Pictures Taken By you...

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Modern art and architecture is so steril compared to previous.Yes, but I have to admire the French in that respect: They have no qualms about mixing new and old architecture, and they usually do it well.

miss tenderness: Great shots, particularly the legs in the rain. :thumbs_up



Claes -- I really liked the views fron Notre Dame, there is something scary in these pictures. How about these, from the catacombes, then?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/30-LesCatacombes.jpg
We went there a rainy day. Somehow the weather mattered little down there in the eerie quiet world some 30m below street level...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/31-LesCatacombes.jpg
And another one from the same place.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/20-July141993Paris.jpg
14 July, 1993.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/22-July141993Paris.jpg
14 July, 1993, at the Champs Élysées.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/23-July141993Paris.jpg
14 July, 1993, at the Champs Élysées.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/25-Metro-Paris1993.jpg
The Metro, Paris 1993.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/28-LaDfence.jpg
La Défence, Paris

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/29-LaDfence.jpg
La Défence, Paris

/Claes

[grace86]

I love everyone's pictures.

Claes, the catacombs are great...where are they at?? In Paris?

[grace86]

Grace, How was the King Tut show? I am going to get tickets for it soon. It will be in Philadelphia this spring. I think actually it starts around Feb. I can't wait to see it. What... no photos of Tut, himself? Ah....:(

No Tut mummy, which I can't exactly blame them for not putting on exhibit (guess my hopes were up) there were pictures and short clips on Tut though. I enjoyed it quite a bit. You are not allowed to take pictures inside the exhibit, all that gold and stuff. There are plenty of beautiful pieces to see though...not a waste at all.

It was very enjoyable. Have fun Janine.

[Petrarch's Love]

The gargoyles in in Claes' Notre Dame pictures reminded me of the gargoyles on my campus. I thought I'd post one of the guys who stares at me while I'm in the library.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/LeonardoD/gargoyle2.jpg

Here's a few others I took. A stone rose over the English Dept. doorway:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/LeonardoD/StoneRose.jpg

Decoration on the side of the English building (which I think used to be Archeology, hence the allusion to digging):

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/LeonardoD/DigandDiscover.jpg

The outside of the department grad. student lounge, which is inside the top of the tower (yes we have jokes about ivory tower academics :p ):

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/LeonardoD/ivorytower.jpg

Another tower on campus:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/LeonardoD/ReynoldsTower.jpg

[Themis]

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/22-July141993Paris.jpg
14 July, 1993, at the Champs Élysées.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/23-July141993Paris.jpg
14 July, 1993, at the Champs Élysées.


Oh, they remind me of some old films wherein Louis de Funès (a famous french actor)played the lead.

Great pictures, Claes. I wouldn't have minded not looking at the skulls though. Just my personal opinion but I'm a bit touchy where dead people are concerned.

@Miss T: Excellent shots.

[ktd222]

Those pictures of catacombs makes me crave honey. I may just be the sickest person in the world

[Madhuri]

A month long tour of Paris, you are a lucky guy Claes. I wish I could see Paris.

I was reading about Catacombs, and it says one can easily get lost in those tunnels, if without a guide, and I was thinking what will I do if I get lost. I will make friends with the ghosts :D

[miss tenderness]

I've posted this drawing before, I just love it. It's my sister's little daughter's drawing:


http://www.br2h.com/up/uploads/54852d7756.jpg (http://www.br2h.com/up)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

A month long tour of Paris, you are a lucky guy Claes. I know I am, in several ways. The extended stay became possible thanks to some extensive planning, resulting in relatively cheap accomodation (we rented a small studio) and travel.
and I wish I could see Paris.I'm sure you can, some day. I'm not that old yet (stop laughing, everyone :D ;) ) and I have already seen and done things I would have deemed utterly impossible not so many years ago. You never know, Maddie.

/Claes

[Madhuri]

I'm sure you can, some day.

Thanks :). I wish if I could, I dont want to die before I have seen places and traveled a LOT.


I'm not that old yet (stop laughing, everyone :D ;) ) and I have already seen and done things I would have deemed utterly impossible not so many years ago. You never know, Maddie.

/Claes

:lol: :lol:

Now, you sound like Virgil. :lol: He is a 45 year old youngster :lol:

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Now, you sound like Virgil. :lol: He is a 45 year old youngsterYep. We are just a couple of overaged youngsters.... I think we forgot to grow up, and I'm told the memory is prone to deteriorating even further with age... I may forget it altogether :p

Oi! More pictures, please. :D

/Claes

[bluevictim]

A distinct possibility. Or, even more likely given that we're both on this forum, we may have been on opposite sides of a bookshelf at the Central Library.What a flood of memories, you've brought back! The most distinctive thing about that library to me is that weird spiral ramp outside in the front (which is now inside). I've always felt that it was kind of spooky for some reason. *Sigh*... "backpacking" in the park behind the library in 4th grade, those books that I used to check out over and over (about jets, sports cars, and the Peanuts), that little half-level where they used to play cartoons for kids on a big TV, the gross little break room with vending machines (now there is a hip coffee stand) ... (see my sig)

[Chava]

One of my favourites here. This is from Iasi in Romania, I stumbled upon this antique bookstore. The sales perosn spoke only romanian and french, which made conversation fun :) anyway, the whole store was stacked from floor to roof, beyond the end of the shelves, and on the floor large crates of books and LP's.

[kathycf]

I didn't take this pic, my sister did (her puppy she got in November).
He is just too cute not to share it though. His name is Rudy and he is half Chihuahua and half Border Collie.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/Rudy.jpg

[Virgil]

I didn't take this pic, my sister did (her puppy she got in November).
He is just too cute not to share it though. His name is Rudy and he is half Chihuahua and half Border Collie.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/Rudy.jpg

He's adorable!!

[kathycf]

He's adorable!!
I know, I am so jealous! :lol: I love my dog, but I just can't resist puppies.

[AimusSage]

I didn't take this pic, my sister did (her puppy she got in November).
He is just too cute not to share it though. His name is Rudy and he is half Chihuahua and half Border Collie.

Who was the father? For the mother dog's sake I hope it was the chihuahua, how else could the mom poop out the baby? The size difference for these dog types in this case is quite disturbing :eek:

[kathycf]

Who was the father? For the mother dog's sake I hope it was the chihuahua, how else could the mom poop out the baby? The size difference for these dog types in this case is quite disturbing :eek:
You might be confusing a Border Collie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Collie) with the dog that looks like Lassie. There are different types of Collies and Border Collies are smaller than that dog. They are bigger than a chihuahua but not inordinately so.

Silly turnip, :lol: moms don't "poop" out their offspring!

[Petrarch's Love]

What an adorable dog--and a really cute picture of him.

[AimusSage]

You might be confusing a Border Collie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Collie) with the dog that looks like Lassie. There are different types of Collies and Border Collies are smaller than that dog. They are bigger than a chihuahua but not inordinately so.

Silly turnip, :lol: moms don't "poop" out their offspring!
No, I'm very certain even a small border collie is bigger than a chihuahua.

Lassie was a rough collie. My sister has a border collie, and although it's not as big as a sheppard dog, a chihuahua would be in a lot of pain if it had to give birth to a hybrid. Not to mention the fact that a chihuahua giving birth to chihuahuas is already quite troublesome.

I know they don't poop them out, but I saw you use the word quite a lot in a thread somewhere, so I used it too. :p

[kathycf]

No, I'm very certain even a small border collie is bigger than a chihuahua.

They are bigger than a chihuahua but not inordinately so.
Yes they are bigger, there is no getting around it and I don't say that they are not. However, this particular dog is still pretty small and he is already 3 and a half months old. I really don't know which parent was which, but if you think that seemed painful, can you imagine if the cross was between an Irish Wolfhound and one of those little Teacup Poodles? (!) :eek2:

Silly turnip, :lol: moms don't "poop" out their offspring!

I know they don't poop them out, but I saw you use the word quite a lot in a thread somewhere, so I used it too. :p
Ah, well that explains that then. :p

[AimusSage]

Yes they are bigger, there is no getting around it and I don't say that they are not. However, this particular dog is still pretty small and he is already 3 and a half months old. I really don't know which parent was which, but if you think that seemed painful, can you imagine if the cross was between an Irish Wolfhound and one of those little Teacup Poodles? (!) :eek2:

hihi, that would be a strange dog if it was ever born... :D

[Poetess]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/bleakgoth/IMG_2270.jpg

During my picnic to South, a month ago,
Lebanon.



Edit: The sponge in water was thrown due to the massive effect of the rocket during war, no one went down to water because there were shackled small bombs.

[Poetess]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/bleakgoth/IMG_2254-1.jpg
Same river, different side of it.

[Poetess]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/bleakgoth/IMG_2281.jpg

Same second side of the river.

[ktd222]

Poetess,

Those pictures just look like some ordinary country side in the United States - man, how looks can be deceptive.

[miss tenderness]

I know, I am so jealous! :lol: I love my dog, but I just can't resist puppies.

:D:D:thumbs_up

[Virgil]

Oh, do you want to see some puppy pictures. This is Brandi when she was a pup.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/MyPictures0004-copy.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/MyPictures0033.jpg

Here are a couple taken by the breeder hours after birth. Brandi was of a litter of three females, and she's the one on the left.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/lucylitter.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/lucylightfemale.jpg

[miss tenderness]

:D

Kathy will be like :mad: from jealousy Virg.

[kathycf]

Lol, you got me miss T. :p Sooo cute!!! I love puppies.

This is another of Rudy. It looks all blue in the background because I had to cut my sister out of it. She wouldn't like it at all if she thought I was putting her picture online.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/Rudy_two.jpg

And I know I have posted this before, but this is my big overgrown puppy, Dillon. No young dog can drive a car like Dill, their feet wouldn't reach the pedals. :lol:

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/My%20camera%20pics/dilltraffic.jpg


I didn't mention it earlier but Poetess has posted some nice autumn looking pics and I forgot to thank Petrach's Love for her compliment re: Rudy. :)

[ktd222]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/My%20camera%20pics/dilltraffic.jpg


So rebellious driving without a license:D

[kathycf]

So rebellious driving without a license:D
Oh no no, he HAS a license. It took a while for the driving school to accept him as a pupil though. Believe it or not...:p :p

[Madhuri]

Hey Virgil, the three new born puppies look very cute, it must have been a tough decision about which one to take.....

Dillon is making quite an effort, Kathy....Is he trying to impress a she-dog around?? :p

[Virgil]

Hey Virgil, the three new born puppies look very cute, it must have been a tough decision about which one to take.....



Actually the breeder didn't give us a choice. I think the other two were already accounted for. We got a great dog, so I don't think it mattered.

[Madhuri]

hmmmmm......:)

[kathycf]

Hey Virgil, the three new born puppies look very cute, it must have been a tough decision about which one to take.....

Dillon is making quite an effort, Kathy....Is he trying to impress a she-dog around?? :p
Nope, he is just being a good driver, checking his mirror before driving off. Or maybe he has something stuck in his teeth...:p :lol: You know how sloppy dogs are.

[LauraJayne]

Awh :[

I don't have any awesome pictures like you guys.

