Pictures Taken By you...

[Dreamwoven]

There you go, it fooled me. I see now that you can use the light from a TV to create some interesting photography.

[North Star]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1625/25937459265_92e388086e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Fw1fZx)

My brother (left) and dad getting a taste of the first ham out of the recently finished food smoker, basically a wood-heated sauna stove with a cabinet on top.

[tonywalt]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7456/13918266521_b7d52c748f_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ncUKJr)Little Cayman Brac (https://flic.kr/p/ncUKJr) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[tonywalt]

There you go, it fooled me. I see now that you can use the light from a TV to create some interesting photography.

Thanks, I'm really attracted to the surreal. I like landscapes, and they are easier to conceptualize - but my favourite photographers/photos are surreal or unusual. Ideally, psychological. diane arbus, gregory crewdson, todd hido

[North Star]

Thanks, I'm really attracted to the surreal. I like landscapes, and they are easier to conceptualize - but my favourite photographers/photos are surreal or unusual. Ideally, psychological. diane arbus, gregory crewdson, todd hido

Interesting. I think I have an inkling of what you mean by psychological here, Tony, but I'm not sure. Something where the photograph shows people or something affected by people, or perhaps evidence of the lack of people's influence. Trouble is, though, that just about all photographs can fit under that description. Not all realize that, though, and that can make a difference in the photographs.

[tonywalt]

Interesting. I think I have an inkling of what you mean by psychological here, Tony, but I'm not sure. Something where the photograph shows people or something affected by people, or perhaps evidence of the lack of people's influence. Trouble is, though, that just about all photographs can fit under that description. Not all realize that, though, and that can make a difference in the photographs.

True, true.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Great stuff, guys. These next two, taken at sunrise out front, you might call my Dawn of Creation series.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1560/25944516395_71a4e7c467_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FwCqQc)[url=https://flic.kr/p/FwCqQc]Dawn of Creation, on Flickr

[North Star]

And there's always psychology involved in the making of a photograph, as well as in seeing one, by definition. This sunlit daytime scene didn't quite look like this to the naked eyes, for instance.


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/14404955337_3cef061cc9_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nWVamV)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1707/25315745553_cc367acce3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Ez4PaB)[url=https://flic.kr/p/Ez4PaB]Dawn of Creation 2, on Flickr

[North Star]

Lovely photos, Tyrion, wonderful light. I'm always a sucker for those layers of shadows with different tones in landscapes. That green dot in the road is quite a strange looking artifact indeed.

[YesNo]

What is that green dot? It seems too circular to be in the road. I couldn't enlarge it in flickr to see it closer.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

You know what, lads? I think we have our very first paranormal photo anomaly on old LitNet. If Art Bell hadn't retired for the forty-third time, I'd call him up. Clearly it's otherworldly, an automated signal beacon from an old alien ship (extra-dimensional, of course), whose crew died long ages ago, and which has been drifting, signaling into the darkness ever since. Then again it could be a really small, circular ghost. Or part of one. Or there's a portal in my driveway that I never noticed before, and if I'm not careful, me and my Honda are likely to slip through into the land of fae, where cruel and whimsical nature spirits in the service of the White Queen will have their way with me. And my car.

[Dreamwoven]

That stac, buffeted by waves in Tonywalt's picture looks as if it has the texture of a sponge.

[Danik 2016]

How can you past a picture directly from the PC on the post? So far I managed to post only links with images on Litnet, but not the images themselves.

[YesNo]

There is a way to put a picture on the site and then link to it. I go a round-about way of taking the photo from Google and then putting it in an anonymous Photobucket site. I don't know if that is worth bothering doing any more. Perhaps just a link to a shared picture on Google is adequate. I don't know what the best solution is. Ideally I would like some folder in Google for pictures that I make public.

[YesNo]

You know what, lads? I think we have our very first paranormal photo anomaly on old LitNet. If Art Bell hadn't retired for the forty-third time, I'd call him up. Clearly it's otherworldly, an automated signal beacon from an old alien ship (extra-dimensional, of course), whose crew died long ages ago, and which has been drifting, signaling into the darkness ever since. Then again it could be a really small, circular ghost. Or part of one. Or there's a portal in my driveway that I never noticed before, and if I'm not careful, me and my Honda are likely to slip through into the land of fae, where cruel and whimsical nature spirits in the service of the White Queen will have their way with me. And my car.

So, you don't have a clue what it is?

I read some years ago about people finding "orbs" in their photographs. Here's one link that popped up from a quick search: http://www.orbwhisperer.com/

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, YesNo. That seems a really roundabout way of doing it. I notice that most of the pictures come from Flickr. I shall experiment some with the edit pad.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

So, you don't have a clue what it is?

I read some years ago about people finding "orbs" in their photographs. Here's one link that popped up from a quick search: http://www.orbwhisperer.com/

<facepalm> Orbs... Orbs, he says... You've taken me back to my Coast 2 Coast AM days, especially when they were having a slow night--fresh outta ufo abductees and such--and the only guest they could find was someone talking about orbs or ghost stories overheard while sitting in a bar or something. ;-) I do think I remember guests talking it on the show, thanks. As for me, I've only got two orbs, and I'm pretty sure you know where they are. :-0

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Here is what can only be described as firewood, when it was freshly stacked in my garage late last year.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1659/25342832693_e74e90bfce_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EBsDeg)[url=https://flic.kr/p/EBsDeg]Firewood, on Flickr

[YesNo]

Here's the orb up close. I was going to touch it up a little to make it more interesting, but I don't know how to do that. I had enough trouble cropping it.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Tyrion%20Cheddars%20Orb.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Tyrion%20Cheddars%20Orb.jpg.html)

If you look close you can see the alien's four eyes.

[YesNo]

Here is what can only be described as firewood, when it was freshly stacked in my garage late last year.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1659/25342832693_e74e90bfce_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EBsDeg)[url=https://flic.kr/p/EBsDeg]Firewood, on Flickr

For someone who lives in the middle of nowhere, this looks rather civilized.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Here's the orb up close. I was going to touch it up a little to make it more interesting, but I don't know how to do that. I had enough trouble cropping it.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Tyrion%20Cheddars%20Orb.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Tyrion%20Cheddars%20Orb.jpg.html)

If you look close you can see the alien's four eyes.

Yes, you can. Now I was also thinking they look like suction cups, suckers, like a bug has for crawling up walls. Or maybe three suckers and a penis. I'll go out there tomorrow and look.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

For someone who lives in the middle of nowhere, this looks rather civilized.

Oh, yeah, it's one of the things I love about this place, it has all the modern amenities and yet is located where other humans ain't.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

It has happened:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1549/25354377844_b058d46a27_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ECtPcA)S7 (https://flic.kr/p/ECtPcA), on Flickr

[YesNo]

Congratulations on your new phone. I considered taking a picture of my phone but then I realized I needed the phone to take the picture. Then I figured I could use a mirror.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Congratulations on your new phone. I considered taking a picture of my phone but then I realized I needed the phone to take the picture. Then I figured I could use a mirror.

These are the dilemmas that try men's souls. Now, those of you wot have read Tolkien will be familiar with the White Tree of Gondor, wot stood in the Court of the Fountain in Minas Tirith. Well, when I moved into this house, I looked out and saw that lo, I have a White Tree of Gondor standing out front.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1671/25367047104_2a40a088b9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EDAKk7)White Tree (https://flic.kr/p/EDAKk7) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Tyrion Cheddar]

P.S. that's taken with the new S7 and I do see what people have been saying about the camera, the light and shading really stand out.

