Uploads from maistora, tagged gate

Aldgate

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:48:43 -0700

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Very first trial - it's finally here! Photoshop on mobile has become a worthy rival of my favorites PicSay, Pixlr and Snapseed. The previous Express version was too basic, nearly useless, and I uninstalled it. Now (what is branded) Photoshop Touch is 'the real thing' with much of the full functionality as we knows it from the PC. A must for tablets it also works on (the better) phones. I can smell lots of fun coming my way :)

Door

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:34:03 -0700

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(Gate?) of the Bevis Marks synagogue, built in 1701 for the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish (Sephardim) community of London. Still there, 3 centuries later...

The kind of history I discover as I stroll the City in a hurry. It's not only banks and funny-shaped towers (this is right at the foot of the Gherkin), there are much older jewels lurking every step of the way. I have no time to examine detail or read memorial plates, only a split second to snap a shot - but I google them up later and often find fascinating stuff... A camera (a phone) is a great trigger for further exploration.

Press

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:08:19 -0700

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It's Fence Friday again :)

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Stock grazing

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:12:52 -0700

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If you wonder about the title, have a look at a tiny patch in the corner (if you haven't already seen the previous photo, which is a mini-crop / digital zoom from this)...

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135mm f/2.8 Optomax /Olympus OM manual lens at f/4. The rest of EXIF info is correct.

Stock

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:11:27 -0700

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Credit-card sized sign, from some 10m distance (crop).

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A matter of perspective

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:48:31 -0800

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Who is behind bars? Who is free and who - a prisoner: the happy birds in the cage or the miserable hungry cat on the outside? And where is 'in' and 'out', which is better?... "It all depends!", a wise man said :)

Light in the tunnel

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:46:46 -0800

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Tough luck doesn't necessarily come in the shape of an oncoming train. Sometimes it's just iron bars that keep you in the tunnel...

Rain or shine

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:34:49 -0800

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...we must fly on, to the next destination.

Closed for business

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:14:25 -0800

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- and won't open any soon.

Published on Umamoon 3-Aug-09

Published on CCCS Money Aware in article on Insolvency 4-Feb-11

Published in Yahoo human rights blog / NYT article on Tunisian riots Jan-2011

Greecatholic

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:35:14 -0700

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Old phone snaps dug out while trying a new de-noising tool. TopazLabs DeNoise works very well - recommended!

The Greek Catholoc church in Taksim, and the next-door Aci Baba restaurant ( excellent Turkish cuisine - try it when in the area!)

Lyceum Gate - detail

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:26:02 -0800

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Massive iron gate = to capture it all, even with wideangle, one has to cross the street - but then the passing crowd would dominate the shot..(or a passing vintage tram car).

Lyceum gate

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:28:40 -0800

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Massive iron gate = to capture it all, even with wideangle, one has to cross the street - but then the passing crowd would dominate the shot..(or a passing vintage tram car).

Tunnel to open space

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:14:35 -0800

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A Christmas day walk with the dog to the nearby meadows and lakes, despite the wet grey weather.

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Fenced colours

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:04:35 -0700

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Because it's Friday :) HFF!

Definitely better on black - press 'L' or click on the image.

"...powering the Games "

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 04:38:22 -0700

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Remaining Olympic - for a while...

Waterloo trains via Instagram Lo-Fi and Flickr mobile Tokyo - tell me about overprocessing (take a nothing-special shot and make it utter rubbish :)

Paradise gate

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:17:03 -0700

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Three quick-and-dirty Instagrams for some colour in my grey rainy day..

Ivy & dog

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:12:17 -0800

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Snowless winter is a miserable affair, but a little sunshine always helps.

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Virginia Water

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:38:09 -0700

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A sunny day out at the Royal Landscape and Windsor Great Park, around the lake. WIthout a camera (again!) - but thank God for phones. More to come from this day and place -

Ghost on the run

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:44:45 -0700

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The corridors from the gates to the terminal at Geneva airport arelined with colour neon tubes and the silouettes of creatures racing on them (I think Irecognised a Turtle and a Hare from the fable racing there, but not sure what this particular one is)...

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Reading history

nobody@flickr.com (maistora) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:14:41 -0800

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