Tbh, the only pictures I have are pretty vain ones of me, trying to make myself look good, although there are one or two pictures that I do like :]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/xBlack_Is_The_Kissx/ret.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/xBlack_Is_The_Kissx/smallest.jpg

I'm aware I look weird on the last one, but I thought the flowers were aceeeee! :]

x

[kathycf]

HI there LauraJayne. I like your pics and don't think they are vain at all. You have a pretty eye! :D I think eyes are the most expressive, beautiful features that people have. This is an "artsy" one of my eyes.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/My%20camera%20pics/myeye22.jpg

[miss tenderness]

Laura, pretty eyes.

Kathy!you are keeping this plan of torture! common ,let's see the rest of YOU!

[kathycf]

Laura, pretty eyes.

Kathy!you are keeping this plan of torture! common ,let's see the rest of YOU!
But the rest of me isn't as nice as my eyes! :lol: Plus I need to get new batteries for my camera...take my own pic as my boyfriend won't do it for me...um. You buying any of those excuses, miss T?

[cuppajoe_9]

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/image.php?u=14933&dateline=1167967478&type=profile

This is what I look like without a hat. This was taken on an airplane, which explains my mood.

[miss tenderness]

haha , Kathy!nah! I'll nag you till I get to see the rest.

Cuppa, wait, as I recall , you used to have a brown pic where you wear hat ,tell you a secret: you are handsomer with the hat:D

but nice hair style ,I've had some moments when I wished to have this hair style.

[LauraJayne]

Haha :]

Thanks Kathycf :] and Misstenderness :]

Still.. I'm a right poser!

Love how you adjusted the picture of your eyes, great!!

xx

[Janine]

A few pictures from my garden - let's all dream!
Here's a breath of SPRING -
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/ButterflyBush.jpg
Butterfly Bush/Butterfly

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/BalloonFlower1.jpg
Balloon flowers - one of my favorites flowers - love the color.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/BalloonFl.jpg
Another of Balloon Flower.

[kathycf]

Those are just beautiful, Janine. Are those hard flowers to grow?

[Janine]

Thanks Kathy, I took them about 3 or more yrs back, when I was big into tending my garden...it got too huge for me really. Think the Balloon Flowers finally did die off, but normally they came up each year. They are not that hard to grow - but you do have to water them and they have their own blooming period of time, since they are perenials. The Butterfly Bush is a cinch to grow and the butterflies will flock to it. Mine is lavender, but I believe it comes in other colors. In the fall you just cut it back about a foot or so to the ground and it grows up the following year, nicely. You do have to keep it dead-headed to have it bloom longer; that is true of most plants. Do you garden?

Thanks again for the completements of on photos - just luck I think. My camera is an older one but it still takes good closeups.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

A few pictures from my garden - let's all dream!
Here's a breath of SPRING.Yes, please. That is exactly what I need at the moment.... And hey: Nice pictures. :thumbs_up :)

/Claes

[Janine]

Yes, at least we can think about spring...dream.
Thanks, Claes, I enjoyed the ones you posted also, of Paris. Artist's must go to Paris evenutally. Is that a photo of you standing at the top of steps holding a really large camera lens poised to take a photo? Great large shots - you can really see the city well.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I enjoyed the ones you posted also, of Paris. Artist's must go to Paris evenutally. Is that a photo of you standing at the top of steps holding a really large camera lens poised to take a photo?Yes, that's me, so I can't take credit for that picture. The missus snapped that one (on the other hand I arranged it, so I suppose we'll have to share the praise? :D ).

A little anecdote about the camera: When I went to Kenya I had it in the hand baggage (Big surprise, eh?). As it happens, The kit included a humongous tele lens (I was going to snap wildlife after all) with a pistol grip underneath for better stability. Well, I didn't realy think that time, did I? I walked right into airport security with that big tube in my bag... and the pistol grip attached... and there was a terrorist scare going on... :eek: Good Grief, I'll never repeat that mistake! Can you imagine the reaction of security blokes when the bag with that contraption went through the X-ray?

Their hand went to their guns, and I had the time to think -uh, oh... before they ordered me to stand off and went to the bag. They opened it, and looked stunned for a second. Gales of laughter follwed, and then they hinted that maybe I ought to disassemble that thing next time. -Errrrr, yes Sir, I think I will....:blush: :lol:

I have more Paris pictures coming up, btw. It's just that I just have not had the time to keep the scanner running: These are from 1993, long before the digital era.

/Claes

[Virgil]

Nice photos Janine. Your flowers remind me of a Lawrence poem, "Bavarian Gentians." Blue flowers are hard to come by in nature. There aren't that many.

edit: If you wish to read that Lawrence poem I once copied it in this thread: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=135040&highlight=lawrence#post135040, post #18.

[miss tenderness]

Janine , dreamy pictures:thumbs_up:

[Petrarch's Love]

Janine, those are beautiful. Both a great photographer and a great gardener. :) I love the color blue, especially in flowers.

Virgil, thanks for the link to the Lawrence poem too. I hadn't read that one before. It's fantastic. Janine's flowers seem much too cheerful and above ground for that poem though. ;)

[Kebi]

okay, I don't think this is brilliant, not my best-but it's kind of, well, different. Its my avatar.
Yours is great, Janine

[Janine]

Nice photos Janine. Your flowers remind me of a Lawrence poem, "Bavarian Gentians." Blue flowers are hard to come by in nature. There aren't that many.

edit: If you wish to read that Lawrence poem I once copied it in this thread: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=135040&highlight=lawrence#post135040, post #18.

:) Virgil, I love that Lawrence poem - I just read it recently, but thanks for the link. The biographer I just read said it was written indicating that Lawrence was grasping at life when he wrote it, well something like that. It is sad when you think of his fateful death at 44 by TB/comsumption. Knowing that makes this poem more poignant, and always makes me cry. So I agree with Petrarch on that one (it is so sad), but you are right, blue flowers are hard to come by. Actually these are more of a lavender....periwinkle, I suppose. Virgil, if you know of a hardy perennial that is actually blue, let me know. I would love to plant one next year. I had something that was actually blue once, but it did not survive more than one season.:(
Unfortunately, Petrarch, my poor garden used to be splendid but I let the weeds grow several years now and it is in disarray. You must read my sad poem about it called "Frozen Summer" in the "share a poem" thread.
Thanks miss tenderness for the dreamy compliment.
To Claes, I say - your photos are great (tell your wife she did a good job of the one of you, I am a woman so I give her all the credit...sorry) and the story was an absolute riot! I can just imagine. You should write that into a short story, Claes.
A friend of mine was transporting 2 cats to another country. Somehow his wife got aboard the plane first with the cats and he was left in the airport and they had to contact the plane to turn around. He was checking on the cats and they were on the runway. They actually came back for him, it was layover in the US and he was speaking Japanese and English and they could hardly understand him. Needless to say, they let him on the plane. Of course, that was before airports got so strick. They may have thought him a terrorist trying to pull something today. His story was funny, also. Maybe you could start a thread - "funny airport stories"! I am sure there are many, but yours really was hysterical.:lol:

[Virgil]

:) Virgil, I love that Lawrence poem - I just read it recently, but thanks for the link. The biographer I just read said it was written indicating that Lawrence was grasping at life when he wrote it, well something like that. It is sad when you think of his fateful death at 44 by TB/comsumption. Knowing that makes this poem more poignant, and always makes me cry. So I agree with Petrarch on that one (it is so sad), but you are right, blue flowers are hard to come by. Actually these are more of a lavender....periwinkle, I suppose. Virgil, if you know of a hardy perennial that is actually blue, let me know. I would love to plant one next year. I had something that was actually blue once, but it did not survive more than one season.:(


No I don't know of a blue flowering perennial. If I come across one I'll let you know. Yes that poem was towards the end of Lawrence's life. When he was ill, he did not have the energy to write novels, he lay and wrote poetry. Some of his best poetry were these end of his life poems. I've posted this one before, but it is always very touching to me.


Shadows by D.H. Lawrence

And if tonight my soul may find her peace
in sleep, and sink in good oblivion,
and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower
then I have been dipped again in God, and new created.

And if, as weeks go round, in the dark of the moon
my spirit darkens and goes out, and soft, strange gloom
pervades my movements and my thoughts and words
then I shall know that I am walking still
with God, we are close together now the moon's in shadow.

And if, as autumn deepens and darkens,
I feel the pain of falling leaves, and stems that break in storms
and trouble and dissolution and distress
and then the softness of deep shadows folding, folding
around my soul and spirit, around my lips
so sweet, like a swoon, or more like the drowse of a low, sad song
and the silence of short days the silence of the year, the shadow,
then I shall know that my life is moving still
with the dark earth, and drenched
with the deep oblivion of earth's lapse and renewal.

And if, in the charming phases of man's life,
I fall in sickness and in misery
my wrists seem broken and my heart seems dead
and strength is gone, and my life
is only the leavings of a life:

and still, among it all, snatches of lovely oblivion, and snatches of renewal
odd wintry flowers upon the withered stem, yet new, strange flowers
such as my life has not brought forth before, new blossoms of me--

then I must know that still
I am in the hands of the unkown God,
he is breaking me down to his own oblivion
to send me forth on a new morning, a new man.

[kathycf]

:) blue flowers are hard to come by. Actually these are more of a lavender....periwinkle, I suppose. Virgil, if you know of a hardy perennial that is actually blue, let me know. I would love to plant one next year. I had something that was actually blue once, but it did not survive more than one season.:(
You could try Bachelor Buttons. They come in different shades but one of the nicest is a deep violety blue color. I can grow them here, so you should have no trouble in your location. Try looking here (http://www.backyardgardener.com/jmoore/Blueflwr.html) for more information. (other flowers as well as bachelor buttons)

*edit* Ok they are an annual (my mistake) but they do re-seed themselves...
info and pic here. (http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/23/23.7.html)

[Janine]

No I don't know of a blue flowering perennial. If I come across one I'll let you know. Yes that poem was towards the end of Lawrence's life. When he was ill, he did not have the energy to write novels, he lay and wrote poetry. Some of his best poetry were these end of his life poems. I've posted this one before, but it is always very touching to me.

Virgil, I had not read this poem before and it went straight to my heart, having read so much about Lawrence's life recently. Reading his travel books on Italy, I feel I really know the man. The poem made me cry. I love it. I will have to find it in my complete poetry volume that I got before Christmas. I have not gotten a chance to peruse it yet. I had the same copy from my library once awhile back. Now the poems take on much more meaning, after reading the biographies. Thanks for finding this poem. It is wonderful and so poignant.

Kathcf, Thanks for the link and the information. Yes, I do think I might have had Bachelor Buttons once awhile back, but they did not reseed for me, unfortunately. Of course it would help to water the garden once in awhile. I got lazy. But I'd love to see what the link offers......maybe....just maybe.... a revived garden this year, it's way overdue for attention. I know that you can get some annuals in a blue color. Soon I will be posting some more garden shots. I have tons of them. Next I may post the big pink hybiscus - the perennial type. The blooms can be as large as dinner plates. Also I have a lovely photo of a lily I finally lost - Horizon Lily. I enjoyed it many years but think the darn squirrels ate it. I will post garden photos so we all get a feeling of spring eventually coming...anticipation!

Ok, I revised this post to add this picture - big pink Hybiscus blossom.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/HibiscusPink.jpg

Enjoy and think of summer!

[geewiz]

Here's a some from my cruise trip in the mediterranean (the ones in the link are larger):

http://i1.tinypic.com/34zc8kk.jpg
leaning tower...