[Dreamwoven]

Birch trees are one of my all-time favourite kinds of tree.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

This next I took in Stockholm a few years ago when I went there, taken with whichever phone I had at the time, probably a Galaxy S3.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1546/25980976536_c00b2aedd6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FzRiaj)Stockholm ship (https://flic.kr/p/FzRiaj) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[North Star]

Here is what can only be described as firewood, when it was freshly stacked in my garage late last year.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1659/25342832693_e74e90bfce_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EBsDeg)Firewood, on Flickr

Very nice. Here are some logs I peeled the summer before last.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/qAitiC]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7505/16140732050_5c647d9ab8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EBsDeg)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Oh, that's so nice, North Star. Really took me into the mood of it, both the photo and the look of the logs. Why do you peel them? I'd be interested in learning about this. Meanwhile, here's a handsome soldier boy who was standing guard outside the Royal Palace in Stockholm:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1717/25886797602_f2265a2f42_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FrwB3A)Stockholm Royal Palace Guard (https://flic.kr/p/FrwB3A) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Dreamwoven]

Stockholm is a beautiful city, , a city of islands, sometimes called "the Venice of the North" (a Holm is an island in Swedish).


This next I took in Stockholm a few years ago when I went there, taken with whichever phone I had at the time, probably a Galaxy S3.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1546/25980976536_c00b2aedd6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FzRiaj)Stockholm ship (https://flic.kr/p/FzRiaj) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Danik 2016]

Very nice. Here are some logs I peeled the summer before last.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7505/16140732050_5c647d9ab8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qAitiC)


North Star,
I think that it is this abillity to discover the hidden magic of the homely landscape and bring out the patterns on objects that wouldn´t be noticed otherwise that make your pictures so interesting.

[North Star]

Nord Star,
I think that it is this abillity to discover the hidden magic of the homely landscape and bring out the patterns on objects that wouldn´t be noticed otherwise that make your pictures so interesting.

Thank you, Danik. Yes, I do think that it is important to properly see everything, even if our minds might very much prefer not responding to things we see all the time.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Nord Star,
I think that it is this abillity to discover the hidden magic of the homely landscape and bring out the patterns on objects that wouldn´t be noticed otherwise that make your pictures so interesting.

Well said. Walking just now found this little artifact on me driveway.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1538/25378403044_9135e8c4ab_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EEAX4b)bluebird (https://flic.kr/p/EEAX4b) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[North Star]

Oh, that's so nice, North Star. Really took me into the mood of it, both the photo and the look of the logs. Why do you peel them?

My parents are building a cabinet over at Lake Kitka, some of the logs were from trees that fell in a storm, some were cut down from where we will build, and the timber will be used in the building.

[Danik 2016]

Well said. Walking just now found this little artifact on me driveway.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1538/25378403044_9135e8c4ab_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EEAX4b)bluebird (https://flic.kr/p/EEAX4b) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr
Yes, Mr Archibald:wink5: , I like this picture of the gentle gift the bluebird left you.

[North Star]

Some photos of that project.... The place is a small cape, with a small bay on one side and a larger part of the lake to the other side, but the wider waters are further ahead, straight ahead from the cape, in the direction most of those scenery photos show. In the last photo, there's our outhouse on the right, and on the left there's our only neighbour.



https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1484/25916564761_00bed55c80_b.jpg



https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1706/25985595446_ff1c36ef73_b.jpg



https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1550/26011442945_1fc11e8f4e_b.jpg



https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1584/25985553746_3b4365dec5_b.jpg



https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1696/25985610396_1a78e0946d_b.jpg



https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1476/25890695392_c5b5f6e359_b.jpg

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Outhouse? You do mean just for while the construction's happening, right? Y'all will have indoor plumbing when the job's done, won't ye? ;-)

[North Star]

No plumbing, but we might make the outhouse more sophisticated, perhaps. Not that there's anything wrong with the outhouse as it is - it doesn't smell, and the compost makes a mighty powerful fertilizer.

[YesNo]

No plumbing, but we might make the outhouse more sophisticated, perhaps. Not that there's anything wrong with the outhouse as it is - it doesn't smell, and the compost makes a mighty powerful fertilizer.

An outhouse makes sense. Do you have running water or a hand pump for a well?

It looks like you have sawed the wood into planks on site. That's pretty cool.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Me, without plumbing, electricity and some wicked fast internet, I ain't going there no how. :-0 Now for some more Stockholm:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1597/25389333293_c1afc04aaf_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EFyYeK)Stockholm (https://flic.kr/p/EFyYeK) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[North Star]

Of course we have Internet and electricity there.


An outhouse makes sense. Do you have running water or a hand pump for a well?

It looks like you have sawed the wood into planks on site. That's pretty cool.
We have a hydraulic pump and pump water from the lake, but we take our drinking water with us from the town.

[Danik 2016]

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[Tyrion Cheddar]

Now those same buds a couple of weeks later, this time with the new S7:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1653/25426305523_7a90da82f6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EJQsMZ)Buds2 (https://flic.kr/p/EJQsMZ) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[YesNo]

Interesting changes in nature. Does your new phone take better pictures than the old one?

[Danik 2016]

These beautiful buds deserve a follow up until their full blosson with a camera that reproduces their shades and details. So does North Star´s project. I hope for more interesting pictures from you both.
Happy Easter all!

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Interesting changes in nature. Does your new phone take better pictures than the old one?

Yeah, that's kind of why I posted that second photo of those buds. Knowing nothing about photography, as I do, I don't know the reasons for it or the right terms, but the pics taken with the S7 are richer, the colors smoother and more natural. I know Samsung altered the S6 camera and apparently reduced the number of megapixels as a trade-off for better low light photography, I think, but it's more than that. I've heard other early adopters praising the camera in the S7 and I can see why.

[tonywalt]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1489/25906080591_d72b14556d_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FtercV)street photography cayman islands capture cave caves night photography gregory crewdson alec soth Todd Hido (https://flic.kr/p/FtercV) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

Crystal Caves, Cayman Islands (yes, some collaboration, for the hanging girl look)

[Dreamwoven]

Oh, you have limestone caves in Cayman! Very nice.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

More importantly, he's got girls with long, smooth brown thighs. I mean, priorities, people.

[tonywalt]

Limestone and girls, what more is there

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Limestone and girls, what more is there

Spoken like a prophet. And now, another shot that demonstrates the striking quality of the S7 camera:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1690/25448859814_0484540cae_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ELQ4p5)Buds3 (https://flic.kr/p/ELQ4p5) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

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Did YesNo mention orbs again?

My notes taken during the Patty Greer crop circle presentation at the 2014 Roswell UFO Festival
(That's a spot of wine on the first page)


http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Roswell%20UFO%20Festival%202014/CropCirclespgs1_2_zps988d2be9.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Roswell%20UFO%20Festival%202014/CropCirclespgs1_2_zps988d2be9.jpg.html)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Roswell%20UFO%20Festival%202014/CropCirclespgs3_4_zps3f89c2e8.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Roswell%20UFO%20Festival%202014/CropCirclespgs3_4_zps3f89c2e8.jpg.html)


http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Roswell%20UFO%20Festival%202014/CropCirclespgs5_6_zpsb2990168.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Roswell%20UFO%20Festival%202014/CropCirclespgs5_6_zpsb2990168.jpg.html)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Roswell%20UFO%20Festival%202014/9959d2f9e416a770cd1dd2582842da54_zps5a367656.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Roswell%20UFO%20Festival%202014/9959d2f9e416a770cd1dd2582842da54_zps5a367656.jpg.h tml)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Galliatt, please don't take the following in any way personally, it comes from a very long history with Coast 2 Coast AM, starting during Art Bell's heyday, then continuing on into the show's decline and fall from there into the George Snoory years. Having never heard of Patty Greer, my first thought upon seeing her name was "Could she be related to that douche Steven Greer?" So I did a search and found her site. I didn't see any mention of him on her site. Instead, she looks more like the new Linda Moulton Howe, complete with crop circles, visitations and abductions. I know that old LMH has gotten pretty old, the original roster of guests from back then are either ancient or dead. Either way, I think more highly of that fine looking ale in your photo than I do the <cough> expert opinions or testimony of the various C2C guests. Art was a brilliant host and master of ceremonies, which is what made it fun for me. After that it descended into pure 'tard.

