I may be slightly in love with this statue. I can't seem to get enough of it.


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Elaine?

Yes?

Do you ever vary the composition of your shots?

Why, yes, I think I do. Why do you ask?

If you don't mind my saying so, it doesn't really look that way.

What do you mean? You think I always arrange my subject matter the exact same way?

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Today's pics: walls, doors and a sullen-looking girl.

After cruising along the Nile for half a day and visiting both Kitchener's Island and the ruins of an ancient Christian monastery in the desert, we spent some time in a ferociously hot Nubian village near Aswan, where we had lunch with a local family.


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I thought I was more or less done uploading my Egypt photos, but no. Every time I browse through my scans and negatives, I come across hitherto unposted pictures which I think merit being posting. Such as these three photos of the Colossus of Ramses II, an absolutely massive full-length statue which once stood upright but now lies prone on an ugly ( Read more... )

So nondescript even cosmiccircus will be hard-pressed to say anything about it, but somehow I like it...


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Egypt: modernity and ancient history united. Because, as we all know, I love a bit of contrast.


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