Very cute. I wonder if I can go to Iran and see one? I bet they are very hard to find unless in a zoo. ‘Shiraz,’ a female Persian leopard, blends into her surroundings while sitting in a tree. Persian leopards, endangered throughout its range in the Middle East, are a subspecies native to western [...]
Archive | October, 2008
How to Look Good in Pictures
Some more photo tips for taking portraits. Simple and practical.
I was in the back seat with my camera gear so time again to play. In this case, I used the flash very low reflected off the ceiling to light the inside a bit. And here we are off the main road very near the British School of Kuwait.
Dead Tanks in Kuwait
This image is from The Big Picture, The Earth From Above I hope Yann Arthus-Bertrand doesn’t mind me using his copyrighted image in a reduced size in this post. His photos are awesome, and it must have been hard to get permission to take some of them. In Kuwait private ownership of aircraft isn’t allowed [...]
Vaguely Escherian
Or should I call it Lines and Glass? From the summer. Nothing much going on here in Kuwait as it is the work week now. I tried it in black and white but it wasn’t too interesting. Perhaps if I spent a lot of time on the black and white, but this version with colours [...]
Indias Fast Lane to the Future
National Geographic, Fast Lane to the Future. They are building the Quadlateral highway from Mumbai, to Delhi to Calcutta to Chennai. Nice music to accompany the video and lots of photos. Some readers of this post, if there are any, may recognize one of the artists doing the background music. Good divided highways are the [...]
Palin – Biden on the Middle East
The debate showed that Biden is clearly equipped with the foreign policy know-how required to deal with the dangerous, complex problems of the Middle East. It showed that Palin, despite her admirable enthusiasm, quick study of the issues and connection to America’s heartland, is clearly not. A key question about Palin that does not apply [...]
10 Things We Can Do to Contribute to Internal, Interpersonal and Organizational Peace
Spend some time each day quietly reflecting on how we would like to relate to ourselves and others. Remember that all human beings have the same needs. Check our intention to see if we are as interested in others getting their needs met as our own. When asking someone to do something, check first to [...]
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