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Karan, circle of Kangaba, southern Mali
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| Lat: 12° 8' 0" N |
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Long: 8° 32' 0" W |
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6 October 2005 - 15:55 local time (14:55 UTC) |
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Yerevan, Armenia
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| Lat: 40° 17' 15" N |
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Long: 44° 40' 03" E |
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Oct. 17, 2005 - 12:40 PM |
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Equipment: canon 20D, Sigma 8mm, Manfrotto tripod and head. |
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Here is the center of the city where military parades were performed during Soviet times.
Now it is used for performances, exhibitions and just as a place to sit and relax. There used to be a statute of Lenin right behind the fountain. The main musem is in the..
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| Photo: Albert Yeznaian |
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Penglai, Shandong, China
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| Lat: 37° 8' 8" N |
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Long: 120° 55' 0" E |
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| Date/Time: |
Nov. 11, 2005, 13:20 |
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Equipment: Nikon D100, Sigma 8mm, High-Pole |
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Having long been known as a fairyland, Penglai is one of the three supernatural mountains inhabited by immortals. The other two are Yingzhou and Fangzhang, which have frequently been visited for wonder herbs by emperors since the Qin and Han dynasties.
The fam..
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| Photo: Yang Dehua |
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Shanghai, China
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| Lat: 31° 13' 30" N |
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Long: 121° 28' 20" E |
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| Date/Time: |
March 19th, 2005, 1900 local |
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Equipment: 1Ds, Sigma 8mm, Manfrotto VR, PS, PTMac |
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The 5.5 km long Nanjing Road is Shanghai's most bustling street and China's number one shopping street, where you can find a large number of traditional department stores as well as famous western brands.
It was first built in 1851 as a country path fr..
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| Photo: Sven Hafner |
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Baoding, Hebei, China
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| Lat: 38° 51' 0" N |
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Long: 115° 28' 48" E |
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| Date/Time: |
April 24, 2005 16:35 |
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Equipment: Nikon D100, Sigma 8mm |
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Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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| Lat: 25° 0' 0" N |
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Long: 100° 0' 0" E |
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June 28, 2005 15:38 |
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Equipment: Nikon D100, Sigma 8mm, handhold. |
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Jiaxiu Tower, located in Guiyang city, the capital of Guizhou province, China, was originally built in the Ming Dynasty. It is the symbolic building of the city now...
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| Photo: Jin He |
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Beijing, Haidian, China
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| Lat: 39° 55' 48" N |
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Long: 116° 9' 36" E |
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Dec. 22, 2005 16:25 |
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Equipment: Nikon D100, Sigma 8mm, handhold, PanoTools, PTgui, Photoshop |
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The Ancient Villages (Xidi and Honcun, etc.) in Southern Anhui Province, China
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| Lat: 30° 11' 0" N |
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Long: 117° 38' 0" E |
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| Date/Time: |
may 5 2005 |
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Equipment: Taken with an yashica FX-3, tokina 17mm lens, no pan head, film, panotool + photoshop |
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The small garden of a private house. The buildings and courts are classical and traditional in the Chinese style. Glowing blooms still keep themselves pure and clean.The host of the garden is reading a book in the small pavilion. The sky is pure blue, quiet an..
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| Photo: Liu Zen |
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The Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China
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| Lat: 39° 55' 12" N |
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Long: 116° 27' 36" E |
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May 20th, 2005 10:30 |
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Equipment: Nikon D100, Sigma 8mm. |
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Top leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Taiwan opposition Kuomintang (KMT) met on April 29th, 2005 for the first talks of their kind in 60 years and vowed to end cross-straits hostility and fight "Taiwan independence."
In a ceremon..
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| Photo: Jiannian Xu |
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Central, Hong Kong
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| Lat: 22° 15' 0" N |
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Long: 114° 10' 0" E |
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22 December 2005 22:15 |
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Equipment: CP5000 + FC-E8 |
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The shiny tower in this pano is Exchange Square, home to the Hong Kong stock market. Also the new airport railway's Hong Kong station is located next to the building. People can check-in here for some airlines.
Next to Exchange Square is Jardine House, the..
