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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:05:11 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>onOne Plugin Suite Review</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/4230626396/&quot; title=&quot;onOne Plugin Suite Review&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4055/4230626396_866abc0a7f_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;153&quot; alt=&quot;onOne Plugin Suite Review&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This software and these cool onOne tools are amazing and fun.  I really dig them!  I've been tinkering and experimenting for quite a while, and I finally decided to get my act together and write &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/onone-plugin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a full review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
People that joined the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/StuckInCustoms&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Facebook Fan Page&lt;/a&gt; got a sneak preview of this review, and now I can open it up to the rest of the world - I hope you enjoy it!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/onone-plugin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;onOne Plugin Review&lt;/a&gt; holds all the secrets and more inside.  If you enjoy seeing what the latest technology can do to your photos, well, then, you'll love all unexpected surprises that will open themselves in your computer!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:05:11 -0800</pubDate>
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&lt;br /&gt;
People that joined the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/StuckInCustoms&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Facebook Fan Page&lt;/a&gt; got a sneak preview of this review, and now I can open it up to the rest of the world - I hope you enjoy it!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/onone-plugin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;onOne Plugin Review&lt;/a&gt; holds all the secrets and more inside.  If you enjoy seeing what the latest technology can do to your photos, well, then, you'll love all unexpected surprises that will open themselves in your computer!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>Castle in the Black</title>
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			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3734472182/&quot; title=&quot;Castle in the Black&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3439/3734472182_30457ca48b_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;148&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;Castle in the Black&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had a hard-edged rule that I am now considering breaking.  Who am I kidding?  I'm gonna break it for sure.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now that Ethan is eight, we've been able to take him to Disneyworld a few times.  Isabella is three and she has never been.  I had a rule that it is silly to take kids on vacation before they are five, since you really can't form long-term memories before that age.  Yes yes, I know...  Some people disagree with this.  Like my wife.  She says it is not good that there will be a missing child from our family vacation photographs, no matter how good I am at photoshopping Isabella's head on a stunt-body.  I try to offer the counterargument that a sub-five-year-old can have the same quantifiable amount of fun (within an acceptable margin of error) while at home with Disney movies.  This, then, is thrown back in my face with my three-year-old having a dangerous fascination with Cinderella's castle.  She can hardly believe that it is a real place.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So now we are going to take her to Disneyworld.  Not for her, but for us.  Well, also for her.  Okay it's kind of for all of us.  Rule broken.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:46:17 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2008-02-22T09:52:23-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;I had a hard-edged rule that I am now considering breaking.  Who am I kidding?  I'm gonna break it for sure.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now that Ethan is eight, we've been able to take him to Disneyworld a few times.  Isabella is three and she has never been.  I had a rule that it is silly to take kids on vacation before they are five, since you really can't form long-term memories before that age.  Yes yes, I know...  Some people disagree with this.  Like my wife.  She says it is not good that there will be a missing child from our family vacation photographs, no matter how good I am at photoshopping Isabella's head on a stunt-body.  I try to offer the counterargument that a sub-five-year-old can have the same quantifiable amount of fun (within an acceptable margin of error) while at home with Disney movies.  This, then, is thrown back in my face with my three-year-old having a dangerous fascination with Cinderella's castle.  She can hardly believe that it is a real place.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So now we are going to take her to Disneyworld.  Not for her, but for us.  Well, also for her.  Okay it's kind of for all of us.  Rule broken.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>Arriving Home in Vegas</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3725191263/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3725191263/&quot; title=&quot;Arriving Home in Vegas&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3473/3725191263_4f9e9bcc50_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;170&quot; alt=&quot;Arriving Home in Vegas&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Vegas is filled with all these cool secret spots.  I suppose this one isn't all that secret, but I had never heard of it!  This is the entrance to the Skylofts At MGM Grand Las Vegas.  And this is just the elevator bank!  I got a nice little private tour of some of the suites and they were quite amazing.  I have those pics sitting in waiting, still unpublished.  