Trophy Room

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9/26/11 - Week 39
Chateau de Chambord.
The 2200 hectare site of this chateau includes massive hunting grounds.

Granddaddy

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9/26/11 - Week 39
The Chenonceau Chateau is the most popular and beautiful of the Loire Valley chateaus.

Make & Model?

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9/25/11 - Week 39
Saw this beauty on the street in Amboise, France, a small town in the Loire Valley.

Young Woman in a Floral Hat

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9/24/11 - Week 39
Taken at the Rodin Museum
Paris, France

Week 39 ☞ 09.24.11 - 09.30.11

Theme:  France

We'll complete our week in a Paris apartment and then train to Loire Valley for two days before heading back home.

Not everything I shoot makes it into the Project52.  If you are interested in checking out additional pictures, please see my Flickr Photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffm211/ 

 

Monsieur Violin

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Lin and I were strolling through the Marais, along tight streets and beneath arcades where sounds are amplified in volume and richness. I heard violin notes in the distance and as we got closer, the music became more engaging. We passed by the arcade, into a wonderful square called Place des Vosges. Despite the activity in the square, the violin resonated.

I approached him and listened for a while longer, pointed to my camera and he nodded. I asked his name but his accent was thick and I did not catch it. After placing a 2 euro coin into his case, I returned to the square and we continued our stroll.

The street music is different and wonderful in Paris.

Taken 9/23/11 - Week 38

Night Picnics Along the Seine

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9/23/11 - Week 38
Paris, France

Notre Dame

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9/22/11 - Week 38
Can't go a week of posting pics of Paris without this one. We're staying just a block from here and I shot this on the way home from dinner.

Intimate Backyard

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9/21/11 - Week 38
In the late 1600's, Louis XIV spent 1/2 of France's GDP building his palace and gardens. The scale and opulence is awe-inspiring. From where this shot is taken to the end of the Grand Canal (upper center) is 1.5 miles.

Gothic Transparency

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9/20/11 - Week 38
Compared to the heaviness of Notre Dame, the lightness of Sainte-Chapelle's stained glass was amazing. This is NOT SymmetriCam; rather my 10mm-20mm wide angle shot from a low perspective.

Paris or Vegas?

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9/19/11 - Week 38
Last year when I had a similar shot with the same title, the answer was Vegas? Not this time.

Arc de Triomphe

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9/19/11 - Week 38
Paris, France

Gift From The Queen

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9/18/11 - Week 38
Not a bad reward to the Duke of Marlborough for winning a war. An enormous palace + 2000 acres of magnificent grounds. His descendants are definitely part of the lucky sperm club.

Just As I Had Imagined...

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9/17/11 - Week 38
...the English countryside to be like. Rolling hills and roaming sheep. Taken alongside the road between Stow-on-the- Wold and Stanway.

Week 38 ☞ 09.17.11 - 09.23.11

Theme:  Cotswolds & Paris

This week we'll be finishing up in the English countryside and then heading to France for a week in Paris.

Not everything I shoot makes it into the Project52.  If you are interested in checking out additional pictures, please see my Flickr Photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffm211/ 

 

Across the Thames

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9/14/11 - Week 37
Belly of the Millennium Bridge.

Toy Soldier Collection - Plate 4

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9/16/11 - Week 37
Actual toy soldier guarding the Windsor Information Center.

Toy Soldier Collection - Plate 3

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9/16/11 - Week 37
Royal Guard at Windsor Castle. 2 hours on, 4 hours off.

Toy Soldier Collection - Plate 2

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9/14/11 - Week 37
Buckingham Palace guard.

Toy Soldier Collection - Plate 1

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9/13/11 - Week 37
Residences at the Tower of London. These Royal Guards were the real deal but looked like toy soldiers standing perfectly still.

It's a Long Way Down

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9/13/11 - Week 37
Descending into the London Tube on the way to dinner and theatre. Great mass transportation system.

10 Downing Street

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9/12/11 - Week 37
No screwing around with these guys...they've got serious firepower.

Last Minute Prep

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9/11/11 - Week 37
England books are ready for plane reading; Paris books are packed.

Week 37 ☞ 09.10.11 - 09.16.11

Theme:  England

This week will feature London and a little of the English countryside as Lin and I make our 4th annual trek across the pond.

Not everything I shoot makes it into the Project52.  If you are interested in checking out additional pictures, please see my Flickr Photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffm211/ 

 

Sixteen Hour Workday

9/7/11 - Week 36
It started with a great breakfast at a local South San Francisco diner and ended with an awful microwave dinner in my hotel room. Livin' large!!

Foundation

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9/5/11 - Week 36
Taken for MacroMondays theme "Heritage". Processed and uploaded entirely from iPad.

Week 36 ☞ 09.03.11 - 09.09.11

Theme:  Any Camera...iPad Processing

Like the last four weeks, this week is going to be a terrible scramble;  traveling on business and then getting ready for vacation.  I've got a rough workflow for processing images on the iPad and uploading them to P52 and Flickr that needs some practice before vacation.  Using this week to get that workflow honed so it is ready when I really need it.

Not everything I shoot makes it into the Project52.  If you are interested in checking out additional pictures, please see my Flickr Photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffm211/ 

 

Home Sweet Home?

9/1/11 - Week 35
Taken outside of Wendy's.  An Acura converted into a moving residence has definitely seen better days.  Shot with my cell phone camera for this week's P52 theme.