[tonywalt]

Hm. What just happened?

[Pensive]

First two pictures are of Riga Latvian National Opera. Went there to watch the ballet Sleeping Beauty. Was quite astonished by the large number of people there. I do not know how popular this form of art currently is in other parts of the world and perhaps it depends a lot on the performance as well but I would not imagine so many people in Tallinn. In Riga it is also cheaper, which could be one explanation.

When I was visiting Riga, thought might as well visit Jelgava. The last picture is from there.9726
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[Tyrion Cheddar]

Went walking just now and saw some lovely thingies. Old New England is known for old barns, old stone walls, covered bridges and the like. We have a lot of that round here. Here is an example:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1608/25470591833_5ef266b2a0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ENKrz4)barn rear (https://flic.kr/p/ENKrz4) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Hm. What just happened?

Oh that was just me gagging on one of the bevy of half-wits, frauds and escaped mental patients who appear on the radio show Coast to Coast AM here in the States, representing themselves as experts on all kinds of paranormal subjects. I in no way intended that as a slam against Galliatt, as I hope I made clear, it's just a personal matter with me, this subject.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

From the side, with the old wall:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1635/25471965323_f53fda78cb_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ENStRV)barn side (https://flic.kr/p/ENStRV) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Tyrion Cheddar]

A nearby quadruped:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1454/25982033502_304b561f5e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FzWHmS)horses2 (https://flic.kr/p/FzWHmS) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Tyrion Cheddar]

With companion:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1666/26074575095_11f8499ae6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FJ81Kz)horses3 (https://flic.kr/p/FJ81Kz) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[YesNo]

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Did YesNo mention orbs again?


Yeah. Trying to get the rabble roused. If my phone took pictures of orbs as well as Tyrion's did I'd never upgrade it. Unfortunately, I haven't seen an orb in any photo I've taken, not that I've looked closely at many of them. I don't know why I take the pictures in the first place.

Those UFO conventions sound like a lot of fun.

[YesNo]

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That last one looks like a picture of a mechanical moose.

[YesNo]

With companion:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1666/26074575095_11f8499ae6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FJ81Kz)horses3 (https://flic.kr/p/FJ81Kz) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

Nice horse. Do you keep any animals?

[Danik 2016]

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[Danik 2016]

With companion:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1666/26074575095_11f8499ae6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FJ81Kz)horses3 (https://flic.kr/p/FJ81Kz) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr
They are lovely, especially "companion" with its soft look.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Nice horse. Do you keep any animals?

Not anymore. I used to have lovebirds, which are cute and sweet but a pain in the you know what 'cause they need so much attention. If I had the energy and inclination to take care of it, a dog would make a good companion, I'm sure. As you can see, I have found myself living in an area of farms, with angus black cows in large numbers around here, and horses, the occasional sheep. I prefer to let other people do the work of caring for them and just stroll by to take pictures, myself. ;-)

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Hm. What just happened?

Haha, sorry bout that Tony, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity for another orb abduction opportunity.



Galliatt, please don't take the following in any way personally,...
...After that it descended into pure 'tard...


... I in no way intended that as a slam against Galliatt, as I hope I made clear,

I know you must be pulling my leg, but just in case there is even the slightest hint of concern on your part for offending me, trust me no offense was taken. YesNo can tell you of my escapades attending Bigfoot, UFO conventions, etc., for the entertainment value, along with a little father-son bonding time.
Actually, we went to the Roswell UFO festival primarily so my son could see Stanton Friedman, unfortunately he was a no show due to heart attack. (he recovered btw)
You ought to see my notes on "Triangular UFOs" presentation. If you care, you can take a look at my thread covering the entire trip.

To the subject at hand, your new phone camera is causing me to question my 10 lb Pentax, a little exaggeration on the weight, but you get the point.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Yeah, the camera in the S7 has really knocked my socks off. Oh, and you do know Stanton Friedman's heart attack was induced by the Trilateral Commission and the Bilderbergers, right? Can't have him spilling the beans on the reverse engineered UFO technology currently being used by the Council on Foreign Relations.

[YesNo]

I looked up a way to take orb pictures, but my handful of attempts didn't contain any orbs. The method said I had to use a flash. Anyway, it took me some time to figure out how to set the flash to go off. I usually just leave things on "auto" mode.

Then I got interested in the raindrops on the window and I wondered if there was a way to focus up close on those. That involved another setting that I just learned how to use. In case you are wondering those orange circles in the background are not orbs, but the unfocused lights from houses across the street.

Here is the result:

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Raindrops%20on%20the%20window.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Raindrops%20on%20the%20window.jpg.html)

[Danik 2016]

That´s an interesting picture, YesNo, maybe you should try to photograph these raindrops against iluminated background, for example at night.
I thought the whole story of the orbs was a big joke, but you seem to be serious about it. But maybe it would be good to investigate if that green orb on Tyrion's pic is not the result of some technical device, maybe from his own camera that got in the way of the image.

[YesNo]

Now that I figured out how to take close-ups with the phone's camera, I'm going to experiment further. The illuminated background sounds interesting. I have trouble with night photography. That also might be because I leave things on "auto".

The orbs are sort of a joke, and yet I understand that people can actually get photos of them. However, I haven't been able to do that, but then I haven't really tried very hard. On the other hand, I am the sort of person who will quickly suspend disbelief. Tell me about Bigfoot and I'll start interpreting it as a modern speciation event. Tell me about the Tarot, and I'll likely give it a try coming up with some psychological theory to justify it. Tell me about UFOs and I'll want one of them to beam me up.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Well then this may interest you, YesNo. The raindrops, as any of the high ceremonial magicians of ancient Egypt could have told you, are spiritual companion to the orbs. Those may only look like lights from the houses across the street, but when seen through the raindrops, they become orbs. In this way, orbs have been hiding in plain sight for thousands of years, often mistaken for fire or candlelight.

[YesNo]

Ah! That reminds me of Masaru Emoto's "messages in water". Whatever those circles of light are in my photo, whether blurred lights from a neighbor's house or ancient Egyptian orb-droppings, that orb in your photograph is the best one on this thread so far.

[tonywalt]

First two pictures are of Riga Latvian National Opera. Went there to watch the ballet Sleeping Beauty. Was quite astonished by the large number of people there. I do not know how popular this form of art currently is in other parts of the world and perhaps it depends a lot on the performance as well but I would not imagine so many people in Tallinn. In Riga it is also cheaper, which could be one explanation.

When I was visiting Riga, thought might as well visit Jelgava. The last picture is from there.9726
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Beautiful. Love the second shot, good composition.

[YesNo]

I was wandering about the forest preserve last weekend. Here's a picture of an old park picnic table.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Old%20park%20picnic%20table.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Old%20park%20picnic%20table.jpg.html)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

The pic-a-nic table looks like it was made for giants. Very nice, YesNo, though I think you'd better come clean and admit you were inspired by me. Yes, it was my pics of my rustic neighborhood that made you all jealous, like. Come on, now, no need to be ashamed. You'd hardly be the first person to model himself on me.

[YesNo]

Yes. Both you and North Star were inspirations. Actually, North Star's photo of the logs was what inspired me to take the picture of the picnic table from this perspective focusing on the edges of wood. It was like his photo of two logs.

[North Star]

Well I'm glad to know I'm an inspiration.


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1711/25555336083_3caa7966a0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EWeM5P)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Nothing to see here, people.