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4927/p1000387og4.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/2r7u592.jpg
Greece...

http://i14.tinypic.com/48vsrh3.jpg
back to back to back, probably belong to one guy too

http://i11.tinypic.com/2m3k0b7.jpg
the artwork there is insane...

[Madhuri]

Nice pictures, geewiz. I like the cars. Are they kind of sport cars? the designs suggests this, and I like red colour :D

Its interesting to see the last picture of Greece (in the link), the houses in hilly areas are more like this, they cant expand, as in the breadth, and are vertical....

:)

[geewiz]

They are all ferrari's, that's why I took the picture. Prior to this I had never seen one in person and then I got to see three of them at the same time. A lot of nice cars/buildings in the Riviera.

[Janine]

geewiz, I was about to ask you which one was your Ferrari - nice cars!!! They have to be red - look best in red. Hot little cars!

The fountain/sculpture picture is amazing. Did Michelangelo do that sculpure? I know I have seen it before in books. Wonderful!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

the artwork there is insane...I'll say it is. Here is a night shot of the same place... Fontana di Trevi:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/DSC01058.jpg


They have to be red - look best in red. Hot little cars!You can say that again. Two of them passed me on the autostrada towards Venice once: Boom, boom, gone... It felt like I was standing still, but I was in fact doing 170 Km/h.... I don't even want to think about their speed. :eek:


The fountain/sculpture picture is amazing. Did Michelangelo do that sculpure? I know I have seen it before in books. Wonderful!The sculpture in the center is Neptune by Pietro Bracci, and it is not nearly that old: It was put in place in 1762.

/Claes

[Virgil]

You really captured the Trevi Fountain well, Claes. That's not an easy picture to take. The fountain is very wide and there isn't usually enough room to back up to get it. And there is always a crowd of people in front blocking the view. A night shot makes it look magnificent. Too bad that guy was in front waving his arm.

[Janine]

Claes, you can either paint those guys out of the foreground (I do things like that all the time in Adobe or Photoshop) or you can just crop up higher than they are - you have room. It would improve the shot. It is a wonderful photo and a nite shot as Virgil pointed out with the entire width of the fountain in it. Wow!

[miss tenderness]

nice picture , Gee.


Cales , your photo is wow as always:thumbs_up:

[ClaesGefvenberg]

You really captured the Trevi Fountain well, Claes. That's not an easy picture to take. The fountain is very wide and there isn't usually enough room to back up to get it. And there is always a crowd of people in front blocking the view. Thank's... Yes, you're right about the crowd: They were there. The place was absolutley jammed with people, so I had to resort to my bag of tricks: I simply held the camera as high above my head as my arm would reach when I snapped that picture. Not an easy feat with the slow shutter speed I had to use, I assure you. I had to and hold my breath in order to keep it reasonably steady. :lol:


Claes, you can either paint those guys out of the foreground (I do things like that all the time in Adobe or Photoshop) or you can just crop up higher than they are - you have room. It would improve the shot. You're right, it would. I just haven't bothered, that's all.

/Claes

[Virgil]

Thank's... Yes, you're right about the crowd: They were there. The place was absolutley jammed with people, so I had to resort to my bag of tricks: I simply held the camera as high above my head as my arm would reach when I snapped that picture. Not an easy feat with the slow shutter speed I had to use, I assure you. I had to and hold my breath in order to keep it reasonably steady. :lol:

That's true you must have used a slow shutter speed. Well done!

[Madhuri]

Its a very long shot. How do you take such shots? or is it a normal shot, but seems like long one.....

Very nice lighting effect you have captured.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Its a very long shot. How do you take such shots? or is it a normal shot, but seems like long one.....Um...Well, I think I was maybe 6-7m from the fountain... At least no more than 10m.


Very nice lighting effect you have captured.Thank you. That, as it happens, is easy: Just refrain from using the flash. Excessive use of flash has ruined uncountable otherwise very good pictures.

/Claes

[Janine]

Claes, I copied out your photo and I put it into my Adobe Photo Deluxe and painted out those figures. The artist in me had to do it. It turned out great and was easy since that whole bottom area is basically blackish. Just clone the area of color and paint out. I used the "touch up face" in the menu option. It improved the picture - now it is a masterpiece! Want me to post it? I could upload to my hosting site and put it back in for you.

[Madhuri]

Did you make this sketch in you signature Janine?

[ClaesGefvenberg]

The artist in me had to do it. It turned out great and was easy since that whole bottom area is basically blackish. Just clone the area of color and paint out. I used the "touch up face" in the menu option. It improved the picture - now it is a masterpiece! Want me to post it? I could upload to my hosting site and put it back in for you.Absolutely. :thumbs_up I'm dying to see how it turned out. Then we can bask in the glory of our joint venture :D

/Claes

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Ok... I still have not exhausted my supply of Paris pictures. Here is another batch, fresh from the scanner:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/32-LaTourEiffel.jpg
The Eiffel Tower... We went there straight after emerging from the Catacombes (http://www.catacombes.info/), which probably means that we achieved the greatest difference in height attainable in Paris that day.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/34-Trocadero.jpg
Trocadero, seen from the tower.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/35-Sacre-Caeur.jpg
Sacre-Caeur (http://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/).

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/36-Sacre-Caeur.jpg
Catchy tunes played at the steps of Sacre-Caeur.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/39-CitdesSciances-laVilette.jpg
Cité des Sciences de Paris la Villette (http://www.cite-sciences.fr/) - Not the best known of the attractions in Paris, but pure heaven for tech nerds.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/41-CitdesSciances-laVilette.jpg
Cité des Sciences de Paris la Villette.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/42-TourdeFrance-AvenuedeChampslyses.jpg
The last few meters of Tour de France 1993 (http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1984_1993/tdf1993.php) - at Champs Élysées. Miguel Indurain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Indurain) won.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/43-TourdeFrance-Asleepinatree.jpg
This poor bloke waited and waited for hours... and had fallen asleep when the tour went past him.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/44-LaTourEiffel.jpg
And finally: A couple of night shots of the tower...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/46-LaTourEiffel.jpg

[Madhuri]

The view from the tower is sooo nice. The city looks very well planned and organised.

You must have missed taking part in the race, Claes, knowing that you too are fond of bicycling.

Do people go up the Eiffel tower? (or is it something silly that I have asked?)

And the sleepy guy looks very cute...hehehe......

I am taking the next flight to Paris, now...:nod: :D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

The view from the tower is sooo nice. The city looks very well planned and organised.It is, and I believe I recall reading somewhere that the wide straight boulevards is a result of Napoleons wishes. It came at a price, though: Lots of buildiings were wrecked in order to satisfy his craving for splendour.
You must have missed taking part in the race, Claes, knowing that you too are fond of bicycling.To be honest... No. It is a gruelling race. I'll venture a guess that the part of the riders anatomy in most intimate contact with said vehicle suffers badly... ;) :lol:
Do people go up the Eiffel tower? Oh, yes. The picture of Trocadero was taken from the top platform, some 300m agl. I would not reccomend anyone suffering from vertigo to go there, though.
And the sleepy guy looks very cute...hehehe......He also looks like a chiropractor patient. Can you imagine what his neck must have felt like after hours in that tree, with his neck in that angle? I shudder at the thought. :sick:
I am taking the next flight to Paris, now...May I reccomend that you wait a few months? If you go now, you'll most likley find it too cold for your liking.

/Claes

[Madhuri]

It is, and I believe I recall reading somewhere that the wide straight boulevards is a result of Napoleons wishes. It came at a price, though: Lots of buildiings were wrecked in order to satisfy his craving for splendour.

Dont know what to say, but the view is very beautiful.


To be honest... No. It is a gruelling race. I'll venture a guess that the part of the riders anatomy in most intimate contact with said vehicle suffers badly... ;) :lol:

:eek2:

I understand :nod: If that is so, its a wise decision not to take part, only do it if its short distance :D


Oh, yes. The picture of Trocadero was taken from the top platform, some 300m agl. I would not reccomend anyone sufferig from vertigo to go there, though.

I knew there was something silly that I asked :blush:, so the tower is 'The Eiffel Tower'

Where is my mind these days?


He also looks like a chiropractor patient. Can you imagine what his neck must have felt like after hours in that tree, with his neck in that angle? I shudder at the thought. :sick:

I saw the picture again and I was wondering, how did he climb the tree? There doesnt seem anything to hold on to for climbing. Oh, well, people do silly things all the time and can fall asleep anywhere. :rolleyes: :D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Where is my mind these days?In Paris?

/Claes

[Madhuri]

In Paris?

/Claes

:lol: :lol:

Possibly....:D

[Niamh]

Okay i didnt take these pictures but i think they are lovely and wanted to share them with you all!

This was taken by my friend Mickaela when she was visiting the west of Ireland.
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/mikaelaspics042.jpg

And this was taken by my Friend Jens Friend Andy. Its a picture of the custom House in Dublin.
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/mikaelaspics043.jpg

[miss tenderness]

wow , Cales:thumbs_up:

Niamh, breath taking pictures,loved them so much, you have real talented friends.

[beautiful_alma]

wow.. all your pictures are so beautiful... sorry to be off topic but.. what kind of camera would u recommend to shoot pictures like these..? u dont have to give the specifics... just like the company name, like canon, sony, etc.

[Virgil]

welcome to lit net Alma. Nice to have you here. What you should look for is how many megapixels the camera has. The more the higher the resolution. It should be at least 5 megapixels in my opinion.

[beautiful_alma]

ohhhh ok. Thank you, Virgil!

[Madhuri]

If you go back a few pages....Claes, has given the specifications of the camera he uses...

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Welcome Alma :wave:
sorry to be off topic but.. what kind of camera would u recommend to shoot pictures like these..? u dont have to give the specifics... just like the company name, like canon, sony, etc.Not really off topic at all, in my opinion: As Maddie pointed out, I posted the
specs of my cameras back in post 140 (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showpost.php?p=305237&postcount=140) in this thread.
The good news is that you don't really need anything fancy.
An ordinary pocket model will take you a long way.
What you should look for is how many megapixels the camera has. The more the higher the resolution. It should be at least 5 megapixels in my opinion.I agree, but on the other hand I also used my mobile phone
(with a mere 2 Megapixels camera) for some of the shots I have posted here.

I've been knocked off my feet by the flu a couple of days, and crawled out of bed today, looking for something to do. I found some old pictures from the early 80's and fired up the scanner:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Peevedgrasssnake.jpg
A thoroughly peeved Swedish grass snake: I caused its foul temper by chasing
it around for a couple of minutes until it ran out of steam, so it would lay still
and let me take the pictures. That's a known method: Reptiles don't have all
that much stamina. :lol: The downside is that they get quite "cranky" as the late Steve Irvin would have said.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/SanSebastian-1985.jpg
This is San Sebastian in northern Spain in 1985 or thereabouts.
I was there to visit a supplier near Bilbao.

/Claes

[Niamh]

wow , Cales:thumbs_up:

Niamh, breath taking pictures,loved them so much, you have real talented friends.

I only wish i had some of that talent!

[miss tenderness]

oh man!

real nice pictures , especially the snake one:thumbs_up

[Virgil]

Very nice, Claes. I really like the San Sabastian shot. Do you recall the exposure time? And I assume it was on a tripod?

