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5 Intriguing Travel Destinations You've Never Heard Of

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Did you know  that there is a small village in Norway called Longyearbyen, where dying is actually prohibited? The reason for this is that the permafrost in the area is so cold that bodies buried there do not decompose, and as a result, they can still contain diseases that could potentially spread to the living. Therefore, if someone is terminally ill in Longyearbyen, they are flown out to the mainland to spend their final days. Did you know that there is a remote island off the coast of Brazil called Ilha da Queimada Grande, which is home to one of the world's deadliest snakes, the golden lancehead viper? This venomous snake, which is endemic to the island, is so dangerous that the Brazilian government has made it illegal for anyone to visit the island, except for a few select researchers who have special permission. Did you know that there is a town in Japan called Nagoro, where there are more scarecrows than humans? The town's population has been declining for years, a...

Travel Photography and Rule of Thirds

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Travel is an opportunity to discover new places, meet new people, and capture memories that will last a lifetime. As a travel photographer, it's important to create images that not only showcase the beauty of your destination, but also tell a story and capture the essence of the experience. One tool that can help you achieve this is the rule of thirds. In travel photography, the rule of thirds can be especially useful for capturing the essence of a location and telling a story through your images. For example, you might use the rule of thirds to position the horizon of a scenic landscape along one of the horizontal lines, or to align the subject of a portrait along one of the vertical lines. This creates a more dynamic and interesting image, as the eye is naturally drawn to the points of intersection. As you can see in the photo above the subject's shoulders point is at intersecting lines. It doesn't necessarily has to be shoulders at intersecting lines. It can be head or e...