[YesNo]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1711/25555336083_3caa7966a0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EWeM5P)

This looks like an orb or a hand behind a crystal ball, but I suspect there is some technique here I'm missing.

[YesNo]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1638/26136113556_f62d00e18d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FPypZw)Orphan Black 92nd street Y March 31 2016 (https://flic.kr/p/FPypZw) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

I thought you were trying to get away from the city.

[Danik 2016]

:alien:
People all take care of your pics, LitNet is being raided again!

[North Star]

This looks like an orb or a hand behind a crystal ball, but I suspect there is some technique here I'm missing.

Just my hand holding a glass with some water in it.

As far as influence, though, I didn't connect that photo to the orbit talk at all, and I took it three weeks ago.

[North Star]

Something related from two years ago:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3771/13261495245_13b7d8bbdc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/mcSCvK)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3821/13378198953_ae592c1e03_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/mobLsD)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7437/14004966067_f10f987748_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nkz7uc)

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2913/14011689054_650046007c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nmayZL)


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5287/14015897841_b8b03e38cd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nmx984)

[Danik 2016]

Wow, North Star!
It was a joke of course! But the raid is real.

[North Star]

Wow, North Star!
It was a joke of course! But the raid is real.
Oh, I see my tone could have been more relaxed. I certainly didn't take any offense at a suggestion of having influences. I don't actually recall what drew me to photograph these things originally, Dutch Golden Age still-life paintings perhaps.

[Danik 2016]

It´s ok, North Star! Just a silly comment, nothing to do with real influence. It was meant to make people smile. I,m taking it out again.
Those last glass compositions are beautiful!

[Danik 2016]

Sorry! Slow internet, double post.

[North Star]

It´s ok, North Star! Just a silly comment, nothing to do with real influence. It was meant to make people smile. I,m taking it out again.
Those last glass compositions are beautiful!
Relax, Danik. It did. :)

Thanks.

[Dreamwoven]

Myself, I wondered what they were. Thought they might be close ups of a closed eye...

[YesNo]

Just my hand holding a glass with some water in it.

As far as influence, though, I didn't connect that photo to the orbit talk at all, and I took it three weeks ago.

I see. It is interesting how a close up of something or removing the background can give one a sense of the unexpected.

[Dreamwoven]

I see. It is interesting how a close up of something or removing the background can give one a sense of the unexpected.

Yes its a weird feeling.

[North Star]

This all brings to my mind Minor White's words: " "One should photograph things not only for what they are, but also for what else they are."

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5708/22166546876_41c103b1ea_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zLMm7G)

[YesNo]

That looks like a tiny hand at the bottom of the picture of the leaf.

[Dreamwoven]

That quote from Minor White: are there others like that?

[North Star]

That quote from Minor White: are there others like that?
There certainly are: http://www.photoquotes.com/showquotes.aspx?id=25

[tonywalt]

A night shot of the harbour in Georgetown, Grand Cayman

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1555/26257924816_4045ccc1cb_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G1jJeE)a long exposure georgetown grand cayman the capital city of cayman islands in caribbean sea ocean beach city night photography (https://flic.kr/p/G1jJeE) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Dreamwoven]

Its the curve of the road that is brought out and catches my attention. I wonder how the light is produced? It reaches the buildings which are also illuminated.

[tonywalt]

Its the curve of the road that is brought out and catches my attention. I wonder how the light is produced? It reaches the buildings which are also illuminated.

The streaked light are the cars (this is a long exposure),and there are many street lights to light the buildings

[Dreamwoven]

Yes, I thought as much, again a nice idea. I didn't know the headlights of cars would show up like that so clearly.

[Danik 2016]

It reminds me a bit of the Bay of Rio de Janeiro in it's roundness. But here you don't seem to have those big grey skyscrapers.

[North Star]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1501/26327992061_91e53a6626_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G7vQMB)

[tonywalt]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1580/25943310841_8a5ad509a7_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FwwfsM)pier in the cayman islands on tuesday at 6:35pm photography long exposure nikon art caribbean sea ocean beach tranquil cayman islands (https://flic.kr/p/FwwfsM) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[YesNo]

It looks like one could walk off the edge of the world in that picture probably because the horizon is rounded and the pier goes right out towards it.

[Danik 2016]

I'm glad the pictures are back. I missed them

[Danik 2016]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1501/26327992061_91e53a6626_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G7vQMB)
They look like ice lolipops on ice castles built by kids.

[North Star]

They look like ice lolipops on ice castles built by kids.

Perhaps. :)


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1541/25802378404_3ea73e9ed7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Fj4Wab)

[Dreamwoven]

This is something you see quite a lot of in winter, or spring-winter. Heather or sometimes trees pushing up through the snow?

[North Star]

They're not pushing through (it's from mid-January this year), the snow has just stuck like that. And yes, this look can get more pronounced as the snow layer starts to diminish and compress.

[Danik 2016]

So no human hand created these mounds. I had some idea of childrem playing in the snow as they play with sand. I hope you have made an album with these studies of snow patterns.

[North Star]

So no human hand created these mounds. I had some idea of childrem playing in the snow as they play with sand. I hope you have made an album with these studies of snow patterns.
I certainly see how you might think of children doing something like this. There would be a massive amount of footprints, though.

In the sense of a flickr 'album', yes I have: https://www.flickr.com/photos/janacekian/sets/72157661309667743

[Danik 2016]

Actually I meant a book, if there was enough material, but I don´t know if foto books are still in use.
From the filckr serie I prefer Solitude II, maybe because it is the less lonesome. The stalks bear each other company.

[North Star]

Actually I meant a book, if there was enough material, but I don´t know if foto books are still in use.
From the filckr serie I prefer Solitude II, maybe because it is the less lonesome. The stalks bear each other company.

Of course I knew you meant a printed album. It will be some time before I'll be getting into printing, but I will get into it, eventually.
A smaller percentage of photographs is printed nowadays than ever before, I'd guess. But it might still also be that more photographs are printed than ever before.

No. II does certainly stand out for being more crowded than the others. Now, as for what you say about the talks bearing each other company, all this is something I don't think I thought of at all when making these photographs, but I don't know if the stalks look like they are any less alone in the crowd. But that's just us reflecting our own associations of being in crowds, I think.

[Dreamwoven]

What is it that grows out of the snow, is it new birch, or what? I remember seeing this outside our house, but can't remember what it was earlier in the winter, it could also be heather or soft fruit, like blackcurrents.

[North Star]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1599/26418905646_d02fc5a34f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GfxNed)

[Danik 2016]

Of course I knew you meant a printed album. It will be some time before I'll be getting into printing, but I will get into it, eventually.
A smaller percentage of photographs is printed nowadays than ever before, I'd guess. But it might still also be that more photographs are printed than ever before.

No. II does certainly stand out for being more crowded than the others. Now, as for what you say about the talks bearing each other company, all this is something I don't think I thought of at all when making these photographs, but I don't know if the stalks look like they are any less alone in the crowd. But that's just us reflecting our own associations of being in crowds, I think.
To be sure, one can be very lonely in a crowd. As I never saw real snow maybe I didn´t realise before the isolating effect of a coat of snow.

[Danik 2016]

*****

[Danik 2016]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1599/26418905646_d02fc5a34f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GfxNed)

More associations: a rather irregular birthday cake and what looks like a person or a puppet in front of one of the mounds.

[YesNo]

That does look like a birthday cake in the back off center toward the right. Some of the candles even seem lit.

[North Star]

Hah!




https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1573/25859069914_f0754bc1be_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Fp5uz1)

[Danik 2016]

What season of the year is it? It looks like someone is fishing.

[qimissung]

Love these last two. Yours is so calm and soft and dreamy, Tony, and yours captures the eternal mystery of snow, NorthStar.