[ClaesGefvenberg]

real nice pictures , especially the snake one:thumbs_upThere is more to that story: Guess what happened when I snapped it? The snake (not venomous, I might add) struck at the camera! Can you imagine what that looks like through a viewfinder? :lol: I snapped the shot, the shutter blinked, and then I saw a blur ending in a wide open pink mouth straight into the lens! Yours truly whooped and sat on his backside... :lol:


Very nice, Claes. I really like the San Sabastian shot. Do you recall the exposure time? And I assume it was on a tripod?The exposure time was roughly half a minute on low aperture, but I had no tripod with me... So what to do? I rested my hands on a fence and held my breath... As a matter of fact I never use a tripod. You can usually find something that gives you the support you need for a hand held shot (It is vital to hold your breath when using that trick). This picture is heavily retouched btw: The copy was badly damaged, with lots of big stains and scratches. I basically saw it as a challenge, wondering if i could sort it out.

/Claes

[Virgil]

There is more to that story: Guess what happened when I snapped it? The snake (not venomous, I might add) struck at the camera! Can you imagine what that looks like through a viewfinder? :lol: I snapped the shot, the shutter blinked, and then I saw a blur ending in a wide open pink mouth straight into the lens! Yours truly whooped and sat on his backside... :lol:


:lol: :lol: That made for a good laugh. Thank God it wasn't venomous.

Thanks on your technique for long exposure. I'll keep it in mind.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

That made for a good laugh. Thank God it wasn't venomous. If it had been i would not have been quite so close... :D Still, I'm not keen on letting any snake bite me (they are not renowned for brushing their teeth, and a bite can cause a bad infection). I have been bitten twice by Swedish vipers however, but their poison is pretty mild - like hornet or so. One of them got me in the ankle when I stepped on its tail (which I can quite understand - I would be annoyed too, if someone stepped on my tail), and the other one got me in the thumb while I was picking strawberrys. No ill effects from either bite, fortunately.

/Claes

[Virgil]

If it had been i would not have been quite so close... :D Still, I'm not keen on letting any snake bite me (they are not renowned for brushing their teeth, and a bite can cause a bad infection). I have been bitten twice by Swedish vipers however, but their poison is pretty mild - like hornet or so. One of them got me in the ankle when I stepped on its tail (which I can quite understand - I would be annoyed too, if someone stepped on my tail), and the other one got me in the thumb while I was picking strawberrys. No ill effects from either bite, fortunately.

/Claes

Wow, I have never been biten, but then again I don't ever try to get close. Perhaps Claes you can replace that Crocodile Hunter guy on TV. He used to handle snakes. :D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Perhaps Claes you can replace that Crocodile Hunter guy on TV. He used to handle snakes. :DI'd rather not... You remember that old song, From a distance? That sounds like a good rule in that respect. I mean to say: Our vipers are one thing but he was handling more "potent" snakes, right?

The next one is in fact a number of pictures clobbered together to one. I was experimenting a bit with a new (to me) application called Autostitch:

The view from our bedroom window this AM:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Baksidan.jpg

/Claes

[Madhuri]

I hope you feel better, Claes. :)

I lovvved all the pictures, they are like masterpieces. You should show these to NGE, believe me, they'll come running after your pictures :nod:

The view from your room is soooo pretty :) I liked the bowl-shaped effect you tried to give to this picture.

You are very brave, Claes, to chase a snake to take a picture. If it were me, the only running I would be doing will be to save my life from the snake :p :lol:

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I hope you feel better, Claes. :)Thank you. I do, actually, but I can feel that it will take me a few days to get back to speed again.
The view from your room is soooo pretty :) I liked the bowl-shaped effect you tried to give to this picture.I honestly did what I could to diminish the bowl shape, but there is a reason for it: That picture consists of 31 smaller pictures taken from the same spot, but in different directions, so essentially the resulting combination gives the same result as a fish-eye lens: Pretty near a 180 deg view.
You are very brave, Claes, to chase a snake to take a picture. If it were me, the only running I would be doing will be to save my life from the snake Brave? Some would call it exceedingly stupid... :lol: Anyway, the trick is to keep the snake from escaping by dashing around it and repeatedly block its way as it tries to escape. After a short while it runs out of steam, and just lies there... You know: Pant, pant, pant, hiiiiiissssss, pant, pant, hiiiiiissssss! It's actually quite funny. I would not recommend that little trick with a poisonous snake, though.... :D

/Claes

[miss tenderness]

There is more to that story: Guess what happened when I snapped it? The snake (not venomous, I might add) struck at the camera! Can you imagine what that looks like through a viewfinder? :lol: I snapped the shot, the shutter blinked, and then I saw a blur ending in a wide open pink mouth straight into the lens! Yours truly whooped and sat on his backside... :lol:
/Claes



:D

a hero!


I liked the new pic, nice view, keep showing us.

I always drop by here to see if you have posted new pictures:thumbs_up

[Idril]

These are older pictures as you can see from the date but I was reminded of them during a conversation with someone. We were in the Badlands, driving through the park and came upon a herd of buffalo blocking the road and bringing traffic to a standstill for about 30 minutes. They are truly massive creatures, there was one a mere 3 to 4 feet from our car that was seriously at least as big as the car and I'm sure weighed more. :rolleyes: The last picture was taken when he had moved a safe distance away. :p These pictures are scanned from the originals and on my computer, are kind of dark but it's been my experience that my monitor tends to do that so I'm hoping you'll be able to see things clearly.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/roadblock.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/buffaloherd-1.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/buffalo.jpg

[ClaesGefvenberg]

They are truly massive creatures, there was one a mere 3 to 4 feet from our car that was seriously at least as big as the car and I'm sure weighed more. Oooooo, big guys, there :eek2: Now, that is a serious roadblock.

/Claes

[Idril]

Oooooo, big guys, there :eek2: Now, that is a serious roadblock.

/Claes


It was! They certainly aren't as wide as a car, but there are many that are as tall and as long and it's a little unnerving to have only a small amount of metal and glass between them and you. Whenever you go to the badlands, you always hope to see some buffalo, it's one of the greatest thrills of going there but no one wants to be that close. :p That guy standing outside his car is crazy. As you can see, he was the only one who was so bold, everyone else stayed in the relative safety of their cars. :lol:

[SleepyWitch]

nice little cows, Idril :)
Claes, your photos of Paris are amazing.
Niamvh



Okay i didnt take these pictures but i think they are lovely and wanted to share them with you all!

This was taken by my friend Mickaela when she was visiting the west of Ireland.
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/mikaelaspics042.jpg

i love this pic, Niamh :)

[SleepyWitch]

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/DSCF0007.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/DSCF0008.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/DSCF0011.jpg

[Kaltrina]

I'd rather not... You remember that old song, From a distance? That sounds like a good rule in that respect. I mean to say: Our vipers are one thing but he was handling more "potent" snakes, right?

The next one is in fact a number of pictures clobbered together to one. I was experimenting a bit with a new (to me) application called Autostitch:

The view from our bedroom window this AM:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Baksidan.jpg

/Claes


This is gorgeous... wow...

[Niamh]

The next one is in fact a number of pictures clobbered together to one. I was experimenting a bit with a new (to me) application called Autostitch:

The view from our bedroom window this AM:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Baksidan.jpg

/Claes

Woo! that is an amazing picture Claes!

[miss tenderness]

These are older pictures as you can see from the date but I was reminded of them during a conversation with someone. We were in the Badlands, driving through the park and came upon a herd of buffalo blocking the road and bringing traffic to a standstill for about 30 minutes. They are truly massive creatures, there was one a mere 3 to 4 feet from our car that was seriously at least as big as the car and I'm sure weighed more. :rolleyes: The last picture was taken when he had moved a safe distance away. :p These pictures are scanned from the originals and on my computer, are kind of dark but it's been my experience that my monitor tends to do that so I'm hoping you'll be able to see things clearly.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/roadblock.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/buffaloherd-1.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/buffalo.jpg

wow, contryside(a sigh!)..

I'd love to live there....


nice pic,Idril:)

[Pensive]

Amazing pile of photos we have got over here! :)

[Pendragon]

I finally found that shot of me as "Hobo Bo" approximately 1992, a most vintage year. Taken inside Merillat Industries, Atkins, VA Door Plant. That's a door railing/building station behind me.


http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/HoboBo.jpg

[ClaesGefvenberg]

A few more from Paris:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/47-MovinghouseinParis.jpg
Moving house in Paris can be complicated...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/51-TowerandGoddess.jpg
Did you know that you can find both the Eiffel Tower and The Statue of Liberty in Paris?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/52-UnusualfacadeatAvenuedesTernes.jpg
Unusual facade at Avenue des Ternes

/Claes

[Rachy]

I took this photo when we were in Florida

[Virgil]

Nice pictures all. Just a question for Claes on that movng picture in Paris. That looks incredibly dangerous. You even have cofee tables right under the latter with people sitting there. Are they crazy?

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I took this photo when we were in FloridaYou captured that gorilla very nicely. There is a lot of feeling in that picture: Well done. :thumbs_up


That looks incredibly dangerous. You even have cofee tables right under the latter with people sitting there. Are they crazy?I agree: It probably was pretty dangerous. As you can see there was nothing to prevent people from walking under the ladder, and many did exactly that. Fortunately, all went well as far as I could see.

/Claes

[miss tenderness]

NO new pictures:(

[SleepyWitch]

I finally found that shot of me as "Hobo Bo" approximately 1992, a most vintage year. Taken inside Merillat Industries, Atkins, VA Door Plant. That's a door railing/building station behind me.


http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/HoboBo.jpg

hehehe :D you look funny :)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I have been playing with my scanner again. This time I'm going back to 1992, and the shots are from a trip to Kenya. This journey was special to me: As a kid I kept dreaming about going to Africa to see the animals there, but I never really expected to be able to fulfill that dream (It simply was not on in the 60's). Yet in 1992 I was able to do just that, and I have to say that there is something very refreshing about fulfilling ones childhood dreams. I recommend it. Pictures:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/01-EnroutetoKenya.jpg
En route to Kenya

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/04-Nairobi-TheKarenBlixenMuseum.jpg
Karen Blixen's house outside Nairobi: And if you have not read or watched "Out of Africa", please do.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/11-Giraffemanor-RotschildGiraffe.jpg
A Rotschild giraffe at Giraffe Manor outside Nairobi. Quite tame and very friendly.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/12-Giraffemanor-RotschildGiraffe.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/14-EnroutetoNanyuki.jpg
En route to Nanyuki.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/15-EnroutetoNanyuki.jpg
Stopping to buy some snacks... er, bananas.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/18-NanyukiHotel.jpg
Arriving to Nanyuki. The hotel is on the right.

/Claes

[Niamh]

You always seem to have some amazing pics Claes.

[Virgil]

Wonderful Claes. You are some adventurer.

[Weisinheimer]

Wow, Claes. Those are awesome.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Wow, Claes. Those are awesome.
You always seem to have some amazing pics Claes.Thank you. The thing is that I have been taking them for a long time (I started out with b&w pictures in 1975, and have spent uncountable hours in the darkroom since then) and now I am slowly transfering my old pictures to the digital format, so I have a lot of material to choose from.
Wonderful Claes. You are some adventurer.Adventurer? Well, maybe in the sense that I love to travel and see things, but not by unnecessarily exposing myself to danger or anything like that. On the other hand there was that elephant that didn't really like us, of course... Um... I think I'll save that for next post ;)

/Claes

[Pensive]

Wonderful pictures! Kenya looks very green, and beautiful.

