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Lonely kaki (Japanese Persimmon) fruit still hanging on... escaped my picking back in October and still looks to be in good shape!
  
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			12-17-2014, 03:18 PM
			
			
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				I don't know if I've said it before, but shooting a black dog and white dog together in poor light is hard! 
			
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			12-20-2014, 10:46 PM
			
			
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			Small icicle 'question mark' 
 
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			12-21-2014, 03:08 PM
			
			
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			12-21-2014, 07:25 PM
			
			
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			12-25-2014, 01:25 PM
			
			
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			Hopefully imgur links are kosher:  http://imgur.com/a/Yt3ui#0
Some photos I took on a recent trip to NYC. Shot with a Fujifilm X-A1 and a scratched up kit lens (can't recall the specs off the top of my head). Straightened/cropped, but otherwise not manipulated.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			12-25-2014, 05:34 PM
			
			
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			12-31-2014, 07:07 AM
			
			
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			01-02-2015, 02:07 PM
			
			
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			Ahh, so here's where we share our vacation pics eh. 
Anyways, I just returned from Tokyo Japan, it was amazing in so many ways. I highly suggest you all go immediately.
 
Bunch more up on flickr:
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			01-03-2015, 03:50 PM
			
			
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			There is a cool feature in Photoshop that lets you create circular images from panoramic shots.  The resulting images look like little planets.  Takes some practice and time to get better at it.  But fun, nevertheless.  Here are a few of my first little planets: 
Planet Zurich 1:
  
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			Went to Spain in September. 
Alhambra and the Nasrid Palace in Grenada
 
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			01-05-2015, 07:14 PM
			
			
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			from my balcony this evening looking towards west kelowna (from kelowna) 
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			01-20-2015, 06:30 PM
			
			
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			01-20-2015, 09:29 PM
			
			
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			^ second compostion looks better to my eye.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
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			01-24-2015, 05:34 AM
			
			
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			01-25-2015, 05:43 AM
			
			
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			01-25-2015, 05:44 AM
			
			
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			01-25-2015, 11:09 PM
			
			
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not missing anything at all flameswin! You're right, when a bout ends by 'Yorikiri' or 'Oshidashi' winning technique it's quite common for the Rikishi to go flying into the crowd. 
 
The first row is mostly 'Shinpan' (judges), pro photographers and other Rikishi's waiting for their bout so for the most part the public who bought tickets rarely get crushed. 
 
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