Pictures Taken By you...

[sofia82]

Prague... "the old town square" being a place there. WOW sofia I love the first water and the bird picture

Thank you Nightshade! I love your pictures, too!!! is it ghotic?!

[sofia82]

sofia82, thanks for sharing your fountain pictures -- I really like the one with just a blob of water in front of some palm trees.

Thank you bluevictim!!! I love your photos. Especially the shot of Yosemite falls! Wonderful! I wishe I were there and can take photos.

[sofia82]

The picture is taken in Perspolice!!

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk93/sofia_q82/Shiraz/04.jpg

[sofia82]

http://sofia82.persiangig.ir/image/Image040.jpg

http://sofia82.persiangig.ir/image/Image041.jpg

[Virgil]

My friend took this yesterday, we spent a lot of time finding the location running around in the deserted bunkers outside copenhagen, we took hundreds of photo's, so I felt compelled to share. An awesome experience.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh95/Mositiva/Sunniva.jpg

Chava that is one excellent photo. Thanks for sharing it.

[Virgil]

Very nice Sofia. And as usual, Blue, awesome.

[sofia82]

Chava, wonderful picture!

[sofia82]

Very nice Sofia. And as usual, Blue, awesome.

Thank you, Virgil. Anti said I have a talent for photography, I will try this as soon as I buy the camera I dream :D

[sofia82]

cipherdecoy, Idril, sofia, chava, blue gorgeous photos. Chava, those are beautiful effects.

Thank you, Antiquarian!! :blush:

[zanna]

Oh man, I love coming to this thread and seeing everyone's awesome pictures.

@sofia; your brother's comment is funny. :) I'm a 'thing' picture-taker too; I don't take very many people shots.

@nightshade, the sepia is cool, and so are your odd angles! I love finding interesting perspectives. :)

@everybody else; just because I don't comment on your photo, don't take offense, please! I just had specific comments that applied to these two people; but I still enjoyed all the others. :)

[sofia82]

@sofia; your brother's comment is funny. :) I'm a 'thing' picture-taker too; I don't take very many people shots.


I just take pictures of people in unusual positions and gestures especially those of my brother. He is funny, too. Imagine, he is in every corner of most of my pictures :bawling:and because of this if I ask him take my picture, he will take half of me in the picture :D

[sofia82]

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk93/sofia_q82/Shiraz/28e.jpg

What are these called in English?

[Madhuri]

Bouganvilla.

[tractatus]

Beautiful Begonvil, in Turkish :)

[Virgil]

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk93/sofia_q82/Shiraz/28e.jpg

What are these called in English?

From the picture it looks like azaleas to me. Do they blosom in the spring for a couple of weeks and then look like a green bush until the leaves fall in the autumn?

[Weisinheimer]

I was thinking azalea, too, but I'm no plant expert. ;)

[sofia82]

From the picture it looks like azaleas to me. Do they blosom in the spring for a couple of weeks and then look like a green bush until the leaves fall in the autumn?

I don't thin they are azaleas! We call other flowers azaleas!
I found they are Bouganvilla as Madhuri and tractatus said.


I was thinking azalea, too, but I'm no plant expert. ;)

I am no plant expert too. I call all flowers, flowers just a few can name and all trees just trees :lol: I think I have to respect their identities but so sorry :D

[Janine]

They do look like Bouganvilla - I saw those in CA, when I was out ther years ago. They grow abundantly along, or in the middle of some highways. They are quite beautiful. I think I also saw them growing wild in the Bahamas.
Sophia, this one particular bush you have posted is quite lovely - I love that shade of pink and the blooms look so papery and delicate. I bet they smell heavenly.
Did you look up Bouganvilla on Wikipedia, to see if they do look the same?

[sofia82]

They do look like Bouganvilla - I saw those in CA, when I was out ther years ago. They grow abundantly along, or in the middle of some highways. They are quite beautiful. I think I also saw them growing wild in the Bahamas.
Sophia, this one particular bush you have posted is quite lovely - I love that shade of pink and the blooms look so papery and delicate. I bet they smell heavenly.
Did you look up Bouganvilla on Wikipedia, to see if they do look the same?

yes, I checked and it is Bouganvilla. We had this flower, but now not. Oh papery, we call them in persian papery flower. They are really beautiful.

[Virgil]

yes, I checked and it is Bouganvilla. We had this flower, but now not. Oh papery, we call them in persian papery flower. They are really beautiful.

I've never seen Bouganvlla. I looked it up. It looks cool. They can grow up to 12 meters high. Wow. Here's a google image:

http://www.newmoonrising.net/6b-MeBouganvillaGA3-10-06a.jpg

[sofia82]

I've never seen Bouganvlla. I looked it up. It looks cool. They can grow up to 12 meters high. Wow. Here's a google image:

http://www.newmoonrising.net/6b-MeBouganvillaGA3-10-06a.jpg

Wow! I've never seen Bouganvill in this size. Where I live, the weather is cold, of course not like Canada and Alaska, but this flower can't grow outdoors, just indoors and most people have at thier home. In warmer parts near Persian gulf, there are huge kind of these outdoors with beautiful view. I love them especially in different colors.

[subterranean]

From the wine museum, Budapest

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n86/subterranean_space/IMG_2804.jpg

From a narrow street in Prague

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n86/subterranean_space/IMG_0649.jpg

Bergen (Norway) under our feet :)

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n86/subterranean_space/n702562781_793719_3496.jpg

[Virgil]

Hey Subby, nice to see you. Thanks for the pictures. What's with the second one, someone hanged? ;)

[subterranean]

It's a sculpture, Virg. So, no worries...no one was hurt ;)

[Virgil]

It's a sculpture, Virg. So, no worries...no one was hurt ;)

A sculpture? Really? What's it suppose to mean?

[Argus]

Spring in Texas.
Horses in the wildflowers

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk57/bertram3/P4020034.jpg

Morning mist on a millpond

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk57/bertram3/P3210069.jpg

sunrise from the highway

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk57/bertram3/P3210071.jpg

bluebonnets

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk57/bertram3/P4020021.jpg

[Nightshade]

From a narrow street in Prague

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n86/subterranean_space/IMG_0649.jpg


Which street and does that mean you wre here recently then? And who is that just dangling there?

[sofia82]

Argus, these are wonderful sceneries. Especially horses!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Some recent pictures from Karpathos, Greece. We enjoyed good food and drink, warm water and lots of sun.... and four earthquakes (nothing big, just up to 5.3 on the Richter scale, but quite enough for me) And yes, the camera got a workout, too :lol:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0631.jpg
View from the mountains (The locals call their island the rock).

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0638.jpg
A sleepy cat. I suppose he had been partying the previous night?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0640.jpgThere were lots of those pigeons around. We could hear them around the clock.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0655.jpg
Lots of those around too.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0658.jpg
Just another angle.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0700.jpg
Pigadia harbour.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0720.jpg
Fishing boats.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0726.jpg
A busy bee.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0772.jpg
Olympos. A small and old mountain village.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0781.jpg
A good place to visit if you need a bit of physical exercise.

More to come...

/Claes

[Virgil]

Great pictures Claes. They are all fascinating. But I must say the one with the cat is absolutely marvelous. You caught it at the perfect moment. I'm sure you're a good photographer but that was very lucky. :)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Thank's Virgil
Great pictures Claes. They are all fascinating. But I must say the one with the cat is absolutely marvelous. You caught it at the perfect moment. I'm sure you're a good photographer but that was very lucky. :)Yes, but I was unlucky with the 10 - 15 pictures I wasted before the cat finally decided to yawn at the right time... ;) It's a good thing I don't use film anymore. :lol:

/Claes

[Kafka's Crow]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Image020.jpg

[Virgil]

Nice photo Kafka. The cloud formation is just perfect for that eirie feeling.

[Kafka's Crow]

The Little Mermaid!


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/P7250021.jpg

Godrevy Lighthouse near Hayle, Cornwall. Inspiration for Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/IMG_0022.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/IMG_0027.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/IMG_0014.jpg

An "Indian Summer" in London!

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/IMG_0372.jpg

Land's End

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/IMG_0141.jpg

Somewhere on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall

(read this poem to have an idea about this peaceful spot: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35704)


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/P7250014.jpg

[sofia82]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Image020.jpg

This is wonderful! I wish one day I can visit this place.

[sofia82]

Kafka, the pictures you took are really beautiful. The first thing got into my mind seeing the lighthouse was Woolf. And the birds are so cute and marvolous.

[Kafka's Crow]

Kafka, the pictures you took are really beautiful. The first thing got into my mind seeing the lighthouse was Woolf. And the birds are so cute and marvolous.

We have a huge population of Indian ringneck parakeets in Berkshire, Middlesex and Surrey. I live on the Surrey border and we have thousands of these very exotic birds here. They were first sighted in a park in Richmond around 10 years ago and everybody was so excited about them. Now we have thousands of them. They are lovely though noisy which has changed the English suburban soundscape thoroughly, specially in the suburbs of London.

People think it is crazy but I do sometimes jump in my car and drive as far as Cornwall just to look at the sea! I go to Stonehenge quite often on Sunday evenings, just a 'little' 140 odd miles round-trip!


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Image026.jpg

[Kafka's Crow]

Here is Stonehenge on a sunny day:


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/stonehenge2.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/stonehenge1.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/stonehenge.jpg

[Kafka's Crow]

Great pictures Claes. They are all fascinating. But I must say the one with the cat is absolutely marvelous. You caught it at the perfect moment. I'm sure you're a good photographer but that was very lucky. :)

No, you just park next to them and ask them nicely to show their teeth!


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat095.jpg

[Kafka's Crow]

... and yes, my cat is bigger than yours:


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat093.jpg

MUCH bigger!








http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat094.jpg

[Kafka's Crow]

... and no, these 'cats' are not allowed in my car:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat091.jpg

When you are old and gray and full of sleep...

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat120.jpg

Attack of the clones?

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat036.jpg

Hey, I wanna be a big rock-star!

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat034.jpg

[pussnboots]

Kafka: love the lion shots and the one of the gorilla

[kiz_paws]

Great pictures, cipherdecoy, Shurtugal, sofia82, Nightshade, bluevictim, subterranean, Argus (love horses!), Claes, Kafka -- I'd love to see Stonehenge, you are lucky!

