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A scene from the Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland, Oregon.

My favorite part is how the architecture blends with the natural here. Notice, for instance, the curving roof and the leaves at top center. This was a purposeful framing on my part, but I thought I'd point it out here.

A view of the Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn. I know it's hard to see, and I wish I did a better job of framing, but if you look closely, you can see the Empire State Building at the center of the frame, between the two metal beams of the bridge.

See my entire gallery from New York here.

On another note: Happy Holidays!

From the photoblog on 12/15/2011.

Well, it's been eleven days since my last entry here, which means I haven't exactly been fulfilling my promise mentioned in the last post...Life throws you the unexpected sometimes, and I had to take a break from posting photos.

It's a bit hard to believe that we are winding down the year. I looked back at the photos I captured last December, and my trip to New York City is still so clear in my mind. Perhaps the blizzard of the year/decade had something to do with that.

Anyway, here's a photo of the Brooklyn Bridge after the snow settled... A bit further away, I captured the scene again.

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Notes:

1) While I may have been absent on Erudite Expressions over the last two weeks, I have been posting more frequently elsewhere. Recommend you follow me there as well (subscribe!).

2) I have some time off work from December 21 till the start of the new year. I haven't made plans. What should I do? Where should I go?

From the photoblog on 11/19/2011.

A scene from Prague, Czech Republic.

I love the multi-coloured façades of the different residential buildings in this part of town.

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If you've never seen it, my Doors of Prague photo essay is one of my best photography compilations.

From the photoblog on 10/04/11.

Seen in today's entry is the Lan Su Portland Chinese Garden. I visited it during my trip to Portland earlier this summer.

The Garden is located between NW 2nd and 3rd and NW Flanders and Glisan in Old Town/Chinatown. I made it here on my walking tour of Portland just before the World Domination Conference. The evening I was there, it started raining. Luckily, there were spots inside the Garden in which to relax and take cover from the rain. So that's what I did.

I highly recommend paying a visit here if you're ever in Portland, OR.