Post a landmark photo!

adamb100 said:

Milwaukee Art Museum. Going there tomorrow.

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Really stunning view!

Makes Milwaukee a possible destination for a weekend trip.

iBlue said:

amazing! do you have this one in full size? i'd love to snag it for a desktop.

so many awesome pictures in this thread!

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Here's a 640x480 @300 dpi, iBlue. The hues seem incredible, but it's every bit that, and more.

Here are a few shots from Yellowstone.

So it seems as though over half of you don't know what a "landmark" is. Lets just rename this thread the "Cool Places" thread or something.

Anyway, here are some landmarks for you.


1. Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9706/chiangkaishekmemorial1zb.jpg


2. Site of the First Landing at Viti Levu. Yes, it "sort of" happened a long time ago.

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/5373/firstlanding16gx.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7485/firstlanding20zg.jpg


3. From the top of Franz Josef Glacier

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7356/franzjosefglacier5yd.jpg


4. Home of the Rings

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/8011/homeoftherings8ei.jpg


5. The world's largest outdoor bronze buddha. Actually, he's not fat, he's "big-boned."

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/5862/largestoutdoorbronzebuddha4sr.jpg


6. One of the world's most beautiful harbours, and it's also home to one of the "50 things in the world you need to see in your lifetime" according to Discovery (I think); namely, the world's only permanent light and fireworks show.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3789/lightshow7fp.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3362/lightshow22th.jpg


7. Another nice harbour......."Darling" Harbour. I've tried to avoid photos of things that have already been covered in this thread, so I've included a shot of the Opera House at night. Joy!!

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/6446/darlingharbour2uv.jpg
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/7246/operahouseatnight0wn.jpg


8. Christchurch Art Museum, and a bunch of other "landmarks" near Christchurch. *snickers*
Museum: http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/1021/img02072bv.jpg
Bunch of very tall rocks (although they look small here):
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/3733/img01456qe.jpg
From the region of WhereIsThis and IHaveNoIdea:
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/4715/whereisthis2hx.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2194/lakeihavenoidea0bv.jpg


9. Victoria Peak. It was too foggy to take photos of the city from here, so I just took a shot of some good ol' fog .

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/2100/victoriapeak7cy.jpg

xsedrinam said:

Here's a 640x480 @300 dpi, iBlue. The hues seem incredible, but it's every bit that, and more.

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thanks. i never realized just how gorgeous that place is. i did a little googling of it and now i really want to go. all i want to do before i die is travel travel travel and take a lot of pictures along the way.

iBlue said:

thanks. i never realized just how gorgeous that place is. i did a little googling of it and now i really want to go. all i want to do before i die is travel travel travel and take a lot of pictures along the way.

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Believe me, there is no experience which can compare to traveling. I just don't understand how anyone can never leave their home, or even their own country for that matter. Traveling opens your mind and makes you so much more of a well-rounded human being, the experiences are impossible to explain. There's a lot to see out there and I'm going to take in as much as I possibly can. For every place I visit, it seems like I add 3 more onto my list.

Abstract said:

I've tried to avoid photos of things that have already been covered in this thread, so I've included a shot of the Opera House at night. Joy!!

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Yours is so bright and white, I guess you didn't recognize my night shot of it.
-Chasen

But yours had a bridge!!!

Ft. Benning Jump Towers?

I like the Military

ieani said:

Millenium Spike in Dublin, Ireland.

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I'll have to dig out my photo's of The Spike!

This is the Burj Al Arab, Dubai.

~Shard~ said:

Believe me, there is no experience which can compare to traveling. I just don't understand how anyone can never leave their home, or even their own country for that matter. Traveling opens your mind and makes you so much more of a well-rounded human being, the experiences are impossible to explain. There's a lot to see out there and I'm going to take in as much as I possibly can. For every place I visit, it seems like I add 3 more onto my list.

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man, don't i know it! i had to laugh at that last part too, it does seem the more i see the more i want to see. (at least in regards to travel)
cheers!

iBlue said:

man, don't i know it! i had to laugh at that last part too, it does seem the more i see the more i want to see. (at least in regards to travel)
cheers!

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Yep, that's the way it works - but it's a great problem to have. Happy travels!

bartelby said:

I'll have to dig out my photo's of The Spike!

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We found The Spike very, very useful when we visited Dublin – was a couple of streets away from our hotel so no matter where we went in Dublin, if we got lost we just had to look up and follow The Spike home!

Chip NoVaMac said:

Really stunning view!

Makes Milwaukee a possible destination for a weekend trip.

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Yeah it's a really nice city. I love living here.

Jesse Hall at Mizzou:

Jaffa Cake said:

We found The Spike very, very useful when we visited Dublin – was a couple of streets away from our hotel so no matter where we went in Dublin, if we got lost we just had to look up and follow The Spike home!

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The first time I went to Dublin I was meeting someone I'd never met before. I was to meet her at The Spike, I thought she meant a pub. I got off the coach, looked round and saw it.
I thought: "Ah, That'd be the Spike then!"

It is a very useful landmark!

Chip NoVaMac said:

Congrats on a image that should have a big spot on your wall....

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Thanks Chip. It does indeed have a spot on the wall! That one, and the one of the ridge of the Grand Canyon, are two of my current favourites!

But now you've encouraged me, I'm going to post a few more - some of the Vegas highlights... going all around the world! Starting as this thread did, with the Eiffel Tower

Jaffa Cake said:

We found The Spike very, very useful when we visited Dublin – was a couple of streets away from our hotel so no matter where we went in Dublin, if we got lost we just had to look up and follow The Spike home!

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Sort of like how the TransAmerica building in SF is like.....

Actually Chip, something I spotted a couple of weeks ago and have been meaning to mention... one of our local pubs is using your avatar as its sign! You can just about make it out on this pic.

A little off topic perhaps, but in my mind at least pubs count as worthy landmarks...

Jaffa Cake said:

but in my mind at least pubs count as worthy landmarks...

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I couldn't agree more!!
Here's my 2 locals:
The Murenger


Le Pub

Applespider said:

Thanks Chip. It does indeed have a spot on the wall! That one, and the one of the ridge of the Grand Canyon, are two of my current favourites!

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I have known photographers that seem to spend their lives looking for that iconic image that is different from the rest. You succeeded with that Golden Gate image.

But now you've encouraged me, I'm going to post a few more - some of the Vegas highlights... going all around the world! Starting as this thread did, with the Eiffel Tower

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Love Vegas! Love your shots! Though I am more of a "deconstructionist" when it comes to Vegas.

Jaffa Cake said:

Actually Chip, something I spotted a couple of weeks ago and have been meaning to mention... one of our local pubs is using your avatar as its sign! You can just about make it out on this pic.

A little off topic perhaps, but in my mind at least pubs count as worthy landmarks...

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Wish the pic were a bit larger in resolution! Just think my avatar as a "landmark".

Here are some pictures from a short trip to China I took in 2002. Some of you know that I teach English in China now full time so I have lots more pictures, but these are the most popular places.

I'm really sorry if these are too big. I sized them down to 1078x768.
Don't shoot me!


Forbidden City - Beijing

Terra Cotta Warriors. You have to see them in real life. They are amazing!

My favorite shot of the Great Wall. We were only there for about 2 hours.

That's my wife before she was my wife and before our first child.

This is the best wide shot I took that day, it is so smoggy in China.

bartelby said:

I couldn't agree more!!
Here's my 2 locals:
The Murenger

Le Pub

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Making me look forward to my two days in London (staying near the Hammersmith tube station) next month.