We sure have some great photographers here! :nod:

[TheFifthElement]

Cool photos Kafka, you're lucky to live close enough to Cornwall to be able to get there in a day and back.

Taken last night. How I love the sky.
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/TheFifthElement_photos/balloonandclouds2.jpg

[Virgil]

I love the lions too Kafka. Thanks.

Oh Fifth, that is a stunning photo. That's a contest winner, if you can find a contest to enter it in. :)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Another batch, also from Karphatos:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0819.jpgOlympos.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0806.jpgOlympos again. Pretty steep, eh?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0932.jpgA mountain overlooking Pigadia.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0953.jpgAnother representant of the rather large cat population.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0970.jpgBee movie...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_0982.jpgBouganvillea.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1009.jpgI found a large tree full of these, but what are they called?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1022.jpgWell... A tree.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1064.jpgPigeon.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1116.jpgA very stylish cat.

/Claes

[djy78usa]

This is my favorite picture from Korea. A friend has since told me that this sign has been taken down. Its replacement? "Hunt Kids!"
Don't worry, it's a childrens' clothing store, not an infanticide warehouse. Gotta love those mistranlations:lol:

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/babyhunt.jpg

And this one is a late Happy Birthday to the U.S. I took this picture a few months ago at Fort Benning, GA.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/troopers.jpg

[sprinks]

Absolutely amazing and beautiful photos!! :thumbs_up :)



http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1009.jpgI found a large tree full of these, but what are they called?


They look like frangipanis. We have some frangipani trees in our garden:

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll195/sprinksthefish/frangipani2.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll195/sprinksthefish/frangipani.jpg

And some black and white photos from a beach further up the coast here:

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll195/sprinksthefish/beach4.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll195/sprinksthefish/beach2.jpg
(look familiar? It's my avatar!! :D)

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll195/sprinksthefish/beach5.jpg

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll195/sprinksthefish/beach.jpg

[Xoote]

some nice pics

[sofia82]

We have a huge population of Indian ringneck parakeets in Berkshire, Middlesex and Surrey. I live on the Surrey border and we have thousands of these very exotic birds here. They were first sighted in a park in Richmond around 10 years ago and everybody was so excited about them. Now we have thousands of them. They are lovely though noisy which has changed the English suburban soundscape thoroughly, specially in the suburbs of London.

People think it is crazy but I do sometimes jump in my car and drive as far as Cornwall just to look at the sea! I go to Stonehenge quite often on Sunday evenings, just a 'little' 140 odd miles round-trip!


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Image026.jpg

How interesting?! But where did they come from? Birds from other lands just start living in another place, so intresting and more interesting is that they become larger in number, I love them so cute and so beautiful.

I don't think it is crazy, If I had a car, I would have done the same. About half an hour or a little more we have a lake (I think the second saltiest lake of the world) I like to be there but don't have any car for myself :D.
I wish I become rich enough to travel around the world and see these wonders, one is your Stonehenge (of course, I should see all of the wonders in my own country :D).


Here is Stonehenge on a sunny day:



These are beautiful photos, it is a little bit different from what I imagined as I saw in the movies or other photos ...


No, you just park next to them and ask them nicely to show their teeth!


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat095.jpg

Great idea, and what a good lion which did what you asked her :D
Great animal and great photo!


... and no, these 'cats' are not allowed in my car:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat091.jpg

When you are old and gray and full of sleep...

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat120.jpg

Attack of the clones?

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat036.jpg

Hey, I wanna be a big rock-star!

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Longleat034.jpg


What are they doing outside of the cage or the zoo?! Do they live like this in freedom?

[Themis]

Pictures from Ireland:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/1-006067347d2ccef42127632b608d9fd5.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/1-8528b03cadc579b0395e72a98980f6ae.jpg

(The Burren):
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/1-81284c3b20063d49395e72a98980f6ae.jpg

Cliffs of Moher:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/1-f72d7930651f9e5ce094a153d4af2fc6.jpg

Kylemore Abbey:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/IMG_5924.jpg

[motherhubbard]

amazing Themis. so beautiful it doesn't even look real!

[Niamh]

they are lovely picturesque images of Ireland Themis. The first one looks postcard perfect! Hope you had a good time! :)

[Virgil]

Yes, that first one is magnificent. Let us know how your trip went.

[pussnboots]

OK, finally figured out how to download my pictures to computer so I can post them here.
This is a squirel that I have named Rocky. I took this from my backyard.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/rochie-08/148.jpg

[ClaesGefvenberg]

They look like frangipanis. We have some frangipani trees in our gardenFrangipanis... Thank you, sprinks. :thumbs_up :)

Kafka's Crow: Great pictures from that Zoo.

Themis: I loved your Irish pictures in general, and that first one in particular. Very dramatic.

pussnboots: Well done to capture Rocky so well. I know how hard it is get a good shot of a squirrel.
They are too fast to make it easy.

More Karphatos pictures:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1124.jpg
We found this spider on the bedroom wall. The missus promptly freaked out.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1127.jpg
Fishing boat and crystal clear water.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1144.jpg
A very beautiful location for a graveyard.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1150.jpg
A tiny grasshopper, gently coaxed out of the shadow so i could get this shot.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1162.jpg
Cactus flower. It only lasted two days.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1208.jpg
Pigadia by night.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Karpathos/IMG_1173.jpg
Pigadia Harbour at sunset.

/Claes

[kiz_paws]

Lovely sky shot, Fifth! Whenever our skies have something prettier than usual (pink clouds, etc.) I always think of you. :nod:

Claes, your photography is stunning. That is some camera you have! By the way, I almost freaked out over that close up of the spider, very good photography indeed.

Great pix, djy78usa!

Sprinks, lovely pix, wished those flowers would grow in my garden! ;)

Themis your photos from Ireland are awesome, just like postcards (as Niamh pointed out). :)

pussnboots - Rocky is indeed a sweetie -- but does your dog get along with him? I know that Pepper would have a heyday with a squirrel that made itself at home in our yard, lol!

Here's a couple from me:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/Scenes%20from%20home/OrnamntlPlumMay2008.jpg ............. http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/Scenes%20from%20home/BrookNearStrgn01.jpg

That tree flowering is our ornamental plum. I love that tree.

Both photos were obtained thanks to the technology contained in my cell phone ...

[Dori]

It has become a habit (not to mention an activity of great pleasure) of mine to go on 4-6 mile bike rides (in a place with no flat roads!) at around 8:15pm. The sun sets here around 8:45pm, producing wonderful effects on the clouds. O how much I love clouds!

I have a whole album of pictures on my facebook (I'm not sure if anyone who doesn't have a facebook can see them or no--here's the link: Cloud Chasin' (http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=Brandon+Kottwitz&init=q#/album.php?aid=2553&id=1365633828)). If not, here are just a few of the more stunning ones:

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_34850_7463.jpg

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_34852_7975.jpg

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_34853_8230.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_34856_9037.jpg

[djy78usa]

Those are cool pictures Dori. I love watching the clouds at sunset too. When I used to live in Alaska, the sunset would reflect off the snow and the entire sky would turn that pinkish-orange color. I wish I had some pictures of that to post on here.

[pussnboots]

nice sunsets Dori

[Pensive]

It has become a habit (not to mention an activity of great pleasure) of mine to go on 4-6 mile bike rides (in a place with no flat roads!) at around 8:15pm. The sun sets here around 8:45pm, producing wonderful effects on the clouds. O how much I love clouds!

I have a whole album of pictures on my facebook (I'm not sure if anyone who doesn't have a facebook can see them or no--here's the link: Cloud Chasin' (http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=Brandon+Kottwitz&init=q#/album.php?aid=2553&id=1365633828)). If not, here are just a few of the more stunning ones:

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_34850_7463.jpg

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_34852_7975.jpg

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_34853_8230.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_34856_9037.jpg

Wow! These are beautiful, Dori. Would make really good windows screen wallpapers if it were not for the image size. :)

[Dori]

Wow! These are beautiful, Dori. Would make really good windows screen wallpapers if it were not for the image size. :)

I think Facebook sized the pictures down when I uploaded them. They were larger on my desktop.

Thank you, and thanks djy78usa and pussnboots, for all of your comments. :)

[Virgil]

Yes very nice Dori. I like the first one best.

[Dori]

Thanks Virgil. :) What's particularly striking is that all of these were taken within a span of 45 minutes or so. And they are in the order I took them, surprisingly.

[Themis]

@All who commented on my Ireland-pictures: Glad you all like them. :) I had a very good time taking them.

@Dori: I really like your sky-pictures. They remind me of some of the pictures I like to take at sunset.

[Pensive]

kiz paws, I just noticed these two pictures that you took. Really good. I especially like the later one! :)


(I'm not sure if anyone who doesn't have a facebook can see them or no--here's the link: Cloud Chasin'). If not, here are just a few of the more stunning ones

And btw, even those with a facebook profile can't see them. :p

[ClaesGefvenberg]

By the way, I almost freaked out over that close up of the spider.So did my wife, I'm afraid: First when she found the spider and then once more when she saw the picture :lol: And you are right about the camera. By now I have had so much practice with it that I don't have to give much thought to how I set it up. I just do it and shoot.


O how much I love clouds!I hear you. Clouds have always been one of my favourite targets to point the camera at. I used to be a glider pilot after all. :D


I'm not sure if anyone who doesn't have a facebook can see them or noWe can not, so thank you for posting them here.

/Claes

[sprinks]

Frangipanis... Thank you, sprinks. :thumbs_up :)

Glad to help :). Lovely and interesting photos!



Sprinks, lovely pix, wished those flowers would grow in my garden! ;)
Thank you :). I love that second photo of yours :)



Dori - lovely skies in those photos :)

[muhsin]

:thumbs_up

[kiz_paws]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/Scenes%20from%20home/flaxfield02.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/Scenes%20from%20home/FrmntDirtRd02.jpg

The first picture is of a field of flax that is beyond the path that Pepper and I walk; and the second is what we see as we go on our daily jaunt. Sometimes I think a photo is in order, and sometimes nothing strikes me. But anyhow, these pictures were obtained by the camera in my cell phone. Love those cell phones, eh? ;)

[Dark Muse]

They have huge dandalions up in the mountains. Here are some I took pictures of.

