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Waiting for Spring

Waiting for Spring

Another title for this is "Lonely Chair," but that title implies that this chair is seeing the glass half-empty (pun intended). Taken early April, Swe...
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Another title for this is "Lonely Chair," but that title implies that this chair is seeing the glass half-empty (pun intended). Taken early April, Sweden, at Teleborgslott (Teleborg Castle), a lovely chateau built by a count for his new bride in 1900. Across the lovely lake is an unlovely heating plant, but hey, Sweden aims to be the first country to go fossil-free, and that plant uses nothing but pressed wood pellets for fuel.
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Canon EOS REBEL T2i

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Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 28/1

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Nov, 2015

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