Burmese woman worshipping Buddha. Old Bagan, Myanmar

Burmese woman in traditional clothing standing inside a Buddhist temple, lighting candles worshipping and praying to Buddha. Ambient natural light beams shining through the window of the temple pagoda. Bagan, Mandalay, Myanmar, Asia.

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Happy Novice Monks Together Bagan Myanmar

Two happy young Burmese buddhist novice monks in their typical clothing having fun together walking along monastery archway with bright smiles. Bagan, Mandalay Region, Myanmar.

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Marina Bay at Dusk Singapore
Aerial view over downtown Singapore at dusk towards the modern business district skyscrapers. View over the Singapore City Hall, the National Gallery of Singapore, Padang Singapore and the Singapore Cricket Club, Marina Bay. The famous Marina Bay Sands Hotel in the Background. Singapore City, Marina Bay, Asia.

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Maré Island Tadine Bay Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia

Maré Island, view over turquoise water at Tadine Bay, south-west coast of Maré Island with beautiful natural rocky lagoon and coral reef to the horizon under sunny blue summer sky Tadine Bay, Mare Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean Islands.

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Aerial View San Francisco Skyline Sunset Panorama

San Francisco cityscape aerial view overlooking the financial district during a beautiful sunset twilight. Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and Coit Tower on the background horizon. San Francisco, Financial District, California, USA.

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L' enfant sauvage - Maré - Loyality Islands

Little Kanak Girl at natural beach of Maré Island, Loyality Islands, New Caledonia. Black and White Portrait. The Kanak people are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific. The word ‘Kanak’ is derived from kanaka maoli, a hawaiian word which was applied indiscriminately by European explorers and missionaries in Oceania to any non-European Pacific islander. The population of Maré Island (Île Maré), a small 42 km long and 16 to 33 km wide island, is about 6900 people, of mainly Melanesian heritage, less than 2% of the population is of European ancestry. Maré Island is a small raised coral atoll, a former atoll that has been lifted about 120 meters.

One Hundred Nights Video

Today I was in the mood to play around a bit in the early morning with some photos out of my Nightshot Photo Collection and rendered out a video slideshow. I named the video ‘One Hundred Nights’ as I quickly selected just exactly 100 photos out of all my Nightshots.

Just uploaded the clip to my freshly built Mlenny Photography Youtube Channel. So here you find approx. 4 min of nightshots from all around the world.

Those 100 shots were made in the following countries:

USA, Germany, Turkey, Mauritius, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Oman, Japan, Canada, India, United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa, Austria, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Ireland, Greece, Russia, Morocco, Croatia, Taiwan, Myanmar in total from 27 different countries.

I`m sure you can name a lot of those locations and countries, maybe even all of them? Maybe next time I might make a game out of that idea :-)

In my enthusiasm I picked a bit too fast some shots in the 100 images selection this morning, as some countries & locations repeat too often for my taste…but whatever, it was a test..and I had a lot of fun building this slideshow video.

Hope you like it. And a ‘Happy Easter to all of you reading my blog!!’

Enjoy the long weekend searching for easter eggs and the longer daylight in the next months after switching your watches and towards summer daylight saving time.

Eye to Eye - Horse and Dog
Dark brown horse and cute little border collie dog watching each other face to face, eye to eye.
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Manama Sunset, Bahrain
Downtown Manama, modern skyscrapers during sunset. Manama City, Bahrain Financial Harbour, Bahrain
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Chinese Fisherman Li River
Chinese senior fisherman in traditional clothes floating on his wooden raft with two gray herons on the Li River in early morning fog during sunrise. Xing Ping, Yangshuo County, China.
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Futuristic Shanghai, China
Futuristic illuminated Pudong Skyline Skyscapers in Shanghai with Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China. Made with Nikon D810.
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It feels like yesterday.
This morning I just realized, that I missed the ‘Mlenny Birthdate’ – 10 Years Mlenny on iStockphoto anniversary – by roughly 3 weeks. My first images got accepted on iStockphoto on the 31st August 2005.
A lot has changed in those 10 years, to the bad but also a lot to the good! The brand new ‘Microstock Business of 2005’ evolved and matured. In those ten years I literally met with hundreds or maybe even thousands of interesting people from all over the world to shoot together people, concepts, travel, landscapes and simply having fun together with like-minded people sharing the same craziness, passion and love for photography and travel. Many became good and close friends, independent how often and where we meet on our small planet! This is by far the greatest and best part of those ten years. So happy birthday to my Alter Ego: Mlenny. Cheers to the next 10 years and to all people and friends I met and will see soon again. I can`t wait for the next 10 years of travel and adventures.

The image below got accepted on iStockphoto exactly 10 years ago. It´s from a snowmobile trip with friends in Lapland/Finland in the cold month of February 2005. Processed 16.9.2005 and uploaded Mid September 2005, it got accepted on 21st September 2005.

Snow Landscape in Lapland - Finland - Europe. Snowmobile Expedition through the Ice Cold Northern Europe in Winter. Snow Landscape in Lapland – Finland – Europe. Snowmobile Expedition through the Ice Cold Northern Europe in Winter.
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Even 10 years old, with the (from todays point of view) low MegaPixel of the original Canon 1D of 2005, I still like it. But even more: I fell back into memories of this 2005 trip by simply seeing it in my portfolio. Thanks iStock!

Abbaye de Senanque Provence France
Purple Lavender Field in front of the old Sénanque Abbey – Abbaye de Senanque – Notre-Dame de Sénanque – built in the year 1178 under blue summer sky near the village of Gordes, Vaucluse, Provence, France. 50MPixel, Canon 5DS R.
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