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs32/300W/i/2008/204/9/c/Dont_Be_Shy_by_SilverWynd.jpg

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs32/300W/i/2008/204/f/6/Morning_Reprieve_by_SilverWynd.jpg

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs31/300W/i/2008/204/3/4/Good_Morning_by_SilverWynd.jpg

[Virgil]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/Scenes%20from%20home/FrmntDirtRd02.jpg
and the second is what we see as we go on our daily jaunt. Sometimes I think a photo is in order, and sometimes nothing strikes me. But anyhow, these pictures were obtained by the camera in my cell phone. Love those cell phones, eh? ;)

The color and light of that picture is imensely interesting.

Nice pictures Kizzo and Dark Muse. Thank you.

[Equality72521]

http://photos-551.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v310/226/80/746100551/n746100551_1464675_5161.jpg

http://photos-551.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v310/226/80/746100551/n746100551_1464672_901.jpg

Those were pictures of my boston terrier, Barbie.

These are from a workshop in Denver I attended with my mother. These are from the park that we went to later that day. Toby Keith was actually setting up for sound check, so we couldn't climb all the way to the top of the mountainous park that I was looking foward to doing, but oh well I think some of these are pretty cool.

http://photos-551.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v310/226/80/746100551/n746100551_1464670_3606.jpg

http://photos-551.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v310/226/80/746100551/n746100551_1464665_5555.jpg

http://photos-551.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v310/226/80/746100551/n746100551_1464658_4303.jpg

http://photos-551.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v310/226/80/746100551/n746100551_1464657_5733.jpg

http://photos-551.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v310/226/80/746100551/n746100551_1464650_7740.jpg

[Virgil]

Barbie's a cutey. :) Nice pictures of outside of Denver. The mountains are pretty high there. I remember visiting a friend a long time ago who lived outside of Denver and we took a ride up a mountain that was over 12,000 feet. That's like 3700 meters. When we got to the top I was completely not used to the elevation and was incredibly light headed, like I was drunk. Very weird.

[kiz_paws]

Nice photos, everyone (I especially LOVED those ones of Barbie!). And thanks for the kind words, Virgil. Depending on the lighting, or how I shoot a picture based on the lighting, I can actually get lucky with that crazy cell phone camera. Which is wild, I have always depended on my old fashioned camera, tried and true. Anyhow, happy picture taking, everyone! :)

[Dark Muse]

Thank you Virgil

Equality, love the picture of the rocks.

Here are a couple of my conceptual pictures that I took on my vaccation:

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs32/300W/i/2008/210/4/7/Look_to_the_sky_by_SilverWynd.jpg

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs31/300W/i/2008/210/f/a/Accession_by_SilverWynd.jpg

[Nightshade]

Some pictures from my travels...
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/butterfly.jpg
but it just wouldnt open its wings properly.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/redracoon.jpg
is this a red panada or red racoon, anyone?

Been experimenting with sky and cloud bank pictures this is my favourite so far:
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/cloudyskyBW.jpg

[Virgil]

Cool pictures Nightie. I believe that's a red panda. Where did you take the picture?

[Dark Muse]

Cool pitcures, and yes that is a red panda but pandas are said to be in the racoon family

[Dori]

More sky pictures:

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_42516_3888.jpg
The sun's rolling down the hill...

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_42517_4186.jpg
It's a heart!

http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_42518_4450.jpg

http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_42519_4734.jpg
I really like this one. :)

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v299/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_42525_5963.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v299/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_42526_6294.jpg

[Niamh]

those pics are great Nightie!! I love the butterfly!
Nice clouds Dori.

[Virgil]

http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/6/114/1365633828/n1365633828_42519_4734.jpg
I really like this one. :)


Really nice sky pictures Dori. Is it me or did you capture a UFO in that one? ;)

[Dori]

Really nice sky pictures Dori. Is it me or did you capture a UFO in that one? ;)

Thanks. :) (and to you too, Niamh)

Yep, that would be an unidentified flying object. ;) Probably human though (I hope :D).

[pussnboots]

so I'm 6 months late in posting pictures that were taken in February for Chinese New Year. Better late than never.
My husband took these pictures.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/rochie-08/044.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/rochie-08/034.jpghttp://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/rochie-08/042.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/rochie-08/032.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/rochie-08/042.jpg

[ClaesGefvenberg]

so I'm 6 months late in posting pictures that were taken in February for Chinese New Year. Better late than never.
My husband took these pictures.Now, that's a party by the looks of things :thumbs_up :D

These were taken in central Stockholm last week:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1253.jpg
A cruise liner and Stockholm Old Town. The tourists will not have to walk far.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1296.jpg
Wasa: An old Ship of the line that sunk on her maiden voyage, and spent
over 300 years on the bottom before being raised and put in a museum.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1300.jpg
A slightly better picture. It is very dark inside the museum, in order to protect the ship.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1399.jpg
Nobody watching? A Lemur pickpocket in Skansen Zoo.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1419.jpg
This bloke works as an Emerald Boa at the Skansen Zoo.

/Claes

[pussnboots]

real nice pictures Claes. I can't believe what good shape the ship is in after 300 years. The picture of the lemur is too cute !!!

[kiz_paws]

Nightie, those are great pix!

Puss, loved your Chinese New Year photos!

Claes, cool photos of that sunken ship that was raised!

[Nightshade]

Cool pictures Nightie. I believe that's a red panda. Where did you take the picture?
The sky is Prague...actually it was from my hotel room I was bored and trying all the settings on the camera. I think the panda is Liberec zoo although it could be Prague zoo..Ill have to check dates. The butterfly was up Ještěd mountain just outside Liberec.

[sprinks]

Lovely pictures again Dori, the cloud-heart one is sweet :)

Awesome pics, pussnboots!! Looks like quite the celebration! :lol:

Claes, great pictures! You've always got such well taken and interesting photos!

Thanks for sharing, everyone :)

[Weisinheimer]

I'm horrible at taking pictures, but I thought I'd share these with you guys anyway. They were taken at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. That place is amazing.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee303/weisinheimer/DSCN1110.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee303/weisinheimer/DSCN1108.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee303/weisinheimer/DSCN1069.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee303/weisinheimer/DSCN1050-1.jpg

[Dark Muse]

I made this one the beach with the help of my neice, and really like how the photo I took of it came out

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs32/300W/i/2008/217/2/d/Pentagram_by_SilverWynd.jpg

[Virgil]

Weisenheimer, I always wanted to visit that church. Next time I'm in Washington I will. :)

DM, cool. ;)

[Dark Muse]

Thank you

[Weisinheimer]

Weisenheimer, I always wanted to visit that church. Next time I'm in Washington I will. :)

DM, cool. ;)

It's really gorgeous. Everything is so immense. It's cool because they have virgin Marys from a whole lot of different countries. It's neat seeing the different styles of art.

Here's the Vietnamese Madonna:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee303/weisinheimer/DSCN1103.jpg

[Niamh]

Claes; did you have to post that pic of the snake!:sick: going to have nightmares tonight.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

going to have nightmares tonight.Oops... Sorry about that. :blush: I just liked that pretty green colour. ;)

:idea: I'll make it up to you by finding something nice and cuddly to post just for you next time around, ok?

/Claes

[Niamh]

Or trees! I like trees! :D

Just terrified of snakes. and that looked so god damn real i thought it was actually in front of me.

[Dori]

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z252/pmiller_rhodes/2008_0804balloon0006edit.jpg

Passed over my back yard (I should say field). My mom just told me it was the neighbors. They apparently hired it for their anniversary or something. It's edited of course.

[Virgil]

What a great pictre Dori! I can't believe your neighbors did that. Do they know how to fly a hot air balloon? And what does the unedited picture look like?

[Dori]

The balloon is red, white, and blue, and even like that I thought the edited picture looked better. I'll upload the unedited pictures later though.

I'm not sure about the whole thing actually. Neighbors here = anyone within 3 miles. :D I'm clueless.

Thanks, by the way. :)

[papayahed]

I grew this:


http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/503/img0043yt1.jpg







I know it's not much but I managed to keep it alive all winter and it finally bloomed. I've never been able to keep one alive this long!

[Weisinheimer]

good job papaya :thumbs_up That's an awesome photo.


I love the hot air balloon, Dori.

[pussnboots]

nice pictures Papaya and Dori

[Dinglingzi]

sorry to say that i don t see any picture~
if it's my network problem???~

[Niamh]

thats so pretty Papayahed! Cool! :thumbs_up

[Janine]

Papaya, that is a tropical hibiscus, right? That color is just gorgeous and good for you - keeping it alive all winter long. I never had luck or the place to do that. I just grow the perenial type but those are not as lush as this one. The tropical blossoms are so large and lovely; I hope you get more blooms.
Very nice photo.

I will have to rewind back some pages to see the Claes' snake....

Dori, two friends of mine went hot air balooning sometime back - I think they went a couple of times with a generous friend who paid their way - usually you go but there is an experienced pilot who controls the balloon. I would hope so in this case, too

[Dark Muse]

I have a snake. Snakes rule!!!

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs32/300W/f/2008/224/4/c/Mirror_Image_by_SilverWynd.jpg

[SleepyWitch]

cool pics everyone!

Claes, thanks for posting the pics of the Wasa. I visited that musuem on holidays when I was 15 :)
I love snakes :) but what are the wholes around its mouth? does it have more than 2 nostrils?

my mum went hot air balooning once. it's like you hire the baloon plus a pilot from a company and they tell you were to meet them and everything...

[djy78usa]

Here are a couple of pictures from my week at the Mid-South Institute's Combat Pistol and Rifle Course.

This is two guys from my team on the "Runnin' and Gunnin' Range" It was basically a 400m sprint but we had to stop every 50m or so and knock down a couple targets.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/003.jpg

This is my buddy Morgan shooting his M4 Carbine.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/021.jpg

And, finally, me with my M9 Berreta.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/010-1-1.jpg

[Virgil]

This is my buddy Morgan shooting his M4 Carbine.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/021.jpg

Hey believe it or not I've fired one of those once too. I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Especially on burst.



And, finally, me with my M9 Berreta.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/010-1-1.jpg
Cool, I tried one of those too. ;)

[Janine]

What kind of a terrorist are you, Virgil ?!!!! :lol: :lol:

[djy78usa]

Hey believe it or not I've fired one of those once too. I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Especially on burst.


