Pictures Taken By you...

[tonywalt]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7459/27952914405_8893514891_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JA6ZA6)HAITI STREET SCENE PORT AU PRINCE CARIBBEAN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY STREET MARKET OUT OF A BUS PHOTOGRAPH (https://flic.kr/p/JA6ZA6) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

A photo I took in Haiti out of a bus window. Not technical, but liked the vibrancy of the haitian street scene, and the guy on the left really adds a bit of, 'looking back at the camera' in a street photograph - which adds alot.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Great shots, all around. BTW, as you may know, Hell is a village in Norway--and no that's not a line from a heavy metal ballad. I thought you might have a shot of a gas station there. Perhaps the gas station in Hell is called Grand Cayman.

[Danik 2016]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7459/27952914405_8893514891_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JA6ZA6)HAITI STREET SCENE PORT AU PRINCE CARIBBEAN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY STREET MARKET OUT OF A BUS PHOTOGRAPH (https://flic.kr/p/JA6ZA6) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

A photo I took in Haiti out of a bus window. Not technical, but liked the vibrancy of the haitian street scene, and the guy on the left really adds a bit of, 'looking back at the camera' in a street photograph - which adds alot.

Beautiful pic. We have this vibrancy here too. Some of the people even love to interract with the camera.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

And now a few shots of my other neighbors, who were here just a short time ago. This time I had the presence of mind to use the photo function on my new Sony camcorder, which in addition to taking higher quality snaps than my phone also has a much better zoom function. Wild turkeys are native to these parts, as America's pilgrim forebears soon discovered; I feel like I should have one o' them funny hats they wore and a blunderbuss. Enjoy.

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7275/27961342935_0160ea64b6_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JARc6z)Turkey full family (https://flic.kr/p/JARc6z) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7377/27682041250_2213ae73eb_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JbaGrh)Mama and Papa (https://flic.kr/p/JbaGrh) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7268/27682058620_dfdf5bdd51_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JbaMAL)Turkeys in the Mist (https://flic.kr/p/JbaMAL) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[YesNo]

Nice family of turkeys. I remember seeing them in Wisconsin.

[Dreamwoven]

Strange looking Turkeys, are they a different species from European ones?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Strange looking Turkeys, are they a different species from European ones?

I'm sure they are, they're local to New England.

[Dreamwoven]

So these are the turkeys that the founding fathers ate on the first Thanksgiving Day.

[Pompey Bum]

So these are the turkeys that the founding fathers ate on the first Thanksgiving Day.

Well, it's the same kind the Massachusetts Puritans hunted and ate--leaving aside the question of whether the "First Thanksgiving" ever actually happened. I just saw a large group myself (here in Massachusetts) about 10 minutes ago. The critter also graces the bottle of an expensive brand of bourbon called Wild Turkey (aka "the Turk"). So I guess you could say Puritans eat them and hedonists drink them. :)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

So these are the turkeys that the founding fathers ate on the first Thanksgiving Day.

Well, not the same ones, as presumably the Founding Fathers shat them out after eating them.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Well, it's the same kind the Massachusetts Puritans hunted and ate--leaving aside the question of whether the "First Thanksgiving" ever actually happened. I just saw a large group myself (here in Massachusetts) about 10 minutes ago. The critter also graces the bottle of an expensive brand of bourbon called Wild Turkey (aka "the Turk"). So I guess you could say Puritans eat them and hedonists drink them. :)

I was never a drinker and don't drink at all these days, but years ago a girl I was boffing for a time introduced me to Wild Turkey, and I enjoyed it, although in the end it made me sick as alcohol generally does. Or maybe it was the girl that made me sick, let me think...No, no, it was definitely the bourbon.

[Pompey Bum]

Wild Turkey is really strong so it was probably wasn't the lady.

[Snowqueen]

Some pictures from Patriata (Punjab) and its neighbouring areas, taken last year.

This was perhaps a cricket ground, but I couldn't get whole pitch in the frame. My bad!
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Journey/pt.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Journey/pt.jpg.html)

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

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

Common myna, a bird native to Asia.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/myna_1.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Birds/myna_1.jpg.html)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Great job, Snowqueen. I especially love the bird, as I'm very fond of them. Punjab is one of those exotic parts of the world I don't think I'll ever get to, so pictures, films and documentaries will be my guides. Well, and virtual reality, soon enough.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

OK, lads and laddettes, here is the first of this morning's offerings. I call it House on Hill, creative chap that I am. It was taken moments ago while standing on my deck.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7367/27382651793_e86f3132f6_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HHHfo6)House on Hill (https://flic.kr/p/HHHfo6) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Also taken moments ago on my deck, I've entitled this one Deer in Field. See if you can spot the reason.

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7357/27961927446_4c7293aef4_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JAUbRm)Deer in Field (https://flic.kr/p/JAUbRm) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Danik 2016]

Some pictures from Patriata (Punjab) and its neighbouring areas, taken last year.

This was perhaps a cricket ground, but I couldn't get whole pitch in the frame. My bad!
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Journey/pt.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Journey/pt.jpg.html)

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

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

Common myna, a bird native to Asia.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/myna_1.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Birds/myna_1.jpg.html)
Great pics SQ. The bird looks like he is being specially gracious, letting you photograph him,

[Danik 2016]

Also taken moments ago on my deck, I've entitled this one Deer in Field. See if you can spot the reason.

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7357/27961927446_4c7293aef4_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JAUbRm)Deer in Field (https://flic.kr/p/JAUbRm) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr
Nice pic, the colour of the deer matching the colour of the field. And the title is original indeed, almost surrealistic!:biggrin5:

[YesNo]

The deer blends better in the field than that white house does in the trees.

I liked the close up of the Myna bird, Snowqueen. I don't think the zoom on my phone would allow me to take such pictures.

[Dreamwoven]

I don't think the white house is meant to blend into the trees. The picture of a lone house up there gives the picture its appeal, at least for me.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

I don't think the white house is meant to blend into the trees. The picture of a lone house up there gives the picture its appeal, at least for me.

Thank you, DW. YesNo is a little slow sometimes.

[Danik 2016]

OK, lads and laddettes, here is the first of this morning's offerings. I call it House on Hill, creative chap that I am. It was taken moments ago while standing on my deck.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7367/27382651793_e86f3132f6_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HHHfo6)House on Hill (https://flic.kr/p/HHHfo6) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

I agree with DW. The house stands in contrast to the surrounding landscape. The deer mingles with the landscape as if part on it. The colour contrast emphasises the beauty but also the loneliness of the house.

