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Beautiful pink tropical waterlilies, growing in a ditch beside the road in a quite residential street in the center of Bangkok, Thailand. (Soi Sukjai, between Sukhumvit Soi 40 and Sukhumvit Soi 42, near to Egamai and Thonglor roads in downtown Bangkok) This is the original, full resolution image file, from which a reduced file of the same photo was derived, when I uploaded it to the artfreaks.com Gallery.Free -
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Beautiful pink tropical waterlilies, growing in a ditch beside the road in a quite residential street in the center of Bangkok, Thailand. (Soi Sukjai, between Sukhumvit Soi 40 and Sukhumvit Soi 42, near to Egamai and Thonglor roads in downtown Bangkok) This is the original, full resolution image file, from which a reduced file of the same photo was derived, when I uploaded it to the artfreaks.com Gallery.Free -
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Just me playing with my old camera. This is the original, full resolution image file, from which a reduced file of the same photo was derived, when I uploaded it to the artfreaks.com Gallery.Free -
บ้านส้มตำ - Barn Somdtam in Soi Sukjai, Sukhumvit 40/42, Bangkok, Thailand
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From the album: Night Photography and Lights Reflecting in Water
Just "kicking my heels" (or sitting and swatting mosquitos, as the Thai people would have it!) So I decided to have a play with my old camera and see if I could figure out how to use the thing... บ้านส้มตำ (Barn Somdtam - or Baan Somtum, if you prefer...) in Soi Sukjai near Sukhumvit Soi 42 Phrakanong, Klongtoey, Bangkok at night http://www.baansomtum.com/ -
Close-up of a beautiful pink Tropical Water Lily flower at night
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From the album: Night Photography and Lights Reflecting in Water
Pink Tropical Water Lilies (or "Lotus," if you prefer!) These beautiful lilies grow in a ditch beside the road in Soi Sukjai, between Soi 40 and Soi 42 off the Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Apparently, they were just thrown in there, years ago, by the owner of the house behind were they grow. Like most tropical water lilies, the flowers only open at night... -
Pink Tropical Water Lilies - Photo taken with the aid of a camera flash, at night
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From the album: Night Photography and Lights Reflecting in Water
Pink Tropical Water Lilies (or "Lotus," if you prefer!) These beautiful lilies grow in a ditch beside the road in Soi Sukjai, between Soi 40 and Soi 42 off the Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Apparently, they were just thrown in there, years ago, by the owner of the house behind were they grow. Like most tropical water lilies, the flowers only open at night... -
Tropical Water Lilies growing in a roadside ditch in Bangkok
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From the album: Night Photography and Lights Reflecting in Water
Pink Tropical Water Lilies (or "Lotus," if you prefer!) These beautiful lilies grow in a ditch beside the road in Soi Sukjai, between Soi 40 and Soi 42 off the Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Apparently, they were just thrown in there, years ago, by the owner of the house behind were they grow. Like most tropical water lilies, the flowers only open at night... -
Wild Tropical Water Lilies growing beside the road
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From the album: Night Photography and Lights Reflecting in Water
Pink Tropical Water Lilies (or "Lotus," if you prefer!) These beautiful lilies grow in a ditch beside the road in Soi Sukjai, between Soi 40 and Soi 42 off the Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Apparently, they were just thrown in there, years ago, by the owner of the house behind were they grow. Like most tropical water lilies, the flowers only open at night... -
Beautiful Pink Tropical Water Lilies at night
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From the album: Night Photography and Lights Reflecting in Water
Pink Tropical Water Lilies (or "Lotus," if you prefer!) These beautiful lilies grow in a ditch beside the road in Soi Sukjai, between Soi 40 and Soi 42 off the Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Apparently, they were just thrown in there, years ago, by the owner of the house behind were they grow. Like most tropical water lilies, the flowers only open at night... -
Beautiful pink Tropical Water Lilies or Lotus growing in a Bangkok street ditch
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From the album: Night Photography and Lights Reflecting in Water
Pink Tropical Water Lilies (or "Lotus," if you prefer!) These beautiful lilies grow in a ditch beside the road in Soi Sukjai, between Soi 40 and Soi 42 off the Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Apparently, they were just thrown in there, years ago, by the owner of the house behind were they grow. Like most tropical water lilies, the flowers only open at night... -
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These things move away so fast, I was just snapping continuously in the hope of getting a decent shot of the back of the train as it came into view. The train was rapidly accelerating as it pulled out of Hakata Station, on it's way to Kagoshima in the South of Kyushu Island, Japan. (I could, of course, have just used the "burst mode" on my cellphone - but this would have churned out an awful lot of photos to then have to go through and either edit or delete...)
