are the companionship of other skaters, and the delicious food served up along the canals. With so many skaters on the ice, you're guaranteed to find someone who skates at your speed, and gets hungry or thirsty with the same regularity.

Daffodil Refractions for Eric by ♡Lynn♡

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Thanks Eric (fearless fagin) for the beautiful & beautifully written testimonial. Eric was one of my very first contacts when no one knew me on Flickr. I feel so blessed to have wonderful contacts like him & each of you :-) I hope you like this :-)

It must be viewed large, you can see a small piece of my little world in that drop.

Vancouver, British Columbia by Brandon Godfrey

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A view of Vancouver taken from the Seabus.

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Getting there is at least half the fun by Ben The Man

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We continuing our journey from Bolaven Plateau to Champasak - Southern Laos near the Cambodian border, some 200 km from Angkor Wat and about a one hour drive from Pakse. There is undoubtedly a growing tourist trail in Laos, but that just means there’s plenty of roads. After all, half the fun of traveling here is in the travel itself – the people you meet, chickens you share seats with, wrong turns you take and lào-láo you drink with the smiling family at the end of the road less traveled. We started in Tad Fane by local bus. Local buses in Laos are a truly unique experience. As a westerner you'll never get the opportunity to pay the local price but the benefit is that you're almost always guaranteed an actual seat. Busses in Laos are packed quite literally to the rafters. People sit 3 to a seat, or if there is no room stand in the aisles or sit on crates of Beer Lao which every local bus seems to have a sideline delivering. Strapped to the roof we have seen ; bags of rice, motorbikes, chickens with their feet cruelly bound and yet more Beer Lao. You can forget about air-con, some buses may have a rusty fan attached to the ceiling, but more often than not all the windows are wedged open, which doubles up as a solution to motion sickness. Basically Laos is not the best place in the world to be if you are impatient or in a hurry. We have had a 50 km journey which took us more than 2.5 hours. Your best bet is to sit back should you have a backrest and enjoy the fabulous scenery and rural life. At Houay Sae we had get out of the bus. Here we had to go on another 30km southward- route 13. Since there were no local buses we had to take the local Tuk Tuk. Well of-course not before we negotiate the right price. To get the right price remember to negotiate with a smile.

Photo of my wife Kanitha negotiating tuktuk taxi price at Houay Sae - route13. The Belgium girl Carolien (on the right) and girlfriend Helen are luckily joining us.

Wie zich met de bus door Laos wil begeven, moet zich onmiddellijk realiseren dat Laos nog altijd een derdewereldland is. De wegen zijn regelmatig niet geasfalteerd en lokale bussen zijn minstens twintig jaar oud. Elke bustrip is een memorabele. Onze reis gaat verder van Tad Fane waterval naar Champasak. Vlakbij dit dorp liggen de mooie UNESCO Khmer-ruïnes van Wat Phu. Vandaag vervoert de bus ook enkele brommers, satellietschotel op haar dak en is de heft van de bus volgeladen met Chinese kool. In het middenpad liggen wat volle rijst zakken. De bus is te vergelijken met een derde klasse bus in Thailand met drie stoelen links en twee stoelen rechts. Als westerling zijn je schouders te breed om fatsoenlijk in de stoel te passen, dus ik ben blij dat we dit genoeg stoelen voor onszelf hebben. Ook de beenruimte is als altijd krap. Het is een reis van 50km, slechts af en toe passeren we een dorpje. De bus heeft zijn beste tijd gehad en de bus maakt flinke herrie. Vooral met het steeds afremmen, we dalen immers af vanaf Bolaven Plateau richting het lagere Mekong gebied. Mijn voeten worden erg warm en er komt rook uit de de vloer. Ik waarschuw de buschauffeur. In plaats van remmen op de motor remt de chauffeur alleen op z'n remschijven waardoor die te heet worden en gaan gloeien! Na een kleine rustpauze proberen we verder te rijden. De chauffeur bleef lachen. We waren in ieder geval blij dat we aangekomen waren bij ons overstap punt in Houay Sae. Hier moesten 30km verder met de lokale TukTuk. Natuurlijk moest er eerst onderhandeld worden over de prijs. Onderhandelen kan je het beste doen met een grote glimlach. Probeer ook niet het onderste uit de kan te halen want vaak is er maar één optie op afgelegen plaatsen zoals hierboven. Mijn vrouw Kanitha kan goed onderhandelen. De jongen met gele t-shirt bracht ons in z'n tuktuk ons naar onze bestemming in Champasak. Het was eigenlijk nog een hele trip want na de 30km moesten we ook nog de Mekong oversteken met de lokale pont. De jongen was zelf ook nog nooit in Champasak geweest. Waardoor we eigenlijk Champasak voorbij reden. We hadden zelfs het idee dat Champasak een groot stadje was, maar was niet meer dan wat huizen aan één weg. Uiteindelijk toch bij plaats van bestemming gekomen en accommodatie gevonden.

Goose Step by Alan Jenkinson

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