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Kafka's Crow

08-30-2010, 11:41 PM

Great photos everyone !
We have a resurgence.

.

Oh yeas we do, we do!

We went to the Lake District for our summer holiday this year. We stayed in the village of Near Sawrey a couple of miles from Hawkeshead (where Wordsworth went to school) and Lake Windermere .

The cottage we stayed in (Anvil Cottage)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/364777c0.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture132.jpg

This cottage is opposite 'Hilltop Farm' where Beatrix Potter lived. The entrance to Anvil Cottage appeared on Potter's book 'The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan' (1905):
http://www.fairylandpress.co.uk/assets/images/autogen/a_Pie_and_Patty-Pan.jpg

Lake Windermere:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture053.jpg

Wordsworth or no Wordsworth, when a dog's gotta swim, a dog's gotta swim:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture059.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture004.jpg

Our local lake 'Estwaite Water' the most peaceful place on earth!:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture105.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture095.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture080.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture056.jpg

My heart leaps up when I behold/ A rainbow in the sky...

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture131.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture132-1.jpg

The Wordsworths resting in Grassmere:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture049.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture050.jpg

Ever thought that the sky could be so beautiful???

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture038.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture022.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture012.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture124.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture099.jpg

Lake Buttermare:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture100.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture041.jpg

I have forgotten the name of this place!

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture065.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture052-1.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture028.jpg

Emil Miller

09-03-2010, 07:53 AM

These are just a few practise photos using my recently purchased digital camera which I am still getting used to.

http://a.imageshack.us/img843/6131/dsc0025t.jpg

Some books.

http://a.imageshack.us/img826/8913/dsc0016y.jpg

Milly waiting for it to stop raining.

http://a.imageshack.us/img529/7480/dsc0037eg.jpg

Thetford in Norfolk, the birthplace of Thomas Paine.

http://a.imageshack.us/img291/3444/dsc0023ho.jpg

More books.

http://a.imageshack.us/img251/5769/dsc0034po.jpg

Statue of Thomas Paine.

http://a.imageshack.us/img826/2967/dsc0022hz.jpg

Even more books!

http://a.imageshack.us/img80/9840/dsc0011ue.jpg

An interloper from the neighbourhood.

Gilliatt Gurgle

09-04-2010, 11:48 AM

Wonderful photos and library Brian. You’ve entered the digital world, well, at least with your photography.
I see you still have quite a collection of VHS and cassette tapes. hehe

Milly’s beard gives the appearance of a smile, but I doubt she is happy given the dreary weather.

I have several very old books from my grandfather' that appear much like your old brown book underneath Beethoven. (I may be showing my ignorance; it appears to be Beethoven).
Can you tell me/us about the book?
I was also curious about the book to the left of the “Napoleon” book?

Gilliatt

Emil Miller

09-04-2010, 12:49 PM

Thanks Gilliatt, I imagine that you had the same experience of wanting to frame things at hand in the viewfinder when you first went digital. Yes, it is Beethoven and the old book you mention was printed in 1732 and is a translation from the French of the History of Charles XII by Voltaire. Unfortunately, it's not in good condition; having suffered burn marks to the cover and is also a second edition. It actually belongs to my brother, who found it behind a filing cabinet when he was in the military years ago. The book next to that on Napoleon is 'The Collected Stories of Maupassant' in English translation.
I took a trip up to Thetford in Norfolk, where I am thinking of moving, although it's all in the balance at the moment, and took some shots of the town while I was there.

Snowqueen

09-10-2010, 04:50 AM

Here are few picture of recent floods in Pakistan and the devastations they have caused.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=407&pictureid=7975

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=407&pictureid=7976

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=407&pictureid=7974

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=407&pictureid=7977

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=407&pictureid=7978

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=407&pictureid=7979

Olga4real

09-11-2010, 05:16 AM

Olga4real

09-11-2010, 05:20 AM

Here are some pictures I took last Sunday I hope you like them and if you want to see more you can find them on my Pictures of pets thread.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1615&d=1284019903

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1616&d=1284019950

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1617&d=1284020055

Hurricane

09-11-2010, 12:28 PM

Adorable.

This was supposed to be in all caps for emphasis. Apparently the forum doesn't allow this..?

prendrelemick

09-11-2010, 05:21 PM

A few pictures of where I live
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/ghirst.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/poss2.jpg
Thats Susan and Veronica (The cows)
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/DSC00161.jpg
Nelly, a highly trained sheepdog. (pity she forgot it all)
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/DSC00209.jpg
Early one morning

Olga4real

09-12-2010, 02:31 AM

A few pictures of where I live

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/poss2.jpg
Thats Susan and Veronica (The cows)

Nice to meet Veronica - my daughter's name

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k78/prendrelemick/DSC00161.jpg
Nelly, a highly trained sheepdog. (pity she forgot it all)

I hope she didn't is she border collie - the world's smartest dog?

Beautiful pictures Prendrelenmick! It's great you notice and appreciate the beauty around you - some people don't.

Basil

09-12-2010, 02:37 AM

LOVE those pics, thank you for sharing them with us. :)

prendrelemick

09-12-2010, 08:56 AM

Oh yeas we do, we do!

We went to the Lake District for our summer holiday this year. We stayed in the village of Near Sawrey a couple of miles from Hawkeshead (where Wordsworth went to school) and Lake Windermere .

The cottage we stayed in (Anvil Cottage)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/364777c0.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture132.jpg

This cottage is opposite 'Hilltop Farm' where Beatrix Potter lived. The entrance to Anvil Cottage appeared on Potter's book 'The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan' (1905):
http://www.fairylandpress.co.uk/assets/images/autogen/a_Pie_and_Patty-Pan.jpg

Lake Windermere:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture053.jpg

Wordsworth or no Wordsworth, when a dog's gotta swim, a dog's gotta swim:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture059.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture004.jpg

Our local lake 'Estwaite Water' the most peaceful place on earth!:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture105.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture095.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture080.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture056.jpg

My heart leaps up when I behold/ A rainbow in the sky...

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture131.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture132-1.jpg

The Wordsworths resting in Grassmere:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture049.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture050.jpg

Ever thought that the sky could be so beautiful???

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture038.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture022.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture012.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture124.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture099.jpg

Lake Buttermare:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture100.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture041.jpg

I have forgotten the name of this place!

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture065.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture052-1.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Lake%20District/Picture028.jpg

We are going there in the next few hours!

There is no doubt the Western Lakes are the most beautiful and serene places anywhere. Thanks for those pics, I cant wait to get there.

Gilliatt Gurgle

09-12-2010, 09:00 AM

A few pictures of where I live
...
Thats Susan and Veronica (The cows)
...
Nelly, a highly trained sheepdog. (pity she forgot it all)
...
Early one morning

Speaking of paintings Prendrelemick !
Beautiful landscape.
"Susan" is what my missus goes by. hehe

Gilliatt

miss tenderness

09-12-2010, 05:51 PM

Beautiful pictures everyone .

Miss Tenderness, those are no real people, jumping down that waterfall on the left side? -- Very nice pictures :)

No , they are no real people .

MaryH

09-13-2010, 05:08 AM

Hi Snowqueen ! Your pictures are really moving. I am touched by these sights. Don't know how much more people have become homeless becuase of these floods.
It was a very good effort. Keep up the good work !

Gilliatt Gurgle

10-03-2010, 10:55 AM

While away on business in Rockford Illinois, I had spotted a brochure several weeks ago promoting WW II days at Midway Village museum. Being one that is interested in WW II history, I pocketed the flyer and marked the date; September 25 and 26th.

http://www.examiner.com/day-trips-in-chicago/world-war-ii-days-rockford-illinois

Arriving on Sunday, I was overwhelmed at the magnitude and attention to authenticity of the rein actors and their WW II memorabilia including everything from uniforms, small arms weapons, campsites in the woods, field artillery to an operational Sherman tank! The day concludes with the main event, a mock battle that takes place in a field with scattered trees and underbrush.
Attendance was somewhere in the neighborhood of 7,000

Enough. Here are a few photos:

We begin with the war correspondent and I can’t think of anyone more celebrated than Ernie Pyle:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/WW%20II%20Days%20Rockford%20Illinois/WarCorrespondentclose.jpg

“I was away from the front lines for a while this spring, living with other troops, and considerable fighting took place while I was gone. When I got ready to return to my old friends at the front I wondered if I would sense any change in them.” – Ernie Pyle

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/WW%20II%20Days%20Rockford%20Illinois/ChessandSteinBW.jpg

Sherman Tank taking a short cut through the British camps:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/WW%20II%20Days%20Rockford%20Illinois/ShermanTankBW.jpg

Camp Life:

“If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone.” – Ernie Pyle

American Camp:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/WW%20II%20Days%20Rockford%20Illinois/AmericanCampwFlag.jpg

American Camp:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/WW%20II%20Days%20Rockford%20Illinois/Americancampwsigns.jpg

German Camp:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/WW%20II%20Days%20Rockford%20Illinois/GermanCamp1BW.jpg

A French distraction:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/WW%20II%20Days%20Rockford%20Illinois/BellefilleandTank.jpg

Provost officer and his wine:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/WW%20II%20Days%20Rockford%20Illinois/ProvostwithWine.jpg

“But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left behind after his first battle. His blood is up. He is fighting for his life, and killing now for him is as much a profession as writing is for me.” – Ernie Pyle

German advance:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/WW%20II%20Days%20Rockford%20Illinois/GermansAdvance.jpg

Missing leg:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/WW%20II%20Days%20Rockford%20Illinois/MissingLeg.jpg

“War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.”

Link to the entire photo album including some of the above in color:
http://s963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/WW%20II%20Days%20Rockford%20Illinois/

.

Olga4real

10-16-2010, 05:50 PM

Here are some pictures I took last week in Budapest.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1023&pictureid=8123

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1023&pictureid=8124

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1023&pictureid=8125
Chain bridge

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1023&pictureid=8122

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1023&pictureid=8118
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1023&pictureid=8119
Parliament

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1023&pictureid=8117

LitNetIsGreat

10-16-2010, 07:06 PM

Oh, some great photos there. The Lake District is the most beautiful place in the UK surely, perhaps only Cornwall can come close to it? (I've never seen Wordsworth's grave, but I wonder why it is marked as 1883? Must be the date of the stone as Wordsworth died in 1850 of course.) Great pictures though; would be more than happy to sit there doing nothing for a week, given half the chance I'd jump at it a mile - all of this work business is highly wrong you know, I'm serious.

