The beautiful green landscape that I enjoy every morning on the way from my home in Manado to my work place in Tomohon, Indonesia. #ManadoPictures

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Statue of an owl in a resting area on the highway between Manado and Tomohon. Owls are believed to have magical powers by ethnic Minahasa in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, as messengers who bring the message from their ancestors in other worlds. #ManadoPictures

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A view to Bunaken Island

A view to Bunaken and Manado Tua Island.
Location: Marina Bay, Manado.

A Canon EOS 60D - New Adventure

It's been a long time after my last post. Some of my colleagues asked me about this long period of inactivity, "What happened? Have you lost your interest in photography?"

Well, not really. I am now holding a Canon EOS 60D in my hand. A stunning DSLR with many sophisticated features. My daughter really likes the vary-angle, a feature that enables her to make pictures of herself without my assistance. If you are this kind of narsistic type of person who change your profile picture in facebook every hour, then this is for you :-).

Euphorbium flower : Canon EOS 60D with macro + autofocus

Yes, I admit that I have lost my focus and interest on mobile photography. I still believe that real photography does not depend on what equipment that you use, but it depends on YOU and your mindset. I just do not have as strong interest as before to keep doing it every day. It's partly due to my increased activity as a doctor, and partly due to my other interest in some businesses.

I bought this Canon EOS 60D for my daughter as she took photography as her extracurricular class, but now I find myself experimenting with this gadget nearly everyday.

Discount Party In Manado Boulevard Business Center, Getting Ready For Christmas

Manado Boulevard business center held a massive discount party to celebrate Christmas 2010. Discounts like crazy around 10 to 70 percent is given to almost every item sold in this business area. Discount party will be officially started on December 1, 2010 but most of the shops and malls that are operating in this key business area in Manado has been starting it since mid-November.

Manado Boulevard is the largest business center in eastern Indonesia. This area was officially proclaimed as the business center by the Governor of North Sulawesi Sinyo Harry Sarundayang. Although it was announced not long ago, this area has proved itself as a business center to be reckoned with. The existence of Manado Boulevard business center is one of the factors that affect the rotation of the economy in eastern Indonesia, especially in North Sulawesi. The inflation rate in the city of Manado is one of the highest in Indonesia.

Doing business in this region has a bright prospect for the future. This is reflected in the level of local spending as well as imported goods that took place with high volume. Infrastructure development in Manado Boulevard business center is still ongoing. Indonesian businesspeople believe that investing in the business center of Manado Boulevard is a high yielding investment.

Manado Boulevard discount party to celebrate Christmas 2010 was just one of the many other events this year, but this event is one of the largest and always eagerly awaited by local communities. Event to welcome the Christmas is also one of the events which attracted the attention of local and foreign tourists.

Manado Pictures

Welcome to Manado

A pair of statue (the other one unseen) in front of Manado Town Square warmly welcome every visitor of Manado. Manado is growing fast in the last couple of years. Big event World Ocean Conference and some other co-events helped boost Manado as one of tourism destination in South East Asia.

The picture was taken using negative photo effect built in in Sony Ericsson P1i 3.1 megapixels smart camera phone. The bright logo on the background is the Hypermart logo.

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This is a nice clear shot I made during my trip along north side beaches of Sulawesi Island. I used Sony Ericsson P1i, a smart phone with 3.1 megapixels autofocus camera. The camera is quite good for outdoor shots like this.

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Long Beach of Diulee

The Diulee Beach is located about 50 km outside Tolitoli, a small town at the northern side of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Black Motocycle at Lalos

A black motocycle parked at Lalos Beach tempted me to picture it. Nice enough, if only I could get more details.

Beautiful Lalos Beach

I am in Lalos beach, a beautiful beach at Tolitoli.
Tolitoli is a small town in Central Sulawesi.

I post this picture directly from my Sony Ericsson P1i.
It is cloudy here. I could not get enough light. Tweaking the camera setting do not help much.

Night in Manado

A night scene in Manado. Location: Megamas Manado, Indonesia

Colorful balls

Plastic Roses

Sony Ericsson P1i produces vivid pictures for close up shots, like these plastic roses.

Another Sunrise Scene

Yet another sunrise scene taken with Sony Ericsson P1i

My main hobby

My main hobby is hacking my Linux laptop and creating my own kind of music on top of it.

Local traditional restaurant

A typical Indonesian local restaurant known as Restoran Padang serving traditional local food. You can easily find this kind of restaurant all over Indonesia.

1st Scavenger Hunt on NicoleB Photography

Here are my shots

for the 1st Scavenger Hunt on NicoleB Photography

(Note: these are only thumbnails pointing to the original posting. The original postings themselves may contain more than a shot)

1) local currency

2) local flag

3) local food

4) something rusty

5) local wildlife

6) local nature

7) local stamp

8) part of your neighborhood

9) traditional house

10) a local person

11) local weather

12) local transportation

13) traditional local clothing

14) night sky

15) sunrise

16) local product non food

17) something furry

18) something feathery

19) a sign of the season

20) a part of you

21) your main hobby

22) a local shop

23) a local restaurant

24) a street sign

25) a local mail box

Cloudy sunrise

My palms

These are my palms, and I was born on July 5.
Palmistry everybody?