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Both the stairs (egg-shaped) and the photo are great. This photoblog is one of my daily visits. Wim van der Meij Etsen – Zutphen – The Netherlands – Photoblog. (Edit September 15: changed link to go directly—I hope—to the stair photo.)

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Imagine having this be “the view from your window.”

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Ever wondered how big nebulae are? Go take a look at the April 11, 2009 Astronomy Picture of the Day for a great composite photograph that shows you.

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The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated (A Library of Congress Exhibition) is an exhibit of digital prints created from the original glass negatives, which were taken through red, green, and blue filters in the early twentieth century. And aren’t these windmills something else? (Tip of the hat to Sully.)

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Very nice set of snapshots taken during the British Big Garden Birdwatch are up at guardian.co.uk.

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Mostly male portraits, some nudes, some couples. Also a few family portraits. An amazing photographer: Paul Mpagi Sepuya.

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My friend Sam gave me the best food tip ever: A. Russo and Sons in Watertown, Mass. Here’s just a sample of their eggplant selection last weekend: (Click for larger size.)

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BLDGBLOG presents an introductory essay and photos from Library of Dust There’s a spectacular new book coming out at the end of this summer called Library of Dust, by photographer David Maisel, published by Chronicle Books. . . . In 1913, Maisel explained, an Oregon state psychiatric institution began to cremate the remains of its [...]

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Amazing Light Photography by Alan Jaras. (A tip of the hat to The Daily Dish.)

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On the livejournal steampunk fashion group, along came this little beauty: Rolleiflex MiniDigi AF5.0 First developed in Germany in the 1920′s, the Rollei 6x6cm Twin Lens Reflex Camera has always been a preferred tool for serious photography, especially portraits. There cannot be, for example, a single Hollywood celebrity who has not been photographed with a [...]

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