At first, I was thinking these were the kinds of places that were saved for the uber-elite whales of Vegas, but the prices aren't that different than a nice Four Seasons.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I've been working on editing a new video of how I took an HDR photo in Yellowstone.  I'll give a first look to everyone that is on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/newsletter/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Newsletter&lt;/a&gt; list.  We'll try to get that thing out this weekend or so!  Now, I can tell you that as I edit this thing... it's very shaky!  What can I say... I just used one of those little Flip Video jobs.  So, obviously, I'm trying to undersell the thing.... but maybe y'all can get some good information about how I took one of the Yellowstone shots.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:56:29 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2009-01-14T03:59:38-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;Vegas is filled with all these cool secret spots.  I suppose this one isn't all that secret, but I had never heard of it!  This is the entrance to the Skylofts At MGM Grand Las Vegas.  And this is just the elevator bank!  I got a nice little private tour of some of the suites and they were quite amazing.  I have those pics sitting in waiting, still unpublished.  At first, I was thinking these were the kinds of places that were saved for the uber-elite whales of Vegas, but the prices aren't that different than a nice Four Seasons.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I've been working on editing a new video of how I took an HDR photo in Yellowstone.  I'll give a first look to everyone that is on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/newsletter/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Newsletter&lt;/a&gt; list.  We'll try to get that thing out this weekend or so!  Now, I can tell you that as I edit this thing... it's very shaky!  What can I say... I just used one of those little Flip Video jobs.  So, obviously, I'm trying to undersell the thing.... but maybe y'all can get some good information about how I took one of the Yellowstone shots.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>Street Scenes from South by Southwest</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3374339459/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3374339459/&quot; title=&quot;Street Scenes from South by Southwest&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3635/3374339459_501fd98c76_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;57&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;Street Scenes from South by Southwest&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You may want to go ahead and see the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2009/03/22/street-scenes-from-south-by-southwest/&quot;&gt;big size... !&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
South by Southwest is a huge music, film, and interactive festival down here in Austin.  People from all over the world come here to what has become known as the music capitol of the world.  Many streets shut down for all kinds of interesting activity.  I went out an evening ago to get some shots of some of the action on the streets to share with you all.  I usually don't do these sorts of shots, but I wanted to mix it up a little so you could see a local slice of life right here in my hometown! :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:22:12 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2009-03-19T07:26:39-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;You may want to go ahead and see the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2009/03/22/street-scenes-from-south-by-southwest/&quot;&gt;big size... !&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
South by Southwest is a huge music, film, and interactive festival down here in Austin.  People from all over the world come here to what has become known as the music capitol of the world.  Many streets shut down for all kinds of interesting activity.  I went out an evening ago to get some shots of some of the action on the streets to share with you all.  I usually don't do these sorts of shots, but I wanted to mix it up a little so you could see a local slice of life right here in my hometown! :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>Holy Obama!  16 million views - thank you Flickr guys and gals - you're the best!</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3366389491/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3366389491/&quot; title=&quot;Holy Obama!  16 million views - thank you Flickr guys and gals - you're the best!&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3542/3366389491_695daa1c6c_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;188&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;Holy Obama!  16 million views - thank you Flickr guys and gals - you're the best!&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note - much of the text below is in regards to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey everyone!  Now that we have such a thriving little community here of clever commenters and cool people, I wanted to have a little site update day.  There are a few interesting things and events that some of you might want to know about.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