I don't have burst on mine, I use an M4A1, which only has semi-automatic and fully-automatic. If it makes you feel better, though, even seasoned marksmen have trouble consistantly hitting a target on burst or full-auto. In real combat, if you have to switch to burst or full-auto, something has gone terribly wrong... Also, you probably didn't have the cool laser optics that we use... they make things a little bit easier than using the old iron sights ;)

[Idril]

It was Pow Wow time again last weekend. Here are a few of my favorite pics:

I was slightly obsessed with this guy because I simply loved his headdress. I must have taken about 10 shots of him alone but I'll just post one. ;)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010163.jpg

Here's a 'little' version of him:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010179.jpg

I like this one because it's just a sea of color. All these pictures were taken during the "Grand March" because the competition part of it is always at weird times of the day or night, like midnight or something so we always miss those. Anyway, this is when everyone who is participating in the competition gets to come out and it's always quite impressive:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010172.jpg

Another dancer I was slightly obsessed with:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010185.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010186.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010189.jpg

And this guy wasn't quite as colorful but his dancing was very energetic:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010193.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010194.jpg

And a couple more from the weekend, not from the Pow Wow but from the prairie:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010210.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010232.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010228.jpg

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Idril, I really like your Pow Wow pictures: They are both interesting and well composed :thumbs_up

/Claes

[pussnboots]

such colorful pictures, real nice

[Virgil]

I don't have burst on mine, I use an M4A1, which only has semi-automatic and fully-automatic. If it makes you feel better, though, even seasoned marksmen have trouble consistantly hitting a target on burst or full-auto. In real combat, if you have to switch to burst or full-auto, something has gone terribly wrong... Also, you probably didn't have the cool laser optics that we use... they make things a little bit easier than using the old iron sights ;)

I meant semi-automatic. I'm not exactly an expert on these things. I don't have one, but I was able to try one once. At a shooting range, of course.

[lugdunum]

The pow wow pictures were really nice Idril. How colorful!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I love snakes :) but what are the wholes around its mouth? does it have more than 2 nostrils?I am not entirely certain, but I think they may be some heat sensing organ.


I'll make it up to you by finding something nice and cuddly to post just for you next time around, ok?And here is the cuddly one, just for Niamh:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1405.jpg


The picture of the lemur is too cute !!!And here is another picture of a lemur acting cute... I'm not quite sure what it was up to:
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=73&pictureid=479
Pickpocket Lemur?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1430.jpgA Blue collar Worker? Skansen Zoo

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1438.jpgI am soooooo tired.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1439.jpgWho needs braces anyway?

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1462.jpgNormally a major traffic hazard, but this one is tame: Elk at Skansen Zoo.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1479.jpgEvening in central Stockholm.

/Claeshttp://www.online-literature.com/forums/album.php?albumid=73&pictureid=479

[Virgil]

Great pictures Idril and Claes. But Claes...


And here is another picture of a lemur acting cute... I'm not quite sure what it was up to:
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=73&pictureid=479
Pickpocket Lemur?



:lol: :lol: let's not go there. :D

[lugdunum]

These are great pictures claes... What a psychdelic Frog!!! :lol:

Well, i've noticed that there are no pictures of Northern Spain, so just to give you some travelling ideas, here are a few pictures from around here...

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd338/lugdunum_08/DSCF2914.jpg
Bay of Santander

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd338/lugdunum_08/DSCF3626.jpg
Monastery of San Juan de Gastelugatxe (On the coast around Bilbao)

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd338/lugdunum_08/DSCF3684.jpg
Noja (small town on the coast about an hour from Bilbao).

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd338/lugdunum_08/DSCF2490.jpg
Picos de Europa, near Santander

These are a few landscapes. I'll try posting cities sometime soon and food, which I'm sure will help to convince you!! ;)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Well, i've noticed that there are no pictures of Northern Spain, so just to give you some travelling ideas, here are a few pictures from around here... Great pictures, but tell me more: Where is that, more exactly? Around San Sebastian (been there) perhaps?

/Claes

[lugdunum]

Thanks Claes. :)

And yes you are correct it is near San Sebastian. By Northern Spain I meant Bilbao and surroundings. (Basque country, Santander etc.)

I've added the exxact places blow the picture.

[Janine]

lugdunum, I love your photos. It does make me want to come to spain. Lovely. I love sea shots and these are superb! The mountain peaks are beautiful, too.

[eyemaker]

lugdunum, the photos are really awesome!:0

[cipherdecoy]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25311638@N07/2737571647/

Nothing fantastic, just something I took from my window :)

Darn it! Oh never mind.

Anyway nice pictures lugdunum!

[vheissu]

Those were some amazing photos Claes! I loved the little blue frog! Are they slightly poisonous by any chance? Think some species of frogs are, just can't remember which...

And lugdunum, you've made me wish I'd spent my holidays in the Basque country!!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I loved the little blue frog! Are they slightly poisonous by any chance?Slightly poisonous? No not at all. More like absolutely lethal.... It is a Poison dart frog from South America, and the first time you touch it without gloves will almost certainly be the last.

/Claes

[Niamh]

I am not entirely certain, but I think they may be some heat sensing organ.

And here is the cuddly one, just for Niamh:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Stockholm/IMG_1405.jpg



Awwww! What a cutie!!!! Thanks Claes! :D
Have you got any amazing pictures of Scandanavian Forests? maybe even during winter? :D

[Virgil]

Nice pictures Lug! :)

[djy78usa]

Slightly poisonous? No not at all. More like absolutely lethal.... It is a Poison dart frog from South America, and the first time you touch it without gloves will almost certainly be the last.

/Claes

In the wild they can be lethal, but most species will just make you sick. The frogs don't produce their own poison, though, it comes from the food they eat in their natural habitat. They are completely harmless if they are raised in captivity, as I assume this one was.

[Janine]

I finally was able to access my files on disks and transfer them to my new hard drive; hurrah! I spend hours last night in organizing my photos from years ago. I finally found all of my garden photos from about 5 yrs back. Here are some of my favorite closeups. I don't have the best camera, and it is old now (I need a new one with greater pixels), but I think it took fairly good closeups, at the time.

I loved your closeup shots, Claes and the all the photos on the last page were wonderful. I must go through this entire thread one of these days to view all the photos. I know I have missed much. Claes, yeah, I think that Lemar really likes you...hummm...I agree with Virgil, I won't go there either...

Here are mostly closeups; I uploaded an entire Garden album in my profile page so these are a sampling. Please feel free to visit my page and view the entire album.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=125&pictureid=846
Nearly perfect pink lily bloom



http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=125&pictureid=853
Balloon Flower



http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=125&pictureid=861
Big Pink Hibiscus


http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=125&pictureid=863
Horizon Lily


http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=125&pictureid=862

Horizon Lily, Lemon lily, and New Guinea Impatients,sedum (forground).

[ClaesGefvenberg]

:thumbs_up
In the wild they can be lethal, but most species will just make you sick. The frogs don't produce their own poison, though, it comes from the food they eat in their natural habitat.Yep. They somehow use the poison from the insects they eat to make themselves dangerous, so it's all about what kind of insects they devour. Still, those blighters have to be handled with gloves.
Claes, yeah, I think that Lemar really likes you...hummm...I agree with Virgil, I won't go there either...No worries. It's not me in the picture: I was at the other side of the camera, laughing my head off together with the rest of the crowd.

Hey: Lovely flowers...

/Claes

[papayahed]

Pretty Horizon Liliys Janine. I miss my garden, The first year in my condo I planted some Iris bulbs, they grew huge. My neighbors thought they were fake at first.

[Janine]

Pretty Horizon Liliys Janine. I miss my garden, The first year in my condo I planted some Iris bulbs, they grew huge. My neighbors thought they were fake at first.

Thanks, papaya, this reminds me of a funny story. I was in the craftstore one day and they had these busy flowers with big blossoms - peonies. They did indeed look very realistic and the lady standing next to me confessed that she plopped them into her garden each year and people did think they were real blooms. Now your case is the opposite - how funny! You must have given them lots of fertilizer. I bet they were pretty. I grow iris' also, and find them easy to take care of. Unfortunately that Horizon Lily bit the dust eventually. I think something ate it, from the bulb and roots; it just disappeared after about 5 yrs. I loved that one best and I am not an orange person, but the shade was so striking when it bloomed. It did remind of of the Horizon at sunset.

Thanks Claes, I love to photograph flowers and scenery. I like closeups but I do need a better camera.

I would be laughing my head off too. Once a white domestic goose, who lived on the lake in back of my house, and I nicknamed "Radar", got a bit too friendly with me one day. I kept knocking him on the beak and saying 'now that is enough of that'. It was embarrassing, but so funny. I went in the house and told my family - "I think Radar wants to mate with me!" Ususally, he was very docile and comical, but this day his hormones must have been running overtime. Shortly after that, he stalked away to find a nice female of his own species. He never attempted that action again with me.

[TheFifthElement]

Scary (slightly blurry!) pink clouds
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/TheFifthElement_photos/pinkcloud-1.jpg

[Niamh]

Janine, those flowers are lovely! Shame those star lilies are the only flower whose pollen i have an allergy too.

Fifth that sky is amazing! but you know what they say! "red sky at night, Shepards Delight. Red Sky in the morning Shepards warning." what this dusk or dawn?

[papayahed]

Does anybody know what kind of bug this is??

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9717/img0053va5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Niamh]

Cant say i do....

[djy78usa]

it looks like a cicada

[Niamh]

Is that what they look like? i've always wondered...

[papayahed]

The darn thing was huge!! It asked me if I wanted to get breakfast this morning when I went out to the porch.

[Niamh]

The darn thing was huge!! It asked me if I wanted to get breakfast this morning when I went out to the porch.

:lol:

[djy78usa]

I watched "Bad Santa" earlier, and figured I had to share this picture. Its my buddy Miguel... erm, I mean Santa, at a Christmas Party.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/drunkmike.jpg

[Idril]

Your friend looks really...exhausted...there djy78usa. It must've been all those...wishes that wore him out. ;) :lol:

Janine that looks like such a beautiful garden. I just love gardens but I never have the energy to have a big one myself, it's always so dry and so hot here in the summers, I would have to be out there every single day and I just don't have that kind of commitment.

