Pictures Taken By you... [Archive] - Page 3

Niamh

04-03-2007, 05:11 PM

[QUOTE]http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/50-ElephantsAcaciasandvultures-Keny.jpg
Elephants, Acacias,and vultures.
I can see those acacias needles distorting the wood of the tree.

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

Thats a wonderful picture claes.

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

Did you not find that a bit intimidating? wouldnt want to be that close to him in the wild!

Virgil

04-03-2007, 07:18 PM

Niamh - Nice pictures of Edinburgh. You brought back memories of my trip there.

Claes - Oh my God!!! You actually got pictures of lions!! Wow. How far away were you from them?

kathycf

04-03-2007, 09:01 PM

Amazing. I haven't been on much here lately and i have neglected to visit this thread in quite a bit. I had to go back about eight pages to view all the great pictures.

Claes, I have no idea what your current career is, but if you told me professional photographer, I would not be surprised. Beautiful pictures. I love the lions.

Niamh and Cookie, you both took great pics of your trips, very nice. Cookie, you look so cute! Niamh, you must be photogenic, you're Irish. ;) I cannot believe otherwise.

Virgil, wow. Martha's Vineyard is beautiful in it's off season. You captured a real feeling of tranquility. Sadly, it is not the same place in the summer, lots of people around.

Great pics of the Eiffel tower too, although I wasn't sure who took those. Thank you everybody for posting such wonderful pictures. :)

ClaesGefvenberg

04-04-2007, 02:04 AM

Claes, I have no idea what your current career is, but if you told me professional photographer, I would not be surprised. Thank you. Strictly amateur, unfortunately. It would be nice to get payed for something I love doing, but alas... Anyway, I think I'll stick to Quality Engineering.
Claes - Oh my God!!! You actually got pictures of lions!! Wow. How far away were you from them?In this case about 20m/60', but there is more to come: On one occasion we had no less than 14 (!) cats all around the car.
[QUOTE=ClaesGefvenberg;353048]Did you not find that a bit intimidating? wouldnt want to be that close to him in the wild!Intimidated? Yes, a wee bit, but we had an understanding: We stayed in the car, and they stayed out of it. I'll have to say one thing, though: As you will be able to see in later pictures, these wild lions have a glint in their eyes that you will not see in a zoo. The difference is huge. They look at you and you can see what they are thinking: "-Fine, you can hide in that thing, but if you even think about venturing outside, I'll take you apart..."

/Claes

miss tenderness

04-04-2007, 02:47 AM

as alwayse, Cales! this is just amazing.

Virgil

04-04-2007, 07:02 AM

Virgil, wow. Martha's Vineyard is beautiful in it's off season. You captured a real feeling of tranquility. Sadly, it is not the same place in the summer, lots of people around.

Kathy, I took those in August, the height of the crowded season. :lol: I just got up really early when no one was out yet. :D Best time to take pictures is in really early morning. Should I add, IMO? ;) :p

ClaesGefvenberg

04-04-2007, 09:35 AM

Best time to take pictures is in really early morning. Should I add, IMO?You have a point, but I would like to expand a bit on that: Dawn and twilight will often bring forth amazing colours. Incidentally, the same thing can be said for rainy weather, when few people (for obvious reasons) bother to use their cameras.

I should also add that I am very fond of night shots...

/Claes

Niamh

04-04-2007, 09:38 AM

Niamh and Cookie, you both took great pics of your trips, very nice. Cookie, you look so cute! Niamh, you must be photogenic, you're Irish. ;) I cannot believe otherwise.
:)

better believe it! the odd thing is, my sister is very photogenic, i turn out like a piccasso. not very realistic.:(

Schokokeks

04-04-2007, 09:49 AM

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. ;)
You know, I double-checked, actually :D. It was a kilt, but not a very decent one, it looked worn and not of the original excellent Scottish quality :D

Dawn and twilight will often bring forth amazing colours.
I always paint at dawn :nod:.

Beautiful pictures of Edinburgh, Niamh!!!
Nice that you're planning to take more photos of Dublin! I'd like a shot of Christ Church, if you please :D. And do ask your boy-friend to take on with you on it, too, you're such a fairy :nod:.

Concerning James Joyce's places: I noticed that there are golden (or copper) plates built into the pavement at places relating to Ulysses. They're approximately 30 x 30 cm (1 ft x 1 ft), and have the respective quotation from the book on them. I saw many of them, but I only recall there's one on O'Connell Bridge for sure (I stood right next to it on the picture), maybe you could take a pic of one of these for Virgil, Niamh? It might be easier to relate the scenary and the book, then :).

Niamh

04-04-2007, 09:53 AM

You know, I double-checked, actually :D. It was a kilt, but not a very decent one, it looked worn and not of the original excellent Scottish quality :D

Nice that you're planning to take more photos of Dublin, dear Niamh! I'd like a shot of Christ Church, if you please :D. And do ask your boy-friend to take on with you on it, too, you're such a fairy :nod:.

Concerning James Joyce's places: I noticed that there are golden (or copper) plates built into the pavement at places relating to Ulysses. They're approximately 30 x 30 cm (1 ft x 1 ft), and have the respective quotation from the book on them. I saw many of them, but I only recall there's one on O'Connell Bridge for sure (I stood right next to it on the picture), maybe you could take a pic of one of these for Virgil, Niamh? It might be easier to relate the scenary and the book, then :).

As soon as i get a good list going i'll get my camera out!
I'll get you one of Christ church! But dont know about this pixie will be in it or not!:p

Virgil

04-04-2007, 09:56 AM

You have a point, but I would like to expand a bit on that: Dawn and twilight will often bring forth amazing colours. Incidentally, the same thing can be said for rainy weather, when few people (for obvious reasons) bother to use their cameras.

I should also add that I am very fond of night shots...

/Claes

Good points Claes. I agree that those are good times too. I was referrring to the fact that there are less people around early in the morning. I must admit that my night shots have never come out that great. I'm not good at long exposures. Nor do I know how long is the right amount? Is there some rule?

ClaesGefvenberg

04-04-2007, 12:06 PM

I'm not good at long exposures. Nor do I know how long is the right amount? Is there some rule?Not really, but I generally try twice the time I think should do it and then some. ;) Honestly, I experiment a lot, and the decent shots are often preceded by several miserable ones. :lol: The good news is that digital cameras made experimenting free of charge. I used to spend lots of film in this manner, and that was expensive to say the least.

/Claes

ClaesGefvenberg

04-04-2007, 04:03 PM

Back to Africa...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/56-FlattyreatBuffaloSprings-Kenya.jpg
A flat tyre again. As usual, caused by an Acacia thorn.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/57-Baboongangontheirwaytoawaterhole.jpg
A baboon gang on their way to a waterhole in Buffalo Springs.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/58-Baboonatthewaterhole-Kenya.jpg
Baboons seem to detest getting wet: Great care was taken not to touch the water.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/60-Baboonmaleatthewaterhole-Kenya.jpg
This guy gave me a scare. While I was watching his mates through the telephoto lens, he ambled past me
just three meters away. He ignored me, but they are quite dangerous: They possess evil tempers as well as big scary teeth.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/61-Baboonmaleatthewaterhole-Kenya.jpg
On guard duty.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/62-Baboongang-Kenya.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/63-BackonthekenyaSomaliaHighwayenro.jpg
Back on the Kenya - Somalia Highway, en route to Lake Nakuru.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/64-AcolourfulMatatu-Kenya.jpg
A colourful Matatu: A mixture of bus and taxi service.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/65-Atypicalroadsideloo-Kenya.jpg
A typical roadside loo.

/Claes

kathycf

04-04-2007, 04:18 PM

Kathy, I took those in August, the height of the crowded season. :lol: I just got up really early when no one was out yet. :D Best time to take pictures is in really early morning. Should I add, IMO? ;) :p
Wow, I thought those were taken on a nice April day. But yes, regardless, the best time to take photographs of a natural setting is without lots of people around. IMO ;)

(Virgil=sillyhead) :p ;) :D

grace86

04-04-2007, 09:21 PM

I think I just spent about an hour going through the photos you all took. And you guys are AMAZING. Such beautiful photos. I am going to have to take a look here more often.

Kenya, Paris, Martha's Vinyard, Spring, India, Greece....wow....I think I travelled a pretty good portion of the world here.

Reccura

04-04-2007, 11:05 PM

Whoa. Let me get back to my seat. Those pics are wonderful! Totally! Although I'm not much a fan of monkeys... well, my brother is.

SleepyWitch

04-15-2007, 04:57 AM

hey guys, my bf and me went for a walk around Nuremberg yesterday and took some pics.

a lake where people go for walks, boat tours, cycling, skating..
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2965.jpg

view of the castle
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM3004.jpg

the castle
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2966.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2967.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2985.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2989.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2986.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2994.jpg

Albrecht Dürer's House (house of a famous Renaissance painter)
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2996.jpg

Der Schöne Brunnen at the Main Market (Beautiful Well)
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2999.jpg

Frauenkirche (Our Lady's Church) at the Main Market
this is were the Christmas market (Christkindelsmarkt) takes place
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM3001.jpg

Lorenzkirche (St. Lawrence's Church)
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM3002.jpg

B-Mental

04-15-2007, 05:11 AM

Nice pics SW. Those remind me of my journeys in Deutschland. I love how blue the sky is in these pictures.

SleepyWitch

04-15-2007, 08:00 AM

Nice pics SW. Those remind me of my journeys in Deutschland. I love how blue the sky is in these pictures.

where in Germany did you go?

yep, it's crazy, it was an unseasonable 26°C yesterday (same today)...

miss tenderness

04-16-2007, 06:15 AM

weird roadside,Cales and amazing pic.

Sleepy:
cool pictures..
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/HPIM2996.jpg

wow!

Themis

04-16-2007, 12:25 PM

@Sleepy Witch: You know, it's funny how Germany does look familiar. But it's different all the same from how the houses in Austria look.

