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A walk through San Sebastián (Donostia, as it is known in Basque), a summer capital of Spain, is here where the Belle Epoque (beautiful era) lives on. Second part of the A Day Trip to San Sebastián.

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Castle Neuschwanstein and Hohenzollern

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First, the Ending

This is the Japanese Maple Tree at the Portland Japanese Garden. The Portland Japanese garden has been proclaimed the most authentic Japanese Garden outside of Japan, and a short walk around the garden will tell you why. The maple tree has greater symbolism among Japanese culture, embodying grace and serenity, among other things.

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A Seattle Walk and a Ferry Ride

The end of the trip in the charming city of Seattle, Washington.

Salt Pan Polygons of the Badlands (somewhere around that area)

Many Faces of Death Valley

I wanted to get together one post to have all the diverse landscapes of Death Valley. These are the many faces of Death Valley.

Princess Ewauna - The Bandon Face Rock

Driving along the Pacific Coast Highway brought us to many magnificent views of the Pacific Ocean. The Big Sur is everything all the books and movies had promised.

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An Unplanned Stop in Burgos, Spain

A Day Trip To Potes, Liébana in Cantabria

A Taste of Porrón

I've lived in the NYC area for about 19 years now, from Queens to East Village, to finally mid Long Island. It's sad how little pictures I have of both the places, but I'm working on it.

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A Drive through Switzerland

A drive through Switzerland is everything that I thought it would be. Mountains, lakes and the requisite chocolate stops makes this one of the more memorable road trips in Europe.

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Aside from the pristine beaches, there is another side of Jamaica landscape that I noticed when I ventured out from the sheltered resort area. When you venture inland, there is a plethora of other scenery that is very different than the tourism posters of Jamaica. I happened to walk off the hotel property, and stumbled upon the edge of golf course which was not really part of it, but still was very well taken care of. Either way, anybody would be more than ecstatic to have it as their backyard.

On a different note, I wanted to mention something about photographic cliches. Photographic cliches are images that are created with motifs that are very common, such as sunrise/sunset beaches, mountaineous landscapes, rocks in water, autumn leaves, white fences - and lone trees. I've probably rattled off about 70% of the recent pictures you've seen on the web (and possibly on my blog). The truth is that in the current digital age, and the easy access to camera equipment/technology, its pretty hard to be original, especially for amateurs like myself. All this is a little depressing unless you're a creative genius, and so the philosophy has to change. So if you're not going to create the next original masterpiece, then I guess the thing to take note off is whether you're having fun, and whether you believe in what you created (or are creating) - IMHO, its all worthwhile as long as that requirement is met. Also, I strongly believe that once you are having fun and believe in what you're doing, you will end up creating that masterpiece at some point. Yes, the lone tree motif has been done many times before, but I'm fairly confident its not that rampant in landscapes of Jamaica (I hope). This is my thought process in the ever changing, saturated world of photography of today. What is your approach?

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