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Hands

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:32:44 PST

Vienna, 2010

_{Agfa APX in Xtol 1+1}

The Handbook

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:52:29 PDT

Vienna, Austria. May 2012.

Theory of Forms

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:50:13 PDT

Theory of Forms
[link]

Plato's duality between the universal and the specific, the ideal and the real

Thx to Stam for featuring.

See also this one:

6708

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:29:03 PST

Safe and Angelical nap.

???

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:19:37 PST

_{Al Diyafah - Dubai, U.A.E.}

Ora bolas! A DD!!

Nuno my friend, thank you so much!
Many thanks for the feature, Stam!!
And thank you fellow deviants, for the faves and wonderful comments. Much, much appreciated.!!!

Hellhound

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:58:58 PDT

We were on our way back to the station in Firenze (Florence) when we saw this lady with this weird looking dog. Although he looks funny, it's just not done. The cropping of ears is forbidden in my country. They should forbid it everywhere. Poor doggy.

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UPDATE:

first of all: thanks Pelle and Stamatis, for the DD I received for this image.

second: thank you ALL for your comments, faves and congrats. I didn't expect that this photo would bring so much reactions from so many people. It seems as if we cannot agree on the topic: docking of ears, tails of our pets. Do we do it for their own benefit or is it a cosmetic thing and do we make ourselves believe that it's necessary for medical reasons?
Anyway, everybody may have his or her own opinion about it. That goes for me too. I don't like it. I've got a dog of my own with hanging ears. She'd an infection too, but it was cured with medicine and cleaning her ears on a regularly basis. I hope this Doberman Pincher is well taken care of, no matter the size of his ears or tail (or the lack of it). Simply because it's the duty of mankind who let him into their homes. There is no better companion than a dog, I can tell you

Thanks again

If you want to see more doggy photo's, you can take a look at these ones:

or what about this one
They're absolutely adorable

I support the

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Time isn't my best friend. Therefore I would like to THANK YOU in advance
For your interest, the s and your kind comments.
Your support means a lot to me!

With Love, Annieta

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My images may not be reproduced in any form without my permission
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deception

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:37:37 PDT

Vienna, Austria

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No use of any kind is allowed without written permission.

split

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:49:09 PST

_{lisbon

zeiss ikon zm + 2/50 planar
400tmy

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Thank you very much to Mary [*myraincheck] for suggesting it, and Stam [^StamatisGR] for featuring it as a DD.
I really appreciate it!}

Fly fly away..

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:32:07 PST

Take from this what you will.

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Nikkor 50/1.8

Invisible..

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:27:12 PST

There is one woman in the background looking straight at me, but no one spared more than a sideways glance at the guy they are pretending doesn't exist.

Childish, I say.

Well, maybe not.. any child who could grasp this man's condition and understand what he is doing there would probably care more than the people who pass him.

So much for seeing more on Seymour.

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Nikkor 50/1.4 AF

So where is the dog?

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:36:51 PDT

Paris, rue Ordener.

1 9 6 9

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:13:16 PST

Shanghai.

Thank you so much everyone! And a big thank you to for the DD!

featured by:

Angel at the Bus Stop

Fri, 13 May 2011 09:23:43 PDT

Waiting for the bus to Heaven

quote and edit are by

Grazie di cuore

Exposed Through Overexposure

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:27:21 PDT

My fave shot in a loooong while

Shot in Stockholm, Sweden

470

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:49:06 PST

For

My first DD

Thank you for suggesting. Thank you for featuring.

morning makeup

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:36:37 PDT

i've taken this one twice, the first one being a hip shot. i figured that the lady was so concentrated on making herself beautiful that she won't even notice me rising the camera to my eye to check the focus.

i'm quite pleased with how this turned out.

also on 500px: [link]

500px | maciej gębka photography | all rights reserved

optimistic

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:02:17 PST

no c®mment

Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg

vielen dank für den
Thank you very much for the

Please respect me and my work. My photos and words are not for stealing. Please send me a note if you want to use my work. And after using, link back to the original. Thank you for understanding.

Fashion Victim

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:57:28 PST

Vienna

edit: Thanks, for the title!

_{Agfa APX 100 in Xtol 1+1}

Head in the British Museum

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:02:41 PDT

In the Greece Gallery of the British Museum.
London, August 2009.

Full view for the only detail.

The 21mm is fun all the time. I really should switch to the 50mm some time.

Voigtlander, Bessa R3M, 21mm, HP5

Japanese Style

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:14:29 PDT

Vienna, May 2010.

If Looks Could Kill

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:11:03 PDT

Queen St, Auckland

"Auckland street photography"
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I hope I don't get my DD taken off me, but I've been staring at this for months and decided colour works better
The b&w version is in sta.sh [link]

"auckland street photography" "new zealand street photography"

naked cowboy

Mon, 23 May 2011 11:44:38 PDT

New York

Full view is a must - had to be this big
mind the faces and the billboards left/right

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© Copyright by Patrick Wally 2008
No use of any kind is allowed without written permission.

Down. Empty.