Two pictures of Vienna - my favourite city. ;)

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/IMG_46.jpg
That's the "Pestsäule" - a memorial of the plague; it was built after it's end in the 17th century under emperor Leopold I.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/IMG_4656.jpg
Schloß Schönbrunn - the parts in dark yellow are part of the castle. I'm not sure why they're painted differently. Probably lack of money.

kathycf

04-16-2007, 12:49 PM

Nice pics, Themis and Sleepy.

You have no idea how envious I am of the people walking the streets in shirt sleeves, Sleepy. It is very cold here and it snowed yesterday. Today it is raining and warmer, but still.

ClaesGefvenberg

04-16-2007, 04:31 PM

hey guys, my bf and me went for a walk around Nuremberg yesterday and took some pics.Good idea... Both going there and bringing the camera along. Scenery and weather looks great :thumbs_up

Two pictures of Vienna - my favourite city. ;) My previous comments seem to be in just right here as well. It looks splendid.

A change of scenery? More Kenya shots:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/67-ThompsonFalls-Kenya.jpg
Nyahururu Falls, previously known as Thompson Falls.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/68-RiftValleyfromtheedge-Kenya.jpg
Rift valley: Suddenly the landscape changes from bone dry to lush and green.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/69-RiftValleyfromtheedge-Kenya.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/71-Flower-Kenya.jpg
A tiny flower. Can anyone tell me its name?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/72-Grantsgazelle-LakeNakuruNational.jpg
A Grant's Gazelle.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/73-Buffalo-LakeNakuruNationalPark-K.jpg
A buffalo. Someone asked me if I felt intimidated by the lions close by....
Let me tell you: These guys are intimidating... See that stare?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/74-MarabouStorks-LakeNakuruNational.jpg
Marabou Storks at lake Nakuru. Really big and really ugly.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/75-pelicans-LakeNakuruNationalPark-.jpg
In the landing pattern with flaps and gear down. Turning left to final...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/76-pelicans-LakeNakuruNationalPark-.jpg
...and touchdown!

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/77-pelicans-LakeNakuruNationalPark-.jpg
Taxiing to dispersal to have a really loud conversation with your fellow pelicans...

Virgil

04-16-2007, 06:49 PM

Fabulous Claes, fabulous. I love it when you post pictures.

Themis, I would love to go to Vienna.

Themis

04-17-2007, 05:55 AM

Themis, I would love to go to Vienna.

Please do. I'd love to show you around.

@Claes: Great pictures! I especially love the waterfall picture. Do you know if the name means anything? Or is it 'just' a name?

kathycf

04-17-2007, 09:12 AM

More wonderful photos, Claes. I agree with Themis, I especially like the waterfall one.

ClaesGefvenberg

04-17-2007, 09:37 AM

Do you know if the name means anything? Or is it 'just' a name?I'm afraid I don't know what it means, but I can provide a bit of trivia about it:

Nyahururu lies near Nakuru, and it is part of the Laikipia District in Rift Valley Province. It was founded by British colonists as Thompson Falls after the 70 metre high Thomson's Falls. It grew around a railway from Gilgil opened in 1929 (now used only for goods). Being the highest town in Kenya at some 2300m asl, it is a perfect training ground for Kenya's top athletes.

/Claes

Themis

04-17-2007, 01:19 PM

Nyahururu lies near Nakuru, and it is part of the Laikipia District in Rift Valley Province. It was founded by British colonists as Thompson Falls after the 70 metre high Thomson's Falls. It grew around a railway from Gilgil opened in 1929 (now used only for goods). Being the highest town in Kenya at some 2300m asl, it is a perfect training ground for Kenya's top athletes.

Thank you for the information! :)

cuppajoe_9

04-20-2007, 05:16 PM

andave_ya

04-20-2007, 05:21 PM

Now that's rather lovely.

Niamh

04-20-2007, 05:37 PM

you think thats much...i should take a picture of my bookshelf and the surrounding floor...books everywhere.:lol:

andave_ya

04-20-2007, 05:37 PM

I went back sooo many pages! these are all absolutely lovely! Madhuri's pics and ClaesGefvenberg's pics and Virgil's pics and Niamh's pics! Wow!

you think thats much...i should take a picture of my bookshelf and the surrounding floor...books everywhere

YEAH! That's what I want, but.....I'm still working on it.

grace86

04-20-2007, 06:23 PM

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/206/466470549_6357b3839a_o.jpg

The books that I acquired this school year, 49 of them in all. I'm considering the feasability of getting rid of all of my furniture to make room for bookshelves.

I recognize the Nortons! I've managed to maintain quite a pile of books from the school year as well....they're all hiding under my bed.

There are some great pictures up here.

ClaesGefvenberg

04-22-2007, 12:46 PM

It's time again... Pictures from Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/79-Warthogboar-LakeNakuruNationalPa.jpg
A warthog boar. As I said before: A quite formidable pig...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/80-CommonWaterbucks-LakeNakuruNatio.jpg
Common Waterbucks.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/81-ThompsonGazelles-LakeNakuruNatio.jpg
Thompson Gazelles. Always alert, and they need to be: They are on the menu of nigh on every predator around.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/82-TwoheadedGiraffe-LakeNakuruNatio.jpg
A twoheaded Giraffe? Not quite...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/83-MasaiGiraffes-LakeNakuruNational.jpg
Masai Giraffes.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/84-MasaiGiraffes-LakeNakuruNational.jpg
Masai Giraffes... and a looming rainstorm.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/85-ClaesatBaboonCliff-LakeNakuruNat.jpg
Yours truly at Baboon Cliff, overlooking Lake Nakuru.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/86-ViewfromBaboonCliff-LakeNakuruNa.jpg
lake Nakuru from Baboon Cliff.
The pink stuff in the water? Flamingos.
The white patch on land? Pelicans.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/87-HyraxatBaboonCliff-LakeNakuruNat.jpg
Hyrax. And would you believe it: Those cuddly blighters are the closest living relative of the... Elephant?
Not so cuddly, by the way: They bite! Some stupid tourist tried to pat one and got away with a bloody hand.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/88-HyraxatBaboonCliff-LakeNakuruNat.jpg
More Hyrax'

And that ends the lake Nakuru part. Next batch will be from Masai Mara...

/Claes

Virgil

04-22-2007, 02:19 PM

Wow, Claes, wow!!!!

andave_ya

04-22-2007, 04:11 PM

absolutely marvelous.

kathycf

04-22-2007, 04:23 PM

Those are wonderful Claes. :)

I like the one of the lake showing the pink mass of flamingos. Those little Hyrax are cute, but patting a wild animal is never a good idea, so I think that tourist should indeed have known better.

Pendragon

04-22-2007, 08:36 PM

Trying this out. My pets.

Firebelly

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0003-1.jpg

Taz

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0002.jpg

Izzy

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0050.jpg

Bugsy McHare

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0154.jpg

Monk

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01481.jpg

Tailspin Tommy

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01491.jpg

Ash

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01501.jpg

Pendragon

04-22-2007, 08:41 PM

Wife and I do wildflowers.

Colt’s Foot

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0054.jpg

Bluettes (flowers about 1.8 to 2.5 cm)

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0061.jpg

Wood Rue

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_00531.jpg

Phlox

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_00981.jpg

Trout Lily

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01091.jpg

Blue/White Violet

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01021.jpg

Scarlet Wake Robin

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01041.jpg

All local names. You may call them something different.

miss tenderness

04-23-2007, 12:18 AM

Amazing,Pen. I especially liked the flowers,wow.

ClaesGefvenberg

04-23-2007, 02:54 AM

Those little Hyrax are cute, but patting a wild animal is never a good idea, so I think that tourist should indeed have known better.Yes she should, and my guess is that she does know better now. The thing is that you really don't want to get bitten by anything out there. Doctors, pills and shots are a long way off.

I think one problem is that people have seen how animals behave in a zoo, and then expect free animals to behave the same way. Well, they don't. We should not fear wild animals (or tame ones for that matter), but they should all be treated with respect.
Trying this out. My pets.Nice pictures of nice animals, Pen :thumbs_up You seem to have a regular zoo there. :D
Wife and I do wildflowers.So you do... Terrific shots too. You obviously know it, and so do I, but for those who don't: It seems so easy to snap a great picture of a nice flower, right? Wrong: You must have put a good deal of effort into those shots. Well done. :thumbs_up

/Claes

Pendragon

04-23-2007, 10:11 AM

Nice pictures of nice animals, Pen :thumbs_up You seem to have a regular zoo there. :D So you do... Terrific shots too. You obviously know it, and so do I, but for those who don't: It seems so easy to snap a great picture of a nice flower, right? Wrong: You must have put a good deal of effort into those shots. Well done. :thumbs_up

/ClaesThank you, Claes. Coming from a photographer of your caliber, I consider that high praise indeed! My old Pentax still works well, with all my lenses and attachments and so forth, but I took these with my new Canon digital. The slightest breath of wind messes up a good flower picture, but at lest I'm not wasting film now! :thumbs_up

Petrarch's Love

04-23-2007, 01:55 PM

Wow, Pen, those flower pictures are really professional looking. I think you're giving Claes a run for his money as resident super photographer. ;)

and Claes, I've been enjoying all your wonderful shots from Africa. It's like having our own personal National Geographic photographer here on Lit. Net. to show us beautiful pictures of the world's wonders. Keep 'em coming. :)

ClaesGefvenberg

04-24-2007, 03:58 PM

Now that I have been tormenting you with old pictures from Kenya for a while, I thought I'd try something current: Pictures taken earlier today, in my home town Eskilstuna...

First an interior shot from our main library, and then some spring pictures from central Eskilstuna:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/DSC00854.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/DSC00875.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/DSC00877.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/DSC00874.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/DSC00872.jpg

Pendragon

04-24-2007, 04:07 PM

Amazing. That's about all I could say. Wow. I might take good close-ups, Petra, but Claes wins hands down on scenery and landscapes. I could never come close. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Appaluse.gif

Virgil

04-24-2007, 09:05 PM

Great pets Pen and nice photos, both you and Claes. It's about time I posted some more. Hold on.