[North Star]

What season of the year is it? It looks like someone is fishing.

Early summer.

[North Star]

From December:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1705/26205433390_976073767a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FVFGn5)

[Dreamwoven]

Nice red tinge from the early winter ice forming on the lake, and also the sky.

[Danik 2016]

It seems that in Finland you still can distinguish the changes from one season to the other.
In fact your pictures document these changes.
Meanwhile here in São Paulo, Brazil, we have autumn temperatures ranging 3oº- 32º. About 15 years ago these were high summer temperatures. So much for global warming.

[North Star]

It seems that in Finland you still can distinguish the changes from one season to the other.
In fact your pictures document these changes.
Meanwhile here in São Paulo, Brazil, we have autumn temperatures ranging 3oº- 32º. About 15 years ago these were high summer temperatures. So much for global warming.
Certainly. I don't think you could get a more even distribution of summer, autumn, winter and spring than here, certainly not somewhere as close to the equator as Brazil. We reach 30 ºC a couple of times in a summer, generally. And -30º C about as often in the winter.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1718/26299494370_1703e77d4e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G4ZMq7)

Taken exactly six months after this one
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1572/24320387509_054e70b6b9_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/D47kU2)

[YesNo]

A lot of interesting straight lines in the empty room North Star.

[North Star]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1687/26565564756_d32c17c716_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GtvsSy)

[Danik 2016]

I loved that dry leaf!
By the way, does anyone know the reason for those words marked in yellow that appear in some of out texts?

[North Star]

I loved that dry leaf!
By the way, does anyone know the reason for those words marked in yellow that appear in some of out texts?
If you arrive at a forum page through a search using the native search engine, the words in your search will be highlighted.

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, NS! I thought it was rather a strange form of text correction!

[tonywalt]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1615/26630986832_1ee0445ea4_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GzhLzo)abandoned bar grand cayman cayman islands caribbean beach (https://flic.kr/p/GzhLzo) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Danik 2016]

That´s quite a romantic picture with the dark sky and the atmosphere of solitude it sugests to me. Again, in my low resolution PC it resembles a painting.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Helping out the son and his team partners with their electronics class project. They chose to construct an RC car, in this case they were required to design and fabricate the their own circuitry and control signal device.
As for the actual car, that's where I came, I couldn't imagine a better application for a rice strainer. They christened it: "Beyond Thunderdome".

A few views of the car minus the circuitry, batteries (from my developing "Workbench Composition" series gallery):

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Workbench%20Composition/IMG_1132_zpszbta44we.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Workbench%20Composition/IMG_1132_zpszbta44we.jpg.html)


http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Workbench%20Composition/IMG_1134_zpsyhd9gs79.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Workbench%20Composition/IMG_1134_zpsyhd9gs79.jpg.html)

[Dreamwoven]

Had to look up rc car - radio-controlled! I have a lot of admiration for folks who can build such things.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Had to look up rc car - radio-controlled! I have a lot of admiration for folks who can build such things.

Thanks for taking a look, a fun project.

[YesNo]

That's a nice car, Gilliatt Gurgle! I like the triangular shape of the base which is matched by the rice strainer's shape. I remember reading about some students who used tiny Raspberry Pi computers to make things like that.

[Danik 2016]

I don´t understand anything about cars. This one has certainly an original form.Is this upper part made out of a tea sieve?

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

That's a nice car, Gilliatt Gurgle! I like the triangular shape of the base which is matched by the rice strainer's shape. I remember reading about some students who used tiny Raspberry Pi computers to make things like that.

The guys opted to steer the car by alternating the acceleration/ deceleration of each wheel, so I suggested they use a swiveling tail wheel approach which led naturally to a triangular shape. A trilobite was the secondary inspiration for the shape.
They're considering adding the quote; "two men enter one man leaves" on the side... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmRAiUPdRjk


I don´t understand anything about cars. This one has certainly an original form.Is this upper part made out of a tea sieve?

Yes, it certainly went off on a bizarre tangent, see above.
tea sieve?, well, I suppose if your brewing in a 5 gallon bucket. The strainer used is about 10 inch / 26 cm diameter and about 12 in/ 30 cm tall.

[tonywalt]

That´s quite a romantic picture with the dark sky and the atmosphere of solitude it sugests to me. Again, in my low resolution PC it resembles a painting.

Thanks. Abandoned buildings is a genre that I enjoy, alot.

[Dreamwoven]

That´s quite a romantic picture with the dark sky and the atmosphere of solitude it sugests to me. Again, in my low resolution PC it resembles a painting.

I agree with Danik, it does have a lot of atmosphere. I can understand why Tony likes them as subjects. The blue paintwork that is wearing off gives it added ghost-like qualities.

[Dreamwoven]

That´s quite a romantic picture with the dark sky and the atmosphere of solitude it sugests to me. Again, in my low resolution PC it resembles a painting.

I agree with Danik. Gives the photo ghost-like qualities.

[North Star]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7259/26767568136_c84cc84b70_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GMmMrs)

[YesNo]

It almost looks as if the people living in this house should put a picture on the wall to break the straight lines. What is outside the window does look like a picture, but it is not clear enough to override the linear patterns.

[Dreamwoven]

The vertical iron bars in front of the window gives this a prison-look

[Danik 2016]

Again a pattern. This time the dominant pattern are the vertical bars of the staircase.

[Danik 2016]

[/QUOTE]Yes, it certainly went off on a bizarre tangent, see above.
tea sieve?, well, I suppose if your brewing in a 5 gallon bucket. The strainer used is about 10 inch / 26 cm diameter and about 12 in/ 30 cm tall.[/QUOTE]
It looks small on the picture. Anyway a gigantic tea sieve then.:smile5:

[North Star]

It almost looks as if the people living in this house should put a picture on the wall to break the straight lines. What is outside the window does look like a picture, but it is not clear enough to override the linear patterns.
Not to mention that the trees visible from the window in the photo are really just more straight(ish) lines..

Again a pattern. This time the dominant pattern are the vertical bars of the staircase.
Sure, the verticals are a very dominant element here.

From Saturday. The ice was gone on Sunday.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7518/26747504871_88fdb3ed82_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GKzXk6)

[Dreamwoven]

Its the same here: went from chilly windswept winter to full summer in early May - overnight.

[YesNo]

Not to mention that the trees visible from the window in the photo are really just more straight(ish) lines..


Yes. I noticed that. I do like the straight-line theme in the picture which I think you were emphasizing. I don't think I could find so many straight lines in the home where we live which makes the picture unusual. We have plants all over the place along with a cat.

[tonywalt]

A pier in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. I really enjoy the surreal look of long exposure.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7490/26238787903_a29f23c45e_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FYCDuT)pier cayman islands caribbean long exposure explore caribbean ocean sea beach nikon piers (https://flic.kr/p/FYCDuT) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Danik 2016]

Not to mention that the trees visible from the window in the photo are really just more straight(ish) lines..

Sure, the verticals are a very dominant element here.

From Saturday. The ice was gone on Sunday.


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7518/26747504871_88fdb3ed82_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GKzXk6)
Usually these beautiful landscapes convey a feeling of loneliness to me. I live in a densely populated city and when I look at this wood, that seems unhabited, I ask where are all the people of Finnland.

[Danik 2016]

A pier in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. I really enjoy the surreal look of long exposure.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7490/26238787903_a29f23c45e_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FYCDuT)pier cayman islands caribbean long exposure explore caribbean ocean sea beach nikon piers (https://flic.kr/p/FYCDuT) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr
Yes. It reminds me of a gigantic endless swimming pool.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7534/26786424342_7140039097_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GP2qJs)Rainbow2 (https://flic.kr/p/GP2qJs) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[YesNo]

I can almost see where the pot of gold should be in that rainbow.