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:29:43 PST

He is war veteran.
Full view is a must.

Waiting for Godot

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:50:16 PDT

Munich, Germany.

Kindly featured by

here [link]

here [link]

here [link]

Fairies still Exist

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:51:51 PDT

Roaming around old files I came across this...
The girl is my friend Natasha on April fools day, giving away candies. Policemen just appeared out of nowhere...

I hope you like it!

The Urban Sombrero..

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:41:48 PST

A friend was able to get me a version of Noise ninja, so I karate chopped the noise, and re-submitted without so much noise, and with a larger file, and newer style watermark.

* My D300 was only 20 days old at this point *

_{J. Peterman: Oh, for the love of God, man! Just tell me what the product is.
Dugan: It's a, uh, washcloth.
J. Peterman: No washcloths!
Elaine: Well, Mr. Peterman, I've got a really good idea for a hat. It combines the spirit of old Mexico with a little big city panache. I like to call it the Urban Sombrero.
J. Peterman: (rubbing his neck) Oh, my neck is one gargantuan monkey fist.
Elaine: Are you okay, Mr. Peterman?
J. Peterman: Yes, yes. Go on, go on, go on.
Elaine: Well, see, it's... businessmen taking siestas. You know, it's the, uh, the Urban Sombrero.}

Is it wrong every day life happenings can directly be tied to at least one episode of seinfeld?

This was at Pub340 in Vancouver on Cambie St. He walked in, spent a dollar on pull tabs and won enough for a beer, which he enjoyed and then left.

Thought i would break up the concerts with a little bar street.. something my good friend *f-hole knows alot about..

"there are streets everywhere mate!" he says.

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Nikkor 35-70/2.8D

Be.Different.Dare

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 02:57:15 PDT

Forget those awful trendy styles and how they tell you to be.... Be Different... Dare... Be yourself... Be unique!

Photo taken at a small square in front of Reina Sofia National Museum of Art, Madrid, Spain, June 2006.

Fuji Superia 100, negative scan, curves, resizing in PS.

OH MY GOD! My first DD!! There not enough words to thank you =nikosalpha for suggesting my photo and you +suzi9mm for featuring it!!! You guys are amazing!!!!

Night Shift at the Paper Mill

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:51:03 PDT

Workers at the paper factory in Frovi, Sweden, are showing up ready to begin the night shift.

Do you enjoy street photography? Check this out [link]

My web [link]

territories

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:45:55 PDT

Prague, Czech Republic

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© Copyright by Patrick Wally 2008
No use of any kind is allowed without written permission.

Boat yard 2

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:25:30 PDT

Photo taken at an old boat repairing yard at the old venetian harbor of Chania, Crete, Greece. (same location as this one).

Canon EOS-300, Canon EF 35mm f/2 lens
Kodak Tri-X 400 b&w negative film, underexposed by 1 stop, slightly overprocessed in Kodak T-Max Dev. Scan from negative.

The big gossip

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:25:13 PDT

Pacific Beach, SD, CA.

Again, a photo taken during a coffee break. I may start a new serie such as "Around a coffee" or "the coffee as a social factor", or "taking pictures of people taking a coffee is great".

This time it was tough to make the focus and control the exposition without being caught by her. I got her right on time but the frame is not optimal...

Full view.

Voigtlander, Bessa-R3M.

_{[071207] films scanned again as TIFF instead of JPEG}

Pour une fille

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:33:36 PST

So this image is about a girl and also for a girl...

I upload this image as a request from !tzelakou and therefore I dedicate it to her. My dear Angelique, this one is for you!

The photo is taken during the Carnival of the Little Ones in Patras, Greece, two days ago.

Kodak Tri-X 400, developped in T-MAX Dev., scan from negative. Note that the many white dots you can see on the image is not noise or something wrong from the developping process, it's just this foam that kids use in the carnival and it was sprayed all around the air!

S H A D Y D E A L I N G S

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:12:08 PDT

The umbrella is bugged.

Thanks to for suggesting this and to for featuring it!

Also featured by:

Summer Joy

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:38:07 PST

Winter is starting. Even here. Maybe we need some memories from the summer. Just to remember what we leave behind and what is to be found ahead. Got carried away, not referring to the photo. Sorry.

June or July 2008, casino beach, city of Rhodes, Rhodes island, Greece.

Ilford FP4+ (125 ISO) b&w negative film. Developed in Kodak T-Max dev. Scan from negative.

Waiting

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:52:59 PST

W a i t i n g . . .

For a departing train, or for someone loved to arrive.
With a book in our hands or with a laptop nearby.
Alone or with someone.

We wait as diversly as we live our lives...

Shot at the Central Station in Stockholm, Sweden in Dec 2009.

the PRESENCE

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:30:32 PDT

Yap... I am back...

Dedicated to my ever-PRESENT Angels, my friends
who helped me through difficult times

and to my Yardies, administrators, for being so patient with me

Btw, this is NOT a manipulation (hence the category), the guy was really carrying wings (for the kids theater that is nearby)

Full view, of course...