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| Photo: Tommy Poung |
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Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan
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| Lat: 35° 40' 37" N |
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Long: 139° 45' 51" E |
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| Date/Time: |
Novemver 30, 2005 - 14:17 UTC (23:17 JST) |
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Equipment: Camera; CANON EOS Kiss digital N, Lens; SIGMA 15 mm, Head; custom
ASA;200, Stop; 4, Shutter speed; 1/15 - 1/4
Cube face size; 3,000 pixel,
Original: 3456*2304 pixel, JPEG High
Number of shots; 25*3= 75 (no bottom, AEB)
Compositing; CINEMA 4D, Converting; CubicConverter |
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Kobe, Japan
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| Lat: 34° 40' 45.2" N |
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Long: 135° 11' 6.45" E |
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| Date/Time: |
March 19, 2005 - 12:06 UTC (21:06 JST) |
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Equipment: Hardware: Fuji S3Pro, Nikkor 10.5mm, Manfrotto/Bogen 303SPH, MDeVe aluminum video tripod.
Software: Kekus Digital PTMac and Click Here Design CubicConverter. |
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"Mosaic" town is a very unique place.
A big Ferris wheel and carousel, Mosaic Garden and restaurants, boutiques and movie theaters form an almost mosaic-like effect in this commercial park complex.
An open air mall and square with a view of t..
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| Photo: Yasuhiro Fujimoto |
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Imizu, Toyama, Japan
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| Lat: 36° 46' 43.25" N |
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Long: 137° 5' 18.32" E |
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| Date/Time: |
2005/11/05 |
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Equipment: PENTAX *istDs DSLR with SIGMA 8mm fisheye and SLIK monopod.
Stitching by PTGui, convet to QTVR with Stitcher 4.0.4.
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Shinminato is a port town, facing the Sea of Japan.
In November, 2005, Shinminato joined to new "Imizu-city", center of Toyama prefecture, and held a special carnival parade with 13 "Hikiyama" cars to celebrate the birth of the new city...
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| Photo: Makoto Hayashi |
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Shinmachi-Street, Kyoto, Japan
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| Lat: 35° 0' 28" N |
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Long: 135° 45' 23" E |
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| Date/Time: |
July 17, 2005(12：39 local time) |
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Equipment: NIKON D100/SIGMA8mm/KAIDAN/Manfrotto/Photoshop |
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THE GION FESTIVAL
The Gion Festival is one of the three major Japanese festivals of Yasaka Shrine. The Gion Festival has a long history and is known widely because of the magnificence of its parade, and the sacred rites on a large scale for one month.
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| Photo: Sachio Izumi |
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Ukiyo-e Cafe, Japan
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| Lat: 38° 00' 02" N |
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Long: 138° 19' 21" E |
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Oct. 30, 2005 15:55 PM |
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Equipment: Canon10D / Sigma 8mm |
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The owner of the cafe said...
"The fantastic day happens once a year.
When Mount Fuji is dyed red, people of the Ukiyo-e gather at my Cafe.
The cafe will specially open for only the shy Ukiyo-e friends on this day."..
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| Photo: Yoshiyuki Kaneko |
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Kanagawa, Japan
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| Lat: 35° 20' 13" N |
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Long: 139° 20' 42" E |
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| Date/Time: |
September 9, 2005 11:00 Japan Standard Time |
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Equipment: CANON EOS10D, Sigma 8mm Circular Fisheye, Handheld
PanoramaTools, PTGui, Photoshop Elements, Panoweaver |
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Kids can touch many kind of domestic animal at a small zoo in Hiratsuka park. They are very photographer-friendly...
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| Photo: Rikuichi Kishimoto |
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Katsuragi-City, Nara, Japan
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| Lat: 34° 31' 12" N |
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Long: 135° 41' 53" E |
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| Date/Time: |
December 22, 2005-15:48(JST) |
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Equipment: Canon10D, Sigma8mm, Manfrotto300N, Panotools, Photoshop, Panocube |
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The "Sekkou-ji" Temple is well known as the old temple where peonies bloom.
The peony is originally a flower that blooms in spring, but the peonies of "Sekkou-ji" are made to bloom twice a year, in both spring and winter.
It snowed earlier ..
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| Photo: Katsufumi Nagamine |
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Hirano-Jinja Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
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| Lat: 35° 1' 45" N |
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Long: 135° 44' 8" E |
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| Date/Time: |
April 11th, 2005 8:45/19:35 JST |
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Equipment: Nikon : COOLPIX4500 + WC-E63
Kaidan : QuickPanIV CameraSpecific (forCOOLPIX4500)
Adobe : PhotoshopCS
PictureCode : NoiseNinja
Apple : QuicktimeVR Authering Studio
QTBridge : Pleinopot |
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Spring starts in Japan with HANAMI, the outdoors feast to enjoy while viewing cherry blossoms.
There are some special HANAMI spots in Kyoto. Hirano Shrine especially has a lot of HANAMI towers. When night comes, many people of Kyoto jam this place.
Hirano Shri..
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| Photo: Akila Ninomiya |
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