[Snowqueen]

Thank you, Tyrion Cheddar, Danik and Yes/No for casting a glance at my photos. Really liked Deer in Field, it's a great shot.




I liked the close up of the Myna bird, Snowqueen. I don't think the zoom on my phone would allow me to take such pictures.

Yes/No, I took this picture with my camera and it has long zoom feature in it. Which is a good thing for amateurs like me.
I can't take good pics with my mobile.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

For behold, my young friends, I am back, with another in my ongoing attempts to capture the wildlife and scenery before my house with my amateur skills and overall penchant for all things cheese. Like the quesadilla I had yesterday; dripping with cheese. Damned good, that. In any case, this wee fawn just strolled by with her Mama moments ago. Enjoy.

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7405/27735911690_eddc85d86f_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JfVNeY)Fawn morning (https://flic.kr/p/JfVNeY) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Dreamwoven]

Nice shot!

[YesNo]

With all that wildlife, you don't need pets around the house, TC.

[Danik 2016]

For behold, my young friends, I am back, with another in my ongoing attempts to capture the wildlife and scenery before my house with my amateur skills and overall penchant for all things cheese. Like the quesadilla I had yesterday; dripping with cheese. Damned good, that. In any case, this wee fawn just strolled by with her Mama moments ago. Enjoy.

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7405/27735911690_eddc85d86f_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JfVNeY)Fawn morning (https://flic.kr/p/JfVNeY) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr
Cute!
It´s a kind of "Summer in Paradise" all around you. Kids grew up during spring, now everybody is enjoying a holiday, with or without family.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

With all that wildlife, you don't need pets around the house, TC.

Quite right, especially because they bring the ticks that spread Lyme disease into the house. I living at the literal epicenter of Lyme, and I live on a farm and it's mainly field mice that carry the ticks, so I have to be darned careful. I did get it last year.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Nice images all.
Snowqueen, good to see you're posts again.

[tonywalt]

For behold, my young friends, I am back, with another in my ongoing attempts to capture the wildlife and scenery before my house with my amateur skills and overall penchant for all things cheese. Like the quesadilla I had yesterday; dripping with cheese. Damned good, that. In any case, this wee fawn just strolled by with her Mama moments ago. Enjoy.

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7405/27735911690_eddc85d86f_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JfVNeY)Fawn morning (https://flic.kr/p/JfVNeY) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

Nice shot. Picturesque.

[tonywalt]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7313/27729503860_bcd452a685_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JfmXq9)street photography grand cayman cayman islands caribbean streetlife (https://flic.kr/p/JfmXq9) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Tyrion Cheddar]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7313/27729503860_bcd452a685_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JfmXq9)street photography grand cayman cayman islands caribbean streetlife (https://flic.kr/p/JfmXq9) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

I don't mean to insult your friend there, Tony, but he's a real dummy.

[tonywalt]

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7425/27953693431_ffa3776eb7_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JAaZaz)market women haiti port-au-prince caribbean street photography (https://flic.kr/p/JAaZaz) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

Market women, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

[tonywalt]

I don't mean to insult your friend there, Tony, but he's a real dummy.

You should meet his girlfriend, she's a bigger dummy (she is. Big boned, not sure why

[Snowqueen]

Tyrion Cheddar and Tony, really nice pics, guys.



Snowqueen, good to see you're posts again.

Thanks, Gilliatt. :)

[YesNo]

That's an interesting technique of blanking out the background in the market women. I am going to try doing it in Gimp to give me an excuse to use the software.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

That's an interesting technique of blanking out the background in the market women. I am going to try doing it in Gimp to give me an excuse to use the software.

I read that twice, YesNo. Gimp? I mean, I love it and all, being an opponent of political correctness and a supporter of free speech, but even I am somewhat taken aback--is there really a software program called Gimp?

[Danik 2016]

Here you are, Einstein gened TC!
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

And I prefer to remain in ignorance of any other meanings of Gimp!

[YesNo]

These software names are mysteries to me. There are also software titles like "R" and "Python". I've recently downloaded "Scribus" for desktop publishing since I am hoping to put together an ebook. My problem is I have to get off my butt and learn these. At the moment I'm trying to get motivated to just make a trial book cover.

[tonywalt]

That's an interesting technique of blanking out the background in the market women. I am going to try doing it in Gimp to give me an excuse to use the software.

Yea, It isolates the subjects. I like minimalism, sometimes, quite a bit actually.

[North Star]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7422/28137342006_31723f3318_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JSpeuj)

[Danik 2016]

I think this may be called minimalism. I have a curiosity NS, how does your landscape appear in summer? Is it as lonely and misterious as in winter?

[North Star]

I think this may be called minimalism. I have a curiosity NS, how does your landscape appear in summer? Is it as lonely and misterious as in winter?
There is a minimalist streak to the image, definitely.
Ah, I see you haven't necessarily seen my earlier landscape / nature photographs, Danik, since you only joined in January. I suppose nothing can match the quiet of a snow-covered landscape, but it can be pretty solitary in the summertime as well.

https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5679/23378295826_dacaf00e9c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/BBRSRY)

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5692/20696523061_8624b60311_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/xwT6fv)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/573/20939388712_402cb94342_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/xUkQKj)

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7737/18077662582_f2c15c07bc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/txsKgC)

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7464/15293647393_419f6158cc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pirWxK)

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8631/15888833771_5d045c20ab_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qd3qHR)

[Clopin]

Love the (pine?) forest with the sprinkling of orange trees. That's how it looks here as well.

[North Star]

Thank you. Yes, they're pines - with the odd spruce among them. The orange trees are birch.

[Pompey Bum]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7345/28005337022_830c7957e5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JEJF1j)

This strikes me as a very sexual picture, NS. Did you have the same thought as its creator, or am I just being weird and inappropriate again?

[North Star]

This strikes me as a very sexual picture, NS. Did you have the same thought as its creator, or am I just being weird and inappropriate again?

Haha PB, I can't say I thought of that - not consciously anyway - when I took the photo, but you're not being weird or inappropriate at all; there are numerous things about the picture that support the description.

[Pompey Bum]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7345/28005337022_830c7957e5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JEJF1j)

Yes, soft and curvy, lipped and drippy. Very effective picture.

[YesNo]

That picture with the windmill is intriguing, North Star. It looks too small for a real windmill. I liked the focus on the drops of the glass.

[tonywalt]

The sun is really nice in this. I am intrigued by the reflection in the last one.

