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	<title>Tony Smith's Festival and Travel Photography &#187; Taffysmith</title>
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		<title>THE DURGA PUJA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taffysmith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AUDIO SLIDE SHOWS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bengal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hindhu]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Durga Puja is the most important Hindu Festival of West Bengal in India. This audio slideshow features the three main aspects of the festival.  The making of the Idols, the adoration and the eventual destruction, known as "Immersion" just four days after the festival starts.  Currently being redirected from YouTube you may need to drop the quality if you experience a slow broadband.  I will correct this shortly.]]></description>
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		<title>PELINERAGE DES GITANES &#8211; GYPSY FESTIVAL</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May every year the Roma (Gypsy) people, mainly from France, travel to the Carmargue coast of France to honour their patron Saint Sarah the Black or Sarah e Kali as she in known in the Roma language.]]></description>
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		<title>CAPELA DOS OSSOS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taffysmith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MONO PHOTOGRAPHY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPAIN & PORTUGAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capella los ossos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Capela Dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones) in Evora, Portugal was built in the 16th century alongside the church of St Francis by a Franciscan Monk .  The bones are those of approximately 5000 monks collected from the cemeteries around Evora and brought to this chapel. He wanted to prod his fellow Brothers to reflect on the fact that life is transitory. Over the entrance is the famous warning "We the bones that are here await yours".  A chilling thought?]]></description>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1341" title="_TS72317" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/TS72317.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1346" title="8" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/83.jpg" alt="" width="517" height="690" /><br />
<img class="p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter" title="6" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/62.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /><br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331" title="4" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/42.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333" title="5" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/52.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1338" title="7" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/72.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /><br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328" title="3" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/36.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /></p>
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		<title>THE CADIZ PUPPETS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taffysmith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SPAIN & PORTUGAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[andalucia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cadiz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[puppets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cadiz Museum on Plaza de Mina is well worth a visit.  It is a veritable treasure trove of Roman and Cartheginium objects, Phoenician Sarchophogi and art - and I enjoyed all of that. But what I really enjoyed was a display of old string puppets, several with original backcloths.  Displayed in dimly lit glass cases they left few options for photographing.  I used my Nikon D700 set at 800 ISO and itted with a Nikon 50mm lens with the exposure set at 1/80 sec at 1.4mm.  The shallow depth of field achieved has given them a surreal quality I am very happy with.
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<p><img title="Cadiz Puppet 1" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p1.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Cadiz Puppet 3" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p31.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1299" title="Cadiz Puppet 4" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p4.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1300" title="Cadiz Puppet 5" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p5.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1301" title="Cadiz Puppet 6" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p6.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1302" title="Cadiz Puppet 7" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p7.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1303" title="Cadiz Puppet 8" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p8.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1304" title="Cadiz Puppet 9" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p9.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1305" title="Cadiz Puppet 10" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p10.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /><br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1294" title="Cadiz Puppet 2" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p2.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1306" title="Cadiz Puppet 11" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p11.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1307" title="Cadiz Puppet 12" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p12.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1308" title="Cadiz Puppet 13" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p13.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="690" /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1310" title="Cadiz Puppet 14" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p141.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1311" title="Cadiz Puppet 515" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/p15.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /></p>
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		<title>MONO PHOTOGRAPHY</title>
		<link>http://taffysmith.com/black-and-white-photography/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taffysmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black and white and mono (any one colour)  photographs rely more on the content and ability to communicate than the visual presentation and attraction of bright colours.  Composition, lighting and perspective are the key ingredients of a good image.  ]]></description>
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Mechanic Working in a Truck Repair Yard in Delhi India</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1603" title="Avebury Stone 1" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/stone1-copy.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="612" /></p>
<p>One of Avebury&#8217;s Majestic Stones on a Winter Morning. Wiltshire England</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1395" title="Bhutan_woman_in_temple_960px_tall" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/Bhutan_woman_in_temple_960px_tall.jpg" alt="" width="537" height="690" /></p>
<p>Bhutan Woman praying in a Buddhist temple.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1362" title="Muslim Man in Calcutta" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/muslimman.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /></p>
<p>Muslim Man in Calcutta</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1357" title="Calcutta Man" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/twoteeth.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /><br />
Calcutta Man I met near the Hoogly River</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1355" title="Calcutta Man Cleaning Teeth" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/toothclean3.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /></p>
<p>Calcutta Man Cleaning Teeth with a Neem Stick</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1232" title="Breakdown_Man" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/Breakdown_Man.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /></p>
<p>Breakdown Man, West Bengal, India</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1248" title="Urban Warrior" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/urban_warrior_920w.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" /></p>
