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An AV-8B Harrier (right) assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 214 prepares for takeoff as another lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 
underway in the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 17, 2011. The Makin Island is conducting AV-8 operations in preparation for an upcoming deployment.
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DoD photo by Chief Petty Officer John Lill, U.S. Navy.
Note: Cross posted from nutzworld.com.
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OK I realize it is not ALL about me, but come on. What is with the paying customer getting shafted all the time? No wonder print is going under. I can see the Beautiful Olivia Munn photo on the cover of my latest Maxim all over the internet for free, but in my subscriber copy I get this horrendous subscriber box covering beautiful Munn parts. That is just not right! Consider me an ex subscriber.
A photo of my cover I have replaced subscriber information obviously. Click for full sized rant in subscriber box.
Monument Valley at sunset.
Camera: Canon D60, Digital, Lens: Sigma 17-35mm, ISO 100
From Jon Sullivan’s excellent PDphoto.org
Note: Cross posted from nutzworld.com.
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A new perspective of NYC’s Rockefeller Center.
Rockefeller Center was named after John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who leased the space from Columbia University in 1928 and developed it from 1930. Rockefeller initially planned a syndicate to build an opera house for the Metropolitan Opera on the site, but changed his mind after the stock market crash of 1929 and the withdrawal of the Metropolitan from the project. Rockefeller stated "It was clear that there were only two courses open to me. One was to abandon the entire development. The other to go forward with it in the definite knowledge that I myself would have to build it and finance it alone." He took on the enormous project as the sole financier, on a 24-year lease (with the option for three 21-year renewals for a total of 87 years) for the site from Columbia; negotiating a line of credit with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and covering ongoing expenses through the sale of oil company stock
Sunset at Camp Cady, California cast the desolate barn in a world of color
Pinhole photography is done with a light-proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through this single point and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box. This is a great example titled the pinhole and the sea by Wendi Andrews. Click to enlarge