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Welcome, to the Shinkansen!
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There is a slight pause after "Welcome" - for emphasis! And "Shinkansen" is actually three seperate words: 新幹線 Shin-kan-sen or New Trunk Line. This is what people in the West refer to as the "Bullet Train" (when, in fact, "Shinkansen" refers to the rail network, not the trains that run on it). -
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Beautiful Beast! Japan Railways West JR-500 Shinkansen Bullet Train
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A beautiful JR 500 Shinkansen train. 博多新幹線駅 Photo taken at Hakata Shinkansen Station in Northern Kyushu, Japan -
Sleek, beautiful and very fast! JR-500 Shinkansen Bullet Train
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博多新幹線駅 Photo taken at Hakata Shinkansen Station in Northern Kyushu, Japan -
JR 500 Shinkansen - Close-up of the sharp end!!
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博多新幹線駅 Photo taken at Hakata Shinkansen Station in Northern Kyushu, Japan -
Platform scene at Hakata Shinkansen Station
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Passengers disembarking from JR 500 Shinkansen Bullet Train at Hakata Station
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From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!
'Making a brief stop at Hakata - before belting off at 300kmh for Kagoshima!! :D -
Passengers getting off a JR West N-500 Shinkansen train
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Super train! The body of N-500 Shinkansen looks more like the fuselage of a jet plane! Photo taken at Hakata Shinkansen Station in Northern Kyushu -
N-700 JR Western Japan Shinkansen "Bullet Train" Hakata, Northern Kyushu
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Making a very brief stop, before heading off for Kagoshima -
Super Train!! N-700 Shinkansen "Bullet Train" at Hakata Station
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From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!
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'Not too much time for painting in recent years... I have a portrait of my youngest daughter on the go - and I will definitely finish it one day. (I started it when she was 16. She is now 19 - so I will have to finish it while she is, technically at least, still a teenager!) Photography... Well, this little blog of mine is also supposed to be about some of my attempts at photography, so here are a few snaps I took of the Shinkansen, on a recent (work-related) trip to Japan. Welcome, to the Shin-Kan-Sen!! (You have to pause for a very brief moment after "Welcome" - and say it with pride!!) The photos I posted on Facebook created quite a few comments and I have reproduced some of these below: Vic Rolfe I was talking about the Shinkansen to a friend in Kokura. He said he couldn't understand what was so special about the Shinkansen! "It's just a train, right?" Just a train??!!!! Well... I suppose - for Japan, yes!! Luis Reyes Ordinary train lng sa kanila FB Friend:" Beautiful, wish we had those here in Australia. " Vic Rolfe Ideal country for it... Japan has spent a stupendous amount of money over the years building that network. At least, you wouldn't need too many tunnels, for a start off! Vic Rolfe City center to city center, all over Japan. Every station on the Shinkansen network is surrounded by hotels, so you just get off the train and walk for two minutes to your hotel. In Japan, unless you are going from one end of the country to the other, it is actually quicker than flying, by the time you get stuck in a traffic jam just getting to the airport. Then you have to check in and get through security. Luis Reyes Ganda ng train Vic Rolfe These things don't spend all day in the station, either. They arrive on time and they have to leave on time - exactly to the second. Hence the announcement as you slow down on the approach to Hakata (Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan) "If you are planning to get off at the next station, then you need to get all your stuff ready NOW and start making your way towards the doors.." (or words to that effect!!) I am not sure how long they stop for - but it can't be very long! That's for sure... 1 minute? 2 minutes max!!
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