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[Michael T]

Great pictures.
Niamh, I love it when you go black and white with your camera. The best shots by far. I seem to recall it was the same with your pictures you posted a while back. Keep it up, you have a good eye for a photo.

[Lulim]

@Snowqueen, your flower pictures are great!

(...) What type of plant is that? It's a wonderful closeup! (...)

Thank you! I'm sorry, but I don't know what kind of plant that is. They are rather tiny leaves, just a wee bit more than my thumbnail, the drops are dew and I noticed the "hairy tingies" only on the screen, not on the plant itself.

[Niamh]

Niamh, I love all your photos of Bruges. May I ask where that is? I have never heard of it before. Ones that stood out to me (although I love them all very much) are the b/w ones (those make me feel I have gone back into an old classic movie) and I love the one with the swans - how cool is that to see swans swimming in the canal? You go to the coolest places; I am envious.

Bruges is in Belgium. such a magical City.

Great pictures.
Niamh, I love it when you go black and white with your camera. The best shots by far. I seem to recall it was the same with your pictures you posted a while back. Keep it up, you have a good eye for a photo.

I love the Black and Whites too. I think they just captured the soul of the city.

Next stop Cardiff in november. Then Canada in January.

[Virgil]

I've got a group of pictures from this shoot in my blog. You can see them all here: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?b=9046.

[Snowqueen]

Snowqueen, wow, I love all three of your floral photos. I think the rose is the most outstanding!

Thanks Janine, you are too kind.

@Snowqueen, your flower pictures are great!

Thanks for the compliment.

I've got a group of pictures from this shoot in my blog. You can see them all here: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?b=9046.

Have you decided Virgil which picture you are going to frame? I'm keen to know.

[Virgil]

Have you decided Virgil which picture you are going to frame? I'm keen to know.

I'll tabulate the scores tonight and post my decision right after.

[Virgil]

Ok and the scoring is - drum roll please -

#1 - 3 votes
#2 - 11
#3 - 17
#4 - 6
#5 - 15
#6 - 6
#7 - 4

And the winner is number 3!

Actually i could have made a case for numbers 2,3,4,or 5. It doesn't cost all that much to print them out in 8x10 size. I think I'll have all four printed and then I'll see which one gets the frame. Thank you all.

Here is #3 for you.

[Madhuri]

I like this picture, Virgil. # 3 and # 5 were my favourites

[Madhuri]

Its the festival season here; after every 15-20 days we have a festival until Diwali.

A couple of weeks ago, I visited a city called Mysore, which is about 150 kms from Bangalore. They celebrate the Dussehra festival in such grand manner. The Mysore palace is lighted for all 10 days of the festival; there are cultural programs with artists performing from all over the country and on the last day there is a procession from the palace. It was an awesome experience.

Here are some of the pictures.

Mysore palace entrance:





The entrance of the palace temple:



Another view of the palace entrance:





The palace:



A Bharatnatyam dancer:



On the day of the procession, the 10th and the last day of Dussehra.

It starts with Jumbo savari



Some performers in the procession:







People dressed up as mythological characters:









Hanuman, the monkey god:



Other performers:



Men and women dressed in the traditional attire:



Some more:











Men dressed as lord Shiva:

[Virgil]

Fascinating indeed!! This is another world for me Maddie. Thank you for sharing.

[Madhuri]

I am glad you liked it; I enjoyed the occasion very much

[Nyu001]

That was nice to see! I loved it!

[Niamh]

< speechless!!!!!!!

[Madhuri]

Hey, I didnt realise you guys will like the pictures so much Thanks

[Modigliani]