THANKSGIVING PARADE 

I saw this pretty face among the crowd watching the Thanksgiving Parade in New York City.  Most settings were in Auto ISO 3200, shutter speed of 250 and f-stop of 8 or 5.6.

Found the words ‘vegetarian’ in one of the buildings, hence used this as the title for this image.

I initially thought his woman was above 6 feet tall.  Found out she was standing on a small stool to get a better view of the giant balloons during the Thanksgiving parade.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane. No she was looking in awe at the giant Spiderman balloon during the Thanksgiving parade. Looked like a scene in a movie.

NEW YORK SUBWAY

I spotted this nice contrast of light vs. dark skinned hands holding on to a stainless steel bar aboard the subway train in New York and quickly took this photo.

One of my favorites.  I liked the way this man stared at me while I composed this shot.

TIMES SQUARE

CENTRAL PARK

New York Street Photography – Fuji X100T

“Integrity is what we say, what we do and what we say we do.” – Don Galer

– Roman Payne

” The destination is made more meaningful by and through the journey.  Don’t give up!”

– Evinda Lepins

And this man spells it out clearly on his shirt – “Never Give Up.”

“Time goes faster the more hollow it is.  Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that don’t stop at your station.”

– Carlos Ruiz Zafon

” I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey.”

– David Archuleta

“The path to our destination is not always a straight one.  We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back.  Maybe it doesn’t matter which road we embark on.  Maybe what matters is that we embark.”

– Barbara Hall

– Proverb

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.  They must be felt with the heart.

– Helen Keller

Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.

– Golda Meir

The beauty does not live out there; the beauty’s in my eyes.

– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

“To me, photography is an art of observation.  It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”

– Elliott Erwitt

“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible ”

– Oscar Wilde

“I want the viewers to be moved into the lives of the people that they are looking at, the visual experience is incredibly emotional.”

– Paul Fusco

“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.”

– Anonymous

The Hall is at the centre of college life where the academic community congregates to dine every day and during special occasions.

The huge quadrangle called Tom Quad is named after the 6 ton bell, Great Tom.

Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith.  Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.   He  wrote  popular tragedies such as Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth.

Warwick Castle is a medieval castle originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068.

The castle was once the family home of the Earls of Warwick.

There are many rooms in the castle, some with mannequins like real people. These are dressed in costumes to show how people might have lived in the castle hundreds of years ago. Warwick Castle has a dungeon and one part of the castle is said to be haunted. 

Cotswold stone is a yellow oolitic Jurassic limestone quarried in many places in the Cotswold Hills in the south midlands of England. When weathered, the colour of buildings made or faced with this stone is often described as ‘honey’ or ‘golden’.  Many of the houses in Cotswold are made of these unique stone.

Stonehenge is a pre-historic monument in Wiltshire, England.  Archeologists believe it was built anywhere between 3000 BC to 2000 BC.  There are a number of theories about the mystery of Stonehenge.  One theory is that the Stonehenge was used as a place of healing.  Evidence supporting this is the number of burials found around the area and evidence of trauma deformity in some of the graves.  Others speculate that it was used as a place for worship. Another theory is that the monument was intended to unify the different people of the British island.  The massive amount of labor involved in the construction would have required inter-regional cooperation.

Many of Paris architectural buildings such as the Opera House, the Louvre Museum, the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tour can be best viewed during the evening because of the excellent lighting.

Churches are the oldest intact buildings in the city.  The Notre Dame Cathedral is a showcase of Gothic architecture while the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur is a combination of Romanesque and neo-Byzantine design.  The Eiffel Tower remains an enduring symbol of Paris.

Another attraction in the city is Champs-Elysees, the main shopping street of Paris where popular brands like Louis Vuitton can be found.

The Chateau de Versailles or Versailles Palace is a wealthy suburb of Paris.  Versailles is famous not only for its building and gardens but as a symbol of monarchy during the ancient regime. Its Hall of Mirrors is regarded as one of the most famous rooms in the world.  It has 17 mirror clad arches that reflect the 17 arcade windows that overlook the gardens.