Virgil

04-24-2007, 09:13 PM

These are photos from a raptors show and display I was at during a fair last summer. Raptors are birds of prey and these were trained, and some were rescued. The golden eagle has defective wing. There were about a dozen different types of raptors from falcons, hawks, owls, and eagles. These are the pictures that came out best. The American Bald Eagle was stationed in front of the American flag for a great picture. I love the close up best, the last photo here.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image030.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image031.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image050-1.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image040.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image036-1.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image035.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image032.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image033.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image034-1.jpg

kathycf

04-24-2007, 09:22 PM

Thank you for sharing those pics Virgil, Pen and Claes.

It is nice to see a closeup view of Izzy and Taz, plus the rest of the crew, Pen.
Virgil, I really liked the pic of the owl, they are beautiful birds...but then I like birds anyway.
Claes, are you familiar with Umea? I have an online friend who lives there. Your city looks very spring like and clean. I am afraid I always hold this stereotype view in my head of Sweden being snow covered year round. Pretty silly, I know.

ClaesGefvenberg

04-25-2007, 01:57 AM

These are photos from a raptors show and display I was at during a fair last summer.Heyyyy... Nice birdies :thumbs_up You know, that reminds me: A number of years ago, we had a rather messy problem with pigeons. A couple insisted on building a nest on our balcony, with predictable results: Of course they messed the place up no end, and yours truly did everything in his power to make them move on. Alas, no matter how much I tried to scare them off and chuck their half finished nests out, they were back the minute I turned my back. :flare: Pigeons have very short memories, and their IQ is not much to write home about: They were simply to stupid to be scared off. :sick:

Then it hit me: :idea: I had to speak their language... In line with that revelation I produced blowups of the eyes of birds of prey, and put them up on the balcony. The pigeons suddenly caught the message, and promptly moved out. :thumbs_up
Claes, are you familiar with Umea? I have an online friend who lives there.I know about it, but I have never been there. It's way up north, and I am not. I do however know a number of people that have studied there, or have thier roots up there.

I am afraid I always hold this stereotype view in my head of Sweden being snow covered year round.Eternal snow? Perish the thought: I loath the stuff. On the other hand we did get a bit of snow a mere two weeks ago. ;)

/Claes

Pendragon

05-04-2007, 12:37 PM

Back again. Maybe one day, I'll make it as a photographer! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/QWERTY.gif

Larkspur

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0162.jpg

Lilac

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0187.jpg

White Violet

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0164.jpg

Buttercup

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0185.jpg

Star of Bethlehem

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01731.jpg

Virginia Bluebells

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01701.jpg

Unsure

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01741.jpg

Ground Ivy? Tiny 2cm flowers

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01821.jpg

Common Wild Mustard (you know the parable of the mustard seed? The flowers aren't that much bigger!)

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01831.jpg

Dandelion puffball (think etheral, here!)

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0179.jpg

(My Daughter’s Tree Frogs) Riven

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01951.jpg

Mallen

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0194.jpg

Bob

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_01981.jpg

andave_ya

05-04-2007, 02:33 PM

what absolutely spiffin' photos, everyone!

Virgil

05-04-2007, 10:10 PM

Very nice Pen. I like the frog in particular.

Nightshade

05-05-2007, 05:17 PM

See now I want a pet frog *sulk*:D:D

eleniel

05-05-2007, 05:34 PM

Great stuff guys, I really like it. Here are some pictures I've taken...

Florida
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1701/abeautycr1.jpg

I'm proud of this because I took it from a moving vehicle
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/721/smallersky1tt5.jpg

Virgil

05-05-2007, 07:05 PM

ClaesGefvenberg

05-05-2007, 07:46 PM

But what exactly are we seeing in either picture.A slightly dated pier and a cloud?

I'll see if I have the time to crank a few pictures through the scanner tomorrow. Today, I was busy sticking a new graphics card up the PCI port, and that also meant that I had to replace the power supply... Well, I'm done rewiring and setting up now, and dear me what a difference :nod: :p Wohoooo....

/Claes

Turk

05-05-2007, 10:07 PM

Library of Ephesus. Close to my town, İzmir.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture169.jpg

Ephesus. They were walking over marbles, because they were so rich. :lol:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture165.jpg

A view from my beatiful city.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture080.jpg

This pic is not so clear because of protection glass. This is a Roman god, symbolizes fertility, origin of this god is ancient Egypt. Later Roman paganism affected Christianity a lot. As far as i can see many western people still praying to this. :lol:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture175.jpg

This is sunset of my town. It's generally better, we see mix of green, pink, orange, blue and many other colors on the sky, though this one is not so bad too i think.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture139.jpg

Theatre of ephesus, it's really bigger than it looks in the picture.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture171.jpg

A view from a han.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture093.jpg

Virgil

05-05-2007, 10:24 PM

Fabulous pictures Turk. I would love to visit Turkey one day. So much old and diverse cultures, and diverse landscape too. Beaches, mountains, rivers.

Turk

05-05-2007, 10:52 PM

All of those pics taken in the borders of my town Virgil and since i know you are a believer, those 2 pics are coming for you. :)

This pic is kinda blurry, because i secretly took it. It was banned to take pics :) This is sarcophagus of Mother Maria at her house which is on the top of a mountain, who came to Ephesus with St. John.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture166.jpg

In the middle of pic, you see tomb of St. John. St. Jean's Knights had a fort here.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture168.jpg

Shalot

05-05-2007, 11:00 PM

those are amazing Turk

I wanna go there

Pensive

05-06-2007, 05:11 AM

Wonderful pictures, Turk! Everyone here has posted such nice pictures! :)

Aunty-lion

05-06-2007, 05:25 AM

This pic is not so clear because of protection glass. This is a Roman god, symbolizes fertility, origin of this god is ancient Egypt. Later Roman paganism affected Christianity a lot. As far as i can see many western people still praying to this. :lol:

Hahaha, yes Turk I think you are right.

Those are very beautiful photos indeed. I think you have done your country's tourism industry a service by posting them!:p You're gonna end up with the whole of litnet on your doorstep!

Stunning.

ClaesGefvenberg

05-06-2007, 07:54 AM

Fabulous pictures Turk.I agree. Please post more. I have been to Istanbul only (Not that there is anything wrong with Istanbul, it would take years to explore it more detail.), and I know how much more there is to see in turkey.

/Claes

Turk

05-06-2007, 10:34 AM

Thanks. I took those pics in a trip to Ephesus. Since stupid camera has limited memory i couldn't get so much pics, but here's few more.

This is gate of Isabey Mosque. Which has classical style of Seljuk architecture.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture164.jpg

This is ancient Ephesus, the building in the middle is city senate and i like those red flowers (corn-poppy?), which has no smell but nice looking.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture178.jpg

This watchtower is symbol of my city.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture083.jpg

Inner view of Roman senate, it has good acoustic, when you talk in the middle, people who's sitting are able to hear you even when they are far from center.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture184.jpg

This was nice statue for me, but as you can see tourists didn't interest it at all, i think Europeans are so used to nudity.:lol:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture176.jpg

This is Artemis, but Ephesian Artemis shouldn't mixed Greek Artemis. In ancient Greece, Artemis was god of hunting, purity and forests. But this Artemis symbolizes fertility and plenty.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture186.jpg

This photo is really plain, i just took it to remember something. Roman toilets was really good. Even 2000 years later, while people have modern toilets in their houses they still like to sit on Roman toilets. :p

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture170.jpg

Logos

05-06-2007, 10:56 AM

Great images Turk, thanks for posting them :)

Pendragon

05-06-2007, 11:42 AM

This pic is not so clear because of protection glass. This is a Roman god, symbolizes fertility, origin of this god is ancient Egypt. Later Roman paganism affected Christianity a lot. As far as i can see many western people still praying to this. :lol:

I dunno about praying, I would bet on a lot of them thinking with the, um, significant detail of the statue! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/ROFL.gif Lots of historical pictures! Nice, Turk! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Grin.gif

Pendragon

05-06-2007, 11:48 AM

See now I want a pet frog *sulk*:D:D Do you know how small these frogs are, Night? Let's just say the photos are more than life size. Now she has another named Steve, a red-eyed tree-frog and an Anole Lizard named Riddick. Photos of them will come later. I apologize for some of the flowers being out of focus. I didn't shoot them, the wife did, and I tried to correct them and probably hashed the job! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Hummm.gif

Niamh

05-06-2007, 12:34 PM

Wow Turk! those pics are amazing! you are so lucky to live so close to Archaeology like that!

ClaesGefvenberg

05-06-2007, 05:04 PM

Right... Back to Africa again:

The first two pictures are from Lake Nakuru, and the rest from Masai Mara.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/89-Stork-LakeNakuruNationalPark--1.jpg
a stork over Lake Nakuru.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/90-Flamingos-LakeNakuruNationalP-1.jpg
Flamingos

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/91-Waterlilys-MasaiMaraNationalPark.jpg
Waterlilys in Masai Mara National Park

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/92-Mongoose-MasaiMaraNationalPark-K.jpg
Mongoose.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/93-Lioncountry-MasaiMaraNationalPar.jpg
Entering Lion country.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/94-Lioncountry-MasaiMaraNationalPar.jpg
Male Lion. A really big guy.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/95-Tinybird-MasaiMaraNationalPark-K.jpg
A tiny bird of prey.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/96-Sunset-Ken.jpg
Sunset.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/97-Sunrise-MasaiMaraNationalPark-Ke.jpg
Sunrise.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/98-Sunrise-MasaiMaraNationalPark-Ke.jpg
Sunrise.

Niamh

05-07-2007, 05:11 AM

I love the flamingos.

My! That sunset is amazing.