[tonywalt]

And now a few shots of my other neighbors, who were here just a short time ago. This time I had the presence of mind to use the photo function on my new Sony camcorder, which in addition to taking higher quality snaps than my phone also has a much better zoom function. Wild turkeys are native to these parts, as America's pilgrim forebears soon discovered; I feel like I should have one o' them funny hats they wore and a blunderbuss. Enjoy.

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7275/27961342935_0160ea64b6_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JARc6z)Turkey full family (https://flic.kr/p/JARc6z) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7377/27682041250_2213ae73eb_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JbaGrh)Mama and Papa (https://flic.kr/p/JbaGrh) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7268/27682058620_dfdf5bdd51_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JbaMAL)Turkeys in the Mist (https://flic.kr/p/JbaMAL) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

Love this. My experience is that they are quite shy in north america.

[tonywalt]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7395/27130344264_539f3637c3_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Hkq79h)phone off the hook grand cayman street photography cayman islands caribbean (https://flic.kr/p/Hkq79h) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Danik 2016]

There is a minimalist streak to the image, definitely.
Ah, I see you haven't necessarily seen my earlier landscape / nature photographs, Danik, since you only joined in January. I suppose nothing can match the quiet of a snow-covered landscape, but it can be pretty solitary in the summertime as well.

https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5679/23378295826_dacaf00e9c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/BBRSRY)

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5692/20696523061_8624b60311_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/xwT6fv)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/573/20939388712_402cb94342_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/xUkQKj)

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7737/18077662582_f2c15c07bc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/txsKgC)

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7464/15293647393_419f6158cc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pirWxK)

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8631/15888833771_5d045c20ab_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qd3qHR)
No I didn´t see these before. A beautiful play with the colours. The sun seems transformed in a candle in the water. And I love the birches too. We don´t have them here.

[North Star]

I'm glad you like them, Danik. :) Of course, those are just a few I picked from my Flickr page, if you want to see more, just follow the links on the images.


Meanwhile, something newer:
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7393/28111897206_9fba6903dc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JQ9PCS)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

I'm glad you like them, Danik. :) Of course, those are just a few I picked from my Flickr page, if you want to see more, just follow the links on the images.


Meanwhile, something newer:
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7393/28111897206_9fba6903dc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JQ9PCS)

I can't decide if the glass is half full or half empty. :lol:

[North Star]

I can't decide if the glass is half full or half empty. :lol:
Thank you, Tyrion - your insightful comment is appreciated.

[North Star]

From the archives:
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7422/28137342006_7c59673caa_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JSpeuj)

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Enjoying the posts.
Tony's phone reminded me of a B&W photo I snapped of a long abandoned gas pump standing in a field of grass. A sign on the side of the pump read "Contains Lead". How times have changed.

North Star winter archive is a welcome sight as the temps here are getting close to 100

TC, did I ever tell you I like wild turkey?

[North Star]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8762/28187236766_5275f62026_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JWNXsN)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Enjoying the posts.
Tony's phone reminded me of a B&W photo I snapped of a long abandoned gas pump standing in a field of grass. A sign on the side of the pump read "Contains Lead". How times have changed.

North Star winter archive is a welcome sight as the temps here are getting close to 100

TC, did I ever tell you I like wild turkey?

No, you didn't. I mentioned earlier that I used to like it, till I found it dun make me sick. But I'll pass your praise on to my own wild turkeys next time I see them.

[North Star]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8757/28241016725_c8d7ebb07b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/K2yAnt)

[Danik 2016]

From the archives:
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7422/28137342006_7c59673caa_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JSpeuj)
I like this one! I noticed that you have a lot of pics on Flick. Enough for starting to think of publishing on paper.
The two last, I suppose are a study of the waterdrops on that glass.

[North Star]

I like this one! I noticed that you have a lot of pics on Flick. Enough for starting to think of publishing on paper.
The two last, I suppose are a study of the waterdrops on that glass.
Thank you, Danik. Yes, printing is something I will need to start doing at some point in the future, and all that other stuff.

And yes, these are all water drops, but not on glass but on an oven tray.

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8895/28185750981_a042ff4847_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JWFkMP)

[North Star]

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8884/28200137002_0e95632088_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JXX5fE)

[Dreamwoven]

Looks like the rain has eased off...?

[North Star]

Looks like the rain has eased off...?
I don't quite follow you, Dreamwoven, care to elaborate on that?

[Dreamwoven]

Fewer drops of water on the second of the two pictures...

[August Guelfen]

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
but I have promises to keep
and miles to go before I sleep
and miles to go before I sleep...

Robert Lee Frost

My association with your work about the birchwoods...
I love nature a lot more than organisation... Even more than
mankind, mother nature's rules will cut humanity down. God's will and nature's will
are equal and the same thing at the end of societies... I pray and probably chant for nature's strongest rise of rage...

[North Star]

Fewer drops of water on the second of the two pictures...
Ah yes, of course.



My association with your work about the birchwoods...
I love nature a lot more than organisation... Even more than
mankind, mother nature's rules will cut humanity down. God's will and nature's will
are equal and the same thing at the end of societies... I pray and probably chant for nature's strongest rise of rage...
There is plenty of organization - and entropy - in nature, which we are all a part of, too.

[August Guelfen]

I know what you mean. Perhabs pantheisme is a good way to experience this point of view.
Thank you, North Star.

[North Star]

At a glance, pantheism does look quite agreeable to me. In the end, I don't really see any point in constructing systems of belief for the metaphysical matters that science doesn't have definite answers for. I'd rather enjoy - and deal with - what there is than think too much about the unanswerable questions.


https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8702/28042753780_1bae8c81fe_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JJ3rGQ)

[North Star]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8613/28310177846_0309a74206_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/K8F4yA)

[Danik 2016]

Are they still the same water drops, NS? What made them look like small planets in a sky?

[North Star]

If not the same drops, very similar ones. I assume you are referring to the blots created by the light reflected from the out-of-focus drops.

[YesNo]

I was walking down a trail today and looking at things like this:

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Path%201.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Path%201.jpg.html)

And because the sun was getting very bright and I was under a tree, I took this:

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/4d57bf08-5447-4b68-8d16-54cd6cb61e8e.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/4d57bf08-5447-4b68-8d16-54cd6cb61e8e.jpg.html)

And this:

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Shadows%202.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Shadows%202.jpg.html)

And I now wonder if I like the shadows on the ground better.

[Dreamwoven]

In all three pictures, the contrast between the shadow and the light make the images. Very nice, YesNo.

[North Star]

Shadows and light, nothing is much more interesting to photograph.


