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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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.
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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!
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.
Download Photo #70751657
Iceberg drifting in turquoise blue antarctic sea under blue sky. Antarctica peninsula in the background. Antarctica
Download Photo #57018796
Endless highway through snow covered scotish mountains towards the Isle of Skye under an amazing deep blue sunny winter sky. North-West Highlands of Scotland, United Kingdom
Download Photo #56256628
Taroko National Park with its famous marble gorge, Liwu river, winding roads and stunning landscape on Taiwan’s East Coast. Taroko National Park, Hualien County, Taiwan.
Download Photo #55030128
Famous Sansiantai Dragon Bridge connecting Sanxiantai Island and the Taiwan East Coast. Taitung, Taiwan.
Berber man proudly posing on his arabian desert horse on top of a sahara desert dune.
Tunisia, North Africa.
Girl in Summer Forest
Young woman leaning against a tree trunk, looking up to the sun that is shining through the green tree leaves.
Camps Bay,Cape Town,South Africa
Camps Bay during sunset, a suburb of the city of Cape Town with white sandy beaches underneath the Table Mountain. Cape Town, South Africa.
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Endless Highway in the Desert, Sossusvlei, Namibia
Desert highway to the horizon, sand dunes along the road, way through the Sossusvlei, Namibia, South West Africa.
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Honolulu Skyline, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Beautiful illuminated skyline of Honolulu, Waikiki Harbor with yachts, motor boats, luxury hotels and an amazing red luminous skyscape shortly after dusk. Reflections of the city light in the calm water of the yacht harbor. Honolulu, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii Islands.
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Oia, Santorini, Greece
View over the the famous white and blue dome churches of santorini island to the mediterranean sea. Santorini Island, Greece.
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Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
View to Hout Bay from Chapman’s Peak Drive, one of the most spectacular marine drives in the world. Hout Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
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Na Pali Coast, Kauai Island, Hawaii
Beautiful Na Pali Coast towards the pacific ocean. Aerial View. Kauai Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA.
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Frankfurt Skyscraper Silhouettes, Germany
Frankfurt Skyscraper Silhouettes at Twilight, Financial District Cityscape of Frankfurt. Frankfurt, Germany.
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Muri Beach, Rarotonga Island, Cook Islands
Lonely island on the horizon of a perfect lagoon on a dream beach. Muri Beach, Rarotonga Island, Cook Islands.
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Columbia Ice Field, Canadian Rockies, Banff National Park, Canada
Columbia Ice Field in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Banff National Park between Banff and Jasper, Canada.
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Rice Terraces, Bali, Indonesia
Rice terrace under tropical cloudscape with small straw huts in the north east of Bali, Indonesia.
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Road Closed, Zabriskie Point, California, USA
Road Closed. Zabriskie Point, California, USA. Polaroid colors.
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Desert Trees Dead Vlei, Namib Desert, Namibia
Dead black Trees in the Desert Landscape. Surreal scenic in amazing unreal Landscape. Sossusvlei, Dead Vlei, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa.
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Santa Maria Church, Lake Bled, Slovenia
Beautiful Lake Bled in Slovenia. Santa Maria Church with surrounding houses and clock tower in the middle of a small islet in the Slovenian lake. Alps in the background. Lake Bled, Slovenia.
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Speeding SUV on Highway, South Africa
Silver colored car, SUV, driving on a country road through the summer landscape of South Africa.
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Icelandic South Central Coast, Iceland
Beautiful icelandic landscape in summer under blue sky. Clear water streams from the glaciers on the horizon floating towards the atlantic ocean, South Central Coast, Iceland
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Sea of Sand, Ramlat al-Wahiba Desert, Oman
Sea of sand, orange-red desert landscape towards the horizon with sand drifts under blue sky. Ramlat al-Wahiba, Wahiba Sands Desert, Oman
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Central Highlands, Iceland
Small streams running through dry landscape. Central Highlands, Iceland.
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Desert Dunes Sahara, Morocco
Beautiful desert landscape with sand dunes towards the horizon, sand drifts textures under blue sky. Sahara Desert, Morocco, Africa
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Rodebay Oqaatsut Settlement, Greenland
Colorful greenlandic houses in Oqaatsut – with parked snow mobiles in front of the colorful homes – Greenland Rodebay settlement (with approx. 50 inhabitants) in summer. The Oqaatsut settlement first operated as Rodebay, a trading post for 18th-century Dutch whalers. Qaasuitsup municipality. Rodebay, Oqaatsut, West Greenland
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