PHOTOGRAPHY: The Beautiful Efforts of Dmitrii Lezine

THE TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY OF DMITRII LEZINE

The Columbia River Gorge, the Women’s Forum Viewpoint and in the distance Crown Point. My backyard….less than a half hour from my driveway. Photo by Dmitrii Lezine.

“This blog is a labor of love. The photography hobby of mine is a labor of love. I try to post a new photo at least every other day, sometimes more, sometimes less. It requires a lot of time investment and unless I didn’t really liked to take photos and share them with everyone else, this blog would not be here.

So thanks for stopping by and taking a look at different places that I had a chance to visit. Every photo was taken because I thought it was cool and unique in its own way. You can look at different categories on the right side of the blog, pick your destination and see what I saw. I get a chance to travel only a few times per year, vacation is precious time, and I try to pick places where I have not been before or visit the same places during different season.”

Machu Picchu Photography @ Let’s Be Friends, Let’s Be Amie

Machu Picchu, in Peru, has always intrigued me. It is the visuals and then the questions of history playing out. The jagged peaks, the green, the structures, the terraces combine to provide and inviting place to gaze out and take it all in. Except I have read enough to know I should have made the trip a few years back given the altitude and ailments equation. None the less, Amie made the journey and has some unique shots and more to follow, it appears. Check out the photography and imagine.

Machu Picchu Photograph from Let’s Be Amie

“The mountain that you see in the majority of the photos of Machu Picchu is Huayna Picchu. There is another temple and terrace complex on it. And if you buy your ticket in advance, you can climb it! The only let 200 people a day do the climb, and before we got to Peru, we were debating if we wanted to. The way our legs were feeling like jelly as we walked around the Park, we were glad that you had to buy tickets in advance, because there was no way we would be making it up.” (Let’s Be Friends, Let’s Be Amie)

‘Urge To Wander’…This Woman Captures the Passion

“Welcome to my blog. My name is Madhu.  I love design. I design interiors for a living (At least I did, till I took a long sabbatical!) I love reading and I love desserts. But travel is my passion. I cannot imagine life without travel. This blog hopes to convey some of that passion, to inspire you to spread your wings. This is home to some of my journeys. This is what I saw.” Urge to Wander

Urge To Wander Captures the True Passion of Travel

I have traveled little in my life. Most of it for fly fishing, a little for romance, some for work. To travel with reckless abandonment and with a passion for life without strong restraints….I have not really enjoyed for long. Most of us are that way and we do admire those that travel and I especially admire those that can do it, write about it and capture it in images.

World Clock: What Time is it in Katmandu or Timbuktu?

WORLD CLOCK…HAVE SOME FUN

 

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Photography: Kodiak Island Traffic Control

Kodiak Island http://www.floaters.ch/

 

Jail Long: Weather Photo Competition

Weather Related Photo Competition

My Aussie acquaintance, Jai Long (Free the Bird Photography), has entered his photograph of an approaching front at Byron Bay. The contestants have entered their weather related photographs. In my humble opinion, Jai’s photograph was most compelling.  I believe the voting ended yesterday. I hope he won.

Byron Bay Approaching Front by Jai Long

Photograph by Oleg Gaponyuk (Angel Falls)

Angel Falls in Venezuela by Oleg Gaponyuk

A beautiful, lengthy, panoramic view of Venezuela’s Angel Falls using your cursor to move about in your own helicopter view (check out the other waterfalls also). 

 

Real Tacos & A Beer (or two)

Andrew Evans....Not in Mexico

REAL TACOS W/ ANDREW EVANS (NAT GEO IN Méjico)

As in traveling anywhere off the tether of a tourist, the joy is in finding those little spots and partaking of the simple and authentic. Nothing complicated. Little indigenas provide warmth, charm and handmade fair that, for me, has never failed to settle well in the stomach. Take a chance the next time you travel to a far off place. Set aside the language difficulties. Smile, nod, gently point toward your selection (oh for crying outloud…please forget all the cultural admonitions on ‘don’t do this or you may get hit with a shoe!’ crap) and enjoy yourself. The simple salsa is worth a try, don’t you think? Check out the rest of Andrew Evans photographic work in Mexico

Fly Fishing & Greece: Inviting

Greece is more than the current economic crisis and chaos of Athens. It is a beautiful country and as you look at the photographs in Κωστής post, you will think it has a Western U.S. look to it.  Fly Fishing in Greece in a beautiful locale.

Practical Advice & Worthy Observations…………..

by Zane Mirfin

“Preparation is an important part of success in life. I’m planning for good guiding success but when heading outdoors many factors are out of our control so in reality you can only plan for the worst and hope for the best.

A fishing mate of mine regularly reminds me of the seven Ps, which stands for “prior preparation and planning prevents piss poor performance”. It’s so true, and like the trials and tribulations of life, success in the outdoors relies on going to the right place, at the right time, with the right skills and ability, the right equipment, and the right attitude.

People feel pressure to perform, have often travelled a long way, spent a lot of time and money getting into position, and have a burning need to succeed. These people need stories to tell, dead animals or fish to show or share, and photographic images as symbolic trophies to email, frame, or publish.

Failure tells no story, provides no tangible proof of success, and leaves individuals open to scorn, humiliation and the fear of ridicule. Pride, vanity, and ego are powerful human emotions and the need for instant gratification is within us all.

When it comes to fishing and hunting you can’t always control the outcome but you can always control your attitude. Let your expectations be tempered by reality and you won’t go too far wrong. Try to enjoy your time out there in the outdoors and don’t beat yourself up when things don’t go as planned.” (excerpts from a opinion piece in the Fairfax NZ News)