[Dreamwoven]

Lovely picture, the pier looks suspended over the water, while the horizon is hazy, altogether very hazy, even the closer part of the pier is hazy.

[Danik 2016]

A beautiful image. The rainbow lits the beautiful but solitary landscape, like a blessing of nature or of another dimension if one believes in it.

[Dreamwoven]

It adds a nice touch when a rainbow ends close to the house, especially if the house is yours.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

That post seems to have enlarged the pixels and made it much blurrier than my S7 camera took it. I'll try a smaller version:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7534/26786424342_7140039097.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GP2qJs)Rainbow2 (https://flic.kr/p/GP2qJs) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[YesNo]

It looks like there's fog blurring the trees. Shouldn't the trees in the background be greener than they are?

[Pensive]

Sigulda, Latvia

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[Danik 2016]

.....

[Danik 2016]

Interesting images, Pensive, specially that impressive tree against the stormy background.

[tonywalt]

Sigulda, Latvia

9758975797559756

Love this, love how its framed

[tonywalt]

Beautiful image, house is nicely proportioned, framed

[Snowqueen]

Great photos, guys. I would like to follow you on Flickr.

Here are some recent pictures.

My nieces wanted to see Lahore Museum. Fasting Buddha attracted my people.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/fasting%20buddha.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Lahore/fasting%20buddha.jpg.html)

Shalimar Garden
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/shalimmar%20-%20Copy.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/shalimmar%20-%20Copy.jpg.html)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/shalimar.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Lahore/shalimar.jpg.html)

Trimo Head Bridge (Atharan Hazari)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/trimo%20head.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Lahore/trimo%20head.jpg.html)

Spotted this kite in the trees.
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/kite.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Birds/kite.jpg.html)

[Iain Sparrow]

Great photos, guys. I would like to follow you on Flickr.


Shalimar Garden
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/shalimmar%20-%20Copy.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/shalimmar%20-%20Copy.jpg.html)



I love formal gardens!
The best outing is to spend a day visiting museums and art galleries, than have a picnic lunch in a formal garden.
There's some beautiful formal gardens and nature walks in Charleston, South Carolina. Love taking friends and family who visit from California to Magnolia Plantation & Gardens... a nature walk that includes alligators! http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/gardens.html

[Danik 2016]

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/kite.jpg[/IMG] (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Birds/kite.jpg.html)
I particularly liked this dignified bird.:)

[YesNo]

The fasting Buddha statue was unusual. I remember seeing overweight Buddhas but not something like rhis. I think those were Buddha statues. They may have been someone else.

[North Star]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/26973616666_3ec6e85a5c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/H6yQuj)

[Dreamwoven]

This is very nice, North Star, all the textures of the water and the broken remnants of what looks like a pier...

[Snowqueen]

I love formal gardens!
The best outing is to spend a day visiting museums and art galleries, than have a picnic lunch in a formal garden.
There's some beautiful formal gardens and nature walks in Charleston, South Carolina. Love taking friends and family who visit from California to Magnolia Plantation & Gardens... a nature walk that includes alligators! http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/gardens.html

Yes, it is always fun to spend time in the gardens.
Shalimar Garden was built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and this makes it very special for the tourists.



I particularly liked this dignified bird.:)
Thanks for stopping by and noticing, Danik. I like taking photos of raptors.


The fasting Buddha statue was unusual. I remember seeing overweight Buddhas but not something like rhis. I think those were Buddha statues. They may have been someone else.


It is the most famous statue form Gandhara and it's centuries old. You can find more on Gandhara art from this link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhara

[Tyrion Cheddar]

That fasting Buddha statue moved me deeply, as someone for whom the Buddha's insights have been revelatory and transformative. It was featured in the recent and excellent film about the Buddha's life that was narrated by Richard Gere. For anyone who hasn't seen it, I highly recommend it, it's up on iTunes. Anyway, it depicts the last moment (almost literally) in the Buddha's long series of struggles to gain enlightenment that involved many harsh, self-imposed trials and restrictions. He was very close to death, when he had his profound moment of insight, having not allowed himself food for a long time. Lovely photos, Snowqueen.

[Dreamwoven]

The fasting Buddha statue is unusually dramatic. I can believe it was taken close to death. The photo of the Kite was also beautiful, clear and sharp.

[Iain Sparrow]

Yes, it is always fun to spend time in the gardens.
Shalimar Garden was built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and this makes it very special for the tourists.

I don't know much about the history of India before the British Raj, it's one of those historical blindspots I've been meaning to correct.

[Snowqueen]

That fasting Buddha statue moved me deeply, as someone for whom the Buddha's insights have been revelatory and transformative. It was featured in the recent and excellent film about the Buddha's life that was narrated by Richard Gere. For anyone who hasn't seen it, I highly recommend it, it's up on iTunes. Anyway, it depicts the last moment (almost literally) in the Buddha's long series of struggles to gain enlightenment that involved many harsh, self-imposed trials and restrictions. He was very close to death, when he had his profound moment of insight, having not allowed himself food for a long time. Lovely photos, Snowqueen.


The fasting Buddha statue is unusually dramatic. I can believe it was taken close to death. The photo of the Kite was also beautiful, clear and sharp.



Tyrion Cheddar, Dreamwoven, glad you liked the photos. Thank you for stopping by.
There was some detail about this Fasting Buddha in the museum. I think you guys would find it interesting.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/th_about%20fasting%20buddha.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Lahore/about%20fasting%20buddha.jpg.html)



I don't know much about the history of India before the British Raj, it's one of those historical blindspots I've been meaning to correct.


I don’t know much about sub-continent history myself, but visiting historical places like these was quite enlightening experience for me.
Thanks for looking. :)

[Danik 2016]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/26973616666_3ec6e85a5c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/H6yQuj)
I also enjoyed these natural statues and the different textures and shades of the water around them.

[tonywalt]

I particularly liked this dignified bird.:)

Love these! especially Shalimar Garden

[North Star]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7730/27109653005_44a43024a6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HiA4mr)

[YesNo]

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/th_about%20fasting%20buddha.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Lahore/about%20fasting%20buddha.jpg.html)



That enlightenment "cannot be attained by one who has lost his strength" makes sense. There are also prophecies of Asita and Dipankra that I have never heard of.

[Iain Sparrow]

That enlightenment "cannot be attained by one who has lost his strength" makes sense. There are also prophecies of Asita and Dipankra that I have never heard of.


"The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity."- Umberto Eco

Enlightenment comes at the business end of a pistol, or found at the bottom of a bottle.:yesnod:

[YesNo]

"The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity."- Umberto Eco

Enlightenment comes at the business end of a pistol, or found at the bottom of a bottle.:yesnod:

It seems like the Buddha might have agreed with you when he was fasting his way to nirvana.

[Danik 2016]

That fasting Buddha statue moved me deeply, as someone for whom the Buddha's insights have been revelatory and transformative. It was featured in the recent and excellent film about the Buddha's life that was narrated by Richard Gere. For anyone who hasn't seen it, I highly recommend it, it's up on iTunes. Anyway, it depicts the last moment (almost literally) in the Buddha's long series of struggles to gain enlightenment that involved many harsh, self-imposed trials and restrictions. He was very close to death, when he had his profound moment of insight, having not allowed himself food for a long time. Lovely photos, Snowqueen.
I prefer this reading of Buddha´s fasting. I believe it comes more close to the original intention.

[Dreamwoven]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7730/27109653005_44a43024a6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HiA4mr)

Beautiful northern sunset/sunrise.

[North Star]

Beautiful northern sunset/sunrise.

Thanks. It was taken a few moments after this:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7487/16234280355_879fb9f240_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qJyVXr)

[Danik 2016]

Uau.This first moment is still more beautiful!