I've always been careful not to post pictures of my boys, mostly out of respect for them and their privacy but they're older now and have given me permission. I think I have posted a few of them but here is a formal introduction:

Isaac, 15, my emo son at the Pow Wow:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010198.jpg

And here's a picture of him getting his remicade treatment, which he gets as part of his treatment for Crohn's disease. He gets this infusions every 6 weeks, it's become such a huge part of our lives and I realized I didn't have any pictures. He looks so sad in that picture but he's just drugged up, they fill him full of benadryl to stave off an alergic reaction so he's always out of it for a few minutes, then he shakes it off and we sit around, reading, watching tv and eating for the next 4 hours.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1030766-1.jpg

Sam, 13, the writer...and he has great taste in music, just like his mom! :D He's the baby although he's actually quite a bit bigger than Isaac but that's because Isaac has Crohn's issues and has hardly grown since about 6th grade. Luckily I think he's hit a remission and will finally grow. This picture was taken the same day as the Pow Wow, at a little Mandan Earth Lodge village a little west of the Pow Wow grounds:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010153.jpg

And here is a picture of he and I standing in line waiting to get in to see Barak Obama speak in Grand Forks. It was freezing that day and the line was ridiculous...and Sam looks like this in every single picture that was taken that day. :rolleyes:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1000493-1.jpg

And a nice one of the two of them at my parents' cabin, Isaac wearing his "pimp hat" :rolleyes:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1000753-1.jpg

And another picture of the hat, this time with a different inhabitant,

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1010124.jpg

[TheFifthElement]

Fifth that sky is amazing! but you know what they say! "red sky at night, Shepards Delight. Red Sky in the morning Shepards warning." what this dusk or dawn?

Thanks Niamh. It was dusk, but it poured it down with rain all the next day! Clouds were beautiful though. Last night we had really eerie pure white puffy clouds low on the horizon against a darkening blue sky but I couldn't get a good picture. Hopefully we'll get a repeat and I'll get lucky.

[Niamh]

those boys will be breaking hearts soon Idril!!!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Some recent pictures: Once a year Ekeby Airfield, about 2 km from my house is transformed, to house a veteran car and aircraft show.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1517.jpg
An old Austin

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1519.jpg
A Ford from 1926.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1520.jpg
Förstlingen II: A replica of the first steam engine produced in Sweden, in 1852 by Munktells in Eskilstuna.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1521.jpg
A biker on another old mount.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1522.jpg
Another picture of förstlingen (means The first, btw).

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1525.jpg
Something more modern: A powered glider.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1526.jpg
Old couple.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1527.jpg
A Zlin aerobatic trainer.

More to come.....

/Claes

[Janine]

Claes, I love these photos. I have been to many car shows in the past. My ex-boyfriend owned an old Model A Ford...not a convertible though - rather a coupe. We actually drove it to many places around NJ. It was great fun!

These photos are truly marvelous; I love the variety of the vehicales....the planes are something, aren't they? They look really slick. I don't know of the förstlingen ; was that an early train locomotive? How funny it is on tracks.

Have you ever seen a Stanley Steamer - those were so cool, but of course went by the wayside with gasoline gussling vehicles.

Is the read and white car a Ford? That looks like one a friend of ours owns but his is mint green, even the interior. I think he has another more two toned like this one. He does a lot of shows.

I will dig up a photo of my ex's car to show everyone.

[Madhuri]

I took these pics during the day.

A vacant land next to the apartment where I live. There are many coconut trees there.

As seen from my balcony

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/DSC01664.jpg

A close up of coconuts on the tree

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/DSC01666.jpg

The weather of this city is very pleasant; took these in the evening today

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/DSC01668.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/General%20pics/DSC01669.jpg

[Madhuri]

Nice pictures, Claes. :)

I wonder how that cyclist is able to maintain his balance.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

These photos are truly marvelous; I love the variety of the vehicales....the planes are something, aren't they? They look really slick.They are. The very best gliders (with the exception of a few one-of a kind
experimental craft that are even better) have a gliding ratio of 60:1... I.e: They can glide 60m for every meter of altitude lost.


I don't know of the förstlingen ; was that an early train locomotive? Yes, but not for passenger traffic: It was used for industrial work:


Have you ever seen a Stanley Steamer - those were so cool, but of course went by the wayside with gasoline gussling vehicles.Nope... Never seen one. What does it look like?


Is the read and white car a Ford?I think so, but I'm not certain. Can any of you LitNet people help us out?


I will dig up a photo of my ex's car to show everyone.Yeah, do that.


I took these pics during the day.Aw... That looks so much nicer than the weather we are having...

Some more pictures from the same event:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1528.jpg
An old Jaguar in fantastic condition.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1530.jpgThis is a SG-38 Schulgleiter: A training glider from the 30's (I think).
It was towed behind a car.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1531.jpg
A nice bonnet ornament.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1536.jpg
A Lancia. I can't remember it's age.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1540.jpg
Take off with a (modern) glider in tow.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1538.jpg
The towplane is a Piper Pawnee, and used to be a cropduster.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1539.jpg
And off we go...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1549.jpg
Four pictures cobbled together.
Did you think a glider couldn't go aerobatic? Think again.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Veterandagen%202008/IMG_1549a.jpg
The same picture, but... Well....

/Claes

[Niamh]

Wow Claes! I love those old cars! thanks for posting them!
Maddie, those views are beautiful! :D

Okay, so i invested in a new camera yesterday, so i could have a decent camera for my trip to Australia. My other two digital cameras are messed up and the camera on my new phone just isnt as good as the one on my old one. I bought a Finepix S1000. Its a beautiful camera. Took a couple of pics of flowers from my garden today! :D
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/2008_0907finepixphotos0016.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/2008_0907finepixphotos0015.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/2008_0907finepixphotos0017.jpg

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Okay, so i invested in a new camera yesterday, so i could have a decent camera for my trip to Australia.A Fuji, right? Good on you Niamh. :thumbs_up When are you going down under, then? Use the time until you're off to keep practising with that new mount until you can handle it in your sleep.

/Claes

[Niamh]

A Fuji, right? Good on you Niamh. :thumbs_up When are you going down under, then? Use the time until you're off to keep practising with that new mount until you can handle it in your sleep.

/Claes

Yes its a fuji! :D This is it here! What you think?
http://multimedia.fnac.com/multimedia/images_produits/zoom/1/2/8/4547410037821.jpg
I'll be practicing a lot over the next few days to see what i can do with it! I go to Aus on Wednesday!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I wonder how that cyclist is able to maintain his balance.With the greatest of ease by the looks of things, but you have to take great care when going downhill: If your center of mass moves to far forward you will go for a really serious nosedive :sick:.


Yes its a fuji! :D This is it here! What you think?I think I like it, and I'm looking forward to seeing your aussie pictures here. :thumbs_up Have a safe trip.

/Claes

[Niamh]

Thanks!

[Janine]

Janine, those flowers are lovely! Shame those star lilies are the only flower whose pollen i have an allergy too.

Thanks Niamh, that was many years back. I like to take closeups. Sorry you can't enjoy the stargazer lilies - they are among my favorites. That I still have but some of the other more tender lilies went by the waysie - the orange Horizon lily I loved but now I think some critter ate it. They do that - the burrow underground and eat the bulbs. I really miss that one. I still have the Lemon lilys - anyone can grow those - very little care required.



Janine that looks like such a beautiful garden. I just love gardens but I never have the energy to have a big one myself, it's always so dry and so hot here in the summers, I would have to be out there every single day and I just don't have that kind of commitment.



Idril, thanks also for your compliments. As I said the poor garden is not like this presently. I made the mistake of making it too big and then it was uncontrollable. I don't have the energy or strength any more, to keep up with it. It needs a ton of weeding and now I completely rely on rain to water it; dragging the hose was a killer...ugh.

Idril, You have nice looking boys. I am glad you posted the photos. I feel badly for your oldest. By the way, he has such beautiful blue eyes. Your other son has such a devilish smile and look about him; I bet he is fun. I know someone with Chrones (sp?)disease and know it is a difficult thing to deal with. He is doing well now, but was diagnosed in highschool and has just gotten his master's degree. Not sure which med he is on currently but he is doing very well now, but he was on Remecide.
Nice photo of you, also. Now I know what you look like; very attractive and proud mom.

Claes, I will have to look up some of those funky Stanley Steamers. The look like old cars but they run on steam - I don't think they got too far though without breaking down. Good idea but had some drawbacks. Still they are pretty cool looking.

I did find a few photos of my ex's Model A and will post them soon. It was a lot of fun to ride in and it never broke down. Hey, Mr. Ford made them that way!


The planes are awesome!

[Idril]

Claes, I love those gliders! My dad used to fly and we had our own little 4-seater cherokee for awhile and I remember him dragging me to air shows and I always loved them.

And Janine, thank you for the compliments, both for the boys and me. Isaac does have beautiful eyes. I remember when he was 3 and in preschool there was a girl there who told her mom, "He has the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen". :lol: A heartbreaker at 3. He has often been told how striking his eyes are and he really hates it but as I've told him many times, he's going to have to get used to it. ;) We've had some really tough years with Crohn's, every time I think we're starting to get a handle on it, it flares up again but...knock on wood...it really does seem to be abating a little bit now. He finally hit 90 pounds! It doesn't sound like much for a 15 year old but it was just a few months ago we were celebrating him hitting 80 pounds so that is quite a improvement.

And speaking of Sam...which we weren't actually but I was getting to him :p, he was on a class trip to Medora, which is in the South unit of the Badlands and the buses ran into a fairly large herd of buffalos. He got some incredible pictures so I thought I would share. He said while they were sitting in the road, stopped and surrounded by buffalo, they saw a herd of antelope running in the distance, a golden eagle was flying overhead and there were prairie dogs running around. A naturalist's dream.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1050530.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1050531.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1050533.jpg

[pussnboots]

great pictures everyone!!!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Claes, I love those gliders! My dad used to fly and we had our own little 4-seater cherokee for awhile and I remember him dragging me to air shows and I always loved them. Oh, great. I would have loved to have my own crate, but alas... Anyway, I had my glider pilots licence for 10 years or so (started flying when I was 15 years old, and had the licence at 16).


he was on a class trip to Medora, which is in the South unit of the Badlands and the buses ran into a fairly large herd of buffalos. He got some incredible pictures so I thought I would share. He said while they were sitting in the road, stopped and surrounded by buffalo, they saw a herd of antelope running in the distance, a golden eagle was flying overhead and there were prairie dogs running around. A naturalist's dream.Big brutes to put it mildly... I would be quite content watching them from inside a bus. Outside would be scary.

