Looking Down Xihai (West Sea) Grand Canyon, Echo Wall Lookout, Baiyun Scenic Area, Huangshan (Yellow Mountains), China More images: Huangshan Mountains, China Stock Images | Alpine and Mountain Landscapes Stock Images | Landscape Stock Photography
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Picture: Sunrise at Govett’s Leap Lookout, Blackheath, Blue Mountains National Park, NSW, Australia More images: Grose Valley, Blue Mountains Stock Images | Alpine and Mountain Landscapes Stock Images | Landscape Stock Photography
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For time to time I’m receiving e-mails from painters asking permissions to use my photos as inspirations for their painting. I always give such permissions. Why should I deny that anyway? And I always wanted to see what the outcome would be. Some artists said they would send a photo of completed work to me...
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Longji Rice Terraces, Longsheng, Guangxi, China Together with Hani rice terraces in China and Banaue rice terraces in Philippines, the rice terraces in Longsheng country in China are often considered as the most beautiful terraces in the world. Sometimes they are called “The champion of the terrace world”. They’ve got the name Longji Rice Terraces...
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Picture: Aoraki/Mount Cook from Lake Pukaki, Mackenzie Region, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand More images: Lake Pukaki, New Zealand Stock Images | Lakes, Rivers and Waterways Landscape Stock Images | Landscape Stock Photography
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More images: Lake Matheson, New Zealand Stock Images | Lakes, Rivers and Waterways Landscape Stock Images | Landscape Stock Photography
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Jack Dykinga once said: “You usually don’t get it right the first time, I call it a drive-by shooting. … I can’t think of any time I’ve taken a meaningful photograph the first time…” This is very much true. Especially if I think about MacKenzie Falls in the Grampians National Park in Victoria, Australia. I...
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Finally I’ve got almost right tempo of processing photos. I still have a lot of photos from Kyoto, Osaka and Matsumoto in Japan and many photos from Huangshan, Longsheng (Longji), Yangshuo and Zhangjiajie in China to process. Ah!.. and also from the last trip to South Australia and Victoria as well. I just do not...
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If you follow me on Twitter you probably already know that my Mac died last Thursday. I suspect there was a huge electricity spike and my surge protector couldn’t handle that. So the power supply unit and the motherboard died at the same time. Had urgently buy a new one and a UPS. Spent weekend...
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More images: Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand Stock Images | Alpine and Mountain Landscapes Stock Images | Landscape Stock Photography
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