[Niamh]

I'd love to see some black and white photos. I feel they portray a picture/image in a more beautiful manner than colour.

[Niamh]

i took this picture on my phone a few months back. Its the first time in my life that i can remember seeing the toll bridge up!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/17-04-06_1947.jpg

[Demona]

thanks to everyone for the great pictures :) *will start looking for something to post...*

[miss tenderness]

very very interesting,Cales:)

Niamh,I like the view:)

[Demona]

Ok, here goes!
P.S. I'd really appreciate if anyone could explain how to embed the image in the post...thanks

[Niamh]

Ok, here goes!
P.S. I'd really appreciate if anyone could explain how to embed the image in the post...thanks

Aw! that is so cute!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Great picture, Demona :thumbs_up
P.S. I'd really appreciate if anyone could explain how to embed the image in the post...thanksHappy to oblige: kathycf provided a great guide for just that in Posting images information (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17798)

/Claes

[Demona]

Thank you!

[Madhuri]

The view of the house looks great, Claes. That will be a version of my dream house :D Its very pretty :nod:

[toni]

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q174/zu_warrior/4R_01_100_0989.jpg


The clouds are beautiful, but I wish I caught the sunset sooner for more light. :alien: Toni>>>>Neophyte photographer.
:p Let's take classes from Claes!

[Laindessiel]

Wow! It looked more professional when you posted it than when I saw it on the camera. Way to go, budding photog!

P.S.
She was waiting for birds to come fly past but the camera ran out of batteries when they finally came. Poor Toni.

[Laindessiel]

Great photos too Claes, as always. ;)

[toni]

Wow! It looked more professional when you posted it than when I saw it on the camera. Way to go, budding photog!

wow Thanks! Yeah, I sorta noticed that too!:lol:


P.S.
She was waiting for birds to come fly past but the camera ran out of batteries when they finally came. Poor Toni.

Indeedy I am. :bawling: :bawling: :bawling:

[ClaesGefvenberg]

The clouds are beautiful, but I wish I caught the sunset sooner for more light.I'm not sure it would have improved that picture: It may have rendered those patterns in the sky impossible to see? We'll never know, of course.
Let's take classes from Claes!I am not sure you need it: A very nice picture, that one. :thumbs_up Still, I appreciate the comment :blush:

/Claes

Right then. Here we go with another batch fresh from the scanner:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/19-EwasoRiveroutsideSarovaShabaloun.jpg
Ewaso river, Shaba, Kenya.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/20-Acaciathorns.jpg
Acacia Thorns: Those things are 3' long and easily strong enough to cause a flat tire (as we found out).

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/22-SarovaShabalounge-Kenya.jpg
Sarova Shaba lounge, literally out in the middle of nowhere. Here, people are inside the fence,
and the wildlife (at least most of it) on the outside.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/24-Elephants-ShabaNationalPark-Keny.jpg
A gang of elephants a few miles from the lounge. The sounds they use for communication are amazing:
Even from this distance you could feel their very low pitched rumbling and humming through your body.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/25-Elephant-ShabaNationalPark-Kenya.jpg
Oops! Closer... But we were to meet this one of these guys a far sight closer, inside the camp the next morning...
We were supposed to get up early and drive to the next lodge, but nobody woke us up. Why?
Well, all of a sudden I heard an infernal racket outsde and looked just in time to see two guards
running past the window casting nervous glances over their shoulders. Small wonder: Hot on their
heels came a thoroughly peeved tachyderm! That rather explained the missing wake up call. It turned
out that he had waded over the river during the night, ending up inside the camp. The guards had
then used their slingshots (The kind you could kill people with) on him to get him out again. Apparently
this was not appreciated, which also explained the chase and his foul temper. Later when we thought
the coast was clear, we grabbed our cases and set of towards the cars.

The coast was not clear! Not even close... Suddenly this still peeved bull came around a house
behind us at a very brisk clip, heading straight for us. We bolted and ran towards a small bridge and
made it across before he got too close... The bridge was too narrow for him, but he gave us a last
trumpet solo, just to show us who was the boss (as if we did not know that already).

All in all, some experience...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/27-ReticulatedGiraffe-ShabaNational.jpg
A reticulated giraffe.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/28-Buffalocranium-ShabaNationalPark.jpg
A former buffalo.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/29-Lodgebar-SarovaShabaLodge-Kenya.jpg
The lodge bar in the evening.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/30-SamburuDancer-SarovaShabaLodge-K.jpg
A Samburu dancer at the lodge. Note the hight of that jump!

[Teeeeom]

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The vault of the church of guadalupe in Morelia, Mexico.
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International Chess Festival, Morelia, Mexico.
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Cathedral

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Great pictures, Teeeeom :thumbs_up More, please....

/Claes

[Niamh]

Toni i love your photo. it is so beautiful!

Claes, some more wonderful pictures! you must have had such a wonderful time in Africa! So thats what Acacia trees look like. They are always being mentioned in the no.1 ladies detective agency books. Wouldnt wont to fall on those thorns!

Teeeom, that celling is magnificant!

[Teeeeom]

http://photos-213.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v66/130/52/1442821213/n1442821213_30370544_5317.jpg
a group of performance artists called Architecture in Movement
http://photos-213.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v66/130/52/1442821213/n1442821213_30370550_7736.jpg
I forget the name of this church
http://photos-213.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v66/130/52/1442821213/n1442821213_30370561_1517.jpg
Universidad Michoacana on strike.

these were all taken during my month-long stay in Morelia, Mexico while I was studying spanish.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Wouldnt wont to fall on those thorns!I agree, they are very sharp and so hard that you could use them for nails! If I remember correctly, we had four blown tires during the trip, all of them caused by Acacia thorns. I can still remember our drivers comment: "I hate changing tires! (with considerable feeling)". You should have seen the way he looked at me when I told him that we have to change all four twice a year - Summer vs winter tires.


Universidad Michoacana on strike.Interesting. Can you tell us the story behind that? and please keep the pictures coming. :thumbs_up

/Claes

[vin1391]

ClaesGefvenberg I absolutes loved your pictures..wish I could go there...

Teeeeom I like the one witht he chess set the best :)

[Teeeeom]

Interesting. Can you tell us the story behind that? and please keep the pictures coming. :thumbs_up

/Claes

The teachers' syndicate of the University was striking for better benefits, more vacation time, better treatment etc... This happens quite often with public universities in Mexico. (for example, when news came that the university was on strike again, people casually said "oh here they go again..."). Not that their strike was completely unjustified, it's just that many public entities in Mexico (schools mainly) expect the government to take care of them as if it were a socialist government, expecting aid where it normally wouldn't be given from a capatalistic government. Mexican politics are very complicated, and frankly I don't know enough to explain in detail.

Here are some more photos from a day trip I took to a Monarch butterfly sanctuary in El Rosario, Mexico. The Monarchs migrate every winter from the US and Canada to the mountains of Mexico where the altitude and vegetation is just right for their survival. Appoximately 150 million butterflies were at the sanctuary I visited. Luckily it was sunny the day I went, for if it's cloudy they tend to stay clumped in the trees.

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This one stayed with me for awhile. They are very friendly creatures. Wandering around the meadow at the top of the mountain was very surreal. I took many photos, but after awhile I just had to sit down and admire the magic beauty around me. I've never experienced anything else like it.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I took many photos, but after awhile I just had to sit down and admire the magic beauty around me.Good move. We should all to that once in a while. And hey: Great pictures. I particularly like the close up. You seem to be using a good camera?

/Claes

[SleepyWitch]

lovely pics Teeeeom and Claes!!!!

here's some new ones taken by my boyfriend and me

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2873.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2884.jpg


Berlin: Sony Centre
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2895.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2896.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2897.jpg

[ClaesGefvenberg]

lovely pics Teeeeom and Claes!!!!Thank's :D More to come, when I get a few minutes at the scanner.


here's some new ones taken by my boyfriend and meNice. The Sony center looks worth visiting... Say, I think that shark could use some dental work?

/Claes

[SleepyWitch]

Thank's :D More to come, when I get a few minutes at the scanner.

Nice. The Sony center looks worth visiting... Say, I think that shark could use some dental work?

/Claes

yeah and some plastic surgery, too :)

[Adudaewen]

I am so proud of this picture, I took it at Lake Minatare on one of our camping trips.

[Virgil]

Very nice Adudaewen. A very lovely picture.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

More from Kenya:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/32-Nocturnalvisitorrightoutsidetheb.jpg
While we were sitting in the bar watching the dancers (see the previous post) this critter crept right
up to it without us noticing anything until it grunted a little. Small surprise as the bar was right next to the river.
We were told in no uncertain terms never to stray close to that river, btw. I think that piece of advice held a lot of merit.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/33-RotschildGiraffe-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
Another Rotschild Giraffe.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/34-Gerenukanthelopes-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
Gerenuk anthelopes - They go for the leaves in trees just like giraffe, but use a different method for getting them.
As you can see they still reach pretty high. Do you see the bird on the one to the right? It got its lunch too, picking ticks from the gazelle.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/36-Gerenukanthelope-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
Another gerenuk taking aim for its food.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/35-Oryxanthelopes-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
Oryx anthelopes

More to come... /Claes

[booksandtea]

!!!
ClaesGefvenberg, great photos! i miss africa so much. i did a safari-esk type thing for 3 weeks in the southern parts. one of these days i'd love to go to kenya.

[Madhuri]

Claes, very nice pictures. I too have to post some, but this photobucket is taking too much time to upload and I cant do it by selecting one folder, I have to select each picture individually. So annoying :rolleyes: I'll post mine as soon as I figure out this site. :D

[Madhuri]

I visited Lal Quila (Red Fort) last month. Its in Old Delhi. Some of the great rulers of India, such as Akbar ruled from this fort.

Outside view of the fort. Notice on the elevated green grass is a dais from where the Prime Minister gives a speech on our Independence Day (15th August). Also, notice the Indian flag fluttering behind.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Outside_Red_Fort.jpg

This is the throne of Akbar (known as Peacock throne), he used to conduct the daily matters concerning citizens and other improtant court decisions from here. The area is called Diwan-E-Aam (Hall of Public Audience). Now a days they have covered it with net and no one is allowed to go near it.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Akbars_Throne.jpg


This is Diwan-E-Khaas (Hall of Private Audience). Its a place where the royal family will get together. A part of this is Hamam (the bathing place). It is said that the water from the fountains of hamam was scented. This is a glimpse of it, the passage you see was once full of scented water.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Hamam.jpg

[Madhuri]

All the pictures that I am posting are scanned. :)

The carvings on the pillars of Diwan-E-Khaas is so beautiful. It hasnt come out so well, because of the light, I guess, but still it looks pretty.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/F1140013.jpg

This is the door of Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque). This masjid is completely made of marble, and was made by another ruler Aurangzeb, for his own use.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Moti_Masjid_Door.jpg

Another structure inside the fort. The area around the structure had water. It exits in a garden so I presume that it was used more as a place to relax by the royal family.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Another_Fort_View.jpg

Also, note that the buildings behind this structure have a very different architecture. It is likely that these were built by Britishers during their rule. It has a very English touch to it.

[Adudaewen]

Very nice Adudaewen. A very lovely picture.

Thanx Virgil! :)

Great pictures Madhuri! I love Indian architechture. It is so ornate and beautiful!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Maddie, what a beautiful place! :thumbs_up It is definitely something I would like to see it first hand some day.

