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DearSusan is the home of creative travel photography. Find gear reviews, how-to informarmation, exotic travel reports, interviews of great masters and more.
DearSusan
6d ago
August marks the half-way point in my year-long project of providing an impressionistic depiction of this corner of the great Appalachian forest. After a long and productive run, the forest is looking a bit tired, its energies largely spent, and there are increasing signs of impending leaf-death. Still, it’s not yet […]
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DearSusan
1w ago
Contributor John Shingleton, lives in Terrigal, New South Wales. In this article, he relates a trip to Tasmania, on Australia’s southmost tip. Although I have been a keen photographer for over sixty years, I have rarely taken a landscape photograph which pleased me. There have been some rare exceptions and one, which was really a […]
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DearSusan
2w ago
Three great Italian automobile brands, Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini. But only the former two have a genuine racing history. Maseratis were victorious in the hands of Fangio for instance, unquestionably one of the most succesful racing drivers of all times with a spectacular hit rate of 56% pole positions, winning 24 races out of the […]
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DearSusan
3w ago
Should we still look East for a camera with … a soul? There will be many camera launches in 2025. There will, however, be no new camera on the market. Sure, we might see a different name on a box produced by one of the big names. But that will just be a variation […]
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DearSusan
1M ago
I definitely need help, I think. My photography is in a strange place, and not at all by design. It happened to me more than I made it happen. For the last 8 months, I have used only one lens. not that I have ever been a one-lens sort of ‘tog, much the reverse. […]
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DearSusan
1M ago
Tuscany, amongst other things, has the privilege of having a strong bond with France due to the fact that Napoleon’s sister, Elisa Baciocchi, loved the area. In particular, she acquired a villa close to Lucca, Villa Reale, in Marlià. As you will no doubt appreciate from the limited (!) number of windows, it easily […]
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DearSusan
1M ago
Here’s wishing all readers a wonderful 2025! As this first day of 2025 comes to a close in my neck of the woods, I would like to write a few words to thank all of you who have kept writing posts, comments, kind emails and generally created a good vibe around DearSusan, and wish […]
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DearSusan
2M ago
It was my second day in Tokyo. It promised to be a great day. I was meeting the photographer, Lukasz Palka, and others later that evening. For three hours we explored the lanes and by-lanes of Shinjuku, Kabukicho and Shibuya. Half an hour later, I lost my wallet and passport. I had been on […]
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DearSusan
2M ago
Ever wondered what it might be like to live in a sardine can for a month or two at a time ?A friend , a naval architect , engineer and now retired admiral has been involved in the resiting and restoration of a decommissioned submarine. Decommissioned in 2003 the submarine lay rotting in the local […]
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DearSusan
2M ago
As I continue to explore my corner of the great Appalachian forest in a year-long project to showcase all the seasons, I find the woods deeply entrancing, and the lakes a mirror of the deep forest greens. Lichens and fungi are thriving. Not all: Many are […]
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