<p>Eco Warrior &#8211; seen at the Summer Solstice, Stonehenge, England<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1239" title="The-Merry-Brief" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Merry-Brief.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="600" /> The Merry Brief, Legal Sunday, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire England<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1283" title="Semana Santa Women" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/bwmantilla.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="736" />Women in Semana Santa (Holy Week) Procession, Malaga, Spain<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1255" title="Auchwitz, Gateway to Hell!" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/Auchwitz1.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="613" />Auchwitz, Poland.  The Gateway to Hell!<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1259" title="Gypsy Dancer" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/gypsy_dancer_granada.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="660" />Gypsy Flamenco Dancer, Granada, Spain<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1261" title="Rujput Traders at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/Rajputs.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="706" />Rajput Traders at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263" title="Avebury House" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/Avebury_House1.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="613" />Avebury House, Wiltshire, England<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278" title="bwsol1" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/bwsol1.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="729" />Solstice Reveller, Stonehenge, England<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1265" title="Seagulls at Fuengirola" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/gullsatfuengerola.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="608" />Seagulls at Fuengirola, Andalucia, Spain<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1241" title="Contemplation" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/Cointemplation.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" />Contemplation<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1281" title="Calcutta boy" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/dirtyboy.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" />Young boy in Calcutta, India, resting after work<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1257" title="hippy" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/hippy.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="750" />Hippy Man, seen at the Summer Solstice, Stonehenge, England<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1252" title="Musicians and Pilgrims at the Ajmer Mosque in Rajasthan, India" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/Ajmer_pilgrims.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="650" />Musicians and Pilgrims at the Ajmer Mosque in Rajasthan, India<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1243" title="Mexican Busker" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/Mexican_Busker.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="613" />Mexican Busker in Seattle, USA<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1244" title="Hat Fair Girl" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/hatfairgirl.jpg" alt="" width="447" height="670" />Young Woman at the Winchester Hat Fair, Hampshire, England<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267" title="Young Dancers at the Feria" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/Young_Dancers.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="736" />Young Dancers at the St Benebe Feria in Marbella, Andalucia, Spain<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1273" title="china soldiers" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/chinasoldiers.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="690" />Changing the Guard, Forbidden City, Beijing, China<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1246" title="St Peters Basilica" src="http://taffysmith.com/wp-content/uploads/St_Peters.jpg" alt="" width="920" height="770" />St Peters Basilica, Vatican City, at Christmas</p>
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		<title>LEGAL SUNDAY</title>
		<link>http://taffysmith.com/legal-sunday-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taffysmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a Sunday in October the Judges and Barristers of the Western Circuit (High Courts from Lewes in Sussex to Taunton in Devon) attend a service in Winchester Cathedral.  This colourful annual event attracts the great and good of Winchester, the Lord Lieutenant and Sheriffs of Hampshire, the Dean and Bishop of Winchester and others. I have photographed the event on four occasions, the first by invitation when Christine Hamilton's (wife of disgraced MP Neil) brother was the most senior Judge attending.   In 2009 Sir Igor Judge, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales was there.  One of the Sheriffs of Hampshire is Alan Tichmarch, gardener, author, TV personality and friend of the Prince of Wales!]]></description>
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		<title>SOLSTICE PEOPLE</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For centuries people have gathered at Stonehenge to see in the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice.  Once the pursuit of Druids and Pagans it now has far wider appeal.  Since English Heritage, the custodians of the stones, relaxed access up to 25,000 revellers now spend the night partying there.  The Druids and Pagans are still there together with the Buddhists, Hari Krishna's, new age travellers, local youths and visitors from around the world.  For me the thrill of the Solstice are the wonderful people.]]></description>
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		<title>KUMBH MELA 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taffysmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every three years the Hindu people of India flock in their millions to participate in the Kumbh Mela and to bathe in one of the sacred rivers at four holy locations.  It is said that a dip during the Kumbh Mela takes humans out of the circle of life and death and into a state known as Mosksha.  2010 was the turn of Haridwar, in Uttar Pradesh state (220 kilometers from Delhi), where the River Ganges rushes from the foothills of the Himalayas onto the plains and the first opportunity for mass bathing!  This year an estimated 70 million souls took part during the 3 months of the festival, with 15-17 million bathing in and around Haridwar on the holiest day, Shahi Shan, Wednesday 14th April.]]></description>
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		<title>SIGNATURE PORTRAITS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taffysmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These portraits are in my "signature" style.  They are all a montage of two images combined with Adobe Photoshop software.  They have been exhibited in local and international exhibitions, some as prints and some for digital projection.  They have also featured in club and inter-club competitions where they have been very successful.  In competitions several have been awarded maximum points. The Shepherd has just (May 2011) been judged the Digitally Projected Image of the Year at my Photo club, Winchester Photographic Society.]]></description>
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		<title>RPS ASSOCIATE PANEL</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taffysmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my Royal Photographic Society Associate Panel.  The images were captured during two visits, in 2006 and 2007, to Pashupatinath near Kathmandu in Nepal to attend the annual Hindu Shivratri Festival, also known as the "Night of Shiva".  This festival celebrates Lord Shivas first night with Pavarti.  Pilgrims queue for hours to enter the temple with their offerings of Bael leaves (from the Bengal quince tree).  They fast all day and participate in an all night long vigil in and around the temple.  Also included are four images taken in the old folks refuge known as Panch Deval (five temples) located close by.  Attracted to the festival are many Sadhu (holy men) who spend the days meditating and smoking cannabis.  Whilst all this is going on the funeral ghats are busy with cremations and mourners throughout the day and night with acrid the smoke from the funeral pyres hanging in the warm air.]]></description>
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