/Claes

[bouquin]

I've tried posting my photos but it won't work! :(
So if someone could please show me how to do it properly I would greatly appreciate it.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I've tried posting my photos but it won't work! :(
So if someone could please show me how to do it properly I would greatly appreciate it.Happy to oblige. I just hope my explanation makes some kind of sense here.

There are several ways to do this, but here is one of them:
Go to your profile, by choosing User CP on the left of your top of the page menu bar. When you get there you need to choose Pictures & albums from the left hand menu. Now you can open an album and upload pictures to it. From then on it is a simple matter of opening one of them to find the BB code below it, copy it, and paste it into your post.

If you already have your pictures available on the web, all you need to do is to copy the link and choose insert picture from the icons above your post, and paste the link.

/Claes

[Kafka's Crow]

Here we go again:

Tenby (South Wales):

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Tenby152.jpg



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Tenby040.jpg



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Tenby077.jpg



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Tenby045.jpg



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Tenby060.jpg



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Tenby1088.jpg



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Tenby1087.jpg


Caldy Island:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Tenby148.jpg



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Tenby147.jpg



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/Tenby145.jpg


Warwick Castle:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/WarwickCastle006.jpg



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/WarwickCastle007.jpg



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/WarwickCastle017.jpg



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/WarwickCastle021.jpg


A view of the city from Castle tower:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/WarwickCastle001.jpg

Warwick Castle:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/WarwickCastle039.jpg



"...earth feet, loam feet" medieval dancers at Warwick Castle:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/WarwickCastle046.jpg

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Well done Kafka's Crow... Nice Irish pictures there

Now for some rainy Swedish ones:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1551.jpg
All the rain we've had lately really got the mushrooms going.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1552.jpg
A rather big anthill.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1553.jpg
Sheep in cover from the rain.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1558.jpg
More mushrooms. This one is poisonous by the way.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1560.jpg
Bluebell with droplets.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1561.jpg
Another mushroom. One I know nothing about.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1564.jpg
Wet berries

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1566.jpg
Three leaf clover with triple droplets.

/Claes

[Kafka's Crow]

Excellent pictures Claes. Beautiful mushrooms and those cherries look like glazed in sugar-syrup. Think about the organic life in those droplets on that clover-leaf, just like Blake's "eternity in a grain of sand" indeed. Absolutely beautiful!

[bouquin]

Happy to oblige. I just hope my explanation makes some kind of sense here.

There are several ways to do this, but here is one of them:
Go to your profile, by choosing User CP on the left of your top of the page menu bar. When you get there you need to choose Pictures & albums from the left hand menu. Now you can open an album and upload pictures to it. From then on it is a simple matter of opening one of them to find the BB code below it, copy it, and paste it into your post.

If you already have your pictures available on the web, all you need to do is to copy the link and choose insert picture from the icons above your post, and paste the link.

/Claes


Hi Claes /Many thanks to you! I have started an album, let us see if I can also manage to post them photos in this thread.

Pictures from my most recent holiday (1st week of September) : in Normandy. We had pleasant weather except on Day2 whilst we were in Honfleur. I bought a tin of Mère Poulard biscuits ....delectable!


Etretat
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=161&pictureid=1210


Le Mont Saint Michel
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=161&pictureid=1211

[vheissu]

These are really really good (to all 3 people above on this page :) )

Claes it seems you have a knack for spotting poisonous but cute things: first that small blue frog and now those mushrooms, which actually look tasty!
What kind of lens did you use for the drops on the leaves?

Kafka the ones on the beach are stunning! If Wales is like that I should really go when I'm back in the UK

And bouquin, the scenery in Normandy must have been gorgeous. If not a bit chilly...

I won't upload any pics on this thread, my pc usually blocks when I try. But I have some on my profile page, so you're welcome to take a look :)

[Janine]

Great photos on this page! I love the closeup's Claes, those clover leaves with droplets is an amazing photo. Is that really an giant ant hill; it looks like a mulch pile. I don't want to see the ants that come out of that hill; no thanks! The berries with droplets are beautiful, too. I heard the brighter and more colorful a mushroom, the deadlier....am I correct assuming that?

I love the South Wales photos, Kafka's Crow....I too would love to visit there. You photos make it very inviting. I love that opening in the rocks by the sea...nice shot...I also chuckled at the plastic blowup castle in contrast to the pretty pastel buildings in that one shot of a town...great photo.

bouquin, I have long adored this place - Le Mont Saint Michel. I recently bought this neat film called "Chronis" - all scenery/some cityscapes and buildings, in time-lapse photography; this site is well explored on the film...really featured. They show it from all angles and inside and the water coming in when the tide is high, which completely cuts it off from the mainland...isolated. The place has always fascinated me, so I go crazy when I see this part of the DVD....it must be so awesome there. I envy you actually seeing it. Lovely photo and not as I had seen it before in other misty photos.

I have no problem posting photos in here. I put them first in Photobucket, which is free to sigh up for and that service holds a ton of photos (I use it all the time); then I copy out the last (listed) URL code and simply paste into the body of these posts. Try that method, it should work for you. First, you must 'upload' your photos to photobucket, of course, but that is quite simple.

[Virgil]

Wow, Kafks, Claes, and Bouquin. Those are all incredible pictures!

[tractatus]

Janine, you cant identify poisoned ones with that method. There are fatal ones with simple white, brown. Those also have very common view, so is not safe to pick up without knowledge.

Also Claes's second mushroom photo, is an Amanita, very bright one, somehow edible. People eat it for hallucinogenic head (use as a drug).
[Never try it. Amanita is also poisonous. What makes the poison, is dosage. You use a piece, it makes you high, you use second piece it makes you die. -for instance-]

What is surprising for me, in any kind of child book you see lots of amanita, like this (http://mousemusings.com/images/mushroom4a.gif), they are everywhere from Alice Wonderland to The Smurfs, I wonder if they dont know this one as a drug in Western society.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Excellent pictures Claes. Beautiful mushrooms and those cherries look like glazed in sugar-syrup. Think about the organic life in those droplets on that clover-leaf, just like Blake's "eternity in a grain of sand" indeed. Absolutely beautiful!Thank you.:D That picture came out rather better than it looked in the viewfinder, and that proves an important aspect on photography: That we should take chances when we use our cameras.

Hi Claes /Many thanks to you! I have started an album, let us see if I can also manage to post them photos in this thread.Events seem to indicate that you did. Good job, and nice pictures too. I hope I'll be able to visit Mont Saint Michel one day. :thumbs_up

Claes it seems you have a knack for spotting poisonous but cute things: first that small blue frog and now those mushrooms, which actually look tasty! Tasty... I had a feeling that I ought to stay away from that one and judging from tractatus' information that seems to be a good idea.

What kind of lens did you use for the drops on the leaves?Just the ordinary lens of my pocket camera: A Canon Powershot SX-100.


Is that really an giant ant hill; it looks like a mulch pile. I don't want to see the ants that come out of that hill; no thanks! :lol: What? You don't like ants? No worries though: The anthill may be rather oversized, but the inhabitants are very ordinary. I stay away from that place when they are active though: There are quite a few of them in it.


Also Claes's second mushroom photo, is an Amanita, very bright one, somehow edible. People eat it for hallucinogenic head (use as a drug). [Never try it. Amanita is also poisonous. What makes the poison, is dosage. You use a piece, it makes you high, you use second piece it makes you die. -for instance-]So now we know. Thanks for the information, tractatus. :thumbs_up

/Claes

[LadyW]

http://a220.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/56/l_80cdf839874794cc66b9d8f3afe67fbb.jpg

[Madhuri]

Awsome pictures Claes, Kafka, Bouquin and LadyW !! Those are some cool shots :nod:

Here is a picture I took of a rainbow last week, as seen from my balcony :)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC01671.jpg

[applepie]

What lovely pictures you have all posted:) I need to go get some from my part of the world to share, but I love to see the ones that everyone else posts. Thanks to all of you for sharing.

[Niamh]

Okay everyone! here are some pics from my hols! day one! the drive from Newtown (sydney suburb i was staying in) to Sydney city to leave hire car back.
King St
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CBD skyline as seen near Uni.
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Broadway
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Central Square and Station
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On the walk into CBD to Circular Quay
Hospital
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Didgeridoo dude no.1
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as seen in a Billy Connelly DVD
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Harbour Bridge
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Circular Quay
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Opera House
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Didgeridoo Dude no.2
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More Opera House!
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Me!
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CBD from Opera House
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Art on wall in Newtown
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[Niamh]

Here are some pics taken from the ferry on the way to Darling Harbour! it was a horrible wet rainy day!
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At Darling Harbour
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Sunset from Balcony of Brother and Sisters Apartment in Newtown.
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[kiz_paws]

We certainly do have some talented photographers here. I enjoyed all your pictures immensely.

Niamh, Australia must have been an experience of a lifetime, for sure -- lovely pics you got there (my fave was that one of the lone bird -- something haunting about it).

Claes ... you could work for a magazine as a professional photographer, honest! :nod:

papayahed -- awesome job of tending to that beautiful flower, and awesome picture, too!

Janine, your garden is so lovely, and the flowers are photographed just perfect. :)

Fifth -- love the pink clouds. But then I love anything pink! ;)

Idril, your pictures are beautiful as always. Very cute buffalo, awesome pow wow shots. Your sons are sweet, and if I may, Isaac could EASILY be a male model, he just has that look. And your doggy? I LOVED that photo! :)

Maddie, awesome pictures -- every day is like a holiday to wake up to such sights! Wow!

Kafka, you have beautiful photos, too, I loved the sailboat one the best. :)

[Niamh]

Thanks Kiz! I have a lot of pics of birds from over there. Well... alot of pics of birds with their backs to me!

[Arcane]

Niamh,what a bulky but tranquil pictures!

[Niamh]

Okay so hear are some more photos! these are from Taronga Zoo in Sydney!

Okay so here are a few taken from the ferry on the way to the zoo!
Bridge and Opera house...again...! (i have lots!)
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other stuff
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Taronga zoo!
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[Niamh]

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[sprinks]

Wow I love those photos Niamh!! :) I'll post some of mine, we certainly had different experiences of the east coast - seeing as mine was a school educational trip mainly in Canberra :D

[Niamh]

cant wait to see your pics of Canberra. I didnt get down there in the end. My next lot of pics are from Cairns...

