BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN 

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Three years ago, I was in Chicago for a reunion with classmates from Physical Therapy school and it was a great opportunity to photograph  the city.  I arrived a day late and missed to join their tour around various  landmarks so I begged one of my friends to accompany me to the Grant/Millennium Park area for this photoshoot. Since I did not travel with my  camera stand, I ended up using a garbage bin to stabilize my camera and prevent handheld blurring. This is my favorite photo in the series having captured the last moments of twilight while the illuminated magnificence of the Chicago skyline served as a backdrop to this historic fountain. A few of my photos of the city can also be viewed in my gallery in an earlier post.

SUNSET IN NAPOLI

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The city of Napoli (Naples) in Italy was the last stop of my Eastern Mediterranean cruise. I never got to explore the city because I opted for a trip to the ruins of Pompeii, which happened to be one of the best decisions I made for that trip. This photo was one of my very few shots of Naples and was taken from the balcony of my stateroom. Maybe in a future trip to Italy I will finally be able to walk around the city and take pictures from the ground.