I also love the shots of Budapest; it looks highly romantic, perhaps Mrs Neely could take me there as a treat? Yeah, right!

Those soldier people reminds me of a thing we go to every year where there are several groups of people from different ages all in costume and doing mock battles and so on - they all seem very dedicated individuals. It is fascinating to see Roman soldiers, medieval knights and German soldiers walking around together as the odd tank rolls by in the distance - me, I'm usually in the beer tent!

Virgil

10-16-2010, 09:37 PM

I haven't been in this thread for a long time. Wow, what great pictures by all. No point in mentioning names, I loved them all!

Niamh

10-18-2010, 05:12 PM

Wow! Some really fantastic photos! :eek:

I got back from Canada on Friday. Had my first thanksgiving dinner with Kilted Exiles family and got to see how wonderful canada is in Autumn.

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/canada%20oct%202010/canadaOct10055.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/canada%20oct%202010/canadaOct10061.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/canada%20oct%202010/canadaOct10065.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/canada%20oct%202010/canadaOct10060.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/canada%20oct%202010/canadaOct10073.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/canada%20oct%202010/canadaOct10081.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/canada%20oct%202010/canadaOct10085.jpg

Snowqueen

10-26-2010, 12:32 PM

Great pictures Niamh, but here are the pictures from last Spring. :smilewinkgrin:

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Butterfly.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Butterfly2.jpg

Virgil

10-26-2010, 09:43 PM

Nice pictures both of you - Niamh and Snowqueen.

Niamh, that last silohuette is awesome! That green/red of the warning light makes the photo so interesting.

Gilliatt Gurgle

10-26-2010, 11:14 PM

Very nice photos Niamh and Snowqueen.
The color and clarity is brilliant.

Thanks for sharing

Gilliatt

Emil Miller

10-27-2010, 08:35 AM

There have been a lot of interesting pictures here since I last posted. As we have had some unusually good weather I decided to take a day's walking in the country. Here are some photos taken along the way:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6889/dsc0166r.jpg

Path near Thornycroft Manor

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/8364/dsc0177qg.jpg

In the pen.

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/566/dsc0176l.jpg

The Road to West Humble

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2381/dsc0178iz.jpg

Ruined Chapel

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/2382/dsc0172gt.jpg

A bridleway.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8828/dsc0200le.jpg

Leslie Road in the village of Pixham.

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/2367/dsc0184sc.jpg

Where I would live if I could afford to.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1985/dsc0185eb.jpg

Schoolhouse at Pixham.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6315/dsc0203f.jpg

Rural Scene at the Surrey Hills

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/5730/dsc0201uz.jpg

Fishing in the river Mole.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9783/dsc0206z.jpg

A much needed seat at the top of Box Hill.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7724/dsc0204en.jpg

The view from the top.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7430/dsc0207x.jpg

Box Hill village.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5393/dsc0208mv.jpg

View through a gate.

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/855/dsc0209g.jpg

The Broadwood folly - Box Hill.

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7402/dsc0210dg.jpg

View of Juniper Hall.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9158/dsc0217mn.jpg

Mickleham Village.

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/1650/dsc0213sc.jpg

Mickleham church.

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2734/dsc0214z.jpg

A very welcome sight.

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/3569/dsc0196jd.jpg

Home again.

Themis

10-27-2010, 01:48 PM

@Brian Bean: Great pictures. I absolutely love the first one!

Some (Or rather, most) of the pictures I took in Dublin:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2010-10-27um193355.png

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2010-10-27um193340.png

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2010-10-27um193304.png
(Christchurch Cathedral)

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2010-10-27um193252.png
(Guinness Storehouse)

Virgil

10-27-2010, 08:49 PM

Nice pictures Brian and Themis.

And Themis, Christchurch Cathedral looks awesome.

AdoreroDio

10-27-2010, 11:35 PM

Here is a recent picture I took when my roommate threw a log in the lake so I could take cool splash photos...

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x12/adorerodio/IMG_0235.jpg

DANSBIRD

10-28-2010, 02:28 PM

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5528/dsc01046q.jpg

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3815/dsc01105j.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6497/dsc01944zh.jpg

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/143/dsc01947.jpg

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/415/dsc01948fg.jpg

Emil Miller

10-28-2010, 02:59 PM

These are very professional pictures but you haven't said where they were taken.

DANSBIRD

10-28-2010, 03:09 PM

Oops. They were all in Florida.

The 1st was in Port St. Lucy, FL

2nd was around Daytona Beach, FL

3rd, 4th, 5th, was at the Islamorada restaurant in the Florida Keys

And all were taken w/ a Sony Cybershot P200.

Here are two more...

My dog, Walle: Taken at my parents' house in Mississippi w/ a Nikon D5000
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1589/16967235963047586510322.jpg

Memphis, TN w/ the Mississippi River in the background... Taken w/ a Sony Cybershot P200
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8858/dsc044901.jpg

Emil Miller

10-28-2010, 05:36 PM

Revolte

10-28-2010, 06:10 PM

You ever seen one of these things? They are amazing!http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/nolliesk8tr/lama1.jpg

No joke, this guy was posing for the camera.

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/nolliesk8tr/lama2.jpg

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/nolliesk8tr/lama3.jpg

Paulclem

10-28-2010, 06:34 PM

Here are two more...

My dog, Walle: Taken at my parents' house in Mississippi w/ a Nikon D5000
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1589/16967235963047586510322.jpg

Memphis, TN w/ the Mississippi River in the background... Taken w/ a Sony Cybershot P200
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8858/dsc044901.jpg

He's a nice little chap. We've got a Jack Russel too.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=785&pictureid=6703

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=785&pictureid=6700

Good house dog. Assertive though...

Yours seems very friendly.

It's nice to drop by this thread. There are some really nice pictures from you all.

Snowqueen

10-29-2010, 08:41 AM

Virgil, Gilliatt thanks I'm glad you like the pictures.
Hey Virgil why don't you post some pictures of Matthew? I'm sure he will be growing fast.

Great photos DANSBIRD and welcome to Litnet. :)

DANSBIRD

10-29-2010, 10:09 AM

Thanks for the information. Interesting that you have a Nikon D5000 because my pictures were taken with a Nikon D3000 but they were on automatic because I haven't got around to sorting out the manual capabilities of the camera yet.

I completely lucked out w/ the picture using the Nikon. I'm still quite a newb w/ the thing and don't know a whole lot about it.

He's a nice little chap. We've got a Jack Russel too.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=785&pictureid=6703

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=785&pictureid=6700

Good house dog. Assertive though...

Yours seems very friendly.

It's nice to drop by this thread. There are some really nice pictures from you all.

He's an awesome dog. There are some really nice pictures in here... I hope I don't ruin the thread by post whoring a few more pictures of my dog, but if I do, I apologize. :)

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/8166/dsc0106w.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2262/dsc041601.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4482/dsc044931.jpg

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/1726/dsc05675u1.jpg

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9179/dsc05676i1.jpg

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/8506/dsc04466thg.jpg

Virgil, Gilliatt thanks I'm glad you like the pictures.
Hey Virgil why don't you post some pictures of Matthew? I'm sure he will be growing fast.

Great photos DANSBIRD and welcome to Litnet. :)

Thank you, mam.

Virgil

10-29-2010, 09:11 PM

Hey Virgil why don't you post some pictures of Matthew? I'm sure he will be growing fast.

Snowqueen, I post so many in my blogs I don't post them in this thread. Check my blogs. I have possibly up to fifteen on Matthew since I first met him in Kazakhstan. Thank you for asking. :)

Great pictures Dansbird. I love dogs. And welcome! :)

stephofthenight

11-01-2010, 04:15 AM

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/Self/Austin.jpg

In Austin Tx taken with my phone, but still pretty

JuniperWoolf

11-01-2010, 03:23 PM

That's a pretty high quality picture for being taken with a phone. Must be a nice phone.

These are my pumpkins:
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp349/cellar_door17/Halloween017.jpg
Dave carved the scary one and I carved the scared one.

DANSBIRD

11-01-2010, 04:12 PM

HAHA! That's pretty good

Virgil

11-01-2010, 10:21 PM

Nice Steph.

That is excellent Juniper. Are those real candles inside?

Maryd.

11-01-2010, 10:30 PM

HAHA! That's pretty good

Oh dear, your dog is gorgeous. Fantastic photos. My favourite is the one sitting near the book. I love that face of - "Aren't I cute" look, they put on.

stephofthenight

11-02-2010, 01:01 AM

Juniper it's the Iphone3gs not sure what kind of mpx they have but its a decent phone. serves its purpose. Thanks everyone for the kind words. I thought it was pretty.

JuniperWoolf

11-02-2010, 01:07 AM

That is excellent Juniper. Are those real candles inside?

Yep, just a couple of tea lights.

Maximilianus

11-02-2010, 02:16 AM

Very nice pictures everyone. If this were a picture contest, I wouldn't know which one to choose.

@ Steph: I think the iPhone 3GS has a 3-megapixel camera.

billl

11-02-2010, 02:41 AM

The scared pumpkin is fantastic. It kind of ties Halloween in a knot.

DANSBIRD

11-02-2010, 09:27 AM

Oh dear, your dog is gorgeous. Fantastic photos. My favourite is the one sitting near the book. I love that face of - "Aren't I cute" look, they put on.

:) :) :) Thanks!

clguerra

11-02-2010, 09:30 AM

I took this photo about four years ago

http://th09.deviantart.net/fs12/PRE/i/2006/314/7/a/Crows_by_Mex_dragon.jpg

Veho

11-02-2010, 11:30 AM

The scared pumpkin is fantastic. It kind of ties Halloween in a knot.

I loved the scared pumpkin too!