[Idril]

Oh, I love those picture, Niamh! Keep posting, it's like a little travelogue!

[Niamh]

Oh, I love those picture, Niamh! Keep posting, it's like a little travelogue!

:lol: It is! I'm actually posting them in order! :p

[Virgil]

Wonderful picture Niamh. I love the kangaroos. :)

[Niamh]

My fav is the one with the three Koalas! :D oh and the turtle.

[Janine]

Wonderful photos, Niamh. I am so glad you could retrieve them from your camera and post them, for all of us to enjoy. The zoo animals are grand and I also love those three Koalas. I like the turtles - I love turtles; all of the animals are interesting actually -you did a great job photographing them! That crocodile photo is a prize-winner. I love the angle and how well you captured the texture on his body...nice lighting in that photo also.

The photos that preceeded these are great. I love that opera house - how interesting a structure it is. I have seen it in travel sites but you took some angles that make me understand how it is constructed.
The harbour looks great; sorry it was hot and rainy but still the photos all came out nice and what a great bunch of memories they are. I will check this thread often to see what else you post. The photo of you sitting on the bear chair is adorable and you look so pretty in that one; so happy and relaxed also. You have a very friendly face - you can tell you would be someone nice to meet someday. I like your glasses, they suit your face nicely.
What kind of a camera did you use to take these photos, Niamh?

Kizzo, thanks so much for the compliments on my garden photos. I like to take closeups. I really need a new improved camera but I actually think my older camera takes better closeups than other photos, such as snapshots; this fact is a little strange to me.

[Niamh]

I only bought a new camera the weekend before i went away. Its a fujifilm finipixS1000fd. I love it! I have some wonderful shots of sydney from the zoo. I'll post those next.

[Virgil]

Hey I'm not going to post it here, but check out my photo I just up loaded into my album and I just put into the photo freaks social group. The one taken at Portofino. I'm proud of that one. Here's a link to it: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/album.php?albumid=27&pictureid=1441.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Nice aussie shots, Niamh :thumbs_up It's great that you finally managed to get them over to your computer.

I have seen that Portofino shot, Virgil,and I like it very much.

Maybe it's my turn now? I have not been very active lately, but my habit of always bringing a camera as long as it's possible usually results in the odd shot:

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As I have told you, I live very close to our local airfield, which incidentally is
the home of Swedens largest glider flying club. I spent the major part of my
youth there. This machine is a two-seater trainer.

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We have plenty of other winged creatures, of course: A pair of Jackdaws on a lamppost.

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A dandelion ready to let its seeds fly.

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The same picture as above, solarized.

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This is the sharpest glider around: An ASH-25 two-seater with a wingspan of
25m (!) and a best gliding ratio of 1:57 (!), which means that it can glide
57m for every single m of altitude lost.

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Same as above, from another angle.

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And one more, showing how flexible the wings are: There is no g load to
speak of here, and yet the wing flexes visibly.

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Closeup of a dandelion and a visitor.

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Same as above, solarized.

/Claes

[Niamh]

I absoloutely love the dandelion photo Claes! I hope to be as good as you at photography when i've gotten more pratice! We call dandelions when they go like that ginnyjoes over here. silly name really, but when i was a kid we would blow on them and make a wish. :D

Okay so as promised! Some scenes of Sydney from Taronga Zoo!

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[Janine]

Claes, your photos are stunning! I too love the closeups of the dandelions. Now how did you do those polarized alterations - what program do you own? I like them but probably like the originals the best - the amazing detail in the seed.

I also love the one glider with the huge super thin wingspan - that is unbelievable looking. I was in a two seater plane before with my uncle - flew to Catalina Island, the famous Airport in the Sky (actually a narrow runway on top the mountain plateau). That was an interesting landing. I loved the trip but don't think I could muster up the courage to ride in one of these gliders, although the experience has to be memorable.

Claes, by the way I found a page devoted to the old Stanley Steamer. I will hunt for it and post it for you - the link. They broke down a lot but the idea was rather unique for the time - running on steam and not poluting the air.

Niamh, love your photos. Now is that Sidney Harbour? I love the sparkle on the water and it seems the zoo was a particular vantage point for some excellent shots. Hey, you are doing pretty darn good with that new camera of yours. It seems to take very good photos.

I have never heard them called "ginnyjoes" - that's cute and amusing. We also, used to blow on them and make a wish; back when we were kids...I still do it, if I find one, just for fun....and who knows.....maybe the wish will come true.;)

[Niamh]

I'm quite pleased with my camera! I'm so glad i bought it before i went away and i didnt have to use my crappy Kodak. I really dont like Kodak.
I'm going to post some more pics some of cairns. :)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Now how did you do those polarized alterations - what program do you own? I used one of the filters in Paint shop Pro. I used to do the same thing in the darkroom, which was a little (but not much) trickier.. :D


don't think I could muster up the courage to ride in one of these gliders, although the experience has to be memorable.There is little courage needed for that. They are very safe, in fact much safer than most powered aircraft: Those fibre glass contraptions are incredibly tough. There are also far less things that can go on the blink in a glider... No engine, remember? I have some 400 hours in gliders btw, but the crates we had back then during the change from wood and canvas to fibreglass came nowhere near the performance of the current machines.


by the way I found a page devoted to the old Stanley Steamer. I will hunt for it and post it for you - the link. You did? Yeah, that sounds interesting :thumbs_up

/Claes

[Domer121]

Here is a picture I snapped when my brother took me to the Farmers Market when I visited him this Summer.
The Farmers Market is located in Downtown San Francisco.

[Janine]

I used one of the filters in Paint shop Pro. I used to do the same thing in the darkroom, which was a little (but not much) trickier.. :D

Is that a difficult program to learn? I was thinking of buying the Adobe Paint Shop elements, but I saw the Pro listed on Amazon I think. I had the Adobe Photo Deluxe and liked it; by the way, I still have not located my orignal program disk. However, it might not work with Vista anyway, barely worked with XP:(.


There is little courage needed for that. They are very safe, in fact much safer than most powered aircraft: Those fibre glass contraptions are incredibly tough. There are also far less things that can go on the blink in a glider... No engine, remember? I have some 400 hours in gliders btw, but the crates we had back then during the change from wood and canvas to fibreglass came nowhere near the performance of the current machines.

Seriously? Better you than I...I would need courage nowdays. I had heard they are very safe years back. Claes, I am quite impressed that you have a glider license. Wow, that must have been a great experience. I knew a woman (worked with me) who flew gliders. I thought that was rather daring at the time. I even took the controls...well for about 20 seconds. I was scared to death...we were over the ocean, but it was really smooth. I was actually 'fearless' flying, but not taking the controls. I was shooting photos all the time. I loved it! It was a Cesna....two seater....about the size of a Volkswagon - and I mean the old type Beetle. :lol: When I properly get my software installed for my printer/scanner I will try and scan some of the photos, I took of my 'heroic';) descend on the top of Catalina Island - of course, I was the suedo co-pilot and my uncle did all the work. It was a great experience. I have some cool arial shots, but only taken with a Cannon Sure Shot (way back when digitals were but a dream). I had some blown up though and they turned out fairly decent. My uncle was great fun; unfortunately he is no longer with us. My going with him really made his day; he talked about it for months. God bless you Uncle Bill. He gave me a wonderful memory.


I'm quite pleased with my camera! I'm so glad i bought it before i went away and i didnt have to use my crappy Kodak. I really dont like Kodak.
I'm going to post some more pics some of cairns.

I agree with you, Niamh, I don't like Kodak cameras, nor do I like their programs - when I have gotten stuff put on a disk they always use that stupid Kodak Photoshare program - it is a pain to get the photos off of it. Years ago, Kodak was the name and they were good, but now the digitals are not great. My sister's husband has one and they always have fuzzy/grainy photos. I am glad you purchased a better brand. My son's wife had the Sony ditigal and my son admits it takes great photos. He was putting down Sony products for awhile to me, so I now find that ironical. The little digital takes nice short videos and all and is so simple to use, so he says. My old camera is an Olympus and I really can't complain a bit about that camera - it has served me well, but ofcourse, it is older now and I could use an updated type with higher resolution. When I can afford one with a good sale perhaps I will invest in a new one; for now this one is ok; just does not hold many photos at a time.

My friend belongs to a camera club and the man speaking one night said "guess what I took this photo with?" - turned out it was a cellphone and the photo was terrific. My friend could not believe it. I think sometimes quibbling about camera makes, is downright silly. Most digitals nowdays, do a good job and afterall. And in the end, it is the photographer that makes the biggest difference. For instance, when growing up my mother had the distinct reputation of always cutting off people's heads or limbs. She would take 80% of the wall, and 20% of the space, was devoted to the actual photo subject...:lol:so funny...she got a lot of razing about it. Another thing that people seem to fail to do that drives me insane - is not lining up the horizon with the photo edges. I am kind of stickler for that. Of course, if you intentionally shoot it on an angle, that is fine (that is art, right?) but then it should appear that that was intentional. If slightly off, it looks like a mistake, at least to me.
:thumbs_up I see that your last batch of photos all line up well with the horizon line....good job, Niamh! Some people just fail to notice it, when they shoot the photo. It's a shame, because it can ruin a beautiful shot.

Claes, here is the link for the Stanley Steamers - even had the sound on the site, which make me laugh; you will get a kick out of this site. They weren't the quietest vehicles on the road! :lol:

http://www.stanleysteamers.com/


Try to explore and view some the various links on the site, also - the museum is really neat with great photos.

The tours are fun to see; some cool photos there. My exboyfriend would love this site. Once at a car show, we talked extensively to these guys, who were hired to drive the cars from Maryland, up to the car show in Pennslyvania. It was a huge car show - took up acres of land. I loved it. We drove the model A there; I have to dig up some photos of his car to show you. It was a cute little authentic car....just like in the day....great fun to travel around in.

[Niamh]

Mobile Phones can take great pictures. I took this picture of newgrange on my old Motarola phone. (miss that camera phone! :( )
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Yeah i was having that same problem with my Kodak. the fuzzy quality was driving me crazy. also my other camera a Traveller made lamposts, poles and steeples go lopsided. :(

[Janine]

Mobile Phones can take great pictures. I took this picture of newgrange on my old Motarola phone. (miss that camera phone!