Virgil

05-11-2007, 10:58 PM

I was in Washington D.C. last week and found a little free time to take some pictures. Now I've been there many times and i was just trying to take a different angle on much photographed icons.
The Capital Building;
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image085.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image084.jpg

The World War II Monument
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image075-1.jpg

A close up of WWII monument with Lincoln Memorial in background.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image066.jpg

The Washington Monument:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image068.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image063-1.jpg

The base of the Wash monumant with the Capital in the background:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image065-2.jpg

The White House
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image062-2.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image060.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image061.jpg

Pensive

05-12-2007, 10:22 AM

These are very interesting photos, Virgil. :) I especially liked the fourth picture!

Virgil

05-12-2007, 10:32 AM

These are very interesting photos, Virgil. :) I especially liked the fourth picture!

Thanks Pensy. It did come out nice. Here's another that came out nice. It's picture of a statue of a President from over 100 years ago, Ullysses S. Grant. I like the angle and framing I captured.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image083.jpg

Pensive

05-12-2007, 05:17 PM

Great adjustment! The way it comes in between the trees and the view looks very nice.

Captain Pike

05-12-2007, 07:31 PM

This is a special place near my home. Oddly, I had two seasons captured.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w128/Captain_Pike_photos/Great%20Views/P2070002.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w128/Captain_Pike_photos/midRivermorning.jpg

Virgil

05-12-2007, 11:28 PM

Beautiful, Captain Pike, beautiful.

SleepyWitch

05-13-2007, 03:46 AM

Virgil

05-13-2007, 09:38 AM

lovely pics Uncle Virg
i didn't know the Capitol was so beautiful and so big (in the pics in our English textbooks it looked much smaller). how do they keep it so white and clean? doesn't it get blackened by exhaust fumes?
did you use an old-stlye (non-digital) camera?

Actually it looks even bigger in person. I don't know how many stories high but it's very wide as well. I don't know how they keep i so white. I have never seen them cleaning it. When I first saw the Washington monument and the White House, I was surprised at how big they were. I believe the Washington Monument was the tallest structure in the world at one time.

Turk

05-21-2007, 05:45 PM

Virgil, when my scroll descending slowly, i just saw the top of your picture, and for a second i thought that's a real cowboy on a horse.

Well, here's me and girlfriend/soon fiance/future wife;

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/ismetozkan/Picture187.jpg

Virgil

05-21-2007, 07:51 PM

Nice photo Turk. Hey, you look Italian! I love your hair. I had hair like that a long time ago. Best wishes to you and your fiance. She looks like a nice girl.

andave_ya

05-21-2007, 09:03 PM

man I love this thread....

Weisinheimer

05-21-2007, 10:28 PM

I'm liking the hair, too, Turk!

and great pictures of DC, Virg. They make me want to go there and visit all the monuments again. It's been awhile since I really took time to look, though I pass through DC fairly often.

ClaesGefvenberg

05-22-2007, 01:43 AM

Nice DC pictures, Virgil :thumbs_up Turk, you two look nice together. :thumbs_up
I had hair like that a long time ago.Yeah, so did I, except for the colour. These days Im glad I have hair :p :D

/Claes

Themis

05-22-2007, 03:33 PM

Since I spent a few days in Venice last week, I have some new pictures of Venice and the isles. Sadly, only Murano and Burano since finding the right vaporetto to Torcello proved too difficult and timeconsuming.

Burano:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/burano.jpg

Murano:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/murano.jpg

Venice:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/venice2.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/venice4.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/venice1.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/burg.jpg

Part of the Basilica San Marco (Venice):
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/sanmarco.jpg

The Arsenal (where I spent about an hour looking at the various ... statues. )
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/arsenal.jpg

andave_ya

05-22-2007, 05:09 PM

how gorgeous! thanks for sharing.

Virgil

05-22-2007, 08:02 PM

Oh Themis I love Venice. I wonder if I could dig out my pictures of Venice. I have them somewhere. You cannot take a bad picture in Venice. Everywhere one turns it's gorgeous. I think it's the most beautiful city in the world.

ClaesGefvenberg

05-23-2007, 01:40 AM

:thumbs_up Yes.... Very nice Venice pictures
I wonder if I could dig out my pictures of Venice. I have them somewhere..Good idea. I'll do the same thing.

You cannot take a bad picture in Venice. Everywhere one turns it's gorgeous. I think it's the most beautiful city in the world.I think I'll have to agree. It is both different and beautiful. :thumbs_up

/Claes

Stanislaw

05-23-2007, 03:03 AM

I'm going to upload some of the pictures I took on my trip to radium last weekend, just working on resizing the best ones. ;)

Madhuri

05-30-2007, 01:19 PM

Some pictures of my weekend Nainital Trip (a hill station in the north of India). (Don't go by the date on the picture, I forgot to reset the date feature).

This is a lake called Naukuchiya Tal.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/00280007.jpg

A house by the lake.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/00280027.jpg

White Peacock

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/00280037.jpg

Niamh

05-30-2007, 01:24 PM

that white peacock is striking! I've never seen a white peacock before!

Madhuri

05-30-2007, 01:27 PM

This is a different species than the colourful one we know about. I couldn't take a full view of the feathers, as it was in captivity, and if I took a long shot the grill of the cage would show. It was a zoo that I visited.

Lote-Tree

05-30-2007, 01:29 PM

lovely pictures - and the white peacock - beautiful... :-)

Madhuri

05-30-2007, 01:32 PM

Thanks, Lote. I have some more pictures but they are on some other computer. I am hoping to get those soon, and will post more then.

Turk

05-30-2007, 01:56 PM

Actually it should be an albino peacock Madhuri, not a new species. It's a very beatiful bird though his peacock friends doesn't think this way i suppose. :)

Bakiryu

05-30-2007, 02:13 PM

I want one. It's so beautiful! *drools*

Turk

05-30-2007, 02:23 PM

I think animals should live free, not in caged in zoos or our homes. It's their right.

I like Venice pictures too, thanks for sharing them.

Pensive

05-30-2007, 02:57 PM

Beautiful pictures, Madhuri! :D

Madhuri

05-30-2007, 03:24 PM

Thanks everybody. I am hoping to get more pictures to post here. I know I said the same thing when I posted pictures last time, my silly brother still has to mail me the ones I took from his camera.....:rolleyes: forgetful brothers :rolleyes:

Actually it should be an albino peacock Madhuri, not a new species. It's a very beatiful bird though his peacock friends doesn't think this way i suppose. :)

I didn't know it was called Albino peacock. It was indeed looking very pretty. I wonder how it can maintain being so white?

Turk

05-30-2007, 04:12 PM

Well, albino is an ill Madhuri. There's albino people and albino tigers etc. too. Did you ever visit Taj-Mahal?

Virgil

05-30-2007, 08:30 PM

Lovely pictures Maddie. I love the peacock too.

Janine

05-30-2007, 09:24 PM

Madhuri, that white peacock is amazing!
Virgil, reminds me of the novel by L - "The White Peacock". Wow, I have never seen a real white peacock before.
Madhuri, your other pictures are lovely too.
Love that house, temple (?) photo especially.

Madhuri

05-31-2007, 12:08 AM

Thanks everybody :D I wasn't expecting so many responses :blush:

Janine, that is a house. When I passed by that property, I read it belongs to an Admiral (a defense official).

Well, albino is an ill Madhuri. There's albino people and albino tigers etc. too.

I see what you mean, the pigmentation of the skin that changes?

Did you ever visit Taj-Mahal?

I haven't :( Eventhough it's just 3 hours distance from Delhi, I have yet to visit the famous monument.

Madhuri

05-31-2007, 03:19 AM

Some of the pictures that I post now are not taken by me. I am just sharing my trip pictures.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01207.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01200.jpg

Madhuri

05-31-2007, 03:24 AM

The classic pose, it was so timely, it felt as if they were posing for us :D

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01462.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01451.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01479.jpg

Madhuri

05-31-2007, 03:37 AM

White peacock again

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01483.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01489.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01513.jpg

Madhuri

05-31-2007, 03:39 AM

These were taken by me :D

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01531.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01533.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01534.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01535.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01536.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01537.jpg

Stanislaw

05-31-2007, 04:02 AM

wow! the parrots wer really awesome! :thumbs_up

Madhuri

05-31-2007, 08:46 AM

wow! the parrots wer really awesome! :thumbs_up

Thanks, Stan ! :D

They looked so pretty together like that. It is one of the perfect timing pictures :D

Pensive

05-31-2007, 02:08 PM

These are pretty parrots. Especially, I liked the first picture!

kathycf

05-31-2007, 02:51 PM

The classic pose, it was so timely, it felt as if they were posing for us :D

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01462.jpg

Maddie, I love this picture! Your others are very nice too, the flowers all look so pretty. But I think this is my favorite.

Madhuri

06-01-2007, 01:51 AM

These are pretty parrots. Especially, I liked the first picture!

Maddie, I love this picture! Your others are very nice too, the flowers all look so pretty. But I think this is my favorite.

Mine too :D

Thanks guys !! :D

I will be posting new pictures early next month. I will hopefully be visiting the Jim Corbett National Park. And, maybe this time I will get lucky and be able to see some real big animals.

:D :D

grace86

06-01-2007, 02:26 AM

Maddie your pictures are all so beautiful. You make me want to travel so much!! Thank you so much for sharing them.

Pensive

06-01-2007, 03:14 PM

Mine too :D

Thanks guys !! :D

I will be posting new pictures early next month. I will hopefully be visiting the Jim Corbett National Park. And, maybe this time I will get lucky and be able to see some real big animals.

:D :D

I am looking forward to that! :D

kilted exile

06-04-2007, 05:06 PM

The new kitten I got yesterday (think its been decided that her name is charcoal)

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h155/celticb33r/DSC00258.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h155/celticb33r/DSC00257.jpg

Virgil

06-04-2007, 09:49 PM

More great photos Maddie. :thumbs_up

Oh Kilt, he's adorable. What a cutie! :)

Madhuri

06-05-2007, 06:46 AM

Some older pictures of my visit to the national park near Bangalore, in south of India.