First, the site is more popular than ever!  I thank YOU for telling your family and friends about it.  I'm glad you find something unique about it and use it to find out unexpected things about yourself.  I am sure that the word of mouth has made it as popular as it is.  By every measure, we are now the #1 Travel Photography Blog on the internet.  That's no small thing!  Traffic estimates are always very difficult to gauge, even with advanced tools.  Google Analytics, RSS feeds, and the like have us somewhere between 300,000 and 350,000 unique visitors per month.  Many of you come every day to see the latest photo, and that gets our total visits up into the millions.  There are all kinds of interesting little stats too that you may find boring... like only 2.11% are using dialup...everyone is broadband now.  The visitors are worldwide - from Bangladesh to Tibet to Brazil.  It's very nice suddenly having so many friends from around the world -- I am honored that you like it here so much.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Second, the site is currently about to be unleashed with a whole new design! I have hired one of the best designers in the world, Fabien Barral, to come up with a new creative theme around the site.  Fabien's work is well known around the world and has a distinctive look.  If you've ever been in Paris and walked around the streets, you have probably seen posters and art that was created by him.  It's one of those looks that just &amp;quot;feels&amp;quot; very French and different... you absolutely get the impression that you are looking at something special and different when you are seeing his work.  For example, big movie companies hire him to make the French versions of posters for movies like Elizabeth.  Here is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Elizabeth-remix/189890&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a sample of that&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Manouchian/177321&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;more of his work&lt;/a&gt;... and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Harmonie-intArieure/61848&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;some more&lt;/a&gt;....&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Third, there are scent trails all over.  I appreciate all the Flickr visitors very much too.  This is not a true measure of photo views, and it only registers for the subset of people that visit the Flickr photos.  But we are up to over 16 million views there...  I put that screenie below, although it is about a month old now.  My emails are also overflowing with 22K unreads... sorry for that! I need some kinda system here! I feel bad for all the nice people that send out such heartfelt emails and I don't have time to respond... my apologies.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Last, Social Networking Update!  I know that many of you use a lot of social networks like me... if you want to keep the digital vapor trail alive, here are the details for you...  Speaking of this Facebook Fan Club... I don't know what to do with that.  I know groups now have discussion boards on there in FB, so I suppose people could talk about general stuff instead of having to limit comments to one photo post or another.  I'm not sure... like anything, we'll see where all this stuff goes!&lt;br /&gt;
My Intertubes Nine Lives:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Twitter: &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/treyratcliff&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;twitter.com/treyratcliff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Facebook:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502475833&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ID: 502475833&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Facebook Fan Club:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Stuck-in-Customs/44511593477?ref=ts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;For Stuck In Customs - It has 300,000 LESS fans than the Papa John's Fanclub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
FriendFeed: &lt;a href=&quot;http://friendfeed.com/stuckincustoms&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://friendfeed.com/stuckincustoms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Anyway, I hope you like the new site...  it's coming along soon enough (or maybe already here if you are reading this after-the-fact).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3360169676/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:08:16 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2009-03-18T22:08:16-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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&lt;br /&gt;
Hey everyone!  Now that we have such a thriving little community here of clever commenters and cool people, I wanted to have a little site update day.  There are a few interesting things and events that some of you might want to know about.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
First, the site is more popular than ever!  I thank YOU for telling your family and friends about it.  I'm glad you find something unique about it and use it to find out unexpected things about yourself.  I am sure that the word of mouth has made it as popular as it is.  By every measure, we are now the #1 Travel Photography Blog on the internet.  That's no small thing!  Traffic estimates are always very difficult to gauge, even with advanced tools.  Google Analytics, RSS feeds, and the like have us somewhere between 300,000 and 350,000 unique visitors per month.  Many of you come every day to see the latest photo, and that gets our total visits up into the millions.  There are all kinds of interesting little stats too that you may find boring... like only 2.11% are using dialup...everyone is broadband now.  The visitors are worldwide - from Bangladesh to Tibet to Brazil.  It's very nice suddenly having so many friends from around the world -- I am honored that you like it here so much.&lt;br /&gt;
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Second, the site is currently about to be unleashed with a whole new design! I have hired one of the best designers in the world, Fabien Barral, to come up with a new creative theme around the site.  Fabien's work is well known around the world and has a distinctive look.  If you've ever been in Paris and walked around the streets, you have probably seen posters and art that was created by him.  It's one of those looks that just &amp;quot;feels&amp;quot; very French and different... you absolutely get the impression that you are looking at something special and different when you are seeing his work.  For example, big movie companies hire him to make the French versions of posters for movies like Elizabeth.  Here is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Elizabeth-remix/189890&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a sample of that&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Manouchian/177321&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;more of his work&lt;/a&gt;... and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Harmonie-intArieure/61848&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;some more&lt;/a&gt;....&lt;br /&gt;
