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Post Category → Pic du Jour

Costco Triptych, Ohio

posted in Pic du Jour, USA on July 24, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Christmas Eve, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, USA.

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17 Photos of and Around the Elgin, South Africa Train Station

posted in Pic du Jour, South Africa on July 22, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

Sometimes you trip into the perfect still life composition. Like this couch at the train station in Elgin, South Africa.

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Piran, from Strunjan, Slovenia

posted in Pic du Jour, Slovenia on July 18, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Sunset over the Adriatic at the western tip of Slovenia.

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Lago Acigami, Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina

posted in Argentina, Pic du Jour on July 8, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments
Lago Acigami, Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina

Few lakes on the planet are situated further south.

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At the Longhua Temple, Shanghai

posted in China, Pic du Jour on June 30, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

One section of the 500 arhats at the Longhua Temple, considered the largest, most authentic and complete ancient temple complex in Shanghai.

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A Crab in its Shell, San Blas

posted in Panama, Pic du Jour on June 28, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A snap of a Caribbean Land Hermit Crab in its shell just before it snapped at me.

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‘The world should laugh more. But after eating.’

posted in Colombia, Pic du Jour, Uncategorized on June 24, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

This made me laugh, even though I hadn’t eaten yet.

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The Cotacachi Volcano and the Promise of Love

posted in Ecuador, Photography, Pic du Jour on June 22, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A tale, short and sweet, related to the mythology of this Ecuadorean volcano that pierces the sky nearly 5,000 meters above a village that bears its name.

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25 Photos From the Saturday Market in Otavalo, Ecuador

posted in Ecuador, Photography, Pic du Jour on June 11, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Capturing the never-ending dialogue between the present and the past in South America largest indigenous market.

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Untersberg Massif, Through a Mist

posted in Austria, Pic du Jour on June 10, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

The mountain chain made famous in The Sound of Music.

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Cali Sunset

posted in Colombia, Pic du Jour on May 25, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A long exposure from a rooftop at sunset.

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Still Life With a Dozen Dolls, Toquinho, and Mick Jagger’s Primitive Cool, Bogota

posted in Colombia, Pic du Jour on May 16, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

With cameos by Angel, The Pet Shop Boys and John Lennon.

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Jesse Owens Statue, Cleveland

posted in Pic du Jour, Track & Field, USA on May 11, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Paying our respects to the Olympic and athletics legend during a visit to Cleveland this week.

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45 Minutes at the Hanoi Night Market

posted in Pic du Jour, Vietnam on April 17, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A market similar to many elsewhere in the world, where women do most of the work and men count the money.

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Pulling Pushcarts, Jemaa el-Fnaa Square, Marrakesh

posted in Morocco, Pic du Jour on April 16, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A brief consideration of the anonymous who push the wheels that make the world go ’round.

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In Transit: Milano Centrale

posted in In Transit, Pic du Jour on April 15, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 4 Comments

About 320,000 passengers pass through the Milano Centrale station each day. Even with that kind of traffic, it’s not impossible to find your own quiet spot.

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Still Life With Two Mallards, a Bottle, a Red Chair and a Shovel on the Vistula River

posted in Pic du Jour, Poland on March 23, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

A fisherman’s throne near Torun, Poland, 20-March-2026.

For International Women’s Day, 2026

posted in Pic du Jour on March 8, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Like Earth Day, Women’s Day is every day.

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Atahualpa on a Bus

posted in Ecuador, Pic du Jour on March 7, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Linking 20 generations.

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Ice Flows on the Vistula

posted in Pic du Jour, Poland on March 4, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

A freeze on Poland’s longest river.

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This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant one is my renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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