/Claes

[Madhuri]

Thanx Virgil! :)

Great pictures Madhuri! I love Indian architechture. It is so ornate and beautiful!

Thanks :blush:

:D :D


Maddie, what a beautiful place! :thumbs_up It is definitely something I would like to see it first hand some day.

/Claes

You should definitely visit these places, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are soooo many beautiful places like this across the country. The architecture varies according to the place and is often influenced by the rulers or the dominant community of that place.

I am glad you liked it. :D Do you think these came out well? Could I have done something else to improve it? I would like to know what you think :D

[Pensive]

Great pictures, Madhuri and all!

Moti Mehal reminds me a lot of Badshahi Mosque and Shahi Qilaa I visited in Lahore. The architect there is very much like this one. I visited Diwaan-e-Khas there too. It wasn't as much nice as it is. I mean most of it had lost its "real thing" but still it was worth looking and worth-appreciating, as well.


[QUOTE=ClaesGefvenberg;317778]Yes, but I have to admire the French in that respect: They have no qualms about mixing new and old architecture, and they usually do it well.

miss tenderness: Great shots, particularly the legs in the rain. :thumbs_up


How about these, from the catacombes, then?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/30-LesCatacombes.jpg
We went there a rainy day. Somehow the weather mattered little down there in the eerie quiet world some 30m below street level...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/31-LesCatacombes.jpg
And another one from the same place.

Wow, these look real, and scary. Make me want to ask if these are real. Or are these men-made?

[Madhuri]

Great pictures, Madhuri and all!

Moti Mehal reminds me a lot of Badshahi Mosque and Shahi Qilaa I visited in Lahore. The architect there is very much like this one. I visited Diwaan-e-Khas there too. It wasn't as much nice as it is. I mean most of it had lost its "real thing" but still it was worth looking and worth-appreciating, as well.

India and Pakistan share the same history Pensy, so its very likely that the architectures are similar. I understand what you mean by the real thing, I see here also, on a lot of such monuments people scribble love messages, and spoil the beauty :rolleyes: They dont know that it makes it ugly.

[Pensive]

India and Pakistan share the same history Pensy, so its very likely that the architectures are similar. I understand what you mean by the real thing, I see here also, on a lot of such monuments people scribble love messages, and spoil the beauty :rolleyes: They dont know that it makes it ugly.

Yes. Ancient buildings are a country's heritage. They must be preserved and well-cared by all. I wonder when people will learn this.

[Niamh]

Wow Madi those pictures are wonderful! They make me want to visit india even more!

Pensive, eh yeah i think they are real! Just very discoloured with age. I remember when i was working on the 14th cent cemetry we discovered a few skeletons had been truncated by a small shallow ditch. When we excavated the other side of the ditch we discovered all the skulls and some other human bones all placed neatly, in two rows one on top of the other and a 'shelf' that the ditch diggers had dug into the side of the ditch. It was amazing!

[Madhuri]

Wow Madi those pictures are wonderful! They make me want to visit india even more!


Thanks :D

You should definitely visit India. And these pictures are from my city, Delhi :D :D, I will show you around.

[Virgil]

Very nice pictures Maddie. The fort actually looks European, like a castle, except for the dome shapes.

Lots of good pictures here. If I haven't complimented you, it doesn't mean I don't like them. I just can't keep up. I have some nice pictures to post too. Perhaps in a day or too.

[Niamh]

Thanks :D

You should definitely visit India. And these pictures are from my city, Delhi :D :D, I will show you around.

Oh you dont know how much i'd love to go to india. Keep trying to convince my boyfriend to go but.... no funds. have to stick with edinburgh for the time being. Am jealous though. One of the managers in work is off to India tomorrow.:(

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Wow, these look real, and scary. Make me want to ask if these are real. Or are these men-made?Oh, they are very real but not very scary. The atmosphere down there was very calm and peaceful.

I was told that they ended up there because cemeteries are no exception to the rule that big cities are crowded: These older remains were moved to their present location to make room for more recent ones when Paris' cemeteries became full, and you would not believe how much of them you can find down there. The walls are lined with human remains for mile after mile.

When you look around, it soon becomes obvious that a large number of those people must have died violently, which comes as no big surprise considering the fact that many of them met their creator during the French revolution.

/Claes

[Virgil]

Here are some pictures of my mini vacation to Martha''s Vinyard last August. For those that don't know, Martha's Vinyard is an island off Massachusettes.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image075.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image073.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image065-1.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image062-1.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image005.jpg

[Virgil]

Some more:


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image021.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image019.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image014-1.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image013.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image011.jpg

[Madhuri]

Very nice pictures, Virg. The beach is not at all crowded, it looks so peaceful. The picture of the cottage looks like a painting, many shades of grass. Very pretty.


Very nice pictures Maddie. The fort actually looks European, like a castle, except for the dome shapes.


Thanks :D You'll see a lot of buildings in Delhi influenced by European architecture, especially British.

The Rashtripati Bhavan (President's residence) was designed by Edwin Lutyens, a British architect. The Parliament House in Delhi was designed by Herbert Baker. A lot of other important buildings such as these were modeled by Britishers. These are very different from the Mughal architecture, that you saw in the previous pictures.

I have a few more pictures to post from my recent visit to Pykara Falls and a Wildlife sanctury in the south of India. :D :D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

The picture of the cottage looks like a painting, many shades of grass. Very pretty.I agree. A very nice picture, that one... :thumbs_up
I have a few more pictures to post from my recent visit to Pykara Falls and a Wildlife sanctury in the south of India. :D :DOh, great. I'm looking forward to seeing those (most of you must have figured out by now, that I am very fond of wildlife).

/Claes

[Madhuri]

Oh, great. I'm looking forward to seeing those (most of you must have figured out by now, that I am very fond of wildlife).

/Claes

Dont have high hopes, Claes. They are no where like yours. I didnt get to see many animals. Someone told us that this is the right time to visit the sanctuary, and since that reserve also has Tigers (because of the Project Tiger), we very happily went, but it turned out that its the dry season. We went inside the jungle and were only able to see Tiger pug marks :rolleyes:. There were other animals too in the sanctuary, like, Elephant, Leopards, different types of birds, and we could only see Deer and a few birds. The difficulty in taking the wildlife pics is that, that when you find some animal in the right pose, and you are about to click, they move :rolleyes:, and you are like -- Okay Great, I am about to take a perfect shot and you have to move !! :lol: :D

By evening, hopefully i'll share a few of those.

[toni]

Wow, Uncle Virg, we didn't know that you are also a photographer! Great photos! You too, Maddie! India is truly wonderful! India is like art in motion!

[toni]

I'm not sure it would have improved that picture: It may have rendered those patterns in the sky impossible to see? We'll never know, of course. I am not sure you need it: A very nice picture, that one. :thumbs_up Still, I appreciate the comment :blush:

/Claes


Whoa. Thanks a lot, Claes! Yeah, I think the problem is with the clouds. They need to pattern themselves more clearly.:lol: *send message to the clouds*

[Madhuri]

Wow, Uncle Virg, we didn't know that you are also a photographer! Great photos! You too, Maddie! India is truly wonderful! India is like art in motion!

Thanks, Toni :D. I have a few more to share. Some will show wildlife, some general life in a typical village, and some of the falls. I hope you like the pictures. :)

[toni]

Thanks, Toni :D. I have a few more to share. Some will show wildlife, some general life in a typical village, and some of the falls. I hope you like the pictures. :)

Oh go on please, Maddie! I can never get enough! I always see India specials on CNN and on ChannelNews Asia.. Enchanting, they are...

[Reccura]

Some more:


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image014-1.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image013.jpg

Hi, Virgil! Those birds are really cute, as I am a bird leufer. (lover)Did you take those fabulous pictures by yourself? If so, you're a great photographer! I wish I live in Massachusettes. (that was a tough one to spell, pardon moi.)

Ciao to you!!!!

[Pensive]

Wonderful pictures, Virgil! Especially, this one containing the bird looks very nice!

[SleepyWitch]

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image073.jpg




wow, Virgil I love your pics of Martha's Vineyard. especially this one
i'd love to go there!
Maddie, love your pics too, if i didn't want to visit india already they'd make me want to go :)

[miss tenderness]

Virgil , your photoes are awesome,friend,wow!

[miss tenderness]

Madie>>

amazingly beautiful pictures, especially the two Diwans , the Khass and El-Aam.

I'm also proud that these structures have Arabic names and were built during the Islamic rule od India..

yay..

please do poste more of these..

I herad alot about the greeny Indian lands,once you have a shot ,give us the pleasure:)

[Madhuri]

These pictures are the ones that I took on the road while going to take a safari for inside jungle visit. It was early morning and many birds (peacock and jungle fowl) and animals (deer and langur) come near the road that passes through the jungle.

This is a wildlife sanctuary -- Bandipur National Park. Its approx 300 kms from Bangalore, a city in Karnataka (South India).

--Peacock

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Peacock.jpg


--This is a Langur (a long tailed monkey). What I wanted to capture in this picture was the pose of this monkey. Notice, how he is sitting on a delicate branch.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Langur_On_Tree.jpg

--Another Langur family.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Langur_Family.jpg

--Randomly taken of some deer grazing

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Deer_Grazing.jpg

These are the only animals that I could see, as inside the jungle, even these were not visible. I will make sure that I visit a sanctuary in the right season. I so much wanted to see Tigers, Leopards...but...~sigh~

[Virgil]

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image065-1.jpg



Very nice pictures, Virg. The beach is not at all crowded, it looks so peaceful. The picture of the cottage looks like a painting, many shades of grass. Very pretty.


Do you mean that one Maddie? Yes that is my favorite of these too.


Hi, Virgil! Those birds are really cute, as I am a bird leufer. (lover)Did you take those fabulous pictures by yourself? If so, you're a great photographer! I wish I live in Massachusettes. (that was a tough one to spell, pardon moi.)

Ciao to you!!!!


Wonderful pictures, Virgil! Especially, this one containing the bird looks very nice!
Yes i took them Reccura (Are you Italian that you say Ciao? :) ) Those are seagulls. And I would imagine Pensy would love birds. :)



wow, Virgil I love your pics of Martha's Vineyard. especially this one
i'd love to go there!

Thanks Sleepy, I was wondering if anyone would like that photo. All it is is sand, but it's got such nice texture and distnct shadow. Massachusettes has lots of islands, as Kathy (who is from Mass) can tell you. An island such as this (but I don't believe it was this one) is where the movie Jaws was set.

Someone commented that there aren't many people around. Actually the island gets crowded in the summer. I went out for a long walk before dawn and got to the beach area as the sun came up. Other than those two fisherman on the beach, no one was around at that hour.

[Virgil]

Wonderful pictures Maddie. I love wildlife too. Big hunter animals like tigers are very difficult to see. Probably only when they are ready to attack, and then you don't want to see them. ;)

[Madhuri]

Exactly, that was the one I was referring to :nod:

Thanks, Virg :D Yes, big animals are rare to spot, and the only thing that I could see were the pug marks. And its difficult to take a pic in the right pose, the moment you find them in a superb shot taking position, they move :rolleyes:

[Virgil]

Exactly, that was the one I was referring to :nod:
The more I look at that one Maddie the more I like it. Lots of lovely shades of color, the blurryness seems to make it even better, and lots of other interesting elements like the ducks in the foreground. I think I may have that printed enlarged and framed.