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Third, there are scent trails all over.  I appreciate all the Flickr visitors very much too.  This is not a true measure of photo views, and it only registers for the subset of people that visit the Flickr photos.  But we are up to over 16 million views there...  I put that screenie below, although it is about a month old now.  My emails are also overflowing with 22K unreads... sorry for that! I need some kinda system here! I feel bad for all the nice people that send out such heartfelt emails and I don't have time to respond... my apologies.&lt;br /&gt;
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Last, Social Networking Update!  I know that many of you use a lot of social networks like me... if you want to keep the digital vapor trail alive, here are the details for you...  Speaking of this Facebook Fan Club... I don't know what to do with that.  I know groups now have discussion boards on there in FB, so I suppose people could talk about general stuff instead of having to limit comments to one photo post or another.  I'm not sure... like anything, we'll see where all this stuff goes!&lt;br /&gt;
My Intertubes Nine Lives:&lt;br /&gt;
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Twitter: &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/treyratcliff&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;twitter.com/treyratcliff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Facebook:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502475833&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ID: 502475833&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Facebook Fan Club:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Stuck-in-Customs/44511593477?ref=ts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;For Stuck In Customs - It has 300,000 LESS fans than the Papa John's Fanclub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
FriendFeed: &lt;a href=&quot;http://friendfeed.com/stuckincustoms&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://friendfeed.com/stuckincustoms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Anyway, I hope you like the new site...  it's coming along soon enough (or maybe already here if you are reading this after-the-fact).&lt;br /&gt;
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			<title>The Taj, Framed</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2993670808/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2993670808/&quot; title=&quot;The Taj, Framed&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3296/2993670808_5a51334cda_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;159&quot; alt=&quot;The Taj, Framed&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I recently gave a few talks here in Austin (one at UT and one at ACC) about photography, this technique, and various other meandering topics on the brain and perception that I hope did not bore the crowd!  This is one of the photos that we worked on during the class, so I thought I would upload to share with everyone!&lt;br /&gt;
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From the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:24:17 -0700</pubDate>
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            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;I recently gave a few talks here in Austin (one at UT and one at ACC) about photography, this technique, and various other meandering topics on the brain and perception that I hope did not bore the crowd!  This is one of the photos that we worked on during the class, so I thought I would upload to share with everyone!&lt;br /&gt;
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From the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>Vacancy at the Bel Air Motel</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2953866368/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2953866368/&quot; title=&quot;Vacancy at the Bel Air Motel&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3071/2953866368_1411a4d024_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;170&quot; alt=&quot;Vacancy at the Bel Air Motel&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is one of those places that I always drive by in Austin but never took the time to shoot...  Finally, one day the clouds seemed right for the kind of shot I wanted, so I pulled over to make it happen!&lt;br /&gt;
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From the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:38:36 -0700</pubDate>
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            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;This is one of those places that I always drive by in Austin but never took the time to shoot...  Finally, one day the clouds seemed right for the kind of shot I wanted, so I pulled over to make it happen!&lt;br /&gt;
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From the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>The Wild Side of Yellowstone</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2951173796/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2951173796/&quot; title=&quot;The Wild Side of Yellowstone&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3213/2951173796_8f402f782e_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;233&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;The Wild Side of Yellowstone&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I tracked this guy for over two hours through the wilderness.  He knew I was following him for sure as we would move from trees to fields then back to trees.  After the first 10 minutes, it was obvious that he was a million times more agile... and I was a million times more dirty.  After the event, not only was I covered in dirt and leaves, but it took me half an hour to figure out where in the world the road and my car was!&lt;br /&gt;