A typical South Indian temple. If you see such a structure of any temple you can make out that its from South India.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z118/suhasini3011/P3260125.jpg

Tea plantation view:

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z118/suhasini3011/P3260052.jpg

A villager on his way to plough fields. There are so many farmers who still use primitive means of cultivation.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z118/suhasini3011/P3260120.jpg

Pensive

06-05-2007, 10:30 AM

The last picture makes me think of the Pakistani farmers over here. :)

SleepyWitch

06-05-2007, 10:37 AM

lovely pics, Madhy!
do the two horn-shaped structures on top of the temple signify anything?

why are the cows horns painted red and green?

SleepyWitch

06-05-2007, 10:46 AM

These were taken by me :D

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01531.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01533.jpg

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ah, this is one of my fave flowers. are they carnations?
my mum used to grow them for me in her garden when i lived with my parents.

SleepyWitch

06-05-2007, 10:47 AM

Pensive

06-05-2007, 10:54 AM

why are the cows horns painted red and green?

I am not sure if it's the same in India but here the skin, horns, tails, etc of an animal like cow or a goat are painted to decorate it. A kind of their make-up. On special festivals like Eid days, henna (a reddish dye) is used to decorate them or even paint. Children also do this for their own fun. They think this makes their pets look pretty. During Eid-ul-Azha in Pakistani homes, you might be surprised to see the variety of designs made on different goats and cows' skin. :)

But if there is some other reason for this in India, I am very interested to read it! :D

SleepyWitch

06-05-2007, 10:56 AM

I am not sure if it's the same in India but here the skin, horns, tails, etc of an animal like cow or a goat are painted to decorate it. A kind of their make-up. On special festivals like Eid days, henna (a reddish dye) is used to decorate them or even paint. Children also do this for their own fun. They think this makes their pets look pretty. During Eid-ul-Azha in Pakistani homes, you might be surprised to see the variety of designs made on different goats and cows' skin. :)

But if there is some other reason for this in India, I am very interested to read it! :D

thanks Pensy. i didn't know cows and other animals get decorated with henna
i do know henna, though. I use it to dye my hair red. it's fairly wide-spread over here.. and henna tattoos were all the craze a couple of years ago.

Pensive

06-05-2007, 11:06 AM

thanks Pensy. i didn't know cows and other animals get decorated with henna
i do know henna, though. I use it to dye my hair red. it's fairly wide-spread over here.. and henna tattoos were all the craze a couple of years ago.

Here, there has always been a fashion of plastic cones containing hinna with the help of which the designs are made on hands, arms and feet. Eid Day is thought to be incomplete without it.

But I can never bring myself to like henna's smell personally... And I have never heard of henna tattoos before!

SleepyWitch

06-05-2007, 11:08 AM

Here, there has always been a fashion of plastic cones containing hinna with the help of which the designs are made on hands, arms and feet. Eid Day is thought to be incomplete without it.

But I can never bring myself to like henna's smell personally... But I have never heard of henna tattoos before!

yeah.. they're not really tattoos.. they're only called that.. basically it's the same painted-on patterns as in PK... only here they are not used when someone marries or on special occassions.. they are just part of "ethno" fashion

Madhuri

06-05-2007, 11:59 PM

lovely pics, Madhy!
do the two horn-shaped structures on top of the temple signify anything?

It could be, but I can't say for sure, as I didn't go inside the temple and see to which god it was dedicated. Mostly, South Indians are devotees of Lord Shiva, and a bull named Nandi is his carrier as well as the gate keeper of Lord Shiva. Also, there are temples that are dedicated solely to Nandi. In this case it could be that the horn shaped structres signify the horns of Nandi, and that this temple was for Nandi bull, but I could say for sure only if I went inside the temple.

why are the cows horns painted red and green?

Like Pensy said, it's for decorating the animals. And, these are bulls, the farmers use bulls to plough, cows are for providing milk. People in different states have their own ways of decorating the animals, some paint some put other embellishments. Sometimes painting the animals is a way to identify from the herd which one belongs to the owner. But, I haven't seen animals being decorated with henna designs.

Virgil

06-07-2007, 10:19 PM

I was in southern California back at the end of March and had a couple of hours to take some pictures by the beach. A few of the pictures have this annoying shadow at the top right. I don't know if something was on the lens or the camera strap or my finger got in the way. Sorry about that. Some of them would have been quite good if it wasn't for that.

They had this long boardwalk that went into the ocean.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image015-1.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image019-2.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image022.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image021-1.jpg

I really like this one I caught of a surfer coming in. I may blow this one up.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image016-2.jpg

Virgil

06-07-2007, 10:19 PM

Some more

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image024.jpg

And some lovely sunset shots:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image029.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image028.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image027.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image026.jpg

Virgil

06-07-2007, 10:20 PM

Some more:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image030-1.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image031-1.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image032-1.jpg

Turk

06-07-2007, 11:15 PM

I really like this one I caught of a surfer coming in. I may blow this one up.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image016-2.jpg

That's really really good and artistic picture. It gives me peace and comfort.:thumbs_up

Virgil

06-07-2007, 11:40 PM

Yes, Turk, I agree. I like that one a lot.

Petrarch's Love

06-07-2007, 11:43 PM

Hey, it's the Newport Pier. That's about a ten minute drive down PCH from my hometown. Glad I'm driving back there next week, or those pics of the ocean would be making me seriously homesick. I like the surfer picture, Virg. It really captures the feeling of the place. :)

Virgil

06-07-2007, 11:45 PM

Petrarch's Love

06-07-2007, 11:55 PM

It's actually about an hour's drive south of Santa Monica. You were right in the heart of Orange County, so you can tell people you were livin' it up in the O.C.

Virgil

06-07-2007, 11:57 PM

Well, I flew into the O.C. airport. It was a nice part of town. But then most parts of California are nice.

Madhuri

06-09-2007, 12:50 AM

Virgie, the sunset pictures were soo soo pretty......:D :D

andave_ya

06-09-2007, 01:20 AM

*stares in awe* woah! Those are really neat, Virgil! I especially liked the looking-up shot of the palm tree. :thumbs_up:

Pensive

06-09-2007, 05:16 AM

Virgil, these are beautiful photos!

SteveH

06-09-2007, 05:38 AM

Photographs of the fire at the Buncefield oil depot, Hemel Hempstead, Dec. 2005. (http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/StephenHorsfall/Buncefield/)
You may recall hearing in the news about the series of explosions and huge fire at the Buncefield oil depot, near Hemel Hempstead in the U.K., in December 2005. I live about half a mile from the depot, and was woken up rather alarmingly at 6 o'clock in the morning by a very loud bang (the explosions were heard in Holland, so you can imagine what it sounded like half a mile away!). I looked out of my bedroom window, and saw what you can see in the photo, 'From my house' (last in the album, because they're in reverse chronological order, due to the vagaries of photobucket's uploading system - also reproduced below). I walked over to the industrial estate with my son, but the rozzers had already set up road blocks, and weren't letting anyone near, However, the copper on duty confirmed what I'd already suspected, that it was at the Buncefield depot. I've lived in Hemel for 32 years, and had occasionally wondered what would happen if one of those tanks went up: now I knew. Amazingly, no-one was killed. I took some more photos of the huge column of flame behind some factories.
Later, as the sun rose, we got a lurid sunrise in smoke - there was no cloud. The smoke had built up, and flames were no longer directly visible.

From my bedroom window at about 06:10
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/StephenHorsfall/Buncefield/Buncefield1.jpg

From the top of the road I live in (which is the one off to the right) at about 10:15
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/StephenHorsfall/Buncefield/Buncefield13.jpg

Monica

06-09-2007, 07:44 AM

I love taking pictures. I almost never allow anybody to touch the camera, it's always me who takes the photos :) The walls in my room are full of them

Virgil

06-09-2007, 11:04 AM

Virgie, the sunset pictures were soo soo pretty......:D :D

*stares in awe* woah! Those are really neat, Virgil! I especially liked the looking-up shot of the palm tree. :thumbs_up:

Virgil, these are beautiful photos!

Thank you. I really wish that the camera strap had not gotten in the way (in the upper right) in most of those pictures. Otherwise I think they could have been good enough to enlarge and frame and hang in my home. I do that with some of my best pictures.

kilted exile

06-11-2007, 06:21 PM

manolia

06-12-2007, 03:14 AM

Hey kilt that's nice :nod: Well done!

Haven

06-12-2007, 05:27 AM

Haven

06-12-2007, 05:30 AM

Turk

06-12-2007, 05:43 AM

Nice to see a person who shows his love to his mother with his own labor and craft. You may think i am weird but it made me feel affected. You couldn't give her no better gift than something like this.

Did you consider to build a top with an ivy around columns and framework, or putting few more trees around, so she would feel more private when she put a table and chair in there.;)

Haven

06-12-2007, 06:11 AM

Pensive

06-12-2007, 09:17 AM

kilted exile

06-12-2007, 09:26 AM

Firstly, thanks for the comments. There is one issue with it that you cant see in the picture - I got the grade slightly off in one point so the kickboard doesnt sit quite as nice as I'd like.

Did you consider to build a top with an ivy around columns and framework, or putting few more trees around, so she would feel more private when she put a table and chair in there.;)

I bought and installed an arbour a couple of years ago which is now covered in ivy, there is a little bench under it she can sit on if she wants some shade.

The idea for the bushes around the deck is that it will create a "living fence" just needs a couple of years to grow to the right height.

Weisinheimer

06-12-2007, 09:18 PM

great pictures, everyone.

Virgil

06-12-2007, 09:36 PM

Mortis Anarchy

06-15-2007, 11:35 PM

1098

Butterfly gardens somewhere...I forget.

