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				<link>https://shotsblog.com/casablanca-fishing-port/#comment-3520</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:45:32 -0600</pubDate>

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				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2022 03:39:57 -0600</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These are beautiful, Abigail!  You did a great job making the light work for you.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:25:56 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beautiful, Joseph!</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 14:55:17 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He&#8217;s very acrobatic, especially considering that he has no muscles!  🙂  I would not want to see him on *my* roof!</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 14:52:11 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beautiful shots, Peter!  Great job by you and your amazing lens.</p>
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In my small lens collection I have an old macro lens. The Fujinon 55MM f3.5 macro. It is an 1/2 macro lens but with its original macrotube it becomes a 1/1 macro lens. I took [&hellip;]			]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:48:03 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That is gorgeous, Joseph.   I&#8217;m sorry those trails are farther away now, but glad they are still close enough to visit occasionally.  I hope you&#8217;ll find new things closer to home, too.</p>
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This has been a crazy year &#8211; moving, surgeries, recovery, and just plain life getting complicated.  I want so much to get back out on the trails & [&hellip;]			]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<link>https://shotsblog.com/the-plague-doctor/#comment-3170</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2022 17:33:22 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very interesting &#8211; I really have learned something.  I agree with Camellia that the last shot is especially well done.  Sometimes black &amp; white is perfect for moody, mysterious shots, but this time the small areas of color make it special.</p>
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Out of the shadows, I come
I am the plague doctor

Let me help you, to be your guide to Haloween.
For that I have come again.