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from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:18:49 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2008-09-28T07:28:43-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;I tracked this guy for over two hours through the wilderness.  He knew I was following him for sure as we would move from trees to fields then back to trees.  After the first 10 minutes, it was obvious that he was a million times more agile... and I was a million times more dirty.  After the event, not only was I covered in dirt and leaves, but it took me half an hour to figure out where in the world the road and my car was!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>The Lonely Trinity</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2945608377/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2945608377/&quot; title=&quot;The Lonely Trinity&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3288/2945608377_1dc89ee3b5_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;163&quot; alt=&quot;The Lonely Trinity&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to see how I made this (and how you can too!), visit my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/hdr-tutorial/&quot;&gt;HDR Tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.  I hope it gives you some new tricks! &lt;br /&gt;
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It must gave been a five hour drive from one end of Montana to another.  After just a bit, you get mesmerized by the wheat fields.&lt;br /&gt;
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Driving along, I always start to play games with the clouds and the objects on the horizon.  This might sound strange, but I do enjoy seeing them in Euclidean geometric formations...  so much so, that I had to jump out of the car to capture this.&lt;br /&gt;
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from my daily photo blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:46:17 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2008-08-11T01:35:38-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;If you want to see how I made this (and how you can too!), visit my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/hdr-tutorial/&quot;&gt;HDR Tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.  I hope it gives you some new tricks! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It must gave been a five hour drive from one end of Montana to another.  After just a bit, you get mesmerized by the wheat fields.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Driving along, I always start to play games with the clouds and the objects on the horizon.  This might sound strange, but I do enjoy seeing them in Euclidean geometric formations...  so much so, that I had to jump out of the car to capture this.&lt;br /&gt;
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from my daily photo blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>The Fireworks Explosion at Disney During the Pirates and Princesses Party!</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2942922817/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2942922817/&quot; title=&quot;The Fireworks Explosion at Disney During the Pirates and Princesses Party!&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3172/2942922817_955b727a91_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;167&quot; alt=&quot;The Fireworks Explosion at Disney During the Pirates and Princesses Party!&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is a special night at Disney when they close the park for everyone except for the people that bought special passes to the Pirates and Princesses Party.  Things were still pretty busy as we scurried around from one stop to another to collect treasure and engage in the booty-like festivities.&lt;br /&gt;
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They even had a bunch of Johnny Depps running around (one of them rather convincing), taking photos and giving impromptu sword-fighting lessons.  I had read a story about a Johnny Depp-lookalike that worked at Disneyworld that had a secret blog... about all the crazy things that would happen behind the scenes with all the randy moms.&lt;br /&gt;
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Anyway, the finale of the night was this massive fireworks display on top of the Cinderella Castle...  it was more than my 10mm could grab!&lt;br /&gt;
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from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:58:42 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2008-02-22T09:54:31-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;There is a special night at Disney when they close the park for everyone except for the people that bought special passes to the Pirates and Princesses Party.  Things were still pretty busy as we scurried around from one stop to another to collect treasure and engage in the booty-like festivities.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
They even had a bunch of Johnny Depps running around (one of them rather convincing), taking photos and giving impromptu sword-fighting lessons.  I had read a story about a Johnny Depp-lookalike that worked at Disneyworld that had a secret blog... about all the crazy things that would happen behind the scenes with all the randy moms.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Anyway, the finale of the night was this massive fireworks display on top of the Cinderella Castle...  it was more than my 10mm could grab!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>A Sea of Sunflowers</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2940009989/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2940009989/&quot; title=&quot;A Sea of Sunflowers&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3293/2940009989_9fc5b067d2_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;110&quot; alt=&quot;A Sea of Sunflowers&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was driving back from the dinosaur dig up near Canada, feeling awfully tired on the highway between Butte and Bozeman.  The hour was around sunset and then I suddenly saw this enormous field of sunflowers... it was just sitting there... with no one taking photos of it... I thought it was a shame so pulled over and ran out into the field to get some shots before the sun dipped below the horizon.&lt;br /&gt;