[Dreamwoven]

At sunset, then. The softer and more subtle colours are the best.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Beneduck Cumberbooch peers from a window in Stockholm:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7003/27161002216_41ff4e5a7d.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Ho8eFE)Beneduck (https://flic.kr/p/Ho8eFE) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[North Star]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7325/27251537062_52075127a7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Hw8fxh)

[Dreamwoven]

This shows very well the birch trees by the shore and the darker pine trees behind, both reflected in both the water and in the sky. Nice black and white picture...

[Danik 2016]

I love it when there are new pics on this thread.
My welcome to Mr. Cumberbooch (after discreetly looking him up on Wikipedia).
I like all your photos NS, but I prefer those in black and white. One notices details, one wouldn't in colour.
The interesting trait here: you can hardly distingish the reflection from the original.
Is there any kind of exposition that might make this difference more evident?

[tonywalt]

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7674/26782565823_006ae2aa72_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GNFDJg)georgetown grand cayman cayman islands caribean long exposure (https://flic.kr/p/GNFDJg) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Dreamwoven]

The three star-shaped lights must be an effect of the long-exposure flashes on street lighting and other bright lights. Brings out well the phenomena called light-pollution that increasingly plague astronomy, even in semi-rural areas. Amazing what you can do with a camera. The subject image is remarkably clear.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Stockholm, last week:

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7575/27357033866_e0ea61f421_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HFrX4G)Stockholm3 (https://flic.kr/p/HFrX4G) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Tyrion Cheddar]

More Stockholm:

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7426/26782997754_6f6795fccf_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GNHS8m)Stockholm4 (https://flic.kr/p/GNHS8m) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Dreamwoven]

Beautiful pictures of Gamla Stan,Tyrion. There is a website in English giving more pictures and information here:
http://www.visitstockholm.com/en/See--do/Attractions/gamla-stan/

[Danik 2016]

You answered my comment above, Tony. I don´t understand the technical part like the lenght of exposure but the mirror effect is again ghostly. As if there was a seconf city burried in the water.

[North Star]

I love it when there are new pics on this thread.
I like all your photos NS, but I prefer those in black and white. One notices details, one wouldn't in colour.
The interesting trait here: you can hardly distingish the reflection from the original.
Is there any kind of exposition that might make this difference more evident?

Thanks Danik. Yeah, removing colour and using high contrast will accentuate different things than a colour photo does.
As for your question, not really. If the water wasn't so calm, that would do it.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Beautiful pictures of Gamla Stan,Tyrion. There is a website in English giving more pictures and information here:
http://www.visitstockholm.com/en/See--do/Attractions/gamla-stan/

Thanks, mate. Now here, all, is an upward shot taken in the inner courtyard of the Nobis Hotel, where we stayed in Stockholm. Having tea in there is one elegant experience.

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7408/27326597242_1e49049cd5.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HCKXjj)courtyard2 (https://flic.kr/p/HCKXjj) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Also, while in Stockholm, there were suddenly police motorcades everywhere, and soldiers on horsies, which we learned was the royal guard or escort or whatever. We learned that the following day, the Prince was to be baptized, so royals and dignitaries were arriving for that, and the King himself--although we also learned that the King is just an ordinary guy who drives himself to work every day, and no one makes a big deal out of him. Anyway, while walking about with my niece and nephew, we suddenly had to wait on the corner because these fine fellows were trotting by. ;-)

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7728/26828832013_d06a3c7bc7_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GSLM4c)King&#x27;s Escort (https://flic.kr/p/GSLM4c) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[tonywalt]

Thanks, mate. Now here, all, is an upward shot taken in the inner courtyard of the Nobis Hotel, where we stayed in Stockholm. Having tea in there is one elegant experience.

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7408/27326597242_1e49049cd5.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HCKXjj)courtyard2 (https://flic.kr/p/HCKXjj) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

beautiful shot, nice perspective

[tonywalt]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7543/27348474472_5b8b77a3fe_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HEG5DW)abandoned house in bodden town grand cayman cayman islands caribbean long exposure (https://flic.kr/p/HEG5DW) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[YesNo]

I just got back from Colorado Springs. I have a few pictures of the "Garden of the Gods", a Pikes Peak nature area, which I will share when I am more awake. These pictures are more on the order of a tourist taking pictures with his phone which is what I imagined Tyrion Cheddar was doing with his phone in Stockholm. Tony Walton's scene through the window of an abandoned house and North Star's reflections of trees in a lake looked like they took more thought than I gave to any of mine. The sun was so bright, I could barely see what I was taking a picture of. I even asked myself why I bothered taking any pictures except that the battery in my phone was charged and I had extra disk space.

[tonywalt]

I just got back from Colorado Springs. I have a few pictures of the "Garden of the Gods", a Pikes Peak nature area, which I will share when I am more awake. These pictures are more on the order of a tourist taking pictures with his phone which is what I imagined Tyrion Cheddar was doing with his phone in Stockholm. Tony Walton's scene through the window of an abandoned house and North Star's reflections of trees in a lake looked like they took more thought than I gave to any of mine. The sun was so bright, I could barely see what I was taking a picture of. I even asked myself why I bothered taking any pictures except that the battery in my phone was charged and I had extra disk space.

I look forward to seeing them. I love pics like that, polaroids are my favourite. I buy alot of ''found photography'' - it's often the best stuff I've seen.

[tonywalt]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7308/26857986933_db9445e615_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GVmcNe)Pier on stormy rainy day in grand cayman cayman islands caribean long exposure (https://flic.kr/p/GVmcNe) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Dreamwoven]

The rain on the screen gives this picture a special atmospheric character, the horizon looks to be heaving as well.

[tonywalt]

The rain on the screen gives this picture a special atmospheric character, the horizon looks to be heaving as well.

Yea, I enjoy having fun with picturesque photos, give it some effect. Shortly, I'm going to be shifting to more portraits - need to find time, experience in that genre.

[YesNo]

Here are some pictures from the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.

The first one hopefully gives you an idea of how massive these upturned slabs of sandstone are. The Pikes Peak mountain pushed up and broke these horizontal layers of rock and then they weathered in place about 70 million years ago.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%206.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%206.jpg.html)

Here is a view with a little of the vegetation in the foreground to give it a different perspective.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%204.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%204.jpg.html)

Here are some unusual shapes of the weathered sandstone.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%202.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%202.jpg.html)

This one is a sign I am getting tired of it and have to include a fence.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%205.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%205.jpg.html)

I thought these trees in the park were also quite unusual.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%203.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%203.jpg.html)

[tonywalt]

Here are some pictures from the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.

The first one hopefully gives you an idea of how massive these upturned slabs of sandstone are. The Pikes Peak mountain pushed up and broke these horizontal layers of rock and then they weathered in place about 70 million years ago.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%206.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%206.jpg.html)

Here is a view with a little of the vegetation in the foreground to give it a different perspective.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%204.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%204.jpg.html)

Here are some unusual shapes of the weathered sandstone.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%202.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%202.jpg.html)

This one is a sign I am getting tired of it and have to include a fence.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%205.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%205.jpg.html)

I thought these trees in the park were also quite unusual.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%203.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%203.jpg.html)

Love these landscape shots!

[tonywalt]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7451/27476237276_a278c68671_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HRYU5U)window of abandoned house building grand cayman cayman islands caribbean (https://flic.kr/p/HRYU5U) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Danik 2016]

Here are some pictures from the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.

