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Week 32, August 10-16, 2025 – Chinatown Photo Walk

August 16th, 2025

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“Picture Perfect Parrot”

August 13th, 2025

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“Elated Moment”

August 12th, 2025

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“Dragon’s Fire Letters”

August 12th, 2025

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moral of the story

As I composed this image, I thought it would be funny to have the red characters coming “out” of the dragon’s mouth like they were flames; I had a little inside chuckle as I composed the image at my own ingenuity. Then some pedestrians were reading the inscription on the statue, so I waited – just as they walked away the people with the traditional hats walked by. The moral of the story: sometimes you should let people read about the statue so that you can get a better image!

“Explanation”

August 11th, 2025

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“Polite Smiles”

August 10th, 2025

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“Slurp Slurp”

August 10th, 2025

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made me smile

I try to lead a photo walk monthly, but… well, life gets in the way. In late July, we had 7 people on our Chinatown walk, and I wasn’t sure what I would photograph on the trip. This was one of the first photos that I took, something about the Slurp Slurp made me smile. 🙂

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