Heavy on my shoulders

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:51:19 PDT

Sometimes I feel life heavy on my shoulders...
Sometimes I wish I could just lie down like a stray dog...
Sometimes I wish I could lift my eyes from the ground and look at the sun again...

DEDICATED to all the Greek people who didn't steal any public money,
who didn't led their country to bankruptcy, who are losing their jobs and whose dreams are shot down to pieces.

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Thank you for your time to look at my picture, your kindness to comment on it
and your generosity to fav it. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Dire Straits

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:46:40 PDT

House builders right across my house...

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Thank you for your time to look at my picture, your kindness to comment on it
and your generosity to fav it. Your support is greatly appreciated.

peep

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:43:47 PDT

Lumix L1, hip shot

Try also:

Do not fave | About me

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Update: a minor change in vignette, but I reckon it looks much better now.

Hungry?

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:11:36 PDT

Photo taken at Ocean Beach in SD sometime between March and April 2007.

They look lost in their snack/drink. It was hot outside and we stopped to a coffee shop to have an iced drink. I saw them, they barely talked to each other, and ate the whole time we were in...

Voigtlander, Bessa R3M, Heliar 50/2.
Fuji Superia XTRA 400.

Thanks for your comments!

The Reader

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:26:01 PDT

What would we be without the serenity that reading provides us?

Shot at a café in Lindesberg, Sweden in 2008.

Other street pics:

:thumb129719552:

:thumb142867233:

:thumb141389218:

On the flip side

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:54:56 PDT

Thanks to all who fave and comment this one.
And a tip of the hat to the suggester
and featuring GD

Top o' the mornin' to ya

The News Stand

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:52:30 PST

During a cold bikeride in Athens center,
Omonoia Square at 00.39 at 1st night of 2009 .

Omonoia square has news stands that remain open 24 hours a day.
Next day's newspapers can be bought late at night.
People gather around the news stands and talk about next day's headlines, sometimes untill the morning comes.

Dedicated to D'Artagnan (!Eliza-mac)
and my fellow musketeers (!stuartperry & !damien-c)

EDIT 18th February 2009
A fellow deviant from Albuquerque-USA, Tracey Dahl
saw my picture and wrote a wonderful essay about it: [link]

"GRECIAN NEWS
There is a photograph in the far reaches of the Internet that I often day dream about. I study its black and white composure and dream of traveling. I dream of happening upon this late night sanctuary of a new stand, nestled in the community of Athens. I observe the men and the dog uniting there, discussing the world events. I can't help but to believe in humanity again, to see that business hasn't gotten in the way of community. That communal essence of a city will bring us together again.
As night envelopes the city, and tucks the rest of Greece in, there is a newsstand open at all hours, steeped in culture and community. Athenian men gather here to get the daily news the night before. The freshly printed newspapers are piled haphazardly a top of one another. The table has a vexatious bend in the middle, slightly buckling under the weight of yesterdays sorrows. It is simply poetic. The harsh glow of unadulterated light bulbs illuminates the evening in reality, highlights the business of these men. Speaking with one another and reading newspapers, enjoying the late night glow, these are all here. A dog stands behind its owner, ever loyal, and wags its tail in the prospect of meeting strangers. The men in the corner acknowledge the dog, wry, boyhood smiles overwhelm their wrinkled faces. The shadows are as diverse as the men, yet not as old. It is comforting to know that the sunset will not change all things.
This picture was taken on January 1st, 2009, a time when the entire world is in a whirlpool of turmoil. The invasion of Gaza is on everyone's mind, as well as the pending nature of the economy. Its hard to imagine the Greek headlines. The prospect of war is familiar to this country's past, the familiarity must be haunting. The Christmas lights hung on the window are a stark contrast to the printed content, piled below. These men here are strangers, but they gather for a single need for information.
The Internet has widely made printed newspapers obsolete, there is so much data coming in daily, its hard to organize what is important. The simple beauty of a news stand is the fact that this information is patient. This information is for those with minds to digest slowly and react in haste. These men are patient in a tumultuous world, the upheaval of so many ideas are here, discussed between strangers becoming friends. It is the re birthing of Socratic Method. Ideas evolving in a public arena, as informal as a news stand is, is quintessential to us all.
This photograph is organic. It is old men uprooting new ideas, turning street corners into congress. Communities have been built upon this. Your opinion is relevant as long as you make it known, your words will be heard here. Late night discussion have written constitutions and created nations. This news stand turns men into boys and back again, simply because, under this harsh light, they are raw and exposed. They are humbled by dogs and Christmas lights and emblazoned in ink from wet newspapers. This community is organic, holding in their hands, the world's yesterdays and tomorrows. Community will hold it all together and bring it all back."
I thank her from the depths of my heart and wish her the best for her life

Don't pet us

Sat, 06 May 2006 19:37:58 PDT

Street Fair, Encinitas, CA, April 2006.

More to come...

Thanks for commenting!

Doggy

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:42:26 PST

spotted at mcdonalds...

Neo-classical

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:42:31 PDT

Making bread in the shop window
Taksim, Istanbul