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Lumix DMC-LX3

Lumix LX3 with accessories

Lumix LX3 with accessories

Now that’s a fine point-and-shoot. F2.0-F2.8 24-60mm Leica DC Vario-Summicron lens, 1/1.63-inch CCD sensor, and 10.1 million effective pixels. Available in late August. Details at DPReview.

Not just a lawn, but art

Chris Naylor with his grass Mona Lisa  Photo: PA

Chris Naylor with his grass Mona Lisa Photo: PA

An art-obsessed gardener has mown the Mona Lisa - complete with mysterious smile - into her lawn. Telegraph.co.uk

Better than a putting green. I’d like to try that.

A Bear Menace in Russia

Photo by Photo by tom-b

Photo by tom-b

Some thirty gigantic and ravenously hungry Kamchatka brown bears have already killed and eaten two men at a platinum mine in Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka region and appear to be hunting for more. People in the region have been forced to cower in their homes waiting for hunters to dispose of the animals, which can stand 10 feet tall and weigh up to 1,500 pounds. — A Bear Menace in Russia, Where They Are Revered - The Lede - New York Times Blog.

A pack of bears?

Childhood Sketch

Sketch by Julia, October, 2006

Sketch by Julia, October, 2006

I scanned this image nearly two years ago and only recently rediscovered it. At the time I thought it quite remarkable for its point-of-view and interesting proportions. The spareness of it is intriguing. It’s amazing what can be done with just a few lines going in all the right directions.  It’s a testament to the unihibited imagination of children.

3, 2, 1…

Exponent. Coming to you live and in color.

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