Madhuri

11-06-2010, 04:58 AM

It was Diwali yesterday and I made a Rangoli:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/th_18.jpg (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/?action=view&current=18.jpg)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/th_17.jpg (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/?action=view&current=17.jpg)

Olga4real

11-07-2010, 03:56 PM

Niamh
Your photos are so bright and clear! I love colourful autumn pictures and your sunset!
Snowqueen
Your flowers with a butterfly bring smell of spring when I look at them!
Brian,
Thanks for sharing they brought back the memories of England, I love all of them especially the path in a park. And Milly a beautiful princess!
Themis
I would love to visit Dublin one day, very nice pictures!
AdoreroDio
Nice shot, I love it! Can you enlarge the picture?
DANSBIRD
What a nice night pictures, remind me on the time I spent in Cyprus! And your dog is a very nice creature, I would say he is adorable this word is already taken.
Revolte,
Are these things lamas? Yes they look as if they were posing for the camera.
stephofthenight
What a colours! Nice reflection!
JuniperWoolf
I like the lights in your pictures.
clguerra
I love those birds on the wires they look like a music sheet, and what sunset colour! I love your picture!
Madhuri
Can you tell me what Divali means?
Your rangoli design is just beautiful!

LitNetIsGreat

11-10-2010, 04:06 PM

A few photos of the strange statues on the cascade at Chatsworth from a couple of weeks ago. Weird things. Click on the image to make it bigger, I couldn't upload it fully because it was massive?

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/7886/s6300866.th.jpg (http://img529.imageshack.us/i/s6300866.jpg/)

Slide show if it:

http://img839.imageshack.us/slideshow/player.php?id=img839/2714/1289418044b3z.smil

My wonderful bread.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2074/s6300876.th.jpg (http://img263.imageshack.us/i/s6300876.jpg/)

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/9544/s6300877.th.jpg (http://img703.imageshack.us/i/s6300877.jpg/)

Or, if you prefer, the video/slideshow:

http://img72.imageshack.us/slideshow/player.php?id=img72/3125/12894183140co.smil

Amazing. :)

Gilliatt Gurgle

11-11-2010, 07:19 PM

I took this photo about four years ago

Great photo. Reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock's - "The Birds"
They look like Grackels

A few photos of the strange statues on the cascade at Chatsworth from a couple of weeks ago. Weird things. Click on the image to make it bigger, I couldn't upload it fully because it was massive?

My wonderful bread.

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/9544/s6300877.th.jpg (http://img703.imageshack.us/i/s6300877.jpg/)

Amazing.

The sculptures are unusual, but the bread had me drooling this morning.
Please describe the bread in the photo I reposted above.
Is that cheese on top?

Gilliatt

LitNetIsGreat

11-11-2010, 08:07 PM

The sculptures are unusual, but the bread had me drooling this morning.
Please describe the bread in the photo I reposted above.
Is that cheese on top?

Ha, ha, excellent Gilliatt, thanks for the positives on my bread, I'm like a proud parent. Yes the bread rolls have cheese on the top and a little cheese and onion inside - I thought I would make half a dozen of those. They tasted really good, especially warm fresh from the oven. I took one to work and they still tasted great the next day (my daughter had one for lunch too, with a little salad). When I got back they others had been eaten. I'm going to make some more at the weekend I think, maybe add a bit more cheese and perhaps have a few chives in there as well, we'll see.

I made some plain breadcakes (bread rolls, we call them breadcakes up north!) and they went down a treat as well, so yummy, slightly crisp on the outside, but nice fluffy on the inside, and fresh, so fresh.

My small loaves have been coming out beautifully as you can see, so rustic and perfect. However, I can't seem to crack the wholemeal at the moment, it is a lot heavier and harder to rise, but the white bread is so simple to do with the recipe I am using - why not have a go this weekend and have perfect bread? Only 10 minutes relaxing kneading required. I think I ranted about it and posted a link to it the other day, but here it is again:

http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/simple-white-loaf-recipe_p_1.html

Think I'm going to watch my bread video again before I go to bed. Just one more time...

JuniperWoolf

11-17-2010, 07:49 PM

It finally snowed today.

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp349/cellar_door17/Outside001.jpg

weltanschauung

11-18-2010, 10:10 AM

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs338.snc3/29519_443248042032_541527032_5525807_8187565_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs358.snc3/29519_443248052032_541527032_5525808_2793403_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs347.ash1/29519_443248062032_541527032_5525809_6103320_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs347.ash1/29519_443248067032_541527032_5525810_2069991_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs338.snc3/29519_443248082032_541527032_5525811_1060252_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs338.snc3/29519_443249717032_541527032_5525832_3108490_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs358.snc3/29519_443249722032_541527032_5525833_7321551_n.jpg
"ohai"

Niamh

11-21-2010, 06:12 PM

Niamh, that last silohuette is awesome! That green/red of the warning light makes the photo so interesting.
Thanks Virgil. :) That was my second photo of that shot. Love it. :)

Here is a recent picture I took when my roommate threw a log in the lake so I could take cool splash photos...

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x12/adorerodio/IMG_0235.jpg

Thats an amazing shot.

Paulclem

11-27-2010, 05:25 PM

It seems a little late now, but I took some pictures as I was walking around of the Autumn colours. It snowed last night as well.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1120.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1127.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1143.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1143_01.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1143_02.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P261110_0849.jpg

This is a view of Coventry from the West. You can just make out the Cathedral Spire. If I go to work on the bus, then this is my view. It's so flat in the distance it reminds me of the seaside.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1145.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1145_01.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1149.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1152.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1157.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1157_01.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P291010_1610.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281010_1621.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P291010_1610_01.jpg

Madhuri

11-29-2010, 10:36 AM

Madhuri
Can you tell me what Divali means?
Your rangoli design is just beautiful!

Diwali, is a festival of lights. It's a five day festival, where on the last day we burst crackers in the evening, prepare delicacies, make rangolis, light diya, etc. This rangoli is made using flowers and colours.

Gilliatt Gurgle

11-29-2010, 11:17 PM

Paulclem,

Wonderful colors. I suppose the trees are now covered in snow from the recent storm (?)
Is that your dog?

Thanks for sharing.

Gilliatt

Paulclem

11-30-2010, 06:30 PM

Paulclem,

Wonderful colors. I suppose the trees are now covered in snow from the recent storm (?)
Is that your dog?

Thanks for sharing.

Gilliatt

Hi Gilliatt and thanks.

Yes it's a bit snowy at the moment. That is my dog. I wrote a short piece about him here.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?b=10221

Snowqueen

12-03-2010, 11:03 AM

Thanks Olga it's so nice of you.

Great pictures Paulclem.

Here are few photos I took last year.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/tree.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/sunset1.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/sunset.jpg

Paulclem

12-03-2010, 07:13 PM

Nice pictures Snowqueen. Your one with the birds on a branch is very good. It's the kind of pic I'd like to draw or paint - though I don't draw or paint at the moment. (One day I might go to a class).

JuniperWoolf

12-03-2010, 07:44 PM

Nice ones, Snowqueen. I've never seen colors like that in the sky.

Snowqueen

12-07-2010, 02:35 AM

Nice ones, Snowqueen. I've never seen colors like that in the sky.

Thank you so much for admiring the pictures. I like to capture the different colours of sky.:)

Nice pictures Snowqueen. Your one with the birds on a branch is very good. It's the kind of pic I'd like to draw or paint - though I don't draw or paint at the moment. (One day I might go to a class).

Thanks for posting such a lovely comment. Why don't you draw it? Let it be your first drawing lesson. :smilewinkgrin:

Paulclem

12-07-2010, 06:16 PM

Thanks for posting such a lovely comment. Why don't you draw it? Let it be your first drawing lesson. :smilewinkgrin:

I have no skills - alas - and no time yet to go and develop any. I will though - in time.

I have taken a few photos of uthe recent foggy, and freezing fog conditions. The tree I took today outside one of our centres where we were congregating for a meeting. The ones in the dark were taken over the last couple of nights. I used my phone to take them - it's great having a camera always on hand to capture interesting stuff. The frost was covering the trees, and has stayed all day today. Looks great.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P061210_2153.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P061210_2152_01.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P061210_2152.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P061210_1604_01.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P071210_1010_01.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P191110_1135.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P191110_1134.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P061210_2207.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

12-08-2010, 05:47 PM

Paul,

You must have shifted or otherwise altered your images. All I see is the following ("This image or video has been moved or deleted"):

...I have taken a few photos of uthe recent foggy, and freezing fog conditions. The tree I took today outside one of our centres where we were congregating for a meeting. The ones in the dark were taken over the last couple of nights. I used my phone to take them - it's great having a camera always on hand to capture interesting stuff. The frost was covering the trees, and has stayed all day today. Looks great.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P061210_2153.jpg

weltanschauung

12-08-2010, 06:09 PM

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/facist_jockitch/n8tur/7d5ff572.jpg
"beijo" <3

Paulclem

12-08-2010, 07:04 PM

Paul,

You must have shifted or otherwise altered your images. All I see is the following ("This image or video has been moved or deleted"):

I don't know why it's done that. :shocked:

I'll try again.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/Winter%202010/P071210_1010.jpg

Paulclem

12-08-2010, 07:05 PM

I took this one at night. It was frosty.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/Winter%202010/P061210_2153.jpg

Paulclem

12-08-2010, 07:06 PM

It was foggy on this day.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/Winter%202010/P191110_1135.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

12-08-2010, 07:25 PM

The high contrast is interesting. Looks like late afternoon or early morning.
Do you know what type of flower that is? Looks similar to "Rose of Sharon".

----------------

It was foggy on this day.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/Winter%202010/P191110_1135.jpg

That's better !
"Foggy on this day" is fantastic, particulary the view down the road.

.

Paulclem

12-08-2010, 08:25 PM

Thanks Gilliat.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/Winter%202010/P061210_1604_01.jpg

papayahed

12-08-2010, 08:47 PM

I took this a few days ago on my way to work.

It was much better in person.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/2724/1109100702.jpg (http://img338.imageshack.us/i/1109100702.jpg/)

Paulclem

12-09-2010, 06:14 AM

I took this a few days ago on my way to work.

It was much better in person.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/2724/1109100702.jpg (http://img338.imageshack.us/i/1109100702.jpg/)

I know what you mean - I use my phone, but it makes everything that much further away. I've never got into photography with cameras, but the phone's always there.

weltanschauung

12-09-2010, 09:05 AM

The high contrast is interesting. Looks like late afternoon or early morning.
Do you know what type of flower that is? Looks similar to "Rose of Sharon".
.

its called "beijo" (kiss)

Paulclem

12-09-2010, 06:20 PM

Nice picture Weltan.

weltanschauung

12-09-2010, 06:50 PM

thanks mang, check this one out

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/facist_jockitch/n8tur/Imagem003-7.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/facist_jockitch/n8tur/Imagem001-9.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/facist_jockitch/n8tur/Imagem002-11.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/facist_jockitch/n8tur/asldkfjal.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/facist_jockitch/n8tur/ksjdhf.jpg

it was right after a dust storm, dont ask how, i have no idea.

