This one is for Pigkilla

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Originally posted by Limulus:
This one is for Pigkilla

My head asplode!

after work i'll post a pic for you too, 'Killa

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Originally posted by striv:
Those are beautiful Newro!

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Originally posted by Limulus:
Might be cliché, but still it's nice.

Thanks.

Also tried to shoot the stars, best viewed large I guess.





Note sure about this one though,

Where ever it is, I wanna go hiking there!

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Originally posted by heavyboots:
Where ever it is, I wanna go hiking there!

Öland in Sweden.

And yes, it is lovely to go hiking there.

I would also recogmend you go there two weeks before or after the school holidays. It is plastered with holiday houses and will be overrun during that time. And those little ponds between the rocks are pure mosquito breeding grounds.

That is a really beautiful star photo. I'm amazed at how dark the skies are there!

when i saw teh stars on flickr i wondered why he had posted a black square till i clicked on it. so yeah, it does make a big difference viewed at size.

FP I like this one a lot.

Thanks Striv, It really sort of sums up August in Copenhagen.

Much better weather today. Sunny, no wind - great weather for a 2km swim around the Danish parliamnet.

Did you get a medal?

Here are some pics from our trip to Hakone Gardens, Saratoga CA

Young Ms. Shake teasing (feeding) koi


Bridge over koi pond


sneaky frog


ninja turtle

tea house


swimming with sharks

Everyone who finishes gets a medal. :-)

Great photos, Shake!

Thank you!
How clean are those canals? I grew up near the Erie Canal, and swimming in there was not a form of healthy exercise.

Clean enough that they let 600 people swim a race in them and will be holding the World Championships in 10KM open water next year.

No yuck factor while swimming in them - they really are clean. They've actually opened a number of open air bathing places in the harbors of Copenhagen. They've done a nice job of cleaning things up so people can use them.

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Originally posted by Newro:


Also tried to shoot the stars, best viewed large I guess.

You should always try to shoot for the stars...

Even if you miss, it's worth the effort.

Per Ardua Ad Astra

I hope their probes weren't too cold.

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Originally posted by Hasa:

I hope their probes weren't too cold.

LOL