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				<link>https://shotsblog.com/under-city-centre/#comment-3062</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 15:16:51 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So interesting how this view of the City Centre is so different from the view people see every day.  I like the light &amp; shadow, curves and straight lines, and the vegetation growing on the back side of a downtown complex.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 03:07:48 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for these, Peter.  It&#8217;s like a visit to another world for me.  That bridge is so interesting, and so big!  In non-metric units, 850 meters is more than 1/2 mile.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 02:54:26 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beautiful!</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:28:47 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like a dog sled, but with a skateboard.  I didn&#8217;t freeze the action perfectly in any of these, but they tell the story!</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2022 12:42:08 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice shot, Joe. I know what you mean about the mystery of old homes.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2022 15:16:12 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not in 50 years, anyway.  Definitely never on a real croquet field. (Lawn?) (Pitch?) (Yard?)</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2022 03:23:45 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently we vacationed at a place next door to a fancy country club.  The club was so fancy that they had a genuine competition-level croquet lawn.  It was so fancy that they encouraged people to dress c [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://shotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-07-28-11-33-46-2022-07-28-11-33-46-DSC_0296-02-scaled.jpg" /></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 03:18:23 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good capture, Joe.  Herons are magnificent birds.</p>
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Last week, while hiking at the lake, I saw this heron hiding in the tall grass &#8211; hiding (or at least that&#8217;s what I surmised).  This view was the only spot I [&hellip;]			]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 03:13:11 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It looks like a great afternoon, and you really captured the feel of it, Abigail.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 03:10:05 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really nice, Joe!  That&#8217;s a beautiful path, and the color and details bring that out.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2022 20:18:45 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great shots, Peter!  That walkway is really cool.  I&#8217;d love to shoot it myself, but I could not do better than you did.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 03:11:02 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;That last photo is usually the way the coast is&#8221; &#8211; it was pretty grey when I was there (2012), too.  I brightened up all of the shots a bit except the last one, because otherwise they all would have been almost monochromatic.  I tried make the people stand out a bit without making it look like a sunny Florida beach.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:56:48 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Camellia!  From what Tom T. says below, it&#8217;s probably rare to be warm enough to get in.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:46:54 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great fun!  Good job!</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:34:07 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the tip, Peter.  I wasn&#8217;t aware of that.  I&#8217;ve removed the captions, and now I see the series didn&#8217;t need them anyway.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:42:23 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cannon Beach is on the coast of Oregon, part of the town of Cannon Beach.  It&#8217;s a great beach for walking, though not so great for sunbathing as it&#8217;s often misty and grey there.  It&#8217;s dominated by Haystack Rock, w [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://shotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2012-08-18-18-48-43-IMG_3995-03-scaled.jpg" /></p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 23:45:19 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A beautiful shot as always, Joe.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 23:43:56 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a really nice set, as Camellia said.  I especially love the distorted perspective in #2 and the underpass pictures.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:56:09 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beautiful architecture and great shots, Peter.  I especially like the one with the bicycle rider.</p>
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This bicyclebridge I have appeared in a fewblogs I done earlier. A very popular bridge with photographers and visitors in Antwerp.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2022 02:37:13 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s really beautiful.  Good catch!</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2022 02:36:00 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice ones, Abigail!  Like Camellia, I like the black and white version of the chairs somewhat better than the color version.  The light in that one is more interesting.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:59:35 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another nice shot, Peter.  I&#8217;m enjoying your double exposure project!</p>
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This is a bit of a project I have going on, Double up. All about double exposure, made at the spot in camera and in combination with some other techniques,like ICM.
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				<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2022 13:36:51 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beautiful shot, Joe!  Such an explosion of light and color!</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2022 13:32:22 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very nice shots, Peter.  What an interesting building.  The shot that really caught my eye was the 4th one, the same one used as your featured image.  It doesn&#8217;t show a lot of the building, but the shapes really jump out and the person&#8217;s pose gives me a sense of motion (even though they aren&#8217;t moving).</p>
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Just some bits and pieces from a shoppingmall in the city of Koblenz in  Germany.
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				<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 13:57:33 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, that is an amazing building.  It&#8217;s a really nice shot, too, covering the whole scene from the ground to the top of the building.  How did you do that (what lens/camera did you use)?</p>
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A shoppingmall in the city of Koblenz in Germany. This city has got great history and combines modern and classical architecture very well.
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 15:04:35 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beautiful!</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 13:43:55 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What an excellent tour!  Thank you, Peter.  The shots were very good, and I liked your choices of black &amp; white, color, and toned.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2022 14:38:43 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tom T. said it well.  I enjoyed going on that beautiful (and long!) walk with you and seeing that amazing castle.  I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing more pictures of the Burg Eltz.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2022 14:33:40 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a beautiful, pastoral scene.  Thanks for mentioning the electric fence part.  Now, when I look at the picture I can enjoy a dreamy moment looking at horses and flowers, and then remember a slap back into the present moment.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 14:09:46 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really like this one.  Great job!</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 14:08:04 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Those are very, very nice shots, Abigail.  They really show off the dam area &#8212; I can almost hear the water rushing.  If I ever make it to Ottawa I would want to see that.  If &#8220;Inter ZIP&#8221; is a zip line across the river, I&#8217;ll bet it&#8217;s fun watch other people (i.e., NOT myself) do that.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 13:50:28 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy Moly!!  I&#8217;m glad you got that one.  Is that your 52Frames architecture shot?</p>
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&#8221; I is a freaky Giant!  I is a nice and jumbly Giant!  I is THE BIG FRIENDLY GIANT!  I is the BFG!&#8221;
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 13:36:13 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a cool town!  Thanks for taking us there.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 13:32:06 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beautiful shot, Joe!  I&#8217;d like to have a lake view like that to visit.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2022 03:20:32 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Peter.  I&#8217;m enjoying it.  Christmas in April.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2022 03:19:11 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Abigail!  It&#8217;s the colors and textures that I like, too.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 21:25:54 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the suggestion.  I&#8217;ve added it to my list already.  🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 20:15:12 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got a D5600 bundle &#8211; camera plus 18-55mm lens and 70-300mm lens.  I&#8217;ll still use the iPhone for macros, panoramas, and when the Nikon is inconvenient.  I&#8217;m already enjoying the higher definition images (twice as many megapixels as the phone!) and the clunk of the shutter.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 14:42:43 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Tom.  Since the 80&#8217;s I&#8217;ve used several snapshot cameras, and for the last couple of years I&#8217;ve been using an iPhone 12 Pro.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 14:38:26 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your dad had a good eye.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2022 21:49:28 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hadn&#8217;t owned an SLR camera since the 80&#8217;s, but last week I went out and bought a Nikon.  Here&#8217;s one of my first shots with the new camera, of one of my favorite subjects:  nearby Spencer Creek.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2022 21:28:13 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I second everything Tom T. said.  It doesn&#8217;t look edited, which means it was edited well!  Nice job.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:06:06 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love it!  The moody tones are cool.</p>
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