Paulclem

12-09-2010, 07:52 PM

Great colours

weltanschauung

12-09-2010, 07:57 PM

the colours are always in the eyes of the observers :)

Paulclem

12-09-2010, 08:01 PM

How do you know?:D

Preference might be in the eye of the observer - can we say colours though?

weltanschauung

12-09-2010, 08:03 PM

youre right, i dont know. in any ways, nice colors.
:)

Paulclem

12-09-2010, 08:17 PM

Agreed!

Snowqueen

12-15-2010, 11:33 AM

Ladybird and a berry.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/LadyBirdandBerry.jpg

I took it with my father's camera.

Emil Miller

12-15-2010, 01:01 PM

Ladybird and a berry.

I took it with my father's camera.

That's a great picture, could you say what type of camera it is?

faithosaurus

12-15-2010, 09:59 PM

That picture is super cool!

Here's a picture of the sun setting on Lake Michigan:

http://i52.tinypic.com/1059tzn.jpg

BienvenuJDC

12-15-2010, 10:19 PM

Wow...the pinks and blues are blended so perfectly....

JuniperWoolf

12-22-2010, 12:59 AM

Some fall pictures of the Canadian Rockies. Better late than never, right? I kind of alltogether missed Summer. Ah, well.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=876&pictureid=8395

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=876&pictureid=8397

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=876&pictureid=8396
I don't know what that rock structure is supposed to be, some witchy folk from town must've made it. Maybe our descendants will discover it in a thousand years and it'll be the future's stonehenge.

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=876&pictureid=8398

Madhuri

12-22-2010, 01:18 PM

Some pictures I took last weekend on a trip to Pondicherry

A chandelier in a church:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P131.jpg

A statue:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P15.jpg

An elephant outside Ganesha temple:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P10.jpg

Cute kittens:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P121.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P120.jpg

A fisherman with his catch - a snake:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P110.jpg

Sea shells:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P109.jpg

A house on the beach:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P87.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P86.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P85.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P84.jpg

People on bullock-carts:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P80.jpg

In the sea:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P60.jpg

Gandhi beach:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/P61.jpg

weltanschauung

12-28-2010, 06:13 PM

i've been playing again with photoshop:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs771.ash1/166114_10150127654952033_541527032_7585837_1846268 _n.jpghttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1376.snc4/164824_10150127657437033_541527032_7585886_8086504 _n.jpghttp://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs023.snc6/165381_10150127660127033_541527032_7585926_2137045 _n.jpg

and an old fav:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs035.snc6/166512_10150127222777033_541527032_7577017_8135124 _n.jpg
it comes with a caption:
'He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision—he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath—"The horror! The horror!" '

still:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1379.snc4/163117_10150127638677033_541527032_7585672_4581682 _n.jpg

prendrelemick

12-29-2010, 05:05 PM

great stuff weltanschauung.

sithkittie

12-30-2010, 04:38 AM

I remember the first time I got to see the sun set over the water at Lake Michigan. It was beautiful! I love all of the pictures here.

I went to Miyajima Island this week and managed to snap a picture of the sunset over the islands, so I thought I'd contribute to this thread. :)

http://pics.livejournal.com/sithkittie/pic/0016tgsa/s320x320

ClaesGefvenberg

12-30-2010, 03:11 PM

Ok, I have been off this thread for long enough (Things have been a bit hectic). Anyway... This batch is a bit different from what I usually post: It is from a Rock Band Competition (!) among the companies in town. Each participating company sets up a band from among its staff and... Well, it usually amounts to a great party. Some people have been seen holding their heads afterwards, but still grinning:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5185.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5214.jpg
Getting started. This bloke happens to be from the head office.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5220.jpg
Dramatic pose... (He even got up afterwards). :D

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5232.jpg
The crowd goes wild....

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5247.jpg
Some get wilder than most...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5248.jpg
More, more....

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5251.jpg
Final effort...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5253.jpg
Done....

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5256.jpg
After the gig...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5298.jpg
Waiting for the judges decision... and look who has lost his wig.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5283.jpg
Ooopsss! The paparazzo of the evening caught with his own camera... :D

/Claes

weltanschauung

12-30-2010, 04:03 PM

^^^^ superb!

Maximilianus

12-30-2010, 11:02 PM

This thread is quite inspiring, in many pictorial ways :nod:

Snowqueen

01-03-2011, 11:55 AM

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/F-rock%20Eskilstuna%202010%20-%20Company%20Rock/IMG_5283.jpg
Ooopsss! The paparazzo of the evening caught with his own camera... :D

/Claes

Haha ......It seems you had a great time. And did you guys win the competition?

Hyacinthine

01-03-2011, 12:15 PM

Here are a few, some I took on my cell camera and used some apps to edit, and some I took on my DSLR. The one of the child is my daughter.

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/247/7/8/geometry_of_windows_by_lexdiana-d2xzcvs.jpg

http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/247/7/9/think_for_yourself__by_lexdiana-d2xzcl8.jpg

http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2010/239/4/2/bee_by_lexdiana-d2xeua1.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/163/d/e/de1c8aa011887684b9de0188ec519499.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/167/5/c/Sunglasses_by_LexDiana.jpg

ClaesGefvenberg

01-03-2011, 03:09 PM

Haha ......It seems you had a great time. And did you guys win the competition?Yep, we did have a good time, and even though some were holding their heads next day, they were still grinning :D

No we did not win, but 2nd is not half bad, is it?

/Claes

Gilliatt Gurgle

01-04-2011, 12:24 AM

Here are a few, some I took on my cell camera and used some apps to edit, and some I took on my DSLR. The one of the child is my daughter.

Very nice and your daughter is a gem.

Yep, we did have a good time, and even though some were holding their heads next day, they were still grinning :D

No we did not win, but 2nd is not half bad, is it?

/Claes

You are a brave man!
But what else can you do when you are snowed in for better part of a year!

.

qimissung

01-17-2011, 01:17 PM

Love your pictures, Faith, Madhuri, Juniper, Snowqueen, Claes and Hyacinthine. You are all observant and have a good eye.

Snowqueen

01-18-2011, 12:13 PM

No we did not win, but 2nd is not half bad, is it?

Oh! It's not bad at all Claes. :thumbsup:

Thanks Qimi , and here are some other pictures.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Mist/4.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Mist/2.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Mist/6.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Mist/7.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Mist/14.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Mist/13.jpg

Tallon

01-18-2011, 12:31 PM

At my friend's house in New Zealand, my camera sucks and doesn't really capture how amazing it really is there.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k252/rizz0therat/DSCN2295.jpg

qimissung

01-19-2011, 08:36 AM

How beautiful and eerie, Snowqueen! You're right, Tallon, gorgeous!

Gilliatt Gurgle

01-20-2011, 12:14 AM

Great photos Snowqueen. The sequence of photos seems to match your signiture; the woods and a lake.

Talon, that is beautiful. Looks like your camera is just fine and the shot is composed well.

Thanks for sharing

Snowqueen

01-21-2011, 01:54 PM

How beautiful and eerie, Snowqueen! You're right, Tallon, gorgeous!

Oh! Thanks for your lovely comments Qimi.

Great photos Snowqueen. The sequence of photos seems to match your signiture; the woods and a lake.
Thanks for sharing

Thank you Gilliatt, I didn't notice it until you pointed it out to me. I must say you are a good observer.
I'm glad I shared it with you guys.

Great picture Tallon! New Zealand seems to be a wonderful country.

Tallon

01-21-2011, 11:50 PM

Thanks guys, it's a shame that i lived in NZ for two years and didn't take many pictures because i had a terrible camera which tended to run out of batteries after every photo taken. Heres a few more from around Christchurch, which get wonderful and strange sunsets which seem to turn the whole air orange.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k252/rizz0therat/DSCN2133.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k252/rizz0therat/DSCN2141.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k252/rizz0therat/DSCN2492.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k252/rizz0therat/DSCN2496.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k252/rizz0therat/DSCN2502.jpg

Paulclem

01-25-2011, 08:27 PM

There's always brilliant pictures to look at here.

Here are a few I took over the christmas holidays with my phone.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P191210_1729.jpg

Paulclem

01-25-2011, 08:28 PM

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/Sunset1.jpg

Paulclem

01-25-2011, 08:28 PM

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P210111_1648.jpg

Paulclem

01-25-2011, 08:29 PM

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P210111_1650.jpg

Paulclem

01-25-2011, 08:30 PM

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/BeserkerBarry_01.jpg

This is my neighbour Barry - he's a very nice chap.

Paulclem

01-25-2011, 08:31 PM

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P291210_1115.jpg

The red of the letter box seems to add a hint of danger.

Paulclem

01-25-2011, 08:32 PM

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P281210_2009_01.jpg

Paulclem

01-25-2011, 08:33 PM

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P181210_1641_01.jpg

Paulclem

01-25-2011, 08:34 PM

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/Winter%202010-11/P181210_1640-1.jpg

Paulclem

01-25-2011, 08:35 PM

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P291210_1630.jpg

Paulclem

01-25-2011, 08:37 PM

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/P210111_1650_01.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

01-25-2011, 09:26 PM

Paul,
Nice shots and kind of eerie.

"Nice chap" ? I'll take your word for it, but I would honestly feel a bit uneasy if I were to see him coming down that sidewalk.

.

Paulclem

01-26-2011, 03:02 AM

Paul,
Nice shots and kind of eerie.

"Nice chap" ? I'll take your word for it, but I would honestly feel a bit uneasy if I were to see him coming down that sidewalk.

.

Yes eery. but he was out walking his very riendly black labrador dog which can't be seen. His hat doesn't help.

JuniperWoolf

01-26-2011, 02:56 PM

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/paulclem1/BeserkerBarry_01.jpg

This is my neighbour Barry - he's a very nice chap.

He looks like a nice chap.

