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…en la Bahia de Manzanillo!

Cesar L. Diaz — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:06:09 +0000

Hello friends;

Being a little busy and away from writing, today want to share some photos from a beautiful city over Cuba called Manzanillo, this city is located over the east zone and has a nice Caribbean Sea view. Never been there before we spend a good day over together with my [...]

Time to Save my vacation time…

Cesar L. Diaz — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:00:07 +0000

Hello there,

Weather is getting pretty good, actually the weekend gonna be really nice, actually I didn’t try to get Paul Dellegatto out of business hehehee, I just repeating what he said…. well get back to photo talk, this time wanna talk about a nice event that happened to me in my last [...]

La Gran Piedra… High in altitude and stunning views

Cesar L. Diaz — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:00:54 +0000

Nice Sunday afternoon!

I am so happy I have so much media to share from my last trip to Cuba, I can say until now the best trip to Paradise Lost until now, exploring the east part this time, in special the City of Santiago de Cuba, nothing crazy cause I was with [...]

Santuario del Cobre, Under Construction.

Cesar L. Diaz — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:20:37 +0000

Hello and Happy weekend!

In my last visit to Paradise Lost, went into a east trip to Santiago De Cuba, a very hot part (I mean hot weather, hotter than the normal parts of the island), really wanna spend some good time with friend and girlfriend. Before getting to the city I decide [...]

Old Locomotive, American Made… on display

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:43:11 +0000

Hello there!

Is a day off for me today, Christmas is around the corner and because of that. Merry Christmas to all of you, hope your Christmas wishes are underneath the tree, your camera gear wish list had been listen but somebody and Sunday morning when you open your boxes you can find [...]

Vantage Point…

Cesar L. Diaz — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:27:34 +0000

Hello, there!

This is a kind of techy post, really don’t like to much to do this, but always you are in the middle of a technicality, we are talking about vantage points, for many years millions of photographs are taken from the same vantage point, about 6 to 8 feet above ground, this [...]

San Pedro De La Roca ~ Morro de Santiago de Cuba

Cesar L. Diaz — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:00:37 +0000

Hello there friends;

What can I say about this superb place I did visit in my trip to Cuba, San Pedro de la Roca, el Morro de Santiago de Cuba, ( read Wikipedia entry here ), again, in my 32 years living in Cuba, never had [...]

Enter to the Prehistoric Valley…

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:03:25 +0000

Hello folks;

If like dinosaurs, you gonna love this BIG gallery, the Prehistoric Valley (Valle de la Preshistoria in spanish) is a place over Santiago de Cuba, built many years ago, never had the time to visit when living over there, so this time spent a good quality time checking all the places [...]

Laguna Baconao…a reached goal!

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:12:30 +0000

Hello there!

I am enjoying this post already, for many years I wanted to visit this place in Cuba, is Called Parque Nacional Baconao (Baconao National Park) Baconao is an indian name, the history says he was a little indian, who lived over this area, when the conquistador came to the new world. [...]

Characters…

Cesar L. Diaz — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:48:55 +0000

Hello readers;

After my trip to Cuba, want to share a little compilation of portraits I did during my time over, let’s start now:

This dude was in Santiago de Cuba, I was buying some water in this store when found the guy, of course didn’t hesitate in asking for a photo, pretty [...]

Back from Paradise Lost!

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:31:41 +0000

Hello there friends!

Just after hours of my return to civilization, had a great time with family and friends over Cuba, right now working on selection and cataloging close to 2k photos. Here now I want to show you two panos from my visit to Santiago de Cuba, one in La Gran Piedra [...]

Bronze Anatomy…

Cesar L. Diaz — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:39:52 +0000

Hey there,

When in Miami for 4th of July weekend, did a small walk to Bayside and found this sculpture, pretty nice indeed with the Palm Trees around, just snap a few shots, take a look:

More photos here:

OK, now to go and rest, tomorrow [...]

Everglades Nat’l Park Project. Phase 2, Liguus Fasciatus

Cesar L. Diaz — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:15:47 +0000

Hello there;

Just when we were leaving the Little Lake, we stopped by this place, a short trail with a few Liguus Fasciatus, we dedicated a few minutes to capture a few shots, the snails were around, but not the way we wanted, a few only to be honest, so here are the [...]