1099

On the Tram ride up to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado. It was so beautiful. I love trees!

the silent x

06-15-2007, 11:41 PM

Dont think I've posted this previously. This is the deck I built for my mother last summer, I was back there a couple of weeks ago stripping all the paint off of it (was same colour as the flower crate in front of it) I am going back this weekend to put a nice new cedar stain on it instead.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h155/celticb33r/DSC00259.jpg

i thought it was funny how you got a Do Not Enter sign behind your deck, but yeah, what did you use to get the paint off, i've pwerwashed my deck a number of times to peel the dirt and stain off so my dad can stain it again, when he gets around to it, after he gets the bunkbed for my great-grand-children to sleep in, (meaning he won't do it, and most likely neither will i)

Mortis Anarchy

06-15-2007, 11:45 PM

Great deck! I wish we had room for something as great and welcoming as that!!! :)

Mortis Anarchy

06-15-2007, 11:46 PM

1100

See!! This is what everyone should do!! HUG!!
Football games are silly places. They were fighting but then they started hugging. The fighting one was funnier, but it was too big!

Moira

06-16-2007, 07:58 AM

Pictures from Tunisia.
The beach, the sun going down and some Carthagina pictures, amazing place.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/IMG_2352.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/IMG_2163.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/IMG_2203.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/IMG_2153.jpg

Niamh

06-16-2007, 09:26 AM

Really wonderful pics everyone!
Steveh i remember when that happened. Cant believe that was 2005 though!
Monica thats a really nice picture of south dublin Bay.

BunnySummers

06-16-2007, 11:20 AM

Pictures from Tunisia.
The beach, the sun going down and some Carthagina pictures, amazing place.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/IMG_2203.jpg

Moira, your pictures are just gorgeous!! I particularly love this one, but they all make me want to visit. Actually, the fact that it looks like snow is seldom, if ever a danger, really makes me want to visit. :)

Here's one of my favourite pictures taken on a trip up the Alaska Highway (the BC end of it).

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/BunnySummers/Vacation/th_2f3216f4.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/BunnySummers/Vacation/2f3216f4.jpg)

Janine

06-16-2007, 12:58 PM

Yes, Turk, I agree. I like that one a lot.

Virgil, I liked all your photos very much. I especially like the one of the palm tree - looking up - the patterns of it's frongs/leaves is really interesting making a nice graphic design. I like the sillouette ones with the sunset. The palm trees look spectacular and the sun really big and glowing - you captured that well. I love the one with the long pier in sillouette also. That is very impressive.
I did notice the dark spot at the top of some (too bad, that can be disappointing) but it does not look like a strap but could be the shadow it is casting or a reflection. I could easily fix that for you in my Adobe Photo Deluxe program - it is an older program, but it works fine with Windows XP and I just paint out the area by cloning another similiar area and work it in at a time...usually works out fine and you can't tell. If you want any fixed, let me know so you can blow them up and print them. It only takes a few minutes each to fix.

Madhy, that temple is so neat. I like the other pictures also, and the discussion you and Pensive have been having about Henna and painting animals, etc. Very enlightening. In the film "A Passage to India" there is an elephant that is painted totally with henna. It is very pretty.

Kilted, I love that darling gray kitten. How old is she/he? It looks to be really young... and so sweet. Love kittens! You deck you built is so nice. I wish my son would build me a nice deck like that and plant those lovely bushes for privacy. I would sit there and read all day long. Good choice - the stain instead of the paint. Must have been a lot of work stripping it off. Wow, good for you - you are a fine builder. I hope you mother enjoys it and appreciates her thoughtful son.

Moira, love your photos also. Where in the world were they taken? I like the last one - with the interesting structures. What are they?

I have been missing much, not checking in on this thread. I need to go back and review all the great photos. Wow, so many have been posted. This is a fun thread!

grace86

06-16-2007, 01:47 PM

Moira

06-16-2007, 02:01 PM

Hi Janine,

The photos were taken in Tunisia and the structures belong to the Roman baths ruins in Chartage. :)

BunnySummers, it's a beautiful country to visit, loved it and have about 400 pictures.:lol:

Themis

06-16-2007, 04:14 PM

The sky over Vienna, a few minutes ago. I thought it looked great.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/OhneTitel.jpg

It's a little blurry since I couldn't use photoflash. (But I did in another picture and that looks like this - scary ;) )
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/flash.jpg

Virgil

06-16-2007, 05:42 PM

Hey Virgil!! Glad to see you were in California! You took some great pictures. My dad was looking at them and said you were probably up in Santa Monica or Redondo beach. But if you are taking the PCH then it is quite easy to just drive on up and down the coast! I did that last summer. I can't wait to spend my time there this summer! Hope you enjoyed your stay...when were you out here?

Petrarch tells me that I was at Newport Beach (she recognizes the pier), and yes I was staying in Santa Monica. I was there in March. Thanks all on the compliments.

Great pictures Moria, Themis, and Bunny. I enjoyed them all.

Monica

06-17-2007, 07:13 AM

Really wonderful pics everyone!
Steveh i remember when that happened. Cant believe that was 2005 though!
Monica thats a really nice picture of south dublin Bay.

Thanks :) We were really lucky with the weather when we finally managed to get off Dublin and visit some nearby places like Bray, Greystones or Portmarnock. Great places. All of them.

SteveH

06-17-2007, 09:27 AM

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/StephenHorsfall/London-Brighton-atthefinish.jpg

Not by me, but of me: on Brighton seafront at the end of the London-Brighton Bike Ride, 2005: 54 miles on my 54th birthday.

kiz_paws

06-17-2007, 09:50 AM

Great pics, everyone.

Steve, congrats on a bike ride well done. I love my bike too, and maybe someday I will do a long run like that! Nice picture. :)

Here is an entry point for a field near my place, we see a lot of deer here, and it is quite picturesque:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/PathtoField900pxl.jpg

kilted exile

06-17-2007, 10:40 AM

i thought it was funny how you got a Do Not Enter sign behind your deck, but yeah, what did you use to get the paint off, i've pwerwashed my deck a number of times to peel the dirt and stain off so my dad can stain it again, when he gets around to it, after he gets the bunkbed for my great-grand-children to sleep in, (meaning he won't do it, and most likely neither will i)

Using a powerwasher alone will get rid of the dirt, but it isnt going to do a thing about the stain. Because of the very nature of stain when applied properly it soaks into the wood and is a real pain to get off, I was lucky that what I was removing was just a paint finish (even that took long enough). I used a product called stripex on the base of the deck. It is an envirofreindly alkali based liquid which you paint onto the surface you want to remove, leave it on (instructions say 1/2hr but I found it was better to leave it for a good 2hrs to work properly), then wash it off - again instructions said low pressure, but more effective with high power nozzle on power washer.

This worked for the deck surface itself, but it drips down the struts and railing so you dont get the required contact time. For the struts I had to use my hand sander & some 60 grade paper. Just be prepared for it to take a long time and lots of paper. Because you used just stain, the stripex may not be as effective so you may have to sand the entire thing.

Great deck! I wish we had room for something as great and welcoming as that!!! :)

It is a very basic deck design, & really if you are not in an apartment building you can have a deck just need to be creative with placement

kilted exile

06-17-2007, 12:21 PM

Nice work Kilt. Yes I think a cedar stain would look nicer.

Yeah, I think so. I just finished putting the lost coat of the stain on 15mins ago. Some of the red just wouldnt come off so the whole thing now has a kind of rustic look to it:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h155/celticb33r/DSC00270.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h155/celticb33r/DSC00271-1.jpg

Kilted, I love that darling gray kitten. How old is she/he? It looks to be really young... and so sweet. Love kittens! You deck you built is so nice. I wish my son would build me a nice deck like that and plant those lovely bushes for privacy. I would sit there and read all day long. Good choice - the stain instead of the paint. Must have been a lot of work stripping it off. Wow, good for you - you are a fine builder. I hope you mother enjoys it and appreciates her thoughtful son.

The kitten is now 2months old, her latest trick is trying to climb the curtains. Building a deck is not really difficult, I learned how to do it one summer building boardwalks through marshes for nature trails. The basic philosophy is the same.

BunnySummers

06-17-2007, 12:40 PM

Great pics, everyone.
Here is an entry point for a field near my place, we see a lot of deer here, and it is quite picturesque:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/PathtoField900pxl.jpg
Love this picture, kiz_paws. It looks like something I might see around here.

Here's one from a road near my place.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/BunnySummers/Scenery/th_Sunset1e.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/BunnySummers/Scenery/Sunset1e.jpg)

kiz_paws

06-17-2007, 02:15 PM

Wow, Bunny, if that doesn't make one want to paint, nuthin' will! Beautiful! :)

Virgil

06-18-2007, 08:39 PM

My wife and I had a vacation to Arches National Park in southern Utah a couple of years ago. Here are some photos.

This is a famous arch that you may have seen in pictures. The park is called Arches because there are many natural arches formed.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image071.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/7010017.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/077.jpg

Virgil

06-18-2007, 08:40 PM

Other sections of the park had some weird rock formations. I think this was called the three gossips.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/MyPictures0024.jpg

And this looks like something out of a sci-fi movie:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/MyPictures0023.jpg

And we did a good bit of hiking, and here is from one our hikes:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image069.jpg

Virgil

06-18-2007, 08:40 PM

We took a rafting ride down the part of the Colorado River in that area. Here are a couple of pictures from our raft ride.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image044-1.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image006.jpg

We stayed at a hotel outside the park. The dining room had a great view. The hotel was used for many famous western movies. There was a lot of filming in the past here. Unfortunately I can't remember which movies. This is outside the restaurant and it rained one day and we had a marvelous rainbow and even a double rainbow, which I had never seen before.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/MyPictures0010.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/MyPictures0007-1.jpg

A sunset view:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image074.jpg

Virgil

06-18-2007, 08:42 PM

And finally, the hotel had views of these marvelous plateaus (they called them buttes) in the distance that the afternoon sun would hit. I would sit outside with a glass of wine and watch the sun hit them and take an occaisional photo.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image017.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image016.jpg

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

Turk

06-18-2007, 08:42 PM

I didn't know there's this kinda things in Utah. :) Is there a lot of Morons in Utah too?