...wait, did I say "nice chap?" I meant "serial killer." :p

Paulclem

01-26-2011, 07:01 PM

He looks like a nice chap.

...wait, did I say "nice chap?" I meant "serial killer." :p

Ha ha. He really is a nice chap. A more unserial killery type of bloke you couldn't wish to meet. He is called Barry after all. He often goes and stays in his caravan with his wife and their dog Lucy in Skegness.

I don't think they get many murders over that way in Lincolnshire because it's fairly empty....unless of course they've yet to find the bodies...........

MystyrMystyry

01-29-2011, 05:21 AM

This is a picture of a Grand Piano I took in Miami

Olga4real

01-29-2011, 07:35 AM

I see that wonderful pictures were posted here since my last visit. I love them all!

Now I would like to share some pictures taken in Sarajevo during my last vacation.
Latin bridge:
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1693&stc=1&d=1296301772
daytime

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1695&d=1296301756
and at night.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1694&d=1296301735

Olga4real

01-29-2011, 08:18 AM

Some pictures of Bosna springs:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1704&stc=1&d=1296333425

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1705&stc=1&d=1296333453

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1706&stc=1&d=1296333517

http://http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1707&stc=1&d=1296333570

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1708&stc=1&d=1296333620

Olga4real

01-29-2011, 08:22 AM

One more:
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1703&stc=1&d=1296303726

farnoosh

01-29-2011, 10:56 AM

Olga4real

01-29-2011, 04:53 PM

Olga I loved the last one, makes me feel relaxed somehow..where is the location exactly? is it your hometown or did you take a vacation there?....this place is definitly going in my must-go-to list!:)

Farnoosh, all the pictures I posted today were taken in Bosnia close to Sarajevo, where 1984 Winter Olympic games were taken. Although I spent only 4 days there, I have unforgettable memories of the city. I think if you go there you will like it also. The mixture of religions and cultures (Islamic and Christian) makes the city exotic, plus history. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 took place close to Latin bridge, you can see in one of the pictures.

Gilliatt Gurgle

01-30-2011, 11:20 AM

.
Nice photos Olga. I particularly enjoy the one looking up through the canopy of the trees.
Since we are on a winterscape theme, I have a few here from Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford Illinois:

The "Ancient Scholar" -

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Anderson%20Japanese%20Gardens-Rockford%20Illinois/IMGP1060.jpg

Tea House Rhythm -

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Anderson%20Japanese%20Gardens-Rockford%20Illinois/IMGP1066.jpg

Entry Gate -

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Anderson%20Japanese%20Gardens-Rockford%20Illinois/IMGP1053.jpg

Lantern near entry gate -

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Anderson%20Japanese%20Gardens-Rockford%20Illinois/IMGP1059.jpg

.

Olga4real

01-30-2011, 11:47 AM

.
Nice photos Olga. I particularly enjoy the one looking up through the canopy of the trees.

Gilliatt it's my favourite too!

I love your beautiful delightful shuts! Especially the entrance of the garden with your shadow (is it?)

Snowqueen

01-30-2011, 01:43 PM

Olga and Gilliatt, I loved your pictures (being a Snowqueen).

Thanks for sharing.

Snowqueen

02-05-2011, 02:21 AM

Some recent pictures of my nieces, when they were having good time at our place.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Shinu.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Bushy.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Shinu2.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Bushy2.jpg

Janine

02-05-2011, 04:12 PM

Ahhhh...adorable. I want to give them both a hug. They are both so pretty. I love the ones around the tree but the individual ones are such good portraits; and kids are not easy to take. Wow, your new camera shoots a beautiful clear photo. What kind of camera is it? Bushy sure has the long eye-lashes and big eyes and Shinu has such sparkly eyes. They are both so pretty in their own individual way. I love the last one with Bushy and Frosty. Brooke has a Frosty, too. I love to hear her say the word 'Frosty' - sounds so cute.

Janine

02-05-2011, 04:34 PM

Fantastic photos, everyone! I love the snow photos....if it would be sunny here for once instead of straight drear I might be able to get some decent snow photos this week.

I wanted to post these two videos of my granddaughter, Brooke, reading to herself....and me, of course....I was on the phone to my mother when I caught her curled up on the sofa reading her own books. I thought that was pretty good since she's only 2 1/2; but very imaginative.

http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke/?action=view&current=MVI_0613.mp4

http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke/?action=view&current=MVI_0614.mp4

I love listening to little kids voices. Here interpretation of the stories are quite unique. I think we have a reader here and future member of Litnet! haha....

qimissung

02-05-2011, 05:58 PM

Olga4real

02-06-2011, 04:41 AM

Olga, all your pictures are beautiful, but I think I like the one with the tree with the red-what-flowers, buds, berries? on it best. I would like to try to paint that someday, if I could. It's probably beyond me at the moment. I also like the one with the swans. So pretty.

Your little nieces are adorable, Snowqueen. Still little, with that sweet insouciance that only little kids can pull off. Loved the movie of Brooke, Janine! I adore small children. That was fun!

Qimissung thank you, that picture is one of my favourite as well, I am learning to paint also :-) I've had some experiences with water colour but now I am learning acrylic painting and the techniques is not so complicated.

I agree with you that Snowqueen's nieces are sweet and beautiful!

Watched the video also and enjoyed it so much! Thank you Jannie!

Snowqueen

02-06-2011, 10:01 AM

Janine

02-06-2011, 08:21 PM

Oh thanks for the lovely comments Olga! I'm gald you liked my nieces.

Thank you Qimi! It always gives me pleasure to share my pictures with friends like you.

Hey Janine I loved the videos. Brooke started the story saying " ever ever after". :lol: It seems you really had a wonderful time with her.

Thanks for watching, Snowqueen, I know it takes patience and those two were long but I could not cut them very well without losing something. I liked her version of the stories....haha...ever ever after...and at the beginning...you are right...how funny! When I first noticed her reading she was running her fingers down the lines starting at the bottom...hey, maybe she is Chinese....but actually don't the Chinese read from right to left, not bottom to top.

Thank you all for you comments. I love sharing, like SQ said, with such good friends.

Did someone make Frosty for Bushy? It is so cute.

Snowqueen

02-09-2011, 04:33 AM

Thanks for watching, Snowqueen, I know it takes patience and those two were long but I could not cut them very well without losing something. I liked her version of the stories....haha...ever ever after...and at the beginning...you are right...how funny! When I first noticed her reading she was running her fingers down the lines starting at the bottom...hey, maybe she is Chinese....but actually don't the Chinese read from right to left, not bottom to top.

Thank you all for you comments. I love sharing, like SQ said, with such good friends.

Did someone make Frosty for Bushy? It is so cute.

Oh yes it's funny indeed, and so I loved it. I also enjoyed Brooke's dance. She is a charming entertainer isn't she?

This little Frosty is a gift from her aunt. And thanks for all the compliments Janine.

Basil

02-20-2011, 11:13 PM

Purty day out here in Californy.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=52&pictureid=8659 http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=52&pictureid=8660
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=52&pictureid=8661 http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=52&pictureid=8662

Snowqueen

02-22-2011, 09:39 AM

These are pretty amazing views Basil. Thanks for sharing.

Olga4real

02-25-2011, 07:09 AM

I love your pictures Basil! The water is my element, as I am a scorpion. But water of the sea or ocean makes my heart beat faster. I just couldn't resist temptation to post my painting here. I painted it after a picture I took somewhere in Malta.
Here it is:
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1733&stc=1&d=1298632113

YesNo

02-25-2011, 09:57 AM

Nice painting, Olga4real. I liked the darkness in the sky and the sharpness of the colors. It made it look like rough weather.

Olga4real

02-26-2011, 10:35 AM

Nice painting, Olga4real. I liked the darkness in the sky and the sharpness of the colors. It made it look like rough weather.

Thank you, Yes, (I prefer to call you Yes, if you don't mind) for nice words. It's too kind of you. This are my first steps in painting acrylic paint, I had tried watercolour, but never tried acrylic or oil paint. I posted it here just because the first picture of Basil seem to reflect the same mood.

qimissung

03-02-2011, 12:11 PM

Olga4real

03-03-2011, 04:21 AM

Olga, that is just beautiful! I paint a little, too. If I can ever figure out how to post them, I would love to share them. Basil, those pictures are sublimely beautiful. I love the ocean, though I live inland.

Qimmi, it's simple I just scanned it, since the size of the picture allowed it. What kind of paints do you use? Watercolour, acrylic, oil? Honestly, I am better at graphics.

qimissung

03-05-2011, 08:39 PM

I do watercolors, Olga. Mostly flowers. You are more advanced than I am. I'd like to take a few lessons. Maybe this summer.

faithosaurus

03-06-2011, 01:01 AM

I took this while at work. Thought it looked pretty cool.

http://i53.tinypic.com/20gem90.jpg

MystyrMystyry

03-06-2011, 04:15 AM

Interesting image faithosaurus

I like the way you've framed it, with a lot of dark foreground to really set the sky on fire - it looks sort of science fiction too: those lights have a quality like a landing site or secret research laboratory

I like it :)

Olga4real

03-06-2011, 09:31 AM

I do watercolors, Olga. Mostly flowers. You are more advanced than I am. I'd like to take a few lessons. Maybe this summer.

Quimi until you find a teacher in Summer I suggest you to watch some videos you can find on the net. Here is some of them I found for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-P21p0cp2Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTklWetOt7k

I just love watching them, better than a movie. I hope you like them as well.

qimissung

03-06-2011, 09:42 PM

Thank you, Olga. I've watched the first one already. Actually I have done that, and I have a rally good book, too, that I found.

Here is a favorite painting of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhoFI-bRrrI&feature=fvsr

and a watercolor scene. I've gotten paint from this guy's online catalog. They're pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTyXvfadoA0&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

There's also the matter of talent, Olga. It's entirely possible that you are more talented. :D Today I painted a scene, very simple of a brick wall, a fence and some trees. I put two pictures together. It turned out pretty well. I'm pleased anyway.

qimissung

03-06-2011, 09:43 PM

That is a pretty picture, faithosaurus. Did you take that with a camera?

faithosaurus

03-06-2011, 11:02 PM

I took it with my phone, haha. I was being naughty and took it on the job.

Basil

03-08-2011, 01:39 AM

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq298/Mr-Sack/IMG_01883.jpg

JuniperWoolf

03-09-2011, 01:57 AM

Well, I'm jealous.

