Tag: Photgraphy

Seattle Skyline at Night

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I have been to Seattle many times and never knew that it is only 15 minute water taxi ride to see it in all its glory from the west side. Maybe the reason that I didn’t know is because on all of my previous trips I didn’t do any photography. On the last trip however I was trying to find interesting spots and views to take some photos and discovered that it is super easy to get to this side of the harbor.  So here is the big city for you at night in its glory lights. If you want to see more details then click on the photo to see it in larger resolution in my photo gallery.

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Harvard Square

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This is where very smart people get their education, or smart people with a lot of very good connections, or maybe somewhat average on IQ scale but with lots and lots of $ and good connections, or maybe all above. I heard that about 30-50% of the current student body is related or somehow affiliated with Harvard alumni’s. 

It was interesting to see all these chairs spread around the lawn. They encourage people to sit and talk to each other. I wonder if this is normal mode of operation at Harvard Square or they only put it out during weekends or some specific occasions. We were there on a Saturday and it was packed with tourists, Chinese mostly, I must mention. As I as walking around the campus I kind of realized that it didn’t click with me, it didn’t feel cozy or impressive, or like a place where I’d want to spend four years of my life (if hypothetically my life was different and I had a chance to come and study here) – maybe it is because of all those tourists! It didn’t feel like university campus, more like some kind of tourist attraction.

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Pretty Fall

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It is Monday, early evening, I’m sleepy. Mondays are always like that. Very long days with sleepy evenings. Doesn’t mean I will go to bed early, still probably not going to sleep till close to midnight, but, man I’m getting sleepy.

Anyway, I have a few more Fall pictures, which I’ll try to push out before real Winter comes around.

We are back to Linn Cove Viaduct at Blue Ridge parkway. This time we are looking south. Taken from the tip of the rock as low as I could get there to the road, but still have a long view over it.

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Burn, Sweetie Burn

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It is about that time of the year to pay tribute to anything spooky, witchy, dark and evil. A lot of kids will dress up like little monsters and witches. Thankfully we live in a society that will not do any harm to you for dressing like a witch. But just back a few hundred years ago they took it a bit too seriously and actually burned them alive, or so the history tells us.

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Back in Central Asia

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Mentally, not physically. I had this photo seating on my drive for some time, just never felt like posting it. We were on a little hike around Chimbulak Ski Resort near Almaty Kazakhstan. This is almost as high you can get without special climbing gear. Alpine flowers are really cool, they are small but they are bright and they know how to survive in not the most friendly environments.

If you can see, on the left side of the photo, right in the middle, there is a black whole in the rock. It is actually a cave. About 3-4 meters high. I don’t know how deep it is, I didn’t hike over there.

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