Everglades Nat’l Park Project. Phase 1, The Lake

Cesar L. Diaz — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:47:24 +0000

Hello There!

Happy Independence Day!, is Monday 4th of July and just got back from a superb hot and sweaty weekend. Everglades National Park Project with a nature photographer friend Juan Carlos. We left the headquarter about 4:30AM, fuel the FJ and head to Everglades Nat’l Park. [...]

My 10 Points Check List for Travel Photos!

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:41:04 +0000

Hey there,

I have to say that Travel Photography is ONE of my favorite way to express my photographic needs, is so rich in so many aspects that you just can’t stop shooting when traveling. In order for me to tell the history, yes you have to tell the history behind your trip!, [...]

Superbikes in the Smokies, a recap and behind scenes

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:30:12 +0000

Hello there;

I just have a few pictures from friend Diego, some behind the scene and a short video, hope you enjoy.

Cesar Out!

Superbikes in the Smokies, Last Day

Cesar L. Diaz — Sat, 14 May 2011 13:45:04 +0000

Hey There;

Day 4 and last day is here, want to tell you, after many miles on a bike in these mountains, ufff you can feel the pain, last sunday we decide to go for a short ride, to be at home around 2 or 3 PM, get everything ready (like bikes on [...]

Superbikes in the Smokies, Day 3

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 13 May 2011 12:44:46 +0000

Good Morning and Happy Friday!

Is day 3 in my quest to conquer the Smokies, hahahaha, the Third Day, I was feeling more “IN HOUSE” when riding my bike, so tension and stress were that bad. That day we went through the area of the Tornadoes, a lot of damages in houses [...]

Superbikes in the Smokies, Day 2

Cesar L. Diaz — Thu, 12 May 2011 11:15:08 +0000

Hello again;

Now with the second day of adventure, I have to say this day was more photography oriented, we stopped more times and I, of course, took more photos.

We started the day with a guest, Fred, he rode his bike (the one in the picture above) a 1980 Duc, [...]

Superbikes in the Smokies, Day 1

Cesar L. Diaz — Wed, 11 May 2011 13:28:28 +0000

Hello back!

Been a little bit out of context with my blog, last week I went to Georgia, especially Helen, to spend some quality time riding motorcycles and doing some photography.

We left last Wednesday early in the morning, traveling to Helen wasn’t a problem, we created a convoy of 6 cars [...]

Alley Cats over South Beach FL….

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:11:27 +0000

Hey there;

About 4 months ago I was over Sin City (I call Miami, Sin City) getting ready to travel to Paradise Lost, so decide to go for a walk over the Well Named SOUTH BEACH!, that day I went to the

Visit to Heaven… Peter Lik Fine Art Photography Gallery

Cesar L. Diaz — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:13:29 +0000

Hey there;

Like a month ago I was getting ready to travel to Paradise Lost and by not mean necessary I would missed the opportunity to visit over Miami Beach the Peter Lik Fine Art Gallery. I was amazed, seriously, you see prints so big, I mean, big…. and so crispy clear, so [...]

On the move, from a car, RURAL Views

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:28:03 +0000

Hello there, TGIF! right

Well I am here to show you around places over Paradise Lost, yes is the road that goes from Camagüey (main City) to Nuevitas….. (this one is not that bug -laughing-), in my last visit capture some photos, light was kind of hard about 2 PM, very white, and [...]

Teatro Principal… Camagüey, CUBA

Cesar L. Diaz — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:30:19 +0000

Hello There;

This is Teatro Principal, one of the iconic places of the City of Camagüey, too many rock concerts here, remember shooting for local bands and having a blast of fun, now after many years the building still keep the same colors, the same smell, and the same people working on it, [...]

Plaza Del Carmen… In Camagüey

Cesar L. Diaz — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:36:03 +0000

Hello There!

What a great Monday, all wet and windy!, well after all wasn’t that bad for me, have in my possession a classic Canon AE-1 that I will testing soon, but the porpoise of this entry was not all that, was to talk about a place in Camagüey, CUBA called La Plaza [...]