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These sunflowers were TALL.  They must have been 6 feet off the ground.  To get the shot, I extended the tripod, kept the legs together, put the camera on a 5 second timer, and hoisted it in the air again and again until I finally found the angle I wanted.  &lt;br /&gt;
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For you cool photo-nerds (like me), I kept the ISO at 320 and EV+2.  The lens was at 14mm and the ap at 4.8.  The exposure was .004 secs.&lt;br /&gt;
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from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:28:48 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2008-08-11T10:29:32-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;I was driving back from the dinosaur dig up near Canada, feeling awfully tired on the highway between Butte and Bozeman.  The hour was around sunset and then I suddenly saw this enormous field of sunflowers... it was just sitting there... with no one taking photos of it... I thought it was a shame so pulled over and ran out into the field to get some shots before the sun dipped below the horizon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These sunflowers were TALL.  They must have been 6 feet off the ground.  To get the shot, I extended the tripod, kept the legs together, put the camera on a 5 second timer, and hoisted it in the air again and again until I finally found the angle I wanted.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For you cool photo-nerds (like me), I kept the ISO at 320 and EV+2.  The lens was at 14mm and the ap at 4.8.  The exposure was .004 secs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>Another Sunday in Iceland</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2935239010/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2935239010/&quot; title=&quot;Another Sunday in Iceland&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3025/2935239010_8e19e27ba6_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;145&quot; alt=&quot;Another Sunday in Iceland&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to see how I made this (and how you can too!), visit my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/hdr-tutorial/&quot;&gt;HDR Tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.  I hope it gives you some new tricks! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is a really nice little church by a graveyard in the south of Iceland. It was pretty much out in the middle of nowhere, as you can tell. The gate with the cross on the top leads to a tiny and lonely graveyard.  Graveyards are always interesting and macabre places for photography, and the mood changes dramatically depending on the time of day.  I notice there are a few things that are &amp;quot;Mood Amplifiers&amp;quot; in photos.  These are items to include in your photo to take whatever mood is being conveyed to the next order of magnitude.  These include:  graveyards, churches, dogs,  pretty women, miniature horses, and blood.  I've been trying to think of a way to include all of these elements into a single mind-blowing photo, but a clear path has yet to present itself.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from my daily photo blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:23:03 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2007-02-11T22:07:48-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:title>Another Sunday in Iceland</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;If you want to see how I made this (and how you can too!), visit my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/hdr-tutorial/&quot;&gt;HDR Tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.  I hope it gives you some new tricks! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is a really nice little church by a graveyard in the south of Iceland. It was pretty much out in the middle of nowhere, as you can tell. The gate with the cross on the top leads to a tiny and lonely graveyard.  Graveyards are always interesting and macabre places for photography, and the mood changes dramatically depending on the time of day.  I notice there are a few things that are &amp;quot;Mood Amplifiers&amp;quot; in photos.  These are items to include in your photo to take whatever mood is being conveyed to the next order of magnitude.  These include:  graveyards, churches, dogs,  pretty women, miniature horses, and blood.  I've been trying to think of a way to include all of these elements into a single mind-blowing photo, but a clear path has yet to present itself.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from my daily photo blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>Infinite Fence to the Mountains</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2932474434/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2932474434/&quot; title=&quot;Infinite Fence to the Mountains&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3177/2932474434_f8acf6ec83_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;159&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;Infinite Fence to the Mountains&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These ranch fences went on and on... I probably could have stopped anywhere to take this shot -- it looked equally long no matter where you stood!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
By the way, it is impossible to get an extended tripod through those slats, so don't even think about it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:28:42 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2008-07-04T02:04:43-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;These ranch fences went on and on... I probably could have stopped anywhere to take this shot -- it looked equally long no matter where you stood!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
