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Photoburst is a website dedicated to showcasing travel photographs. They pick a daily travel photo, weekly winners and have a monthly prize as well. I am flattered to report that one of my shots from my recent trip to Nicaragua … Continue reading
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You can drive pretty close to the rim of one of Nicaragua’s active volcanos, Masaya. There is a short hike to the south that brings you to a now inactive and forested caldera. There is also a stairway that … Continue reading
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It comes as no surprise that I love markets. I particularly love Central American markets an among those markets I dearly love the ones where the locals shop. I’m not too interested in stalls filled with handy crafts designed … Continue reading
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Our first full day in Granada started early. The heat there gets pretty intense as the day goes on. So, if you want to get anything done and avoid heat stroke, the you better do it in the morning … Continue reading
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We arrived on the noon plane from Miami and were greeted by a miasma of tropical heat and humidity. And I know my miasmas. But, I was dressed for the 30F of Baton Rouge at 3AM so it was … Continue reading
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A trip to Angola Prison is always something of a trip down the rabbit hole. It is just an unnerving place, unnerving in its banality or normalcy. This was my sixth of seventh visit out there and it may … Continue reading
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Anna and I took Quinn to the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair last Sunday. Suffice it to say, there is little that is more joyous than watching the novelty of the world unfold in front of a little child, … Continue reading
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There has been chatter around astrophotography message boards for some time now that a photographer can partially eliminate “sky glow” from the night images with a relatively cheap Hoya filter called a red intensifier. It is touted as the … Continue reading
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“This same Abita-sponsored competition brought us Andygator about a decade ago. Now a home brewer in Zachary and his very Louisiana take on Russian Imperial Stout has been given the nod to be the newest Abita Select product. Stouts … Continue reading
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The extended McMains clan got together to watch LSU beat Alabama this past Saturday. Prior to the particular joy of that event we sat around and enjoyed some pre-game treats. I boiled some beautiful, big shrimp my dad had … Continue reading
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It has been almost 5 years since I was in Tibet. A surplus of time in front of the computer today prompted me to go back over some old shots from that trip. Two things occurred to me. I really … Continue reading
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“Caricature does not tell the full story of its subject. Such is the case with both the life and work of Gregory DeWitt. Dewitt was sometimes uncharitably caricatured as the “mad monk” responsible for painting the murals at the … Continue reading