Virgil

06-18-2007, 08:48 PM

I didn't know there's this kinda things in Utah. :) Is there a lot of Morons in Utah too?

Utah is a very very strange state. It has lots of strange natural sights. It's almost a world from science fiction.

You mean Mormons, not morons. :lol: Yes there are lots of Mormons in Utah.

Turk

06-18-2007, 08:52 PM

Oooh are they two different things?:confused: I was thinking Morons is a kind of religion.

kiz_paws

06-18-2007, 11:16 PM

Virgil, those pictures are incredible. I think that I will put Utah on my list of places to see next. Thanks for that wonderful display of nature. :)

Pensive

06-19-2007, 04:25 AM

Wow Virgil and all! The pictures are great.

miss tenderness

06-19-2007, 09:45 AM

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image074.jpg

is this magic?

wow!

Pendragon

06-19-2007, 10:44 AM

A few shots and don't be squemish:

My daughter's tree frog Bob and Anole: Lime

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

A grumpy Bob desides he's had enough picture taking!

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

A n eerie centipede...

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

My daughter's gecko, Crocky, showing new tail growth.

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

My daughter holds a ring-neck snake she just caught.

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

A spotted salamander. Virginia is said to have the most kinds of salamanders in the world.

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

A Silver Salamander.

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

A Red Back Salamander.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/RedBackOne.jpg

This may look like a lizard, but it's actually a Red Eft Salamander. And it isn't supposed to exist where I took this picture. Hummmm.

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

This shot would make several ghost sites go wild, but orbs don't do much for me. Inside a cave about a mile from the house. Shot by my son of his friend. The eerie part is that there is no water drip, and he isn't stirring up dust, and they always seemed to follow this guy. A note the blue orb. In blow-ups, you can see that it moved during the camera shot. Like I say, obs don't do much for me, but it is an interesting shot!

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

miss tenderness

06-19-2007, 10:53 AM

neat shots ,Pen.
your daughter seems to be a forest by herself:Dinteresting hobby but needs alot of courage:(

kiz_paws

06-19-2007, 11:07 AM

Pen, those photographs are wonderful, you are a fantastic photographer! As for the orbs, those always fascinate me, though I don't know what to make of them, either. :)

symphony

06-19-2007, 11:46 AM

Nice shots, Pen and Virgil. :thumbs_up
@Pen, those pics add more color and variety to the natural scenerios going on, nothing to be squeamish of i guess. :) Ur daughter's got interesting pets :) .

I wish I had a digi cam too :( *dreaming of nikon d-50...* *sigh*
Anyway I'll try to get one soon, looking for tuitions to take already :p .

Pensive

06-19-2007, 04:06 PM

Hey Pen! I wonder how your daughter could hold a snake! They are poisonous! But interesting pictures anyway.

Turk

06-19-2007, 04:15 PM

Hahahahaha Bob is really funny looking. :D

Pendragon

06-19-2007, 04:42 PM

Hey Pen! I wonder how your daughter could hold a snake! They are poisonous! But interesting pictures anyway.Nay, we only have two types of posions snakes in these mountains: Rattlesnakes and Copperheads. Everyone in the family knows to leave them alone! A Ring-Neck won't even bite. Blacksnakes will if you aren't careful, but the whole family are well-versed in snake catching. I need to scan some of my old shots. That why the Red Eft shot is different. I took it with my Pentax, not my digital, and scanned it in. My Pentax is all manual settings and a lot of different lenses.

Glad you like them!

Pensive

06-19-2007, 04:54 PM

Nay, we only have two types of posions snakes in these mountains: Rattlesnakes and Copperheads. Everyone in the family knows to leave them alone! A Ring-Neck won't even bite. Blacksnakes will if you aren't careful, but the whole family are well-versed in snake catching. I need to scan some of my old shots. That why the Red Eft shot is different. I took it with my Pentax, not my digital, and scanned it in. My Pentax is all manual settings and a lot of different lenses.

Glad you like them!

This explains much! :)

Virgil

06-19-2007, 06:23 PM

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/Image074.jpg

is this magic?

wow!

Did you like that Miss T? We did have such gorgeous sunsets.

Pen I loooove you pictures. It really captures the creatures.

kiz_paws

06-19-2007, 07:48 PM

My Pentax is all manual settings and a lot of different lenses.
I really wished that I could figure out the camera my auntie gave me (with all those cool lenses and such) -- you make it look so cool, Pen.

Pendragon

06-19-2007, 09:11 PM

Today was eventful. Just to show you where my kids get their insan..., ah, Odd habits, here's three shots. The garter snake bit, but caught only a fingernail, too tough to pierce. It is fat either because it ate well, or was a female full of little ones (they give live birth.) My son caught this one as he got off work.

That's me, folks!
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/GarterSnakeII.jpg

Calm and at rest on my arm.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/GarterSnake.jpg

Release, and have a nice day!
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/ByeBuddy.jpg

Pendragon

06-19-2007, 09:20 PM

Good shots everyone! Steve, you don't look 54! Virgil, my dad lived out there, Arizona, but I never made it that far west. I love those formations. Strange how everyone seems to forcus on different things in photographs just as we do in reading, poetry, and other stuff. But, it would be a dang boring world if we were all alike! We are not, and so we have so much to share!

kiz_paws

06-20-2007, 12:33 AM

Strange how everyone seems to forcus on different things in photographs just as we do in reading, poetry, and other stuff. But, it would be a dang boring world if we were all alike! We are not, and so we have so much to share!
Well said, Pen. Oh, and of your last batch of pictures, the third one down was totally incredible -- I wished my camera could get close-ups like that. :)

manolia

06-20-2007, 02:39 AM

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/7010017.jpg

WOW this one is INCREDIBLE!! Were there any volcanoes nearby Virgil??

Virgil

06-20-2007, 10:41 PM

WOW this one is INCREDIBLE!! Were there any volcanoes nearby Virgil??

No I don't think so. I believe this was all erosion. I believe this was all under water millions of years ago.

Virgil

06-20-2007, 10:42 PM

Madhuri

07-03-2007, 10:49 AM

These are some of the pictures of my visit to a Tiger Reserve -- Jim Corbett National Park (http://www.jimcorbettnationalpark.com/). We stayed at a resort in the jungle. There was no communication of any kind from the outside world.

This one is of the river Ramganga, it was only a few 100 feet away from our resort. This is a tributary that later meets the main river Ganga.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Jim%20Corbett/DSC01863.jpg

In this picture we had crossed the bridge and come on the other side of the river. The tiny structures that you see far off is our resort, from above no one could make out that there could be a resort. It maybe because it's inside the jungle and some sort of disguise is necessary, so as not to scare the animals.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Jim%20Corbett/DSC01855.jpg

Madhuri

07-03-2007, 10:50 AM

Water fall --

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Jim%20Corbett/DSC01920.jpg

Madhuri

07-03-2007, 10:53 AM

Lotus flower -- There was an artificial pond outside our room, and there were many lotus flowers in it.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Jim%20Corbett/DSC02085.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Jim%20Corbett/DSC02083.jpg

Madhuri

07-03-2007, 10:55 AM

In the morning when we woke up we saw that clouds had come so low.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Jim%20Corbett/DSC00752.jpg

Madhuri

07-03-2007, 10:56 AM

A path inside the resort. That woman is one of the gardners.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Jim%20Corbett/DSC00626.jpg

Madhuri

07-03-2007, 10:58 AM

When we were coming back to Delhi, I saw this railway track over another river Garh Ganga.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Jim%20Corbett/DSC02111.jpg

Weisinheimer

07-03-2007, 11:09 AM

Beautiful pictures, Maddie. I really like the ones of the lotus flowers.

Pensive

07-03-2007, 01:32 PM

These are very very beautiful, Madhuri! I have set the first Lotus picture as my desktop wallpaper! :D

Virgil

07-03-2007, 02:54 PM

I love your pictures Maddie. And I adore the lotus flower. :) Very nice.

XY&Z

07-03-2007, 08:55 PM

Wonderful pictures all.
Some of my works. :lol:

http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/6108/img0860nr7.th.jpg (http://img55.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0860nr7.jpg)

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/84/img0832nk4.th.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0832nk4.jpg)

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7201/roseaf3.th.jpg (http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=roseaf3.jpg)

As you can see there is no theme or s'mtng like that just clicking. :p

subterranean

07-03-2007, 10:09 PM

Ok, here are some shots

The amateur, a very good friend of mine. :D

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n86/subterranean_space/DSC04486.jpg

The expert :)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n86/subterranean_space/DSC04489.jpg

Weisinheimer

07-03-2007, 10:11 PM

very, very nice xy&z
cool shots, Sub.

XY&Z

07-03-2007, 11:13 PM

Weisinheimer, thank you. You are so kind.

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2804/stormyskytz8.th.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stormyskytz8.jpg)

This one is called Stormy Sky. I guess it named itself. :lol:

Picture itself is really bad, but for some unknown reason I really like it.

Madhuri

07-04-2007, 03:18 AM

Beautiful pictures, Maddie. I really like the ones of the lotus flowers.

I love your pictures Maddie. And I adore the lotus flower. :) Very nice.

Thank you, thank you, thank you !! :D

These are very very beautiful, Madhuri! I have set the first Lotus picture as my desktop wallpaper! :D

That's so nice of you, Pensy. Thanks !! :D

Madhuri

07-04-2007, 03:18 AM

Amazing pictures, XY...:nod: :)

Niamh

07-04-2007, 05:13 AM

Hey virg if you turn that pic upsidedown you can see a skull shape!
Maddie i love those pics! Damn you! now i want to go to India etc even more!(I'm hoping to go in september if i can get some one to go with me!)
XY&Z they're lovely pics. I love the first. could i down load it and make it a wallpaper?
Like the pics Sub!