By the way, it is impossible to get an extended tripod through those slats, so don't even think about it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>Turning a Blind Eye</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2928699156/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2928699156/&quot; title=&quot;Turning a Blind Eye&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3196/2928699156_148e83ce02_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;154&quot; alt=&quot;Turning a Blind Eye&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I must have walked 10 miles in Jogjakarta that day.  There were so many things to see... interesting people, clothes, etc etc.  I saw this guy a few times, and I decided to take a shot on the third time.  He regarded me with a cool one-eyed stare and didn't give much reaction one way or the other.  I'm pretty good at getting the vibe if someone does not want their photo taken... I got no vibe from him.  Actually, I got no vibe at all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:25:05 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2008-03-16T12:46:59-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:title>Turning a Blind Eye</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;I must have walked 10 miles in Jogjakarta that day.  There were so many things to see... interesting people, clothes, etc etc.  I saw this guy a few times, and I decided to take a shot on the third time.  He regarded me with a cool one-eyed stare and didn't give much reaction one way or the other.  I'm pretty good at getting the vibe if someone does not want their photo taken... I got no vibe from him.  Actually, I got no vibe at all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>The Dragon Gate in Malacca</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2926112838/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2926112838/&quot; title=&quot;The Dragon Gate in Malacca&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3100/2926112838_67b2bf3cf7_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;164&quot; alt=&quot;The Dragon Gate in Malacca&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The little streets of Malacca had all sorts of interesting temples and stores full of antiques and curios.  I don't normally talk about curios in such high regard.  Curios in other countries always seem better than curios in your own country.  And thus, we end this diatribe on curios.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:50:32 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2008-03-20T18:44:53-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;The little streets of Malacca had all sorts of interesting temples and stores full of antiques and curios.  I don't normally talk about curios in such high regard.  Curios in other countries always seem better than curios in your own country.  And thus, we end this diatribe on curios.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>The sunrise as the caged Buddhas look on...</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2919966075/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2919966075/&quot; title=&quot;The sunrise as the caged Buddhas look on...&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3168/2919966075_6ac9c10caa_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;157&quot; alt=&quot;The sunrise as the caged Buddhas look on...&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to see how I made this (and how you can too!), visit my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/hdr-tutorial/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HDR Tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.  I hope it gives you some new tricks! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Each of these &amp;quot;bells&amp;quot; is really a stone cage that houses a Buddha statue that is seated, facing outwards.  At this time in the morning, you can take little flashlights and peer inside the cages.  It's all very eerie and fun...  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the distance, you can see a few volcanoes poking through the mist.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from my daily photo blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:49:32 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2008-03-15T06:36:14-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:title>The sunrise as the caged Buddhas look on...</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;If you want to see how I made this (and how you can too!), visit my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com/hdr-tutorial/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HDR Tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.  I hope it gives you some new tricks! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Each of these &amp;quot;bells&amp;quot; is really a stone cage that houses a Buddha statue that is seated, facing outwards.  At this time in the morning, you can take little flashlights and peer inside the cages.  It's all very eerie and fun...  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the distance, you can see a few volcanoes poking through the mist.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from my daily photo blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>The sun sets over the mountains</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2917980570/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2917980570/&quot; title=&quot;The sun sets over the mountains&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3140/2917980570_948d60867c_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;159&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;The sun sets over the mountains&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I checked the sweet internet earlier in the day to see exactly what time sunset was in Yellowstone.  I have the sunrise/sunset website bookmarked, which is kinda strange, maybe...  Anyway, It said 7:03 or something like that.  I knew full well that it means the exact moment when the sun dips below the horizon, so the sun really &amp;quot;sets&amp;quot; about 30 minutes before that... but that didn't help me get into the right position to see the sun right before it dipped below the mountains.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Luckily, there was a fine band of yellow sky lit up above the  mountains, reflecting across the Madison River.