Monthly Archives: May 2010

Mystery Photo: Where in the World?

Fireworks light up the night around this magical sight. Kids and adults alike gather round to watch the explosion of  patterns, changing colors and lights. Where in the world is it? Be the first to correctly guess the name of this specific place and location of this photo to be entered into a drawing for a $500...

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Snap Shot: Wandering through Angkor Wat

Cambodia’s Angkor Wat complex is a vast, overwhelming sort of place that one can’t explore in a single day. Luckily, we had a week. But still…we had to narrow our choices. Which temples? Which sites? Thank goodness for great guidebooks, the internet, and a terrific local guide who led us to splendid finds. I loved...

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PARTICIPANT PHOTOS: YUCATAN RUINS

These photos were submitted by Dan Macal from California, taken on our Yucatan photo tour in Mexico. These were his first attempts at HDR. Using 2-3 exposures, he merged them in PhotoMatix Pro. Impressive! Okay, so this guy wasn’t in the Yucatan. (That we saw, anyway!) But Dan included it here from an earlier Wildlife...

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Wild Horses of Namibia

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Finding great shots of the wild horses of Namibia, Africa can be difficult. But when the stars line up right, the payoff is worth the effort.

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Seeing & Thinking: Bouncing an Off Camera Flash into a Reflector

Stepping inside a private monastery in Bhutan last November, we happened upon this scene—a group of young monks bent over the floor creating an intricate mandala. First thought, wow, how cool to finally see this…then, do you suppose we can photograph it? Great, now how? The challenge was the lack of natural light. At 5pm,...

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SNAP SHOT: Bhutanese blessing

In tiny Ura village, located in the cultural heartland of Bumthang, a Lama bestows a protective blessing on Bev. Hidden high in the Himalayas, between northern India and Tibet, is Bhutan, a peaceful, idyllic country whose mantra is national happiness. Cliffside monasteries, medieval fortresses, lavish temples and Swiss Tudor farmhouses dot rural landscapes of terraced rice...

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