Madhuri

07-04-2007, 06:55 AM

Maddie i love those pics! Damn you! now i want to go to India etc even more!(I'm hoping to go in september if i can get some one to go with me!)

Don't worry, i'll do everything to fuel your temptation even more :p :p

Thanks !! :D :D

XY&Z

07-04-2007, 07:24 AM

Thank you Madhuri and Niamh. :)
And yes Niamh, you most certainly can use it as a wallpaper. ;)

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4817/duckeg7.th.jpg (http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=duckeg7.jpg)

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5286/flowermb5.th.jpg (http://img111.imageshack.us/my.php?image=flowermb5.jpg)

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/7328/fishax1.th.jpg (http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fishax1.jpg)

Madhuri

07-04-2007, 02:09 PM

Flower arrangement in the resort.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t274/Madhuri5/Jim%20Corbett/DSC01836.jpg

Pensive

07-04-2007, 02:30 PM

These are wonderful pictures, Madhuri, sub and XY! :D

Niamh

07-05-2007, 02:22 PM

thanks xy&z!

Virgil

07-05-2007, 05:39 PM

Nice pictues XYZ. I love that one with blue light reflecting in the pond.

XY&Z

07-05-2007, 06:03 PM

Tnx to all. No one ever told me that likes my pictures. Now I'm happy. :-)

Pendragon

07-07-2007, 06:19 PM

My oldest son got a spotted-gekko called Faust.

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

Faust is out to get ya!

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

Like a Faust on the run...

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

Wild Ponies on Pine Mountain

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

Virgil

07-07-2007, 07:58 PM

Cool, Pen. I didn't realize there were wild horses in Virginia.

Pendragon

07-16-2007, 09:58 AM

Oh, yeah, very famous up at Assateague and Chincoteague on the Eastern Shore near Maryland. But they are also on Pine Mountain here in SW VA, and like at Chincoteague, are rounded up and so many sold once a year so as to keep the population in line with the reasourses that they depend upon. I hiked the AT through there once in the fog, and one of the stallions made sure I stayed on the path. He followed me and reared up and whinnied every time I stepped off on "his turf." Hee. I'll swear this is a true story!

Pen

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/PuppyLove.gif

Moira

07-25-2007, 02:20 AM

I thought i might share with you some photos from my newest experience: Hong Kong and Shanghai:), both of them amazing cities.
Hope you like the pics.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/Picture017.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/Picture034.jpg

Moira

07-25-2007, 02:22 AM

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/Picture018.jpg

Moira

07-25-2007, 02:31 AM

Also a Budhist temple, which i did not enter yet but i will soon visit it:).

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/Picture003.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/Picture006.jpg

Lily Adams

07-25-2007, 02:32 AM

...Can't...resist...

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa144/shesoutofsync/mutatomuzika3.jpg

MUTATO MUZIKA!!!! Where AMAZING music is composed for film, video games, and TV ads!

*realizes that she must be more specific*

The big lime green UFO office where three former DEVO band members work on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, about an hour away from where I live. :D I took this picture while spazzing out in a moving car...eheheheh. ^^'

It's also where the neighbors come to complain about the color of the building. What do they know? The traditional poo-poo-colored building is LAME.

I am so lucky.

...

Oooh! Oooh! Look, everyone! You can even see the L.A. smog in the air! See it? It's all yellow! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!! :lol: AND a big billboard advertisment for Hairspray! Don't you just love city life?

Moira, those photos are gorgeous! What nice panoramic views! And the temple! Such exciting, exotic places...I would love to travel there. Or any place new. I've never been outside the U.S.

Added bonus! As we were driving along Sunset Boulevard, (I don't think I've ever been down Sunset, actually. Heh heh.) we went past the Beverly Hills Hotel. I took a picture of the exit. :D I also took a picture of the hotel itself, but the picture is really, really bad. There's this huge bush in the way, unfortunately. :(

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa144/shesoutofsync/bhhotel.jpg

I love how it looks all movie-star oriented down there. And it is. Being down there reminds me of the '30s or something like that. I always think of the classic movies when I'm down there. I'd hate to live in the big city, though. Especially L.A. Nice places to visit, NOT a good place to live.

Again, I am SOOOOOO lucky.

Niamh

07-25-2007, 04:50 AM

nice pics everyone!

kiz_paws

07-25-2007, 12:31 PM

Niamh

08-07-2007, 05:44 PM

Here are a few pictures i took with the camera on my phone that i want to share with you all.
This is a pic i took a few weeks ago of Dublin bay from Howth Head.
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/scenic002.jpg
And these i took this evening on Bettystown beach in county Meath.
This is a pic i took looking up the beach before we started walking. You can se the cooley Mountains in the backround.
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/scenic010.jpg
This was when my friend and i got to the top of the beach. The sun was starting to set when i took it.
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/scenic013.jpg
And these i took as the sun was setting when we were walking back to the car.
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/scenic018.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/scenic014.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/scenic019.jpg

Virgil

08-07-2007, 08:31 PM

Everyone has such gorgeous pictures. Thank you.

Moira - You don't say which is Hong Kong and which is Shanghai.

applepie

08-07-2007, 08:48 PM

I love the pictures everyone. I'm looking for some of mine from my home here that I can load to the site, and I hope to share them soon.

Moira

08-08-2007, 07:53 AM

Everyone has such gorgeous pictures. Thank you.

Moira - You don't say which is Hong Kong and which is Shanghai.

I'm sorry.

Hong Kong - 2 pictures - the bay panorama
Shanghai - the tower and the Budhist temple.
:D

Moira

08-08-2007, 08:11 AM

The Bund

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/bund.jpg

and during the day ......

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/Picture015.jpg

Yu Yuan Gardens

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/Picture061.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/Picture062.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/anamoira/Picture094.jpg

Nightshade

08-31-2007, 04:06 PM

I actually have pics of this family 2 and a half months older as well but I havent got them on my computer yet.

first time I saw them
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/DSC00162.jpg

Oi come back here!
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/DSC00167.jpg

I think thats everyone let me check 1, 2....
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/DSC00170.jpg

Mum and kids retreat to safety
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/DSC00172.jpg

Dad comes to see if Im dangerous...and if I have food
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/DSC00178.jpg

A moment of quiet
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/DSC00185.jpg

Time to move on
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/DSC00189.jpg

Somewhere I have a pic of them all coming up to me and lifting their legs for there tags to be inspected ( well the babies were copying the parents they didnt have any yet.

kiz_paws

09-01-2007, 11:41 AM

Nightshade, those are TOOOOOO sweet! Thank you so much for posting those endearing pictures, the quality of the shots are superb, too! :thumbs_up

kiz_paws

09-01-2007, 11:54 AM

Sorry for the double post, but I thought I'd share a few photos, too. I was up North last week (I actually go there a lot, but anyhow)... we got pelted by rain, which was annoying. BUT: the rain showers surprisingly were short and sweet and left us with an awesome rainbow, my regular camera caught it quite nice (think, if I only had a digital, sigh):

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/SandsRainbow2007.jpg

and this one:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/SandsRainbow01Aug2007.jpg

And I called this one the beach at dusk, but it was just passed suppertime, so yeah, anyhow:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/North-Sands.jpg

Nightshade

09-01-2007, 01:47 PM

Nightshade, those are TOOOOOO sweet! Thank you so much for posting those endearing pictures, the quality of the shots are superb, too! :thumbs_up

Would you belive that was my mobile:D
Hey Paws can I download that pic for a background?

Niamh

09-01-2007, 03:30 PM

kiz those pictures are lovely!
Nightie i'll well belive you that that was you mobile. The one i took above yours were done on a mobile. Its amazing what quaility pictures you can get on a thing designed for talking into!:)

Idril

09-01-2007, 07:00 PM

Another visit to my parents' and a few more pictures. :D These are all taken by my dad, again, and the theme of these pictures, except for the dancing frogs at the end is flowers. My favorite is the poppy.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/DSC_0002-1-1.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/DSC_0002-1.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/DSC_0007.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/DSC_0004-2.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/DSC_0006.jpg

Riesa

09-01-2007, 07:05 PM

those are beautiful. I am with you, my favorite is the poppy.

Nightshade

09-02-2007, 06:42 AM

The poppy is a gorgeous. How do you grow poppys from seeds or do they just grow?

kiz_paws

09-02-2007, 11:28 AM

Would you belive that was my mobile:D
Hey Paws can I download that pic for a background?

Woot, I am indeed honoured!! Yes, of course you can! :)

Niamh and Nightshade -- it is truly amazing that you both have such beautiful photos taken from a mobile! I have just renewed my cell phone contract, and the new cell phone has a camera -- I can only hope that I could get such quality -- time will tell, right?

Idril, your photos are spectacular, I cannot even begin to choose a favorite, thanks for posting them! :)

Virgil

09-02-2007, 11:31 AM

What lovely pictures taken by all: Moria, Night, Niamh, and Idril.

Idril

09-02-2007, 09:53 PM

The poppy is a gorgeous. How do you grow poppys from seeds or do they just grow?

My mom planted the seeds a few years ago but they seed themselves now so they come back every year.

What lovely pictures taken by all: Moria, Night, Niamh, and Idril.

I can't take any credit for the pictures I posted, they were taken by my dad but I took this one all by my lonesome tonight and I'm quite proud of it. :D

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1030316.jpg

kiz_paws

09-03-2007, 02:25 AM

Your picture is breath-taking, Idril! :thumbs_up

Janine

09-07-2007, 04:03 PM

Idril, I love your flowers so much. I copied the poppy to send to a gardening friend, hope you don't mind - that one was wonderful. They are all lovely though; I love closeups like these in floral photos.
Ok, this is a bit of a cheat, since my good friend grew these and took the photos, as well. She is so talented I had to post them for her. Her name is Jeanne. I think these are spectacular photos of passion flowers. Is the red unusual or what?

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/PurplePassionFlower2.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/PurplePassionFlower.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/PassionFlower2.jpg