Olga4real

03-14-2011, 11:59 AM

Faithosaurus your picture is very impressive and picture of Basil is just monumental, both are beautiful.
Thank you Quimmi! I watched both of links you sent and loved the lessons of Cheap Joe. Inspired I already painted some pictures, I mean practised. Can't wait for you to post some of your pictures. I found two artist I liked very much Joseph Zbukovic and Dusan Djukaric. I am curious if you like them also.

Themis

03-15-2011, 03:15 PM

View of Vienna and the Danube from the Leopoldsberg (Leopold's Hill).
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2011-03-13um205138.png
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2011-03-13um205256.png
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2011-03-13um205355.png

Paulclem

03-15-2011, 07:26 PM

Nice pictures Themis. I liked Vienna.

Snowqueen

03-20-2011, 12:07 PM

Beautiful pictures Themis.

Here are some signs of spring.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Roses2.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/rose-4.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Rose1-1.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/roseb.jpg

JuniperWoolf

03-22-2011, 03:01 AM

That's so pretty. We're in melting season in Canada, it's disgusting and muddy.

Snowqueen

03-25-2011, 11:45 AM

That's so pretty. We're in melting season in Canada, it's disgusting and muddy.

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? :)

Thanks for noticing JuniperWoolf. :)

Gilliatt Gurgle

03-25-2011, 09:12 PM

Beautiful pictures Themis.

Here are some signs of spring.
...

I can almost smell them through the lap top.
Beautiful.
Thanks for sharing.

Gg

Snowqueen

03-26-2011, 03:44 AM

I can almost smell them through the lap top.
Beautiful.
Thanks for sharing.

Gg

Oh really! Thanks Gilliatt.:)

Gilliatt Gurgle

03-26-2011, 05:01 PM

A few pics from a recent cruise through the Western Carribean:

The Ellissa at the port of Galveston Texas taken while waiting to set sail. (No, we didn't sail on the Elissa though I wish we could have) :

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Vacation%20March%202011/IMGP1338.jpg

Montego Bay, Jamaica:

(I made several attempts to reduce this one. Maybe it will be fine once posted)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Vacation%20March%202011/IMGP1390NR.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Vacation%20March%202011/IMGP1361NR.jpg

Grand Cayman Islands:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Vacation%20March%202011/IMGP1409NR.jpg

Nobach Mul pyramid Coba Mayan site

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Vacation%20March%202011/IMGP1434NR-1.jpg

One side of ball court at Coba Mayan site

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Vacation%20March%202011/IMGP1438.jpg

Gilliatt

Paulclem

03-26-2011, 07:31 PM

Superb pictures Gilliatt. The roses are great Snowqueen.

I'm off to the allotment tomorrow. I should have some good pictures of... mud.

papayahed

03-28-2011, 03:04 PM

Nice pictures at Coba. The last time I was there they had stopped excavating because they ran out of money. I remember they had started refurbishing the front side of one pyramid but the back side was left untouched. (I yanked a small piece of rock off the backside - it's one of my favorite possessions.)

Gilliatt Gurgle

03-28-2011, 10:53 PM

Thanks for taking a look Paul.

Nice pictures at Coba. The last time I was there they had stopped excavating because they ran out of money. I remember they had started refurbishing the front side of one pyramid but the back side was left untouched. (I yanked a small piece of rock off the backside - it's one of my favorite possessions.)

Thanks.
Based on your comments, I'd say no further progress has bee accomplished. Three sides of the Pyramid remain coverd with soil and vegetation and we passed a few mounds along the trail that have not been restored either. Still, there were quite a few structures that have been restored that made the trek well worth the effort.

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qimissung

03-28-2011, 11:20 PM

I'm glad you liked CheapJoe's lesson, Olga. And everyone's pictures are wonderful. Snowqueen, very Georgia O'Keefe of you. Themis, I would just love to visit Austria again. It is such a beautiful country. And Gilliatt, I guess your feelin' pretty good after getting out of Illinois, or wherever it was you were banished to for the winter. I am jealous. Montego Bay. Sigh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYYiaZcuEuk

Themis

03-29-2011, 03:49 PM

@Snowqueen: Such beautiful roses!

@Gilliat Gurgle: Great pictures. Especially the one with the Mayan temple.

@quimissung: I hope you do. We have many treasures here. ;)

MarkBastable

03-29-2011, 03:56 PM

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq193/markbastable/September2009smallEdwardian.jpg

qimissung

03-29-2011, 05:25 PM

Your daughters are beautiful! And what a fun picture.

Snowqueen

04-13-2011, 12:17 PM

Paulclem, Themis, qimi thanks for the compliments.

Great pictures Gilliatt, I wish I could visit those beautiful places.

MarkBastable you have cute daughters, are they twins?

Paulclem

04-13-2011, 03:57 PM

Great picture Mark. Two cute kids you've got there.

Pensive

04-15-2011, 07:27 AM

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq193/markbastable/September2009smallEdwardian.jpg

Pretty girls! :)

The Comedian

04-15-2011, 12:35 PM

totally bewitching, Mark.

MarkBastable

04-19-2011, 07:13 AM

Thanks, all.

Snowqueen - no, they're very alike, but there's nearly two years between them.

Gilliatt Gurgle

04-24-2011, 11:38 AM

yuka

04-25-2011, 03:27 AM

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq193/markbastable/September2009smallEdwardian.jpg

O, so beautiful! if only I have a girl !

Emil Miller

04-26-2011, 03:48 PM

Sitting in the garden, I noticed this cloud formation and thought it might make an unusual picture.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6341/dsc0382lu.jpg

Kafka's Crow

04-30-2011, 05:45 AM

Went to South Cornwall the previous week and stayed on Goonhilly Downs. Absoulutely beautiful place:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Polpidnic%20Farm/IMG_1280.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Polpidnic%20Farm/IMG_1305.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Polpidnic%20Farm/IMG_1317.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Polpidnic%20Farm/IMG_1326.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Polpidnic%20Farm/IMG_1364.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Polpidnic%20Farm/IMG_1415.jpg

Max absolutely loved Hayle Beach. Godrevy Lighthose in the background (top left), inspiration for Virginia Wolfe's To the Lighthouse:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Polpidnic%20Farm/IMG_1457.jpg

Searching for Daphne de Maurier's 'Frenchman's Creek'. These bluebells look lovely in the wild as Maxim explains in Rebecca:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Polpidnic%20Farm/IMG_1421.jpg

Au revoir:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Polpidnic%20Farm/IMG_1432.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-01-2011, 05:36 PM

Sitting in the garden, I noticed this cloud formation and thought it might make an unusual picture.

Aha, so you do get sun. Unusual is right and interesting composition with the plants in the foreground.

Went to South Cornwall the previous week and stayed on Goonhilly Downs. Absoulutely beautiful place:

It is beautiful based on what you have shared. Thanks

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Emil Miller

05-01-2011, 06:22 PM

Aha, so you do get sun. Unusual is right and interesting composition with the plants in the foreground.

Thank's Gilliatt, I have been somewhat removed from the photography front recently, but now I've found some extra time to look at what my camera (actually it's really a computer with a lens attached) can do. Despite, or perhaps because of the wizardry, there is an element of charlatanry ( which is the curse of our age) that enables us to gerrymander our photos rather than rely on our individual skill to get acceptable results. So that taking pictures becomes secondary to getting a shot that can be altered according to requirements. The picture I have posted was taken with the camera set at Auto against some budding rose bushes, whereas in the past, I would have had to arrange the settings for myself.

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-02-2011, 10:28 PM

...Despite, or perhaps because of the wizardry, there is an element of charlatanry ( which is the curse of our age) that enables us to gerrymander our photos rather than rely on our individual skill to get acceptable results. So that taking pictures becomes secondary to getting a shot that can be altered according to requirements...

You are preaching to the choir. I gain more satisfaction out of a photograph that was composed prior to snapping the shutter. I have toyed with the digital filters, but even then I feel some guilt to the point that I attach the old manual lenses so I can use the physical screw on filters.

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yuka

05-04-2011, 10:08 AM

http://s15.sinaimg.cn/middle/4db2c8edha1b9598c66fe&690

Janine

05-04-2011, 02:50 PM

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Haven't checked in for some time. Mark, your girls look wonderful !!

Let's call this "Scans Taken by You"
I'll borrow this thread to send out my 104 year old happy Easter message. Something from my stamp / postcard collection:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/EasterPostcardFront.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/EasterPostcardBack.jpg

Gilliatt, Love this postcard, too. I collect these types. I have some old ones from my grandmother's house. I should photograph some to show you sometime when I have the time. Right now I am too busy. Glad you showed the addressed side. It is so interesting.

Janine

05-04-2011, 03:01 PM

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq193/markbastable/September2009smallEdwardian.jpg

Mark, your daughters are the sweetest little witches I have ever seen. They are both beautiful girls. I love the photo. It is precious.

Emil Miller

05-06-2011, 02:49 PM

Some digital pictures taken at random around the house and garden:

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/6404/dsc0439z.jpg

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/1169/dsc0525of.jpg

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/5492/dsc0520rn.jpg

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/8828/csc0028r.jpg

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/4366/dsc0529nw.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7935/csc0434.jpg

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/2213/dsc0527r.jpg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/255/dsc0285y.jpg

Paulclem

05-06-2011, 06:01 PM

Nice pictures Emil. The cats are nice, and hasn't the blossom been great this year.

qimissung

05-06-2011, 11:45 PM

The cats are nice. I recognize Milly. Is the fine looking tabby yours also?

Maryd.

05-07-2011, 12:08 AM

Sorry messed up this reply

Maryd.

05-07-2011, 12:09 AM

I keep messing up these replies...

Nice rose emil... :)

Psyche Zenobia

05-07-2011, 03:25 AM

Breathtakingly beautiful! That water looks so serene

Emil Miller

05-07-2011, 08:54 AM

The cats are nice. I recognize Milly. Is the fine looking tabby yours also?

No qimissung, he belongs to a neighbour. He often comes into the garden, which upsets Milly but she's getting used to it

I keep messing up these replies...

Nice rose emil... :)

Thank's Mary, they are just starting to come out now. Last year there was a spectacular display in the garden and I hope to take some more pictures of roses later as they are my favourite flower.

Nice pictures Emil. The cats are nice, and hasn't the blossom been great this year.

