 Joaquim Alves Gaspar
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Some of my favourite contributions to Commons
(All my featured pictures here)
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 The Photographer
- Old man with a camera walking trough a tunnel. Taken in S. Martinho do Porto, Portugal, Summer 1970.
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- Is the man walking towards the camera or away from it? Arguments pro "towards": the canes are most often held with the right hand. Arguments pro "away": the photgrapher wouldn't probably have taken the shot if the man was walking towards him; the shadow of the foot on the ground.
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Battle of Aljubarrota
- Panel of glazed tiles by artist Jorge Colaço (1922) representing an episode of the battle of Aljubarrota (1385) between the Portuguese and Castilian armies. The Ala dos Namorados (Wing of the fiancés) was the left wing of the Portuguese defense formation. Lisboa, Pavilhão Carlos Lopes.
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Twins
- Twin flowers of Lantana camara with crab spider waiting for prey. Taken in Lisboa, Portugal, October 2006.
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 Twin hawkweed flowers
- Twin flowers of Hawkweed Hieracium muororum. Taken in Lisboa, Portugal, May 2007.
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Lantana camara
- Flowers and leaves of Lantana camara. Taken in Lisboa, Portugal, October 2006.
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Blue flower of chicory
- Wild flower of common chicory (Cichorium intybus). Taken in Lisboa, Portugal, May 2007.
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Purity
- White bud of an oleander(Nerium oleander). Taken in Lisboa, Portugal, October 2006.
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Wasp and fly
- A solitary wasp (Bembix oculata) feeding on a fly after paralysing it
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Egyptian grasshopper
- An egyptian grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium). Taken in Lisboa Portugal, June 2007.
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Female dragonfly
- Female red-veined darter of the species Sympetrum fonscolonbei. Lisboa, August 2007
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A drone-fly
- A drone-fly (Eristalis tenax) collecting nectar from a Lantana camara flower. Lisboa, October 2007
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Talking at sunset
- Sunset near the sea. Taken in Porto Covo, Portugal, August 2007
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Sea in rage
- Winter sea. Taken in Porto Covo, Portugal, Winter 2005
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Porto Covo
- The main square of the village of Porto Covo. Portugal, January 2007.
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Fishing in the waves
- Taken in Foz do Arelho, Portugal, March 2007.
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Portrait of a girl
- Taken in Porto Covo, Portugal, Summer 2005.
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Girl walking in the beach
- Taken in Porto Covo, Portugal, Summer 2006.
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A tabby cat
- A tabby cat with its characteristic three colour pattern.
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