[Schokokeks]

Those are wonderful pictures, Virgil and Maddie :nod:.

I thought I might share some pictures from my recent trip to Dublin with you. But first I need to visit Kathy's newbie thread to read about how to post pictures from my pc :D.

[Madhuri]

It is a good piece to get framed. What caught my eye was the different shades of grass. You are correct, its blurryness makes it look like a painting. The blue background, the lonesome cottage. Very nice picture :nod:

[Madhuri]

Those are wonderful pictures, Virgil and Maddie :nod:.

I thought I might share some pictures from my recent trip to Dublin with you. But first I need to visit Kathy's newbie thread to read about how to post pictures from my pc :D.

Thanks, Cookie :D Do check out some pictures of Delhi on page 27.

I would love to see your visit pictures. I will wait :)

[Madhuri]

Someone commented that there aren't many people around. Actually the island gets crowded in the summer. I went out for a long walk before dawn and got to the beach area as the sun came up. Other than those two fisherman on the beach, no one was around at that hour.

Ya, I said that it was not crowded. I thought its a far away place that you visited, which is still not known to many people, and thats why its so peaceful.

[Schokokeks]

Okay, here we go. Special thanks to Kathy :D.

That's me in a Dublin shopping centre that is of architectural merit in itself. The roof (in the background) is all made of glass.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s260/Schokokeks_photo/.jpg

That's me on a bridge over the river Liffey. Quite windy day that was :D.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s260/Schokokeks_photo/.jpg

This here is picture of one of Dublin big streets, with the monument of an Irish politician on the left:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s260/Schokokeks_photo/jpg

And the final one is me enjoying a Guinness in an Irish pub (with a man in a kilt in the background !) :D:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s260/Schokokeks_photo/.jpg

[Virgil]

Very nice Schoky. It's sort of how I imagined Dublin. I hope you had a good time. And you look lovely too, by the way.

[Schokokeks]

Very nice Schoky. It's sort of how I imagined Dublin. I hope you had a good time. And you look lovely too, by the way.
Thank you, Virgil :blush:.
I certainly had a great time (including a personal meeting with Niamh :)), Dublin is one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been to. I'm still waiting for my ticket to NY, though :p.

[Madhuri]

Nice pictures, Cookie :D More than the artchitecture I liked you in the pictures :p My favourite will be the first one :D

Its so nice people are meeting in real life too...:)

[Madhuri]

This place is another 50 kms from the national park that I visited. Its on the way to a very famous hill station - Ooty. This comes in another state of south -- Tamil Nadu. There is a lake also with the same name.

This place and Ooty are famous for the tea gardens and as producers of spices, like clove, and essential oils, like olive oil, eucalyptus oil etc.

-- This is while we were going uphill to see the falls. I have never seen such tall Eucalyptus trees.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Eucylyptus_Trees.jpg

-- View of the falls.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Pykara_Falls.jpg

-- View of the lake

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Pykara_Lake.jpg

-- A bird on the lake side.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Bird_Near_Lake.jpg

-- Terrace faming view. When we were coming back from the falls. People you see in the picture are local.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Terrace_farming.jpg

[Schokokeks]

Wow, you live in such a beautiful country, Maddie :nod:. Each of the pictures should be printed as a poster :).


Nice pictures, Cookie :D More than the artchitecture I liked you in the pictures :p My favourite will be the first one :D
Thank you :blush:.

Its so nice people are meeting in real life too...:)
Just you wait, I'll knock on your door first thing once I'll get to India :p :D.

[AimusSage]

Nice Waterfall Madhuri!

Cookie, what are you doing out of your jar?? :eek: Who is that in the jar??? Is it even alive? How did you escape? :goof:

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Nice Waterfall Madhuri!Absolutely. Very nice picture.:thumbs_up

/Claes

[Schokokeks]

Cookie, what are you doing out of your jar?? :eek: Who is that in the jar??? Is it even alive? How did you escape? :goof:
Pff, did you think I let you go on vacation and lie on the beach all day with me left behind ?! :p I thought I deserved some days off, too, and took advantage of your absence to sneek out. But don't worry, I'm back safe again :).

[AimusSage]

Pff, did you think I let you go on vacation and lie on the beach all day with me left behind ?! :p I thought I deserved some days off, too, and took advantage of your absence to sneek out. But don't worry, I'm back safe again :).
Good, good, I'll forgive you...this time... ;) But next time you have to take me with you on holiday Or I'll lock you in the jar and you won't be going anywhere! :D

[Schokokeks]

But next time you have to take me with you on holiday Or I'll lock you in the jar and you won't be going anywhere! :D
Oooooh, the former, please :D.
...And where are your pictures, by the way ? :)

[miss tenderness]

Shockyyyyy,I like the third picture,I'd love to be there. You look pretty:)

[Schokokeks]

:blush: Thank you, Taleen, dear :).

[Madhuri]

Wow, you live in such a beautiful country, Maddie :nod:. Each of the pictures should be printed as a poster :).

Just you wait, I'll knock on your door first thing once I'll get to India :p :D.

Thanks ! I'll be there for your welcome :D


Nice Waterfall Madhuri!


Thanks Aims :D. Did you check out a few pictures that I posted of a fort in Delhi? :D a few pages back, page 27 or 28, I guess...:D

I am so shameless, I know. How I am asking people to see the pictures I posted...:p :D


Absolutely. Very nice picture.:thumbs_up

/Claes

I am so happy, you liked the pictures, and that too your mentioning it makes me feel even better :D Thanks.

[Virgil]

Very nice, Maddie. I like the waterfalls too.

[miss tenderness]

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Delhi%20and%20Wildlife/Bird_Near_Lake.jpg

Oh my!

Maddie, I'm becoming a huge fan:thumbs_up .

[Madhuri]

Very nice, Maddie. I like the waterfalls too.

Thanks :D Waterfalls are one of my favourites too.



Oh my!

Maddie, I'm becoming a huge fan:thumbs_up .

I am so glad :) Thanks.

I have the last few from this trip, its about a typical village, I mean that in some remote villages people still use primitive means of cultivation. I will post those very soon.

[miss tenderness]

waiting for them......

[ClaesGefvenberg]

More Kenya shots, fresh from the scanner. As you will see, the Lodge pool attracted more than humans:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/37-Warthog-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
A Warthog. A truly formidable pig... all muscle.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/38-Birds-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
I don't know what those birds are called, but they behaved, sounded like and were roughly the size of chicken.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/40-Kingfisher-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
This is a real gem: A kingfisher. Tiny, but making up for its diminutive size with brilliant colours.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/43-Monitorbythepool-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
A 2' Monitor Lizard I later met in the pool: Apparently it decided to go for a swim at the same time as I did.
None of us were paying much attention to where we were going, and all of a sudden we were nose to snout in the middle of the pool!
Both of us took prompt action, by performing a swift U-turn and returning the way we had come (only considerably faster).
My wife saw the whole thing and I honestly thought she would never stop laughing.
I'll never hear the last of that wildlife encounter...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/44-SuperbStarlingbythepool-Shaba-Ke.jpg
Another of those metallic coloured Starlings: Superb Starling.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/45-Lizardbythepool-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
A lizard, basking by the pool. I know I already posted this one, but I think the new scan did the colours more justice.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/46-Dragonflybythepool-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
A Dragonfly by the pool...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/47-Samburufluteplayer-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
A flute player from the Samburu tribe.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/48-Samburufetchingwater-Shaba-Kenya.jpg
The Samburu tribe, fetching their water in the Ewaso River. Apparently they knew where the crocs were...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/49-Kenya-SomaliaHighway-Kenya.jpg
Back on the road: This is the Kenya - Somalia Highway, a truly bone rattling experience. Does it surprise anyone that
we were told that cars went from new to scrap in three or four years here?

/Claes

[Virgil]

Since everyone is posting pictures of animals, here's some wild donkeys in the desert in Arizona. Arizona is in the southwest USA. I was driving by and there they were. Luckily I had a camera near by.


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image003.jpg


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image002.jpg


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image001.jpg

[Janine]

Which wild turkey is YOU?:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Janine]

Virgil did you just change that to "donkey"? I could have sworn it said wild "turkey". Ok in that case which wild donkey is you?

[Virgil]

Virgil did you just change that to "donkey"? I could have sworn it said wild "turkey". Ok in that case which wild donkey is you?

No Janine. You must be hullucinating. Seriously, do you have fever? ;)

[Janine]

No Janine. You must be hullucinating. Seriously, do you have fever? ;)

:lol::D:lol: No, just eyesight problem! Old age no doubt......

[Laindessiel]

Yes i took them Reccura (Are you Italian that you say Ciao? :) )

Hehe. Reccura is my other sis, Uncle Virg. And people here in the Philippines now say "ciao" just like they say "hello". Dunno how and why it started.

Great pictures, Uncle Virg!!!

[Laindessiel]

You are so beautiful, Schoko! (Or Schocky?) Dublin is very wonderful.

Mads, your photos are very imaginative!

Seems like everyone here has makings of a great photog!!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Since everyone is posting pictures of animals, here's some wild donkeys in the desert in Arizona. Arizona is in the southwest USA. I was driving by and there they were. Luckily I had a camera near by. Nice pictures. They seem to be very alert: Look how their ears are zeroed in on you...

/Claes

[Madhuri]

Mads, your photos are very imaginative!


Thanks !

I have to say this, that when I was taking these pictures, I was thinking of litnet, and also that, if these come out good, i'll post them here :D I know I shouldn't be doing so, I mean I should take pictures for the love of photography, rather than taking shots thinking of posting here.....

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I know I shouldn't be doing so, I mean I should take pictures for the love of photography, rather than taking shots thinking of posting here.....Why not? I see nothing mutually exclusive about love of photography and posting here.

/Claes

[Schokokeks]

You are so beautiful, Schoko! (Or Schocky?) Dublin is very wonderful.
Which ever version you prefer, Lain. Thank you :blush:


I know I shouldn't be doing so, I mean I should take pictures for the love of photography, rather than taking shots thinking of posting here.....
I'm very grateful you did, Maddie, seeing that if ever it will be quite a while until I'll be able to visit India myself, and your pictures are some consolation at least. You're actually performing a service for others ;).

[Virgil]

Hehe. Reccura is my other sis, Uncle Virg. And people here in the Philippines now say "ciao" just like they say "hello". Dunno how and why it started.

Great pictures, Uncle Virg!!!
Oh, well hello Reccura. I must have missed your introduction. Wow, three sisters all on lit net.




Nice pictures. They seem to be very alert: Look how their ears are zeroed in on you...

/Claes

I guess I was the only moving thing around. They were just there off on the side and I must have seemed unusual to them.

[Niamh]

That's me in a Dublin shopping centre that is of architectural merit in itself. The roof (in the background) is all made of glass.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s260/Schokokeks_photo/Dublin200752.jpg
Yes i agree that the St Stephens Green shopping centre is Spectacular Architectually. Got a real victorian feel to it, or like a big green house in a botanic gardens. I think it was built in the seventys. I think the big clock in it is cool!:nod:

That's me on a bridge over the river Liffey. Quite windy day that was :D.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s260/Schokokeks_photo/Dublin200737.jpg
Its always windy in Ireland!