I agree Paul, it's always a treat to see blossom but it's a pity that it lasts for such a short time before it's blown all over the place.

Maryd.

05-07-2011, 08:59 AM

Thank's Mary, they are just starting to come out now. Last year there was a spectacular display in the garden and I hope to take some more pictures of roses later as they are my favourite fllower

Oh do post some more photos when they blossom. Would love to see the array of colours. I am a grand lover of the rose. It's also my favourite flower. :)

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-08-2011, 08:51 AM

Some digital pictures taken at random around the house and garden:
.....

Nice photos Emil.
What type is the stunted, bonzai plant? Looks like a dwarf citrus of some kind.
I particularly enjoy the still life table arrangement.

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Emil Miller

05-08-2011, 09:52 AM

Nice photos Emil.
What type is the stunted, bonzai plant? Looks like a dwarf citrus of some kind.
I particularly enjoy the still life table arrangement.

I've had the tree for a few years now and there hasn't been any sign of fruit but I don't know the actual variety. I usually sit out in the garden and read the paper and drink something when the weather's fine. Hence the 'still life.'

kittypaws

05-09-2011, 12:03 AM

New to this thread...but glad I found it! Love photos....a way to capture a moment that will never happen again ~ priceless.

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/2011%20spring%20has%20arrived/P4030023.jpg

the beginning of spring in my yard.

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/2011%20spring%20has%20arrived/P4030031.jpg

Any guesses what this is??

And one more...daffs in the moon light after an evening rain.

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/2011%20spring%20has%20arrived/P4090014.jpg

kittypaws

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-22-2011, 02:48 PM

Kittypaws,

The first one looks like Hyacinth (?) and the second one looks like sprouts from a Chia Pet or something inside a terrium. Nice.

Speaking of spring, two of my cactus plants bloomed, so i thought I would share a few pictures:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/Cactuscropped.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/IMGP1670.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/IMGP1640cropped.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/IMGP1694.jpg

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Propter W.

05-22-2011, 03:11 PM

What kind of cactus is the red one?

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-23-2011, 07:37 AM

What kind of cactus is the red one?

I had to do a little research beginning with a 1947 copy of “Cacti for the Amateur” by Scott E. Haselton, where I found the genus; Gymnocalycium and from the internet I found what I believe to be the species; Mihanovichii.

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Propter W.

05-24-2011, 03:40 PM

I had to do a little research beginning with a 1947 copy of “Cacti for the Amateur” by Scott E. Haselton, where I found the genus; Gymnocalycium and from the internet I found what I believe to be the species; Mihanovichii.

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Thank you.

kittypaws

05-24-2011, 10:15 PM

Gilliatt Gurgle wrote.... The first one looks like Hyacinth (?) and the second one looks like sprouts from a Chia Pet or something inside a terrium.

Yes! the first is a Hyacinth and the second...well you are close. It is moss grass growing wild along side the waterfall in my pond.

Your Cati are great too!
My seasons here range from bitter cold to sultry hot and in the summer all of my Cati keep company out on the deck. This year when then needed to move in doors I found them a comfy home.

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/Flora/P1030048.jpg

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/Flora/P1030045.jpg

Nothing like an empty fish tank along with a grow light to make everyone happy!

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-24-2011, 11:05 PM

Fanatastic arrangement and what a novel idea using an aquarium with growing lamp. They appear to be thriving quite well.

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kittypaws

05-26-2011, 10:35 PM

Thank You G.Gurgle.....

I love photography...enjoy writing too..but taking pictures seem to speak so much louder to me!

Visual moments to never be captured again....

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/Nature%20Scenes/PB280012.jpg

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/Nature%20Scenes/Spring20091005.jpg

these photos help me to write...but I can never come close to the awesome unbelievable feelings I have when I hold camera in hand and shoot.

My Dream....to be a photographer for National Geo.

sigh.....

Revolte

05-27-2011, 05:07 AM

Oisauce got some new ones I could share.

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/nolliesk8tr/oska1.jpg

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/nolliesk8tr/endworld.jpg

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/nolliesk8tr/adam4.jpg

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/nolliesk8tr/adam2.jpg

Emil Miller

05-27-2011, 04:48 PM

I took my camera out on a country walk for some random shots on a fine day.

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/839/dsc0598q.jpg

Cottage at Pixham Mill

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/5229/dsc0599j.jpg

Vapour trails over Betchworth farmland

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/382/dsc0605na.jpg

The Dolphin, a favourite country pub

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/8231/dsc0603h.jpg

The Old Forge at Betchworth

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4835/dsc0607si.jpg

Footpath to Brockham

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/517/dsc0608yf.jpg

Scenic view

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8490/dsc0611l.jpg

Another pretty country cottage en route to Brockham

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3014/dsc0614l.jpg

Brockham Church and vicarage

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6335/dsc0615i.jpg

Manor House at Brockham

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/178/dsc0617n.jpg

And finally, Milly getting up to mischief.

kittypaws

05-27-2011, 09:38 PM

Revolte ~ very cool! The last on is a great shot!

kittypaws

kittypaws

05-27-2011, 09:41 PM

Emil ~ love the architecture....I felt like I was walking along with you. Nice crisp, clean shots....what are you shooting with?

Thanks for the trip, I found it refreshing!

kittypaws

Emil Miller

05-28-2011, 07:40 AM

Emil ~ love the architecture....I felt like I was walking along with you. Nice crisp, clean shots....what are you shooting with?

Thanks for the trip, I found it refreshing!

kittypaws

Glad you liked them, it's not often that we get nice clear weather in the UK although the camera seems capable of dealing with most light conditions. It's a Nikon D3000,

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-28-2011, 09:23 PM

I took my camera out on a country walk for some random shots on a fine day.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4835/dsc0607si.jpg

Footpath to Brockham

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3014/dsc0614l.jpg

Brockham Church and vicarage

Absotuley stunning, especially the Brockham Church and vicarage with the unusual cloud pattern backdrop. The Nikon is working great.
Looks like it was a fine day indeed.

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MystyrMystyry

05-29-2011, 07:58 AM

Gee, so many good photos - good this isn't a competition...

Gilliat got to me about submitting some actual photos so here are a few practice shots

Helicopters:

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/U.png

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/UU.png

Wasps:

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/UUUUU.png

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/UUU.png

And a twinkly star magnified 300 000 or 3 000 000 times (I can't remember):

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/UUUUUU.jpg

MystyrMystyry

05-29-2011, 08:00 AM

Actually if the star doesn't show up properly I've had a lot of trouble with the compression

Emil Miller

05-29-2011, 09:04 AM

Absotuley stunning, especially the Brockham Church and vicarage with the unusual cloud pattern backdrop. The Nikon is working great.
Looks like it was a fine day indeed.

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Thanks Gilliatte,

They're not really my photos, as such, because the camera was on auto and I was able to use the tele-photo lens to line up each picture. As I've said before, having a miniature computer with a lens makes it so much easier. I haven't worked out how to use the manual override so for the moment it stays on auto.

MystyrMystyry

05-29-2011, 09:42 AM

Does your camera automatically press the shutter button as well?

Got to get me one of those babies, Emil

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-29-2011, 11:53 AM

Gee, so many good photos - good this isn't a competition...

Gilliat got to me about submitting some actual photos so here are a few practice shots

Helicopters:...

Wasps:...

And a twinkly star magnified 300 000 or 3 000 000 times (I can't remember):

haha...In other words you had to force yourself to shed the white smock and stay out of that DreamWorks lab of yours!
Thanks for sharing.
By the way what are you shooting with? I couldn't recall if you mentioned it in your digital photography thread.

Actually if the star doesn't show up properly I've had a lot of trouble with the compression
Yes, it looks like something went awry. I happened to catch the star earlier this morning when it was in focus, or at least it had clear, well defined layerd edges.

Thanks Gilliatte,

They're not really my photos, as such, because the camera was on auto and I was able to use the tele-photo lens to line up each picture. As I've said before, having a miniature computer with a lens makes it so much easier. I haven't worked out how to use the manual override so for the moment it stays on auto.

I have to take you to task. We have talked in the past about the initial digital let down for us old timers from the film generation, but I believe a great photo is much more (maybe 70%) about the composition and being cognizant of and capturing, those short lived anomolies that surround a subject, such as the unusaul pattern in the veiled clouds that shroud the Church and vicarage, the two people in the background that give a sense of scale, but small enough so as not to spoil a serene scene (with those nasty humans). The Church and vicarage are framed well and the horizon at a "classic" 1/3 up from the bottom.
The footpath too is well composed with the strong axis of the trail slightly off center. The vertical massing of the trees on the right side are balanced or offset by the gently rising hill to the left.
The digital camera did not create the clouds or frame the photo or snap the shutter as Mystery says.
Good Lord, where did all that come from? Anyhow, I understand what you are saying. Perhaps when you do start to experiment with the manual settings, you will discover that sense of mastery over the computer.

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MystyrMystyry

05-29-2011, 08:25 PM

That's exactly what I meant Gilliatt - I remember an article in an old (though it was new then) photography magazine just before the digital age dawned - photo essays taken by professionals armed only with Kodak instamatics and development entirely local lab controlled - and what do you know: they were great (and some of the best were from those tiny 110 cartridges

Point being the only manual control was the shutter button (no zooms, no filters, nothing beyond the fixed focus lens it was supplied with. I don't know how much was crap but one said he always had an instamatic spare and often took entire shoots with that alone

My main camera - joy of my photographic life really (Nikon s8100) fully auto (that is multi-programmable) would choose the settings I would choose if it had manual override 99% of the time. For the other 1% I've learnt how to trick it into doing what I want.

My pics were through the 30-300 zoom, experimenting with it - the wasps using its marvelous macro, though because they had to be reduced and transfigured, they're not exactly as taken. I was trying to stick to an imaginary brief that they should be as seen, but I went back in time and discovered Weltanschaaung had submitted some manipulations, so it shouldn't matter* - but I'll post some experiments on the digi thread later

*I also noticed that Emil's been going on about learning to use the manual settings for at least the last six months!

Emil Miller

05-30-2011, 12:06 PM

*I also noticed that Emil's been going on about learning to use the manual settings for at least the last six months!

:lol: I bought the camera and took some trial shots before getting involved in other things, so it's only recently that I've thought to take it up again.
Interestingly, there isn't much by way of explanation in the manual.