The first one hopefully gives you an idea of how massive these upturned slabs of sandstone are. The Pikes Peak mountain pushed up and broke these horizontal layers of rock and then they weathered in place about 70 million years ago.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%206.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%206.jpg.html)

Here is a view with a little of the vegetation in the foreground to give it a different perspective.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%204.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%204.jpg.html)

Here are some unusual shapes of the weathered sandstone.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%202.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%202.jpg.html)

This one is a sign I am getting tired of it and have to include a fence.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%205.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%205.jpg.html)

I thought these trees in the park were also quite unusual.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%203.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%203.jpg.html)
I like this gigantic shapes! The trees have a mild beauty but the vegetation near the stones is somewhat dry.

[Danik 2016]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7451/27476237276_a278c68671_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HRYU5U)window of abandoned house building grand cayman cayman islands caribbean (https://flic.kr/p/HRYU5U) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr
I love that shot, with the framed blue sky as if it were part of the wall. It goes well with the blue "A".
Just a curiosity, Tony: Why are there so many abandoned houses on the island?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

YesNo, I used to live in Boulder and haven't thought of those extraordinary sights in many years. I also forgot the sight of the continental divide. I remember I used to go way up on frighteningly narrow mountain roads to get a clear view of it. Quite a place.

[Dreamwoven]

Colours on all these photos come out with wonderful clarity on my Retina Mac. Just love them.

[YesNo]

Thanks, tonywalt! Your pictures through the window of the abandoned home made me think I like the one where the walls of the home are darkened better than the one showing what is on the inside walls.

It is dry there, Danik, although we were visiting during a wetter period where we even encountered hail. I don't know what the vegetation is, but the light green color of the low vegetation seems rather delicate to me.

I haven't seen Boulder, Tyrion Cheddar, but I remember going to some conference in Denver many years ago. We got lost trying to find the convention center downtown even with a GPS which kept losing us, but with modern technology on our phones we seemed to easily get around Colorado City. That city, although about the 40th in size in the US, isn't very hard to figure out. We plan to go out there more often and at least ride the train to the top of Pikes Peak.

Regarding the colors on a laptop's display, Dreamwoven, for my HP Pavilion computer if I adjust the angle of the screen to my eyes the colors can be made brighter or duller.

[tonywalt]

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7669/27460890151_036a281675_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HQCeVi)Cayman Parrots a subspecies of the Cuban Parrot Birding Carribean Cayman Islands (https://flic.kr/p/HQCeVi) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Danik 2016]

Cute picture! They look a bit like their Brazilian relatives,

[YesNo]

Those parrots look nice. How did you get the uniform blue background?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

I love those parrots, Tony. I am a lover of birds and have owned some in my life.

[tonywalt]

Shadows/Highlights on photoshop. Gives it the contrast.

[tonywalt]

I love those parrots, Tony. I am a lover of birds and have owned some in my life.

Yea, I love parrots, Amazons are my fave. Raised them. Had them. All my life.

[tonywalt]

I love that shot, with the framed blue sky as if it were part of the wall. It goes well with the blue "A".
Just a curiosity, Tony: Why are there so many abandoned houses on the island?


There is only one abandoned building on the island.(It's actually delayed in construction, graffiti happened) I take pics from it's windows. I am a fan of abandoned building photos, it's one of my fave genres.

[tonywalt]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7664/26907594524_f6c1be758f_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GZJspw)attic window abandoned building abandoned house grand cayman cayman islands caribbean contemporary (https://flic.kr/p/GZJspw) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

An attic in the Cayman Islands.

[Danik 2016]

Any special exposition to create the darkness or is there just one small window?

[tonywalt]

Any special exposition to create the darkness or is there just one small window?

Just one small window.

[tonywalt]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7083/27684732366_b1c5ff79fa_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JbpupQ)phone off the hook #minimalism #minimalist #minimal #minimalistic #minimalistics #minimalove #minimalobsession #photooftheday #minimalninja #instaminim #minimalisbd #simple #simplicity #keepitsimple #minimalplanet #love #instagood #minimalhunter #minimal (https://flic.kr/p/JbpupQ) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[YesNo]

Nice composition in the phone off the hook picture. The blue of the phone box matches the blue of your signature.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

This happened last evening in front of my house. The photo quality is ****e, alas, as I only had seconds to catch it and had to take the pic through a screen. Nonetheless, I'm very glad I caught it.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7364/27662204841_231571aa02_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/J9q2Le)mommy and babies (https://flic.kr/p/J9q2Le) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[YesNo]

I was wondering what those vertical lines were through the picture. I think this is the same place where you found the orb.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

I was wondering what those vertical lines were through the picture. I think this is the same place where you found the orb.

Ah, yes, the orb. Maybe I only imagined I was looking through a window screen and actually it was the grid pattern of the orb's trans-dimensional scanner.

[Danik 2016]

I loved this family! They seem to feel very much at home there. I also wonder at the may different shades of green of the landscape. Mother earth at her best, with or without aliens.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

I loved this family! They seem to feel very much at home there. I also wonder at the may different shades of green of the landscape. Mother earth at her best, with or without aliens.

Thanks, I'm very blessed to have this place. You're right, the animals are the ones at home here, I am the interloper. My house is tucked into a little corner where field meets forest on top of a bluff. Yes, the colors of the surrounding environment are lovely, especially in late afternoon as the setting sun turns golden. The local wild turkey mama has a bevy of at least a dozen babies who she has appeared with recently, out front just like the deer. I keep hoping to get a shot.

[Pompey Bum]

I keep hoping to get a shot.

That's just cruel, TC, how could you?

[tonywalt]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7316/27485431940_eb29889fdd_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HSN2kA)phone off the hook Grand Cayman cayman islands caribbean street photography (https://flic.kr/p/HSN2kA) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

Last of the payphones

[Dreamwoven]

That's just cruel, TC, how could you?

I think TC meant a photo shot, just like the one with the roe deer.

[Pompey Bum]

(I know, DW ;-) ).

[tonywalt]

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7363/27683778442_e2babf36bd_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JbjAQS)pier in storm grand cayman cayman islands (https://flic.kr/p/JbjAQS) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Dreamwoven]

The seawater on the camera screen gives this picture a special atmosphere.

[YesNo]

The water on the camera and not having the pier lined up with the bottom makes it look like the shore is a boat rocking on a rough sea.

[tonywalt]

The water on the camera and not having the pier lined up with the bottom makes it look like the shore is a boat rocking on a rough sea.

Yea, it was a pretty bad storm. I ran to the car afterwards.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Had another sudden appearance by these neighbors early this morning. Again had only a moment to snap the pics, so the quality isn't very good. Four babies this time, and they are very clearly at play. In the second shot, you'll see they are circling around Mama in a game.

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7420/27313255494_c182370ab7_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HBzzhb)Mama and 4 kids2 (https://flic.kr/p/HBzzhb) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7471/27925437425_59afcf941c_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JxFaD4)Mama and 4 kids (https://flic.kr/p/JxFaD4) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[YesNo]

Nice photos of those deer. It reminds me that you live in the middle of nowhere where deer still have a place to live.

[Danik 2016]

Flinging around their happy legs, while mama looks on, serious, responsible and dignified.

[tonywalt]

Had another sudden appearance by these neighbors early this morning. Again had only a moment to snap the pics, so the quality isn't very good. Four babies this time, and they are very clearly at play. In the second shot, you'll see they are circling around Mama in a game.

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7420/27313255494_c182370ab7_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HBzzhb)Mama and 4 kids2 (https://flic.kr/p/HBzzhb) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7471/27925437425_59afcf941c_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JxFaD4)Mama and 4 kids (https://flic.kr/p/JxFaD4) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

Gorgeous!

[tonywalt]

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7598/27927750315_cee0860337_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JxT2bt)HELL gas station grand cayman cayman islands americana caribbean (https://flic.kr/p/JxT2bt) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

Hell gas station in grand cayman cayman islands

[Danik 2016]

The owner of this station has some sense of humour! ;)

[YesNo]

Great name for a gas station!