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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 [...]

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 [...]

Sunshine MX, Fall Brawl…. a New Beginning

Cesar L. Diaz — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:01:29 +0000

Hey there,

One just before bed time, last Sunday when remembering 9/11 I went to Sunshine MX over Clearwater, great event from Barney’s lots of mud on the track and lots of Sun too, got a few thousand of photos that I just post processing now, next time will take a few less, [...]

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 [...]

At State’s End… A quick visit to Daytona Beach

Cesar L. Diaz — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:37:23 +0000

Hello There;

Saturday I rode with friends to Daytona Beach, yes at State’s End, what a wonderful ride I can say, no highways, all back roads, here is the map:

Well we hit the road about 8 AM, I was on my bike about 7 AM, met over the Flying J [...]

Triumph Factory Truck & Demo Rides…. a dream come true!

Cesar L. Diaz — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:15:58 +0000

Hey folks;

I was waiting for this for months, by Triumph organizer the Factory Truck just go to the dealer that organize the event, so last weekend the Truck was in the Local St. PeterPowerSports, dealer. I have to say the demo was a bomb, so cool, rode the Thruxton Cafe Racer and [...]

Downtown Tampa, again!

Cesar L. Diaz — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:38:56 +0000

Hello there;

This is a report from a small visit to Downtown Tampa, Enjoy!

Cesar Out

Note: Pictures taken with Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6 HSM DC EX, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 HSM DG EX Macro on Lexar Digital film

Full Moon 1 ~ Photographer 0… Harvest Moon Hunting Day at Fort DeSoto

Cesar L. Diaz — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:43:42 +0000

Hello folks,

Hey, with all this crazy stuff about Full Moon (harvest Moon) you get kind of frantic, and want to catch some great shots of the Astro, but let me tell you one thing you are going to get blind and delirious if you don’t get prepared in advanced.

OK, here is [...]

The Marina…

Cesar L. Diaz — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:12:05 +0000

Hello Again;

Months ago, I did visit Cuba, after two years, everything was really sad, I did comment before (read here) how bad it was, well, I had to say that I am going to be posting for several time, pieces of that visit, the ones that bring happiness in that [...]

Central Florida Sunset…

Cesar L. Diaz — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:48:39 +0000

Hello Folks;

If you live in Central Florida, you gonna like this one: is a sunset, in the middle of nowhere, Dunnellon FL, light was superb, no hesitation with the camera, here the details:

Enjoy,

Photos taken with Nikon D300, Sigma 17-70mm f/4.5-2.8 HSM Macro DC on Lexar Professional [...]

Camaguey, CUBA… a Happy Recovery!

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:12:15 +0000

Hey Folks,

this collection of pictures from my hometown in Cuba, Camaguey, was a happy recovery, I can say that more than ever I do recommend Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, I did recover this photos from the thumbnails that the software create, and with a 24″ monitor, you can work your magic, I do [...]

Cars & Coffee… at Dupont Registry

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:34:49 +0000

Hey Folks

Every third Saturday of the month, DuPont Registry meet at Clearwater to do Cars & Coffee, in this event you can see any super expensive car you can imagine, but you can see cool stuff too, let me show you:

and this:

Now let me show you some Cars:

Blue is a Siberian Husky that lives by my apartment, she is 2 years old and always has her nose in my business, this is what happens when i got my D300 in my hands. After this brief introduction of my subject, I have to say that after being sick the whole weekend, [...]

At John’s Pass, for only 50 minutes….

Cesar L. Diaz — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:48:05 +0000

Yeah folks, for only 50 minutes, this kind of suck being John’s Pass such a great place to hang out, well, the problem has a simple solution, we had only coins for 50 minutes in the parking spot, so we decided to go fast and do our stuff,

The whole idea came to [...]

Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series… Sun Feb 14, 2010

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:12:14 +0000

At DeSoto Speedway SPEED was the word of the Day, holy smoke this dragsters can go fast, never seen before in my life a four tires automobile taking off so quick, but it’s alcohol boy, pure 118 Octanes Racing Alcohol, what can I say. Still feel the thunder of the engines in my [...]

New Year…. Lot of Fun…. Four Wheelers XTravaganza

Cesar L. Diaz — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:14:38 +0000

Hey Folks;

The very First Saturday of the year was very amazing, a little bit of cold but were ok, for the day, I went to Lake Kissimmee area to ride Four Traxs with my friends, lot of mud and water in a really cold day, this is too much for me [...]

CrashMattB and I really crashed Downtown…

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:52:19 +0000

Hey Folks,

Wednesday night, time for photography, my buddy Matt Barnes is in Town spending holidays, we’ve been talking about a photowalk since las Scott Kelby Photo Walk, and now is when we had the chance and time to do it, night shots, some during twilight, to tell the truth, we [...]

Biketoberfest Weekend!

Cesar L. Diaz — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:07:34 +0000

Hey folks,

Long time away from this blog, yes I know, but I’ve been busy, I am back to school, and free time is hard to catch. Today I am going to talk about what happened last weekend, boy was wild, if you’re a bike enthusiast you may know Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach [...]

When you Owe, you will Pay!

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:46:02 +0000

You all know the weather condition here at Tampa Fl, uffff, lotta rain, thunder storms, and many other problems, well during the whole week i wasn’t able to ride my bike; and guest what, that’s really sucks folks, I don’t know you, but I really become something else when I ride, I can’t [...]