MystyrMystyry

05-30-2011, 01:23 PM

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-30-2011, 01:43 PM

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Nice and compact as compared to either of my Pentax SLR's (film & digital)
Here are a couple of pictures of our cat, Lily. Taken with the K-7 and an old (late 70's to early 80's) Albinar 28 mm Macro lens. Manual settings of course, due to the lens:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/Lily03.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/Lily02.jpg

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Emil Miller

05-30-2011, 02:41 PM

That's probably because they don't expect you to seriously want to use them - these modern 'computers with lenses' are the pinnacle in developments ever since the first autofocus attachment was built into a Leica slr (Konica produced a pocket camera in the seventies with AF and that spawned the whole 'camera with a bit more' race - I think it was Canon's shutter/aperture priority that then led to the 'AE Program' SLR, and computer photography had arrived and was here to stay!

(I haven't googled this, just using fallible memory - so I could be slightly wrong)

But if you think about it the history of the camera is one of certain 'desirable' standards like 24/28mm wide-angle, f22, built-in flash, Leica, Contax, and Nikkor lenses, rule of thirds (some had markings in the viewfinder to ensure you got them right), etc etc

The Canon s95 and G series are manual/program and to get the right results you really have to be prepared to use the manual controls because, considering their potential, the program modes are shoddily implemented

I agree but my old Nikon EM 35mm SLR goes back a long way and I did at least get to set the focus, aperture, and speed. Also, the digital camera stops the shutter button from being fully depressed until it has worked out that all conditions are correct. This is disconcerting for someone who is used to simply pressing the button without resistance.

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Nice and compact as compared to either of my Pentax SLR's (film & digital)
Here are a couple of pictures of our cat, Lily. Taken with the K-7 and an old (late 70's to early 80's) Albinar 28 mm Macro lens. Manual settings of course, due to the lens:.

Not fair Gilliatte, you know that it's practically impossible not to to take good pictures of cats. :D

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/5250/dsc0355z.jpg

qimissung

05-31-2011, 09:51 AM

Lily doesn't have a bad "side," does she? She and Milly-adorable.

Revolte, Emil, Mystr, your pictures on the previous page are great, too.

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-31-2011, 10:04 PM

...Not fair Gilliatte, you know that it's practically impossible not to to take good pictures of cats. :D

Lily doesn't have a bad "side," does she? She and Milly-adorable.

Cats are quite photogenic aren't they? Looks like that is one of Milly's preferred spots. Cats always seem to occupy the most inconvemnient spots...for us.

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kittypaws

06-01-2011, 01:11 AM

Emil....you are not alone in shooting your photos on auto and whether you believe it or not they are YOUR photos.

They're not really my photos, as such, because the camera was on auto and I was able to use the tele-photo lens to line up each picture.

I studied photography in school and learned how to set the 'f' stops and all that yahoo and to be honest some of my best photos were shot that way...but now a days...it is made so easy.

I agree with Gilliatt...

I believe a great photo is much more (maybe 70%) about the composition and being cognizant of and capturing, those short lived anomolies

shoot on!

MystyrMystyry

06-01-2011, 07:47 AM

Psychedelic Birds

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/UU-1.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/UUU-1.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/UUUU-1.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/U-1.jpg

This is what they look like when there's too many of them on the same tree (watch to the end for some real action):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3GrN8bOHVo

And this is what they look like having breakfast:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7c3RWHECXQ

LitNetIsGreat

06-01-2011, 09:10 AM

Wow, they are nice birds but they don't half make a row.

Snowqueen

06-02-2011, 08:13 AM

Here are two little chicks. My cousin bought these few weeks ago.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/chicks.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/chicks2.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

06-02-2011, 11:03 PM

Psychedelic Birds...

....This is what they look like when there's too many of them on the same tree (watch to the end for some real action):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3GrN8bOHVo

And this is what they look like having breakfast:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7c3RWHECXQ

Beautiful birds. I ventured into some of your other videos. "Bryce rendering entertainment"?...I'm really beginning to worry about you.

Here are two little chicks. My cousin bought these few weeks ago....

Nice to see you back posting photos.

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Snowqueen

06-04-2011, 02:16 AM

Nice to see you back posting photos.

Thank you Gilliatt, and I loved your cute cat.

kittypaws

06-04-2011, 09:23 AM

The closer I got the faster they moved!

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/THE%20Geese%20Family/P5070044.jpg

*Snowqueen* the chics are sooooo adorable!

Gilliatt Gurgle
Beautiful birds. I ventured into some of your other videos. "Bryce rendering entertainment"?...I'm really beginning to worry about you.

MystyrMystyry like the Psychedelic Birds! I too stole some peaks at your videos.....enjoyed your sense of humor!

kittypaws

qimissung

06-04-2011, 02:10 PM

Loved ALL the birds, Mystyr, Snowqueen and kittypaws!

MystyMystyry, where did you film these birds? Do they live in a tree near your house or in a park nearby?

Snowqueen, the chicks are darling. What kind of birds are they?

Kittypaws, I can just picture you circling and trying to get a good picture and the geese outwitting you at every turn. Geese are like that, yeah, they are. :)

MystyrMystyry

06-04-2011, 08:57 PM

They're usually quite rare, qimi. I'd been trying to get a good photograph of one or two in the backyard and various parks for months, but they kept being chased off by magpies and such

That day I came home and there they were feasting and fighting in the tree - that film is a one in a hundred year freak - an extremely lucky day and good timing. I posted as soon as the video was up because everyone just HAD to see it (the good news is the original's half an hour long in full HD - I just couldn't spare the bandwidth to put it all up [lousy contract])

Thanks Neely - the noisiest and squawkiest when they're in a group like that - but you should have heard them in reality: it actually hurt! (the original footage has them in cd quality, slowed down they sound like a bunch of drunk bikies). The thing is usually they're like love birds - no-one I know who's lived here their whole lives has ever seen them congregate and fight nor remotely behave like that

Thanks Gilliatt - I took about 500 photos (making up for all the missed opportunities, while also having to stand guard in case they paintballed the camera lens - ah the hazards!)

As for the Bryce thing - that head bears a remarkable resemblance to my landlord's (I'd post a comparison but I don't want to risk breaking the camera glass) and it feels just so good to squish - in fact I'm doing it now, and I'll do it tomorrow too

Nice Snowqueen - what sort of chicks are they?

Thanks Kitty - have you tried upping the ISO? At 200-400 the photos should come out crystal clear

Happy clicking!

Edit: They're back! The Psychedelic Birds have returned for another shoot!

faithosaurus

06-05-2011, 12:09 PM

http://i56.tinypic.com/44bp0.jpg

On my way to my car from work.

DocHeart

06-06-2011, 05:15 AM

Taken on Saturday. First beach excursion of the year. Currently nursing sun-burned shoulders with hydrating cream (yoghurt is better, but I prefer eating it).

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/5533/photowij.jpg

MystyrMystyry

06-08-2011, 11:50 PM

http://i56.tinypic.com/44bp0.jpg

On my way to my car from work.

That's really nice faithosaurus. I like the dramatic sunset and divisional contrast between Earth and Sky - good composition

Would you mind if I tried something with the colour saturation? It's a new technique I've been working on? (if You don't like it I can easily take it down)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/4.jpg

kittypaws

06-09-2011, 09:10 AM

Mystry

Would you mind if I tried something with the colour saturation? It's a new technique I've been working on?

nice touch. It brings more *life* into the photo.

kittypaws

kittypaws

06-09-2011, 10:38 AM

I played around with color in this photo of mine.

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/Flora/P9050042-1.jpg

Here is the original shot. It is interesting how the naked eye can not see the light absorption and how uneven it really is.

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/Flora/P9050042.jpg

Funny...just made me think of your Psychedelic Birds!

:)

qimissung

06-09-2011, 10:27 PM

Interesting, Mystyry, and Kitty. You took perfectly nice pictures and upped the ante, so to speak.

DocHeart

06-13-2011, 02:19 PM

My balcony affords a fine view to the clutter of my beloved city.

Still, in the first one the moon promises a bright night. And in the second (a little bit later and a looking further south) beams projected by the Athenean "indignados" dance about the dark blue July sky.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6596/viewue.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/200/viewue.jpg/)

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/3696/view2p.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/827/view2p.jpg/)

Gilliatt Gurgle

06-13-2011, 10:59 PM

DocHeart,

Thanks for sharing a part of your world. The moon over Athens!
By the way the moon will be full on the 15th. According the the Old Farmer's Almanac it is known as the "Strawberry moon".

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kittypaws

06-14-2011, 11:23 PM

Why is it called a Strawberry moon?

I would reckon it would be red?

Gilliatt Gurgle

06-16-2011, 09:04 PM

Why is it called a Strawberry moon?

I would reckon it would be red?

"Strawberry" apparently comes from the Algonquain. Each full moon is known by many names by various cultures or regions of the world.

Here is a Wiki link that mioght help. You might also consider checking the Old Farmers Almanac.
Scroll down toward the bottom to see the full moon names.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon

Here is my attempt at photographing the moon last night.
Taken with a 200mm lens with the moon low on the horizon which creates the grainy appearence due to the layer of atmospheric "funk".

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/FullMoonJune15th2011cropped.jpg

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kittypaws

06-22-2011, 05:09 PM

Gilliatt ~ what a great shot! I was hopeful to grab a few shots but we had cloud cover.

:sad:

Gilliatt Gurgle

06-22-2011, 09:07 PM

Thanks.
That's too bad about the clouds, but there's always next month or the next....
The one I look forward to the most, is the full Harvest moon.

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Greta Kin

06-22-2011, 09:31 PM

The sun was relentless on the mountaintop:http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1773&d=1308792818

MystyrMystyry

06-23-2011, 08:41 AM

Nice Kitty

Beach feet is a great idea Doc - and all three pictures are making me homesick for Greece!

I had a lot of trouble with the Moon and clouds that night too Gilliatt - glad you got in before me - good shot (can you tell I'm jealous?)

I like the mountain Greta - it looks really high - the sunlight adds a lot to it, like you're above the clouds (are you?)

Because it's miserable weather here I could take a photo with flat lighting right inside the orange tree

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/b-1.jpg

This customer I found in raw concrete form and painted him

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m605/mystyrmystyry/a.jpg