Thread duty - an image from May last year, I did some cropping on the image now:

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8788/17546501954_b1f3dbbca9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sJwpHL)

[YesNo]

The black and white contrast helps the shapes stand out. I like those ferns.

[North Star]

The last in this series for now:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8878/28392254665_78783a6d9e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KfVJ9a)

[Danik 2016]

If not the same drops, very similar ones. I assume you are referring to the blots created by the light reflected from the out-of-focus drops.
Yes, the waterdrops of the glass.

[Danik 2016]

I was walking down a trail today and looking at things like this:

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Path%201.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Path%201.jpg.html)

And because the sun was getting very bright and I was under a tree, I took this:

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/4d57bf08-5447-4b68-8d16-54cd6cb61e8e.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/4d57bf08-5447-4b68-8d16-54cd6cb61e8e.jpg.html)

And this:

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/Shadows%202.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/Shadows%202.jpg.html)

And I now wonder if I like the shadows on the ground better.
Nice pictures Y/N. I liked the contrast in the last one best.

[Danik 2016]

Shadows and light, nothing is much more interesting to photograph.


Thread duty - an image from May last year, I did some cropping on the image now:

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8788/17546501954_b1f3dbbca9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sJwpHL)

Very delicate this one.

[North Star]

Yes, the waterdrops of the glass.

These last images are water drops on an oven tray.

[YesNo]

Nice pictures Y/N. I liked the contrast in the last one best.

The last one is my favorite as well. I was planning to take a few more of these shadow pictures today, but the sun was not as bright because of the cloudiness and the contrasts were not as sharp. This did make the walk more pleasant since it was also cooler.

[North Star]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8689/28411138365_a25e41bc42_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KhAvBc)

[Snowqueen]

Nice macro of watermelon, North Star. It deserves a place in "Explore".


A few more pics.

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

A busy hoopoe searching for bugs and insects.

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

It's a natural honeycomb just outside our house. We never tried to extract honey from it. These bees are still thriving here.

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

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Snowqueen, me love your shots. What a cool bird! This is India? Punjab?

[Danik 2016]

Nice macro of watermelon, North Star. It deserves a place in "Explore".


A few more pics.

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

A busy hoopoe searching for bugs and insects.

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

It's a natural honeycomb just outside our house. We never tried to extract honey from it. These bees are still thriving here.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/makhi.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/makhi.jpg.html)
Lovely pictures, Snowqueen! The spiderweb is delicate like a juwel.

[North Star]

Nice macro of watermelon, North Star. It deserves a place in "Explore".

A few more pics.

A busy hoopoe searching for bugs and insects.

It's a natural honeycomb just outside our house. We never tried to extract honey from it. These bees are still thriving here.
Thanks, Snowqueen. Those are some lovely photos, too.

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8354/27815696733_7304a9f6e1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JnYHya)

[Snowqueen]

Tyrion Cheddar, Danik, North Star, Thank you for your kind comments.


This is India? Punjab?

Nope, but you are close.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Tyrion Cheddar, Danik, North Star, Thank you for your kind comments.



Nope, but you are close.

Hm. Then you are in Nepal, Pakistan or, just possibly, Rigel IV, the famed pleasure planet where one can find fresh fruit and belly dancers on every corner.

[North Star]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8027/28170040100_e82053567e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JVhPuy)

[Snowqueen]

Beautiful shot, North Star and nice texture.


Hm. Then you are in Nepal, Pakistan or, just possibly, Rigel IV, the famed pleasure planet where one can find fresh fruit and belly dancers on every corner.

Lol Don't go that far, Tyrion Cheddar. Pakistan is the right answer.

[North Star]

Thanks Snowqueen.

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8739/27856115813_4157af1b59_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JrxSJR)

[Dreamwoven]

What is the picture of, North Star?

[Danik 2016]

Thanks Snowqueen.

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8739/27856115813_4157af1b59_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JrxSJR)
I confess that at the beginning I didn´t know,what the picture was about. Then Snowqueen revealed that it was a watermelon and the last two pictures confirm it.

[North Star]

What is the picture of, North Star?
The joys, and the momentariness, of life.. If you mean to ask what the objects are, they're watermelon slices in a bowl.

Of course, if you clicked the images and saw them on Flickr, you'd note that they are titled Watermelon I, II, III & IV. That might have helped, too. ;)

[Dreamwoven]

Watermelon, thanks for that. It can be bought in Northern Sweden but is very watery (surprise) and bland, and we don't eat it at all. Those pips in the last picture give it away.

[North Star]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8758/27875369213_07556e42fa_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Jtfy72)

[Dreamwoven]

Its the angle of this picture that gives it character, giving it a curious oval shape.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Me live in America where watermelon is abundant, and as I'm sure you all know, a staple of Southern living. What I didn't know until recently was that in Japan, where apparently they also grow sweet watermelons, it is a social custom when a group of people are sharing one to make sure everyone gets a piece from the center, which is the sweetest part.

[North Star]

Cool, TC. Yeah, that seems the prudent thing to do. I cut them in half and then slice the halves into spherical wedges.

Moving on to nectarines...
https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7693/28515333645_5ddbe05826_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KrNxex)

[Danik 2016]

Nice composition in black and white.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Good choice, North Star. Me and nectarines are great pals. Closer than two...well, look at your photo and use your imagination. I consume them at an enormous rate. Sometimes the organic ones in the supermarket, which are locally grown, look OK, in which case I buy those. Of course, I wonder if the label 'organic' really means anything, at the supermarket level. Anyway, we do have some farmer's markets nearby too, and the one I use each summer has just opened for the year. They've got great nectarines and other fruits--and corn, which I love. Funny that they didn't open till this weekend. I think the fact that it was freezing cold till the second half of May might have something to do with it, like maybe their initial spring crop got wrecked. Hard to believe it was wintry like that in May, now that we're melting where we stand.

[North Star]

Cheers, Tyrion. Yeah, nectarines are just great.

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8209/28508768686_f65ccd9176_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KrdTGA)

[Danik 2016]

They look more like themselves on this second pic.;). May I suggest that you all import your photos from the vegetable pictures thread? I think they will get more views here in this thread.

[North Star]

Well I'll consider digging the archives here when I've run out of new photos to post ;)

[North Star]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7554/28457778092_8712d613da_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KmHxYq)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7554/28457778092_8712d613da_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KmHxYq)

Glad to see you giving equal time to the women and the men, North Star. :p

[North Star]

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8804/28553925786_7830f6c963_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Kvdkkh)

[Dreamwoven]

In black and white fruits look much the same, we take cues from the colour of fruit, I guess, to identify them.

