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   Robert Watcher

   Traditional Brick Making

   For several years I have been wanting to take a photo series of brick and tile makers working with their traditional methods of laying the formed mud out in the sun - but have never come across the opportunity until now.
   
   
   There were several operations in Nicaragua, but they were in more remote areas or were inaccessible - but more often hesitant to approach and ask on my own —— a little like thinking twice before entering a huge auto wrecker, not knowing what is behind the walls.
   
   
   Driving on a rural highway with Salvadorian friends recently, we stopped on the side of the road to see if there was anyone around this abandoned looking property with what looked like a large dilapidated building that probably was used for kilning bricks. A fellow walked out to see what I was up to, and informed me that workers were back behind the kiln. I asked I could talk photos of them working.

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   May 14, 2019
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   AussiePhil

   Tennis indoors with the E-M1 mkII

   All images from the 2017 AusOpen all shoot with the EM1mk2 and usually the 40-150Pro
   
   First up some high iso images, i'd say these would be fine for social media or newsprint though the colour balance from the poor lighting still needs a tweak i notice
   This was an epic match on the most distant outside court with no pro in sight, Istaman in the glasses went on the win and then defeat Novak one the next round on centre court.
   ISO 10,000

   25

   Apr 26, 2019
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   RyanM

   Easter Celebration at the Catedral de Lima

   My wife and I were travelling in Lima, Peru over Easter this year, and we decided to attend the Easter mass at the Catedral de Lima on the Plaza de Armas (the central square in the historic district).
   
   We arrived quite early (~10am for the 11am mass), but activities were already ongoing. Groups of people were carrying large altars/icons through the streets, accompanied by much fanfare (brass bands, incense, etc.). There were four icons: crucified Jesus, resurrected Jesus, Mary, and Mary Magdalene (if we understood correctly). This had been going on for several hours (we could hear the bands playing from our nearby apartment), but when we arrived the altars were processing back and forth in front of the cathedral.

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   May 7, 2019
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   TerriblePerson

   My anniversary of visiting Gubei Water Town

   Last year, I went to Gubei Water Town for the first time, and it quickly became one of my favorite places. It's a fake ancient town 2 hours outside of Beijing with beautiful small walking streets and wonderful architecture. I went in November, when winter had already settled in. The plants were all dead and the water was frozen.
   
   Despite the barren life, it was still beautiful, and the largest picture in my house is from that trip. This time, we went in the prime time of autumn, so we decided to try to compare what it looked like in winter vs. fall. It also made for a great opportunity to compare my a6000 that I used last year to my EM-5 II. Hopefully you guys can enjoy my pictures as well Let me know if there's anything you think I could improve on.
   
   These two are actually quite different. I did a bad job remembering what I did last year. I wanted to share this one because I actually messed up on the new one. You'll notice it's at 3200 ISO. This was the first picture I took that day, and I forgot to change it back from when I last did some night shots. I have to say though, it looks really good for 3200 ISO. I maybe went a little ham on the noise reduction, making it very smooth in some places, but as a whole, it looks just fine.

   12

   Oct 25, 2018
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   Matt Drown

   Sri Lanka

   Back in 2016 my wife and I were travelling around the world, and stopped in Sri Lanka for a month. I've finally gotten around to editing and posting pictures from there (i hate backlogs). All pics on a EM1.1 w/ an oly 12-40.
   Sigiriya Lion Rock
   Dambulla
   Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage

   9

   Mar 21, 2019
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   TNcasual

   Your Top Five for April

   It's the last day of the month. Time to share your top five!
   
   Here are mine. Nice diversity for me this month.

   42

   Apr 30, 2019

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