This here is picture of one of Dublin big streets, with the monument of an Irish politician on the left:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s260/Schokokeks_photo/Dublin200758.jpg


And the final one is me enjoying a Guinness in an Irish pub (with a man in a kilt in the background !) :D:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s260/Schokokeks_photo/Dublin200718.jpg
Its good to see some of your pics of Ireland Cookie!

Madi i love those new pics! esp the one with the Peacock. such a beautiful bird. Isnt it a protected sacred animal in India?

Those monkeys are so cute!

*edit* I like the way the Quote boxs have framed your pics Schok!

[Madhuri]

Madi i love those new pics! esp the one with the Peacock. such a beautiful bird. Isnt it a protected sacred animal in India?

Those monkeys are so cute!

Peacock is India's national bird. When it spreads its feathers it looks even more beautiful, this site you will see mostly in the monsoon season, or when a peacock is trying to attract a peahen.

The monkeys are cute, but they are dangerous too, it became scary when while we were taking pictures and they started approaching us.

I got a glimpse of Ireland too from Cookie's pictures. It seems a pleasant place. Very nice place you live in Niamh. :)

[Madhuri]

Why not? I see nothing mutually exclusive about love of photography and posting here.

/Claes



I'm very grateful you did, Maddie, seeing that if ever it will be quite a while until I'll be able to visit India myself, and your pictures are some consolation at least. You're actually performing a service for others ;).

I dont know, but his thought came across my mind.

[Niamh]

Peacock is India's national bird. When it spreads its feathers it looks even more beautiful, this site you will see mostly in the monsoon season, or when a peacock is trying to attract a peahen.

The monkeys are cute, but they are dangerous too, it became scary when while we were taking pictures and they started approaching us.

I got a glimpse of Ireland too from Cookie's pictures. It seems a pleasant place. Very nice place you live in Niamh. :)

I'll take some pics and show you more of my city! Just got me my first digital camera so i'm dying to try it out!:D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I'll take some pics and show you more of my city! Just got me my first digital camera so i'm dying to try it out!:DThat sounds promising :D And hey: Nice pictures :thumbs_up I'm just wondering what Kilted was doing in Dublin? :confused:

/Claes

[Virgil]

I'll take some pics and show you more of my city! Just got me my first digital camera so i'm dying to try it out!:D

Oh, Niamh, could you show places that James Joyce mentions, especially in Ulysses? I would love to visualize exactly what he mentions. I find that Joyce is not much on description; he just mentions a place and one is almost supposed to know what it looks like. I should get a list together. I don't have time right now, but I would love to see the places he mentions. Off the top of my head there is the Martello (?) Tower and The Stand (is that a beach?).

[Niamh]

Oh, Niamh, could you show places that James Joyce mentions, especially in Ulysses? I would love to visualize exactly what he mentions. I find that Joyce is not much on description; he just mentions a place and one is almost supposed to know what it looks like. I should get a list together. I don't have time right now, but I would love to see the places he mentions. Off the top of my head there is the Martello (?) Tower and The Stand (is that a beach?).

Okay that seems like a bit of a challenge and seeing as i'm on holiday, sure! i'll do it! 'The stand'. do you mean the strand? We have the north strand which is also called the bull island which is a sand spit, a geological feature thats made up of sand, is primarily a beach and juts out of the coast like a natural pier. There are martello towers allover the dublin coast so i'll get some pics of those.

Anyone else got requests?

[Niamh]

That sounds promising :D And hey: Nice pictures :thumbs_up I'm just wondering what Kilted was doing in Dublin? :confused:

/Claes

I was tempted to ask Schok the same thing!:D as well as 'are you sure you were in Ireland? A man in a Kilt?':lol:

[Madhuri]

Anyone else got requests?

Me, me, me :D

Your picture on a beautiful location :D

[Virgil]

Okay that seems like a bit of a challenge and seeing as i'm on holiday, sure! i'll do it! 'The stand'. do you mean the strand? We have the north strand which is also called the bull island which is a sand spit, a geological feature thats made up of sand, is primarily a beach and juts out of the coast like a natural pier. There are martello towers allover the dublin coast so i'll get some pics of those.

Anyone else got requests?

Yes, The Strand is what Joyce mentions. When I get home tonight I'll look up other places he mentions.

[Johnny.]

These are a few pictures I've taken this year.

I took this one from the top of the Arc De Triomphe in Paris.

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3854/dsc00086wr4.jpg

This one from the bottom of the Eiffel Tower.

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/1415/dsc00101ox8.jpg

And then of course, my fine self...

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/3180/dsc00089bu5.jpg

[miss tenderness]

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/1415/dsc00101ox8.jpg


nice,Johny.

[Johnny.]

I love it, it's almost iconic. Heh.

[Virgil]

I was tempted to ask Schok the same thing!:D as well as 'are you sure you were in Ireland? A man in a Kilt?':lol:

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I didn't know they wear kilts in Ireland. But perhaps some man who just wants to wear a skirt. ;)

[Niamh]

Me, me, me :D

Your picture on a beautiful location :D

Hum...am not sure now!:lol: I like to take pictures not be in them. i'm not photogenic.:(


Yes, The Strand is what Joyce mentions. When I get home tonight I'll look up other places he mentions.

Yeah Virgil do and i'll try get some photos of them as well as other places. Really want to get a picture of Dublin as seen from Howth head. I can do a thread up about Dublin literary locations.

[Janine]

Schok, your Ireland pictures are amazing. You look so pretty in the photo at the mall. So it is always windy there in Ireland? The one on the bridge is nice, too.That mall is really interesting looking architecture. The photo is great - I like it on the curious angle.
Claes - you take terrific shots of everything! I feel I am going on a virtual trip to Europe looking at them.
Johnny, Your Paris photos were great! Love the Ef.Tower shot....interesting angle.
Virgil, I liked you beach shots. All the photos you posted were good. Sorry bout yesterday - I was not insulting you - just trying to be silly...not myself at all yesterday - think I took too many drugs for my cold. Really nice photos; and the donkeys were interesting pictures, as well. How neat to just come across them roaming free. Arizona is an amazing place.
Niamh - what a great idea to make a thread with Dublin literary locations. I can't wait to see that one. Glad Virgil thought of it and will give you a listing from the novel. Maybe other people will request places as well or post them in your thread.
Everyone else - what wonderful photos! Thanks for posting so many. I have been enjoying them emensely. The wildlife shots were something - very pretty. I love wildlife pictures and the birds, lovely, like the peacock.

[Niamh]

hey everyone! just had a wonderful time in edinburgh and thought i'd show you some of the wonderful places there!
There are also some pics from the Blair st vaults, possibly the most haunted place in Britain and one of the most haunted places in the world! my computor is a bit slow at the moment so will hopefully have them for you soon!

[Madhuri]

I will wait...:)

[Niamh]

right here we go!
this is a picture of St Giles Cathedral on the royal mile!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/edinburgh/edinburgh007.jpg

this is a really cool looking building beside the castle! looks like something out of a fairytale!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/edinburgh/edinburgh017.jpg

this is a picture of the gallery taken from a tour bus!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/edinburgh/edinburgh022.jpg

this is walter scotts monument. its an unbelievable tribute to am author!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/edinburgh/edinburgh021.jpg

here is a view of the castle! i've one taken of the castle from the top of the hill but forgot to upload it!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/edinburgh/edinburgh023.jpg

here it is!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/edinburgh/edinburgh015.jpg

[Niamh]

now these are from the Blair street vaults! it was almost pitch black down there!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/edinburgh/edinburgh048.jpg

they are very creepy to walk around!
next to photos were taken within seconds of each other an the first has a few possible orbs/light anomilies in it!

now you see them!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/edinburgh/edinburgh071.jpg

now you dont!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/edinburgh/edinburgh072.jpg

this one is a little creepy! looks like there is a shadowy figure standing under the arch! can you see it?
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/edinburgh/edinburgh075.jpg

[Madhuri]

Very nice pictures, Niamh :)

I liked the building, it looks like a doll house and the Scotts monument, very impressive. The entrance to the castle reminds me of a smiliar entrance that I saw of a fort in Jaipur.

The vaults looks creepy, if I were to walk through I will be glancing behind, incase someone is approaching to grab me :p :lol:

What were these vaults for?

[Niamh]

Edinburgh old town is on a hill and like rome, modern day edinburgh is stretched out over about seven hills/exstinct volcanoes. When the old town council back in the 8th cent decided it was time to expand the borough, they decided to built bridges from one hill to the next. The north brdge was built first and the the south. These vaults were the arches of the south bridge which they subdivided into levels and rooms as they had this idea of still using the space to rent to traders. so for a while they were used as bars and shops etc. but they werent water proof so people started to refuse to rent the vaults. eventually it was abandoned. But soon the crime world moved in and the poor. People were murdered, body snatchers operated in the dark arches, prostitutes worked, people squated, lived and died there.

they were very creepy. I keep on thinking that there was someone behind me when no one was there, which was when i decided to take the last picture i posted. Its almost like there is a dark transparant shadowy figure in the corner. that freaked me out a bit! and elsewhere i heard a crashing noise from the same place twice, like some one had dropped a tray on the ground. but we were the only people in the building. in one room i got this smell of whiskey. few minutes later the tour guide told us that sometimes people get a strong smell of wiskey for a few minutes before it vanishes quickly.

i also went to a place called mary kings close which was fasinating, and at one point in the tour i thought someone was buzzing and humming in my ear, but there was no one directly behind me then either!

[Janine]

Oh no, Niamh, I can't see any of the pictures - they are just a block with an X in on my computer. I wanted to see these cool pictures of yours:bawling: Help!

[Virgil]

Me too Niamh. I get the same as Janine.

[Madhuri]

I think the problem must be with the host site, because yesterday I was able to see the pictures, but today even I am not able to view. These pictures haven't uploaded properly here.

[Niamh]

humm.... i put them up with photo bucket, but i can see them now. i'll edit them and see what happens.

[Niamh]

oops! it turned out i'd made a booboo.:blush: broke the link. Anyway hopefully sorted now so pictures should be appearing. Aer for me!:)

[Madhuri]

I can see now....:nod:

[Niamh]

:banana: yeay!...:banana:

[Madhuri]

Hum...am not sure now!:lol: I like to take pictures not be in them. i'm not photogenic.:(


You denied my request :bawling: http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/traurig/d035.gif

*emotional blackmail* :p :p

[Niamh]

You denied my request :bawling: http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/traurig/d035.gif

*emotional blackmail* :p :p

Well i would have liked to be in some of the photos only i was taking them all and my mam never offered! Sorry Madhuri.

[Madhuri]

Its okay, I was just joking :D

[Pensive]

Beautiful pictures, Niamh! :)

[Niamh]

thanks pensive. these are only some of my photos as i got a bit snap happy and had three cameras. unfortunately i only had one digital camera and i dont have a scanner so cant put some of the other ones up. including the black and white ones.:(

[ClaesGefvenberg]

More Kenya pictures: This batch is from the Buffalo Springs area.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/50-ElephantsAcaciasandvultures-Keny.jpg
Elephants, Acacias, and vultures.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/51-Elephants-Kenya.jpg
More tachyderms...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/52-SilkMonkiesforagingforfood-Kenya.jpg
Silk monkies foraging for food.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/53-Alionfamilyoptingforanapinthemid.jpg
A lion family opting for a cat nap in the noon heat.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/54-Lioncub-Kenya.jpg
Never mind the nap - I want to play.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/55-Lionwithkill-Kenya.jpg
A male lion with a kill.