[YesNo]

Here's a picture of a plant in a pot with a shadow. https://goo.gl/photos/9BzFVHvPW9E4Wh4d8

I'm trying to move away from Photobucket and use Google tools, but I don't know how to make them show up as images here.

[Dreamwoven]

How odd, the plant is in shadow but casts a shadow on the wall...

[North Star]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8215/28326096080_9f018b5e9c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Ka5DuU)

[YesNo]

I assume those are onions. Putting them in black and white makes one see them differently than one is used to seeing them.

[Danik 2016]

Lol!They seem to be made of silver.

[Tyrion Cheddar]

I took this photo of my lunch some time ago, at the local diner, where I frequently engorge myself. I am rather hungry at the moment and so am wishing I had one of these in front of me. Note the avocado, it's totally key, no turkey club would be complete without it. Note the toasted white bread and mayo. These elements are fundamental. Properly done fries. Oh boy, oh boy.

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7684/28544809731_9026bd0e64.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KupBrV)Club sandwich (https://flic.kr/p/KupBrV) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Danik 2016]

The picture is interesting (I haven´t had breakfast yet and, as the good guy you are, you provided the address of the place). A sandwich with avocado is something new for me, I shall try it out next. And what is that, that looks like a slice of melon? Got to take breakfast urgently!

[Danik 2016]

Sorry, double post!

[Snowqueen]

Wow, really nice pictures, guys.

I think I can also add a few.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/New%20Camera%20March%202013/sunset.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/New%20Camera%20March%202013/sunset.jpg.html)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/New%20Camera%20March%202013/flower.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/New%20Camera%20March%202013/flower.jpg.html)

A female Sunbird.

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

[Danik 2016]

I love your pictures, Snowqueen, specially the birds!

[YesNo]

I liked first photo of the black birds against the sky the best, Snowqueen. That looks like an interesting meal, Tyrion Cheddar. I take it you are in New York.

[North Star]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8710/28600112406_b13f0f2f2f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Kzi41j)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Snowqueen, your photos are especially glorious. Apart from the excellent photography, you live such an exotic part of the world (to me) that all the flora and fauna are new and striking. Nice onions, North Star. I only have two. :ihih: And Danik, thank you for pointing out that the address of the diner is on the place mat. Now I'm scared y'all will come stalk me. And no, that's not a slice of melon, it's a pickle, and under it a dish of cole slaw. They make reasonably good cole slaw at this diner, but as a Jew, I am biased. Really good cole slaw is usually only found at Jewish delis like Katz's in NYC, or the now departed 2nd Avenue Deli. Same goes for good corned beef and good bagels. We Israelites do it right. :biggrin5:

[North Star]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8567/28618974846_fe198f289a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KAXJ9N)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Thanks, North Star. I feel less intimidated now. :eek:

[Snowqueen]

Danik, Yes/No, Tyrion Cheddar, thanks for taking a look. It's a pleasure sharing it with you all.
Very nice shots, North Star.

[North Star]

Thanks Snowqueen. Your photos are once again very atmospheric.


Thanks, North Star. I feel less intimidated now. :eek:

What can I say, Tyrion.. They've all been chopped by now, and I don't mind telling you that I was in tears afterwards.

[North Star]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7607/28567845532_eb10332145_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KwrFbU)

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Now listen, North Star, I can take a joke but...:hand: I believe our G.I.'s used to sing it as they marched in Europe: "Hitler, he only has one [fill in metaphor for testicle that rhymes with tall], Goebbels, well he has none at all..."

[Tyrion Cheddar]

So today I took a trip out to Cold Spring, NY, which lies on the lazy Hudson. Viz:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8665/28088617033_d7e8faa7e8.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JN6vfz)Cold Spring Hudson (https://flic.kr/p/JN6vfz) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Danik, Yes/No, Tyrion Cheddar, thanks for taking a look. It's a pleasure sharing it with you all.
Very nice shots, North Star.

Snowqueen and birds are of a feather.
A bird whisperer she is.


So today I took a trip out to Cold Spring, NY, which lies on the lazy Hudson. Viz:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8665/28088617033_d7e8faa7e8.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JN6vfz)Cold Spring Hudson (https://flic.kr/p/JN6vfz) by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132123085@N03/), on Flickr

The sky has that overcast autumn look to it.
We still have a ways to go, nevertheless, it served as a visual respite from the 100 deg days we're going through down here.

[tonywalt]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7469/29030011702_be38f56a3d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Lehp69)smith cove grand cayman cayman islands caribbean ocean sea beach waves surf storm long exposure (https://flic.kr/p/Lehp69) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Danik 2016]

A scene of sombre beauty!Thank you for ressurecting this thread, Tony!

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Thank you Tony! amazing
This will help get me through the next week at the grind stone.
Glad I jumped on the forum tonight.

[Dreamwoven]

This is a fine many-layered picture from the water off the beach to the lowering sky.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

This is partly a test to see if I can post an image following my recent IT / Forums login navigation problems.
"Workbench Composition No. 4 - Technological Advancements"

Ash log aka login
Two telegraph keys
Old AM radio my father rigged up to work with the key
1969 Life magazine featuring Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin's photos from the moon...or possibly Arizona
Early 20th century postcards
Glass insulator typically used for telegraph lines, common along railroad lines.
Father's Leica camera.

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Workbench%20Composition/Worbench%20Composition%20No.%204%20reduced_zpsr2p0 qfpo.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Workbench%20Composition/Worbench%20Composition%20No.%204%20reduced_zpsr2p0 qfpo.jpg.html)

[Danik 2016]

I loved this "still life" combination, GG. The camera reminds me of a family camera I kept for a long time when it didn´t work anymore. It wasn´t a Leica though.
It seems you have solved your navigations problems.

[Dreamwoven]

Gilliatt, this is an interesting collection of items, I particularly like your father's old camera and the old portable radio. My old Casio "Digital Camera" will soon be in this category, and many with old mobil phones as well.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

I loved this "still life" combination, GG. The camera reminds me of a family camera I kept for a long time when it didn´t work anymore. It wasn´t a Leica though.
It seems you have solved your navigations problems.


Gilliatt, this is an interesting collection of items, I particularly like your father's old camera and the old portable radio. My old Casio "Digital Camera" will soon be in this category, and many with old mobil phones as well.

