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- Bringing home dinner!
- The beautiful Cross Canyon Trail
- The beautiful Cross Canyon Trail
- "Autumn in Vancouver"
While in Vancouver, Canada for a business meeting, I noticed the spectacular fall colors of these trees. I like the contrast between the colorful trees on the right-hand side of the path, and the almost bare trees on the left-hand side, and how both rows of tree focus the viewer's attention towards the high-rise buildings in the background. (November 8, 2013. Nikon D5000, 1/50s @ f/14, 40mm, ISO 250.) - "Bierpinsel", Berlin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bierpinsel - "Black Caviar"
In February, at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, I witnessed the champion racehorse "Black Caviar" win her 23rd-successive race (also breaking the course record for 1000 metres). The horse retired two months later - undefeated in 25 races. Technically, this photograph is not remarkable, but it captures a piece of sporting history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Caviar (February 16, 2013. Nikon D5000, 1/1000s @ f/5.6, 300mm, ISO 250.) - "Girl in a Wetsuit" - Vancouver's answer to Copenhagen's "The LIttle Mermaid"
- "Holstentor", Lübeck, Germany
The old western city gate for the city of Lübeck, which was the major city of the Hanseatic League. (Lübeck, along with two other northern German Hanseatic cities - Wismar and Stralsund - are UNESCO World Heritage listed.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstentor - "House of the Seamen's Guildhall" (1535), Lübeck, Germany
- "Key Deer", Big Pine Key
- "Konzerthaus", Berlin
- "Reichstag", Berlin
The German Parliament building from 1894-1933, and again since 1999. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_%28building%29 - "Schwerbelastungskörper" - a failed Nazi construction project in Berlin
The Nazis (actually, some of the Nazis' French prisoners) built this huge concrete cylinder to test whether the area's sandy ground would be able to withstand an even larger 'triumphal arch'. It turns out that it wouldn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerbelastungsk%C3%B6rper - "The World's Longest Elkhorn Arch", Afton, Wyoming
- "Turning Torso" building, Malmö, Sweden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_torso