Found this butterfly feeding around in the old town of Bar. I wonder if it is any different from the ones in our Bay Area. Turned out it is not skittish at all. I got pretty close for this shot with my Smartphone.

We finally reached Vienna and saw the Danube. Turned out graffiti is legal along its riverbank. The weather has been wet for the past few days. We are looking forward to strolling around this magnificent city.

It's our first time cruising out of Amsterdam to the North Sea. I took this snapshot shortly after we departed from the port.

I actually went all the way to the backside of Pink Painted Lady and pressed my phone against the window to take this shot of the view to the backyard. No wonder this old house cost $3.5 million. I have heard it was last owned by a tech lady. She was trying to restore this house to its former glory but only completed the ground floor so far. It has now turned into a pop-up museum.

It's not a crooked image, as both the land and the viaduct are actually tilting. Queens, New York, is a very hilly area.

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Queens, New York (Random) - Click to View

We walked along this medieval street in Tallinn today. I had to wait for almost 10 minutes before I could get a clean shot of this street without any people. I wouldn't even believe this was once part of the Soviet Union.

Read the history of this beautiful Cathedral

saintdemetriosastoria.com/about-us/parish-history/

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We walked past Teatro di Marcello from the Jewish quarter in Rome. When I looked up this magnificent ancient structure, I was dumbfounded and humbled.

Explore #161, June 16th, 2026

We were taken to this ranch about 40 drive from Helsinski. We had lunch there. And just when we were about to leave, I took this snapshot of the homestead at the ranch.

We went past Ranch San Ramon the other day and spotted these purple lupines behind an iron fence. Needless to say, I had to stop and take a photo. I couldn't stick my camera out through the fence between the iron bars, so I had to use my phone instead. This gives you the perspective of my POV.

While we were heading to the Baltic Sea from Skagen, we saw this narrow funnel from the sly that looked like a small tornado. I immediately captured this shot with my phone.

Explore #317, May 15th, 2025

At the Second Cup

Before the Kemosabe Liquid Sunshine, each Sunday afternoon I'd take a long walk through either Astoria or Long Island City. Then, I would arrive back home around 4 or 5pm when I'd prepare an early dinner

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I'm on the road back, having concluded my 6th Cycle on Thursday, October 2nd. Tis a bumpy road, mind you, as I am still afflicted with Neuropathy of my feet, which are both numb, allied with swollen ankles. Makes walking quite challenging. I'm feeling how nothing significant will change until mid-November or early December. That's just a hunch and I may be completely wrong. I'm no doctor.

When I first began my Cycles back in early June (2025), I was having my head shaven each week. Then it stopped growing completely, though several days ago I noticed how it has begun to grow again

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Newell's Run - Year of the City

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4th Floor Walk-up Penthouse Apartment

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Before & After Construction

Queens: Long Island City

A New City Rises

We took a tour of the railway museum in Carson City. When I peeked into this passenger train car, I was spooked by this woman's shadow. Turned out it was a Judy Garland cardboard figure.

Explore #306, August 31st, 2025

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NYC Subway

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#7 Train Upgrades/33rd-Rawson Street Station

Taken with my new phone, it has 3 times more megapixels than the Nikon D5100 I normally take hiking. It came out in August and I was eligible for a free phone upgrade. I don't try to carry my Nikon D850 on long walks. I just can't take the weight. We've had a warm Christmas week with temps in the 50's and perfect walking weather with no wind. About to change over to rain by tonight.

"If only the lips of Nikanor Ivanovich could be combined with the nose of Ivan Kuzmich..." Nikolai Gogol, "Marriage"

A prism from the Kiev 88 camera attached to my Mamiya C220 through an adapter. Works well and looks much better than the Mamiya prism.

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Heavy Correction.

I parked my car on California St last Sunday before I walked over to Chinatown for some street photography. Saw this cable car just cruising down the street from Nob Hill. I took this shot because judging from the facial expression of these passengers, that didn't seem to be a thrill ride.

We entered one of the most unique wooden churches yesterday in Oslo. This particular one was reconstructed and is part of a museum today. The church was built according to the Viking traditions and was known as a stave church commonly found in Northern Europe especially Norway.

Visited the Lego museum today and saw this awesome diorama!

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24-01 Queens Plaza North - Before/After Construction

Google Pixel 9 Pro

Flickr’s Explore page has an algorithm which selects & showcases 500 photos per day, which is about 0.005% of Flickr’s total daily upload volume of about 25 million photographs.

This photo of mine had been both selected and showcased by Flickr's EXPLORE page algorithm.

It's considered an honor to a photographer when one their images are selected

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Queens: Sunnyside Queens Blvd

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Couldn't Hold It

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Queens: Woodside

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Today I tried this 20 year old premium compact for the first time. Stay tuned...

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Walk/Commute to/fro Work

I've been photographing this same corner for 3-years now

Sooner or later something has got to give

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32-44 Queens Blvd - Before/After Construction

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Crosswalks (USA) / Zebra Crossing (UK)

My hunch paid off as this structure was completely torn down. I've been photographing the back of the building, as the front faces a police station, and not many people understand why I photograph construction. Several times I've been asked if I was an insurance surveyor. That one makes sense, as many times I'm dressed from work. No, just a hobbyist photographer. Essentially it's my documenting the pre/post gentrification of my neighborhood

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38-27 32nd St and 38-38 32nd St / Before & After Construction

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Taken from Taft Point on our first day near the Valley

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Yesterday I saw this modified VW Beetle at a strip mall plaza. I thought it was cute and I couldn't resist to take some photos of it both from the front and from the back. I think this would be a perfect commute vehicle for Amsterdam. I saw quite a few one-person vehicles driven on the bike lanes over there.

I took a side trip yesterday just to see this apartment condo as recommended by one of the travel Youtubers. We were stunned by its incredible architecture. It even has a boat launching dock at its center courtyard as can be seen on one of the photos in my collage. I had to create a collage just to cover the different points of view.

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Newell's Run - Year of the City