Thanks for taking a look and commenting, I'm not sure how to feel about all these relics. On one hand it is rather sad that I seem to be the one inheriting the family's past as they pass on, yet I do enjoy the rediscovery.
The Leica is one of two that my father owned, the one in the photo, I'm fairly certain, happens to be the one he toted around in the Philippines during WW II as a fighter pilot.

A few thumbnail shots he took of P-38 Lightning (top 2) and C-47 (bottom) "nose art" with the Leica...

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Family%20History/th_JeanCreamernoseartreduced.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Family%20History/JeanCreamernoseartreduced.jpg.html)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Family%20History/th_P-38NoseArtreduced.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Family%20History/P-38NoseArtreduced.jpg.html)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Family%20History/th_SleepyTimeGalonC-47.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Family%20History/SleepyTimeGalonC-47.jpg.html)

Oh my how times have changed!

[YesNo]

Nice collection of antiques. I remember using a radio like the one shown in a garage where my uncle would fix cars when I was under 10 years old. All of that is now gone, even the garage.

[tonywalt]

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8158/29692256012_989da33ea8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MeNzfu)gas station at night industrial park night photography long exposure grand cayman cayman islands capture (https://flic.kr/p/MeNzfu) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Danik 2016]

Welcome back, Tony! The gas station looks almost ghostly in the dark.

[North Star]

Seems I can log in here again. I haven't been all that prolific recently, though.


https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8213/28957557383_b424d6b7ff_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/L7T3WK)

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful pic, NS! Autumn loneliness!
Nice to "see" you again! Many people from US are having log in problems. They even opened a thread.
because of it.

[YesNo]

Nice picture of the vertical grass in the water with those horizontal ripples, North Star.

[Dreamwoven]

This is a sight we see in Sweden often. Its best in black and white as well. Welcome back North Star.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Like the gas station shot Tony. The image and color pellete, particularly the green, conjured up Hopper's Nighthawks.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Nighthawks_by_Edward_Hopper_1942.jpg/320px-Nighthawks_by_Edward_Hopper_1942.jpg

[North Star]

From yesterday

https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5686/30173085031_3053f0e872_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MYhWXZ)

[Danik 2016]

NS-Lovely picture of the reflection in the water.
GG-I agree with you. And Hopper has this thing: never mind how many people he draws in his pictures, they look all very lonely and isolated.

[North Star]

Thanks, Danik.

Another one from Monday

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8277/30278006195_f05be0ea87_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/N8yGnz)

[Dreamwoven]

You've brought out the whiteness of the birch trees really well, taken at night I guess.

[Danik 2016]

A bit ghostly and again they transmit a feeling of collective solitude.

[North Star]

You've brought out the whiteness of the birch trees really well, taken at night I guess.
No, just after 6 pm. The sun was behind a forest on the other side of the lake seen in the picture I posted before this one, so it wasn't very dark. Hand-held, no flash.


A bit ghostly and again they transmit a feeling of collective solitude.
Cheers, Danik.

[North Star]

Just this one more of these for now:

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7776/30185488502_498680efb1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MZow5W)

[Dreamwoven]

I have come to love birch trees since settling in Sweden.

[Danik 2016]

I like these white stems. I don´t think we have similar ones here.

[North Star]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8132/30299087221_90ab25bf28_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NaqK2x)

[North Star]

https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5541/30447432215_0351c02a77_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Nox3PR)

[Dreamwoven]

There is something intriguing about this picture. The mast draws the eye upward, to see the first hint of sunrise beyond the lake. Love it.

[North Star]

Thank you. It's really the sunset, though.


Here's an older one, I posted the image below earlier but forgot about this.
https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5546/30604307451_84cd477ac0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NCp5ni)

https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8213/28957557383_b424d6b7ff_m.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/L7T3WK)

[Dreamwoven]

Is that ice starting form on the lake beyond the rushes?

[North Star]

No, just sunlight reflecting from the water.

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5495/30075987413_28f4c2d8ee_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MPHie8)

[North Star]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5347/30751749205_2470a47a69_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NRqKEv)

[Danik 2016]

I like this autumn colours! Also the mix of different leaves a bit wild and unkempt.

[Danik 2016]

9776
Chico

[North Star]

One from last month

https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5753/30622177370_73f9ec1d46_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NDYEtm)

[Danik 2016]

That one looks like Japanese fabric.

[North Star]

Yes, there's certainly an Eastern influence in it.

Another one from October
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5442/30847290161_0634eb69a1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NZSqEn)

[Danik 2016]

I wasn´t sure. But Flicker confirmed that it is a curtain.

[North Star]

Two from last year

https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5633/30867692571_382a3bc2b7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/P2EZA4)




https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5748/30911318391_0701847b48_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/P6wA2n)

[North Star]

One more from the same day.
https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5817/22846848038_a95259fb56_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ANU4X5)

[North Star]

https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5827/30950493482_c710198357_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/P9ZnpY)

And two days earlier:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5441/31136862265_decb7bfccd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PrsymR)

[North Star]

Another one from November '15

https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5493/31122834076_69f0db54b8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PqdEgw)

[Danik 2016]

An interesting group, NS. Do you have also summer photos? I imagine your pictures grouped according to season.

[North Star]

An interesting group, NS. Do you have also summer photos? I imagine your pictures grouped according to season.

Sure, there are photos from summers, too.
https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5700/21493495941_12b65d4843_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/yKiMwe)

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5692/20696523061_8624b60311_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/xwT6fv)

https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5534/18696357908_89a4c69457_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uu8HQq)

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8833/18138987213_5c7476ebe0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tCT3WR)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8876/17928274944_cee6fa363b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tjg6wG)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8895/18228856800_f043d5ee88_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tLPE3u)

https://c5.staticflickr.com/1/417/18069966708_228e9d52ce_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/twMiy9)

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7482/15955901735_9d4fecfbcd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qiYaG4)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7486/15766223960_3c64840807_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q2d26A)

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7479/15763025387_15f500902e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q1VCgM)

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7464/15293647393_419f6158cc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pirWxK)

[Dreamwoven]

The last picture of the sun looks a bit like an armageddon shot. Love the mist and the fiery thing under it.

[North Star]

Thanks, Dreamwoven.


And the last of these studies in ice from last November.
https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5507/30372070573_e25703e6f4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NgSNrc)

[Dreamwoven]

That must have been taken at sunrise or sunset. Gives the ice a nice crimson touch.

[North Star]

The sun doesn't get very high here in the winter.

Taken yesterday
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5565/31199079585_407238df58_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PwXrpg)

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Another fantastic arrangement North Star, particularly the violet flowers.

