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-EOS 7D
-EF-S17-55m f/2.8 IS USM
-1/250thsec, 5 c6, 33mm, ISO 100

Every desert
is but an orphaned beach,
abandoned long ago
by ancient seas.
Thirsty sands
that still dream
of ocean embraces.


I am much like the desert
when we are apart.
My thirsty heart
still dreams of your embrace,
as if I were trying
to reunite my soul,
with something missing
from myself.

~ Rev. Bill McDonald

- EF=S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
- 1/250th sec, f/5.6, 33 mm, ISO 100

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- EOS 5DMkII
- EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
- 1/320th sec, f/2.8, ISO 100, 100mm

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Your lips are like a southern lily red,
Wet with the soft rain-kisses of the night,
In which the brown bee buries deep its head,
When still the dawn's a silver sea of light.

Your lips betray the secret of your soul,
The dark delicious essence that is you,
A mystery of life, the flaming goal
I seek through mazy pathways strange and new.

Your lips are the red symbol of a dream,
What visions of warm lilies they impart,
That line the green bank of a fair blue stream,
With butterflies and bees close to each heart!

Brown bees that murmur sounds of music rare,
That softly fall upon the langourous breeze,
Wafting them gently on the quiet air
Among untended avenues of trees.

O were I hovering, a bee, to probe
Deep down within your scented heart, fair flower,
Enfolded by your soft vermilion robe,
Amorous of sweets, for but one perfect hour!

~ Claude Mckay

- EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
- 1/200 th sec, f/2.8, 115 mm, ISO S100

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- Canon EOS 7D
- EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II USM
- 1/320th sec, f/8.0, 145 mm, ISO 100

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This photo was reframed after a Flickr member commented on it being technically perfect but boring. I do not know if he/she may still find this reframed version boring as well but I quite like it so I guess thanks are in order to Tim Peeters for this one :-)

The original is linked below.

www.flickr.com/photos/sjs_travelogue/5038737745/

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- EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
- 1/125th sec, f/5.6, 100 mm, ISO 320

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As I was walking towards my building from the one next door, I noticed that there were some bright red leaves in the garden which were not there when I left for Chicago less than a month back. I went in the garden and saw that the entire plant, leaves, buds and stems were a brilliant red and it had very very tiny flowers (less than half an inch across) which were the same sexy red on the outside and a lovely off white (on the inside. It was magical.

Although the sky was heavily over cast and dusk was fast approaching I rushed to my building, picked up my 7D , mounted the 100 mm macro and called out to my teenaged daughter if she would like to come see me photographing some lovely new flowers. She came, never having seen me shoot outside the house before and was fascinated by the details of the flowers, leaves and dew drops magnified magically on the LCD monitor. Here are some of the shots.

Sul fiume Neva...

Vista dal Foro di Traiano...

Госуда́рственный Музе́й Эрмита́ж

Sul fiume Neva...

Nakhimov Naval Academy...

Fly away...

Cattedrale di Nostra Signora di Kazan

Prospettiva...

Predatore Alfa...

Una splendida nave sul fiume Neva a San Pietroburgo...

San Pietroburgo...