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:17:45 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2008-09-28T09:14:08-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:title>The sun sets over the mountains</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;I checked the sweet internet earlier in the day to see exactly what time sunset was in Yellowstone.  I have the sunrise/sunset website bookmarked, which is kinda strange, maybe...  Anyway, It said 7:03 or something like that.  I knew full well that it means the exact moment when the sun dips below the horizon, so the sun really &amp;quot;sets&amp;quot; about 30 minutes before that... but that didn't help me get into the right position to see the sun right before it dipped below the mountains.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Luckily, there was a fine band of yellow sky lit up above the  mountains, reflecting across the Madison River.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>A Blindingly Beautful Sunrise</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2913356064/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2913356064/&quot; title=&quot;A Blindingly Beautful Sunrise&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2304/2913356064_96197eb50c_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;154&quot; alt=&quot;A Blindingly Beautful Sunrise&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I could hardly figure out where to look first!  I was happy to have a second pair of eyes there with my camera, so I could look at one thing while the lens and attached remote looked at something else!  Every 10 minutes the clouds moved and the light changed, creating a different scene as I snapped away in bliss.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can feel the morning humidity hanging on the air over the lagoon.  It was a little after 5 in the morning at Angkor Wat, and a small Cambodian girl had brought me a little chair to sit down in by the water.  She also brought coffee and condensed milk, refilling me every 20 minutes or so.  I think the chair and the coffee was the the best $2 I ever spent!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2007-06-02T06:48:55-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:title>A Blindingly Beautful Sunrise</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;I could hardly figure out where to look first!  I was happy to have a second pair of eyes there with my camera, so I could look at one thing while the lens and attached remote looked at something else!  Every 10 minutes the clouds moved and the light changed, creating a different scene as I snapped away in bliss.&lt;br /&gt;
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You can feel the morning humidity hanging on the air over the lagoon.  It was a little after 5 in the morning at Angkor Wat, and a small Cambodian girl had brought me a little chair to sit down in by the water.  She also brought coffee and condensed milk, refilling me every 20 minutes or so.  I think the chair and the coffee was the the best $2 I ever spent!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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			<title>The Private Entrance</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2911384162/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2911384162/&quot; title=&quot;The Private Entrance&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3023/2911384162_b52a751ef7_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;159&quot; alt=&quot;The Private Entrance&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This red-stoned temple had hundreds of tiny rooms scattered all over the grounds.  The light streamed in from many angles to light up the walls and carved details.  I only wish I was around 1000 years ago with my anachronistic digital camera... that would have been good, except for the no flickr part.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:29:11 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2007-11-10T10:39:51-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:title>The Private Entrance</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;This red-stoned temple had hundreds of tiny rooms scattered all over the grounds.  The light streamed in from many angles to light up the walls and carved details.  I only wish I was around 1000 years ago with my anachronistic digital camera... that would have been good, except for the no flickr part.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3023/2911384162_b52a751ef7_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
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			<title>The Cubes of Mystery</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2909172074/</link>
			<description>			&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/&quot;&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt; posted a photo:&lt;/p&gt;
	
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2909172074/&quot; title=&quot;The Cubes of Mystery&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3020/2909172074_abdfb3a8b1_m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;162&quot; alt=&quot;The Cubes of Mystery&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They aren't really cubes, and they are not really that mysterious, but the words taken together, especially in reference to something that is not cubic or mysterious, are tantalizingly mysterious.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:34:15 -0700</pubDate>
			                        <dc:date.Taken>2008-06-10T08:09:36-08:00</dc:date.Taken>
            			<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs)</author>
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    <media:title>The Cubes of Mystery</media:title>
    <media:description type="html">&lt;p&gt;They aren't really cubes, and they are not really that mysterious, but the words taken together, especially in reference to something that is not cubic or mysterious, are tantalizingly mysterious.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
from the blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuckincustoms.com&quot;&gt;www.stuckincustoms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
    <media:thumbnail url="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3020/2909172074_abdfb3a8b1_s.jpg" height="75" width="75" />
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