[North Star]

Thanks, Gilliatt.


https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5334/30395188904_81499606f3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NiVhH7)

[North Star]

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5337/30443567713_0ae8247bfc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Nocf3v)

[North Star]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5449/31258529016_dcfdceb7a1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PCd8Ds)

[Dreamwoven]

Wonderful mist, one of the nice things about where I live is the mist that gives its own feeling to the place.

[Dreamwoven]

We had a remarkable dawn today, layers of red clouds one above the other.

[North Star]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5656/31238778701_0f2d00ec00_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PAsUyM)

[Dreamwoven]

odd looking buildings in the clearing

[North Star]

odd looking buildings in the clearing

There's the fence which is surely not very odd, the others look like a construction site hut or a storage container and construction waste.

[North Star]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5702/30591264174_f389904c45_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NBfe4d)

[Danik 2016]

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5656/31238778701_0f2d00ec00_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PAsUyM)
What is new for me is the buildings themselves. From most of your pictures I gather the impression that where you live there are large unhabited stretches of land.

[North Star]

What is new for me is the buildings themselves. From most of your pictures I gather the impression that where you live there are large unhabited stretches of land.
Well, photography is the art of leaving stuff out of the frame. ;) I live in a city surrounded by that lake.

[Danik 2016]

Well, photography is the art of leaving stuff out of the frame. ;)

That´s a good definition. But I thought you lived somewhere in the country.

[North Star]

https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5500/31346133631_aa920fd7bf_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PKX8rR)

[Dreamwoven]

Another shot of the mist, very atmospheric. This is one of the things I like about Sweden, too.

[Danik 2016]

I love it too!

[North Star]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/142/30779610024_b47614366c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NTTxHs)

[Dreamwoven]

These black and white images are very good. I wonder how you take them, is it with black and white film?

[tonywalt]

https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/258/31815185355_52625ab833_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Qtp9bx)pier in grand cayman cayman islands long exposure nikon caribbean sea ocean piers (https://flic.kr/p/Qtp9bx) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Dreamwoven]

I like the sense of infinity in this picture. Piers but no land visible...

[tonywalt]

I like the sense of infinity in this picture. Piers but no land visible...

Yea, maybe that's why I shoot piers. No visible land yet - still looking.

[papayahed]

It's been so long I don't even know how to upload anymore.

[tonywalt]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/1/675/31896949382_e7fcc75ab0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QACcM9)pier grand cayman cayman islands long exposure (https://flic.kr/p/QACcM9) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[tonywalt]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/667/32201792816_0d67f8c5bb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/R4yB7q)toilet paper street photography capture mood darkness cayman islands (https://flic.kr/p/R4yB7q) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[Danik 2016]

Interesting photos. The pier gains an air of intimacy with the couple on it and the toilet paper...the usage is unusual and the black and white and texture contrasts brings it to life.
Hoping for more pics when you have the time (just heard your holidays are over).

[tonywalt]

Interesting photos. The pier gains an air of intimacy with the couple on it and the toilet paper...the usage is unusual and the black and white and texture contrasts brings it to life.
Hoping for more pics when you have the time (just heard your holidays are over).

Yea, I've been busy with work etc (photography takes quite a bit of time and also timing) but hope to get into collaboration using models- soon this year.

[Danik 2016]

Have you exposed your pictures anywhere? I mean a real exposition besides Flicker and LitNet.

[Danik 2016]

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[Danik 2016]

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[North Star]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/678/31501582683_038866c3c7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PZFR2V)

[Dreamwoven]

That's nice, a reflection of the red sky in water.

[North Star]

From Thursday and Friday:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/632/32417500081_7e402a0c65_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RoCanc)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/343/31721999534_3ae9b672b8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Qkaxhs)

[Dreamwoven]

Beautiful pictures. The piece of ice in the first one shows what can be done with a bit of imagination. The other one with the reeds in the foreground and the trees in the background (barely visible in the mist!) is also brilliant.

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful takes, NS!

[North Star]

Beautiful takes, NS!
But I have a complaint: when I put pictures into this thread I never get any comments, not even negative ones. They certainly aren´t to be compared to the great pictures that appear in this link. But the impression I get is that no one bothers to look at pictures that are included as links.
Thanks, and sorry, I haven't had much energy to spare for my own photography, much less the analysis of others' works.

The picture of a restaurant window from the outside has a few points of interest, certainly. Using windows, or whatever, to create frames inside the photograph itself is always an interesting technique. Of course, we have here lots of text too - on the outside, there's the plaque for 'Mafia parking only, all others will be towed', and on one hand, a ban on shooting, and on the other a warning that trespassers will be shot - and on the inside of the window, someone has written 'una fiesta!', and there's a declaration of love. Overall an interesting contrast of worlds, messages and emotions, separated by an invisible border.

[North Star]

These black and white images are very good. I wonder how you take them, is it with black and white film?

I take all of my photos with a Nikon D7100, as raw files, and as I edit jpegs from them, I can choose among other things whether to make the image b&w (and whether to apply some filter altering the brightness of different colours when converted to monochrome), or not.

[Dreamwoven]

Beautiful pictures. The piece of ice in the first one shows what can be done with a bit of imagination. The other one with the reeds in the foreground and the trees in the background (barely visible in the mist!) is also brilliant.
The second picture of reeds and wintery trees in the mist reminds me that it happens quite often in Southern Norrland, in fact we had something like that yesterday for a brief while in the afternoon before dusk.

[North Star]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/713/31776529273_9545339058_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QpZ25n)

[Dreamwoven]

Now I can see that the ground or lake is covered in snow.

[North Star]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/339/31770472154_353dd24636_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QprYvh)

[Dreamwoven]

These shots of trees in the mist can be related to warm front passing over. I've seen that happen from my window.

[North Star]

Very probably so, it was very warm on that day.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/758/32252837700_b063368565_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/R95dYC)

[North Star]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/271/32650494755_476830d85d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RKdjyK)

[Dreamwoven]

The fruits of the birch tree are nicely caught by the light.

[tonywalt]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/409/32572509131_be96a6307c_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RCjCa2)BOY SCARED dark art slender man black and white long exposure (https://flic.kr/p/RCjCa2) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

Frightened boy slender man on edge of frame

[tonywalt]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/564/32281599300_2a65c00ccd_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RbBCNh)pier in grand cayman cayman islands caribbean sea ocean long exposure (https://flic.kr/p/RbBCNh) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[North Star]

Frightened boy slender man on edge of frame
I like this one very much - the gray tones, the reflections, the framing with the man only partially in frame, the long exposure blurring superficial details, and that grainy look that reminds me of Georges Seurat's pointillist drawings (especially since the beach is a frequent subject in his works too).

[tonywalt]

I like this one very much - the gray tones, the reflections, the framing with the man only partially in frame, the long exposure blurring superficial details, and that grainy look that reminds me of Georges Seurat's pointillist drawings (especially since the beach is a frequent subject in his works too).

Thanks. I love the works of George Seurat.

[tonywalt]

Love this photo: the juxtaposition of the small brush with the larger looming trees the white snow against the foggy background creates mood.

[tonywalt]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/713/31776529273_9545339058_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QpZ25n)

Love this photo: the juxtaposition of the small brush with the larger looming trees the white snow against the foggy background creates mood.

[North Star]

Cheers, Tony.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/440/32625098581_f49be09136_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RGYaaF)








https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3675/32501315790_6291e14953_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Rw2JRC)

[Wizard272002]

9802
(Scary, Aren't !?)

[North Star]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2704/32054957624_e23dd6287a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QQA38b)

[Dreamwoven]

Lovely! Pictures taken without the sky give a finer impression of the forest.

[North Star]

Thanks. Yes, framing is (almost) everything.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3870/32813976792_2c01783743_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RZEd5y)

[tonywalt]

Sure, there are photos from summers, too.
https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5700/21493495941_12b65d4843_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/yKiMwe)

https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5692/20696523061_8624b60311_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/xwT6fv)

https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5534/18696357908_89a4c69457_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uu8HQq)

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8833/18138987213_5c7476ebe0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tCT3WR)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8876/17928274944_cee6fa363b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tjg6wG)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8895/18228856800_f043d5ee88_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tLPE3u)

https://c5.staticflickr.com/1/417/18069966708_228e9d52ce_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/twMiy9)

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7482/15955901735_9d4fecfbcd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qiYaG4)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7486/15766223960_3c64840807_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q2d26A)

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7479/15763025387_15f500902e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q1VCgM)

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7464/15293647393_419f6158cc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pirWxK)

Wow the last one is so much like Steichen's The Pond-Moonlight

[North Star]

Wow the last one is so much like Steichen's The Pond-Moonlight

Interesting comment, Tony - thanks. Would you like to elaborate on what makes you say that? There's a lake or a pond in each photograph, trees, and sun near the horizon or treetops, granted. And while there is a kind of haziness to both images, it is markedly different as the Steichen (below) has it mostly because of petroleum jelly spread on the lens or some other such trick, while in my image it's the mist and clouds creating that haze, and also because of the vibrant colours and strong contrast from dark browns to pure white, the moods of the images are rather different. Compositional differences such as the lack of land in the foreground, wider landscape aspect ratio of the image, lack of vertical lines created by trees are also quite numerous. It's not that I'm not flattered by the comparison - Steichen is one of my favourite photographers - but I would just like to understand why it reminded you of the Steichen photograph. I know I was thinking of how JMW Turner (detail from The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1839 below) could make the sun in his paintings look so captivating, and so bright that it almost burns the viewers' eyes.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Edward_Steichen_%28American%29_-_%28Moonlight_-_The_Pond%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/400px-Edward_Steichen_%28American%29_-_%28Moonlight_-_The_Pond%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Turner,_J._M._W._-_The_Fighting_Téméraire_tugged_to_her_last_Berth_t o_be_broken_(cropped2).jpg/220px-Turner,_J._M._W._-_The_Fighting_Téméraire_tugged_to_her_last_Berth_t o_be_broken_(cropped2).jpg

[tonywalt]

Interesting comment, Tony - thanks. Would you like to elaborate on what makes you say that? There's a lake or a pond in each photograph, trees, and sun near the horizon or treetops, granted. And while there is a kind of haziness to both images, it is markedly different as the Steichen (below) has it mostly because of petroleum jelly spread on the lens or some other such trick, while in my image it's the mist and clouds creating that haze, and also because of the vibrant colours and strong contrast from dark browns to pure white, the moods of the images are rather different. Compositional differences such as the lack of land in the foreground, wider landscape aspect ratio of the image, lack of vertical lines created by trees are also quite numerous. It's not that I'm not flattered by the comparison - Steichen is one of my favourite photographers - but I would just like to understand why it reminded you of the Steichen photograph. I know I was thinking of how JMW Turner (detail from The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1839 below) could make the sun in his paintings look so captivating, and so bright that it almost burns the viewers' eyes.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Edward_Steichen_%28American%29_-_%28Moonlight_-_The_Pond%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/400px-Edward_Steichen_%28American%29_-_%28Moonlight_-_The_Pond%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Turner,_J._M._W._-_The_Fighting_Téméraire_tugged_to_her_last_Berth_t o_be_broken_(cropped2).jpg/220px-Turner,_J._M._W._-_The_Fighting_Téméraire_tugged_to_her_last_Berth_t o_be_broken_(cropped2).jpg

It reminded me for the primary reason is that I just watched a documentary on Steichen and your photo has in it a body of water, trees and light- that's it. A mere reminder but I agree on all of what you said.

[North Star]

Ah, very nice. Steichen's early pictorialism work is wonderful in general - particularly those images of Rodin's sculptures.

[North Star]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2127/32835881212_dd840e02eb.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/S2AtuY)

[Dreamwoven]

Last night we had a fall of snow, just a centimetre, but entire trees look like the plant in your picture. Looks impressive with everything in white, which picks out every little detail.

[North Star]

Something from two years ago
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3744/32906618090_f3f2db3e7c_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/S8R27j)

[tonywalt]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3816/33340187671_4c4677928d_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SNabeV)Rothko beach (https://flic.kr/p/SNabeV) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

Grand Cayman Cayman Islands

[Danik 2016]

Quite ghostly the reflection of the light in the water.

[tonywalt]

Quite ghostly the reflection of the light in the water.

Yes. I've tried the same shot without moonlight - and it's too dark. (I cut the moon out, which would make it to picturesque)

[tonywalt]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2811/32729270463_d2b8d10bcf_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RSb4QB)pier grand cayman cayman islands nikon long exposure (https://flic.kr/p/RSb4QB) by Tony Walton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15939419@N03/), on Flickr

[North Star]

From Sunday
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3790/33552333075_af1c3d6640_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T7UtFi)

[North Star]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3727/33529193636_753f818b9e_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T5RT8s)

[tonywalt]

This forum is getting even more quiet. As if that's possible.

[Danik 2016]

9802
(Scary, Aren't !?)
No, just a bit blue!