Yeah i was having that same problem with my Kodak. the fuzzy quality was driving me crazy. also my other camera a Traveller made lamposts, poles and steeples go lopsided. :(

Exactly my point, on the photographer vs the camera - see, your photo is amazing and taken with the Motarola - wow, nice, Niamh! Is that one of those ancient mounds in Ireland? Are they burial sites? I read something about them online and in books.

I always think the Kodak camera photos are fuzzy. My sister's is anyway. I would not personally buy one. I never heard of a Traveller camera. How strange that it make things go lopsided....erie....

[Niamh]

Exactly my point, on the photographer vs the camera - see, your photo is amazing and taken with the Motarola - wow, nice, Niamh! Is that one of those ancient mounds in Ireland? Are they burial sites? I read something about them online and in books.
Yes! Its Newgrange up in Bru Na Bionne Co. Meath. Its a Neolithic Passage Tomb/grave. Date to about 1000 years older than the pyramids at Giza. :)


I always think the Kodak camera photos are fuzzy. My sister's is anyway. I would not personally buy one. I never heard of a Traveller camera. How strange that it make things go lopsided....erie....
:lol: Not erie. Just god damn annoying! perfectly good pictures ruined because of lopsided poles! :p
I loved my old Kodak advantex camera. Hate my Kodak Digital :mad:

this is another pic i had taken with my old motarola razor phone. its fuzzy cause my hand shook.
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[pussnboots]

As always Claes, your pictures are fabulous. I love the solarized pictures.

Niamh: one day I'll have to make a trip to Australia

[Niamh]

Niamh: one day I'll have to make a trip to Australia

You and the hubby really should go there some day. :nod:

[Niamh]

Okay so here are some of my pics from Cairns! Daintree to follow! :D
This is along the Esplanade in Cairns. we were told in the hotel not to go down into the sands or waters as Crocs live there.:sick:
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We saw lots of these birds. think they are Australian Herons? not sure!
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and lots lots more!
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Ma and my dad
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they have a lagoon pool area by the esplanade for the locals to swim because they cant swim in the sea.
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[kiz_paws]

Beautiful pictures, everyone! :nod: :thumbs_up

Niamh -- there really is something to be said about those silly cell phone cameras, eh? I have a slew of them ready to load onto the computer -- but that is my hubby's department, lol (remember, technologically challenged is moi). :lol:
Some really good ones come of it though. And there I was trusting my old fashioned 'rinky-dink' camera for my best stuff! Anyhow, your pictures from your trip are so awesome that I feel like I have been there! :)

[Niamh]

I vaguely remember the two of us having a conversation, could have been well over a year ago, maybe longer than that, about phone cameras. I was snapping away with my phone and you were snapping with your camera, and you decided that you then wanted a good camera phone. now look at the two of us! you are snapping away with your phone and i'm snapping away with a camera! :D

[Petrarch's Love]

Niamh--Love the Australian shots! It looks like such a great trip. Now I want to go there even more! By the way, the birds in your shots are definitely pelicans. You can tell because they have a very distinctive shape, especially in the beak. It doesn't show in your pics, but in person you may have seen some of them expanding the pouches attached to their beaks? Herons are tall wading birds with long legs and sharp pointy beaks.

[Niamh]

Thanks Petra!

[kiz_paws]

I vaguely remember the two of us having a conversation, could have been well over a year ago, maybe longer than that, about phone cameras. I was snapping away with my phone and you were snapping with your camera, and you decided that you then wanted a good camera phone. now look at the two of us! you are snapping away with your phone and i'm snapping away with a camera! :D
I have just gotten the best laugh of the day, thanks to you, my friend! :lol:
Yes, we did have that conversation ... funny how things go though, eh? :p

[Niamh]

I have just gotten the best laugh of the day, thanks to you, my friend! :lol:
Yes, we did have that conversation ... funny how things go though, eh? :p

:lol: yes it is!:p

[qimissung]

Niamh, bouquin, Claes, Kafka, your pictures are awesome!!! Makes me want to travel so badly! In lieu of that, I have your marvelous photographs. You guys are great photographers. I love the Koalas, Miamh. And bouquin, once, long ago, I, too, visited Le Mont Saint Michel...a strikingly beautiful city.

[kiz_paws]

And now some Fall Photos of the Canadian Prairies:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/LitNet%20Stuff/TreesInSun.jpg ... http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/LitNet%20Stuff/TreeInPathInFallGREAT.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/LitNet%20Stuff/SunsetTree.jpg ... http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/LitNet%20Stuff/SunsetatPlayground.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/LitNet%20Stuff/Path-dreamyshot.jpg ... http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/LitNet%20Stuff/DuckPondFallVistaGREAT.jpg

Ummm, that's enough for now, methinks! :)

[Virgil]

Lovely Kizzo. Thank you. Fall is the most colorful of seasons around here too.

[Janine]

Kiz, those are beautiful! They really get me in the mood for autumn. You must be ahead of us on fall folliage. Ours is just beginning to turn now. Those trees in your photos are so vivid. I love these.

[Niamh]

I love the warmth to those pics Kiz! I' seriously going to have to see canada in the fall. :nod:

[ClaesGefvenberg]

And now some Fall Photos of the Canadian PrairiesLovely colours, Kiz. Do you have more?

/Claes

[kiz_paws]

Lovely colours, Kiz. Do you have more?

/ClaesThank you. :blush: If you take this link Pawsitively Moi (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/album.php?albumid=31) - it should take you to my album of nature shots, etc., where there are a few assorted Fall photos.
If you cannot access this album, I apologize -- I only made it viewable by friend/contact/moderator, and not for the general public. So if you wish to see it, and are having troubles, please drop me a line and I'll fix it up.Thank you, everyone, for your kind comments. It really is irresistable to NOT take photos of all the nice surrounding. I have to remember that it is time-limited; once those leaves turn colour, they fall off the trees and we are left with the barren trees that adorn the glistening snow fields and such.

Keeping in the Thanksgiving spirit (yes, it is the Canadian Thanksgiving Day today ;)), I am thankful that the cellphone that I tote everywhere has such a neat little camera feature -- I am having so much fun with it, tee hee!

[bluevictim]

kiz_paws, those photos of fall colors are great!

[weltanschauung]

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/facist_jockitch/pics/windowview.gif

[Niamh]

Some more pics from Cairns! These are some of my pics from Daintree World heritage site!
First stop wsa at a zoo type place in Port Douglas. More animals and Kangaroos!
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008190.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008192.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008194.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008195.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008197.jpg

(tree kangaroo! looks nothing like a roo!)
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008202.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008205.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008213.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008222.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008226.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008224.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008227.jpg

(Flying foxes)
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008230.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008231.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/aus%20cairns%20daintree%20cape%20tribulation/Australia2008233.jpg

[Virgil]

Really cool pictures Niamh. For some reason I love kangroos. I know this is silly but they remind me of dogs. ;)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Time for some fall shots.... and interestingly enough I have caught some roos too: Wallabys at the local Zoo:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1689.jpg
Wallabys. They seem to like the colder weather. We had our first touch of snow yesterday.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1696.jpg
Miniature horses. It's hard to tell from this shot, but they are really small.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1699.jpg
Amur Leopard some 30 ft up a tree.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1711.jpg
Looking down at a Meercat looking up at me.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1721.jpg
Red Panda hiding behind a trunk.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1718.jpg
And here he is: The furry little Red Panda.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1733.jpg
Speaking about furry: A Pallas Cat.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1739.jpg
Eye of the tiger.... A bigger cat: A Sumatra Tiger...

[Niamh]

Awwww! I love that one of the meercat!!!
and the red panda!

[Virgil]

Time for some fall shots.... and interestingly enough I have caught some roos too: Wallabys at the local Zoo:


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1711.jpg
Looking down at a Meercat loking up at me.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_1739.jpg
Eye of the tiger.... A bigger cat: A Sumatra Tiger...

All excellent. These I think are special. The meercat because of curious pose and the tiger because of the intensity in its face. Outstanding Claes!

[papayahed]

The Red Panda is so darn cute!

[Janine]

Wow, very nice pictures, Claes, I love the cats in all sizes and types. That little meercat looks so curious...such a cute photo. I love that last 'eye of the tiger' photo! You look a little too close for comfort, but I guess you had a good zoom lens. I like the red panda, too. I have never seen one anything like it before. Of course the roos are fun, too. Interesting that they liked the snow. I knew someone who raised those miniature ponies - they are very small. The Amur leopard is a beauty in the tree - love that shot.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

You look a little too close for comfort, but I guess you had a good zoom lens.No zoom was needed: The cat was a mere 10ft away. On the other hand she was on the other side of a sturdy fence. This reminds me: I never finished my series from Kenya. I'll get back with some other cat pictures. Without fences!


I like the red panda, too. I have never seen one anything like it before.They are really nice creatures, and we have had them at the local Zoo for many years. As a matter of fact the zoo vet has raised one of them at home... along with a few tiger cubs!


Of course the roos are fun, too. Interesting that they liked the snow. Most of the furry animals do. The tigers, for instance, love the winter.

/Claes

[Kafka's Crow]

These are lovely pictures. What type/make of cameras do you folks use? Claes takes lovely pictures and I can't believe that he does not use a DSLR, still I think he mentioned somewhere that it is a point and shoot digital camera. I use Canon iXus 70. Went to my university today after many years. Didn't have my camera with me but my cellphone (Nokia N95) is supposed to take fairly decent pictures. Let's have a look:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/03112008014.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/03112008009.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/03112008010.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/03112008016.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/03112008013.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/03112008012.jpg

[pussnboots]

Claes, once again great pictures!!!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Claes takes lovely pictures and I can't believe that he does not use a DSLR, still I think he mentioned somewhere that it is a point and shoot digital camera. Thank you. Yes, you are right: I use a Canon Powershot SX100 - which I guess would be considered a high end pocket camera. It has more or less the same setup options as a DSLR, though, and I make extensive use of them. There is no denying the fact that I really wanted a DSLR, as I have made extensive use of film gobbling SLR's in the old days, but the fact that I can bring this one almost anywhere and any time was a decisive factor. This, as a consequence, means that I get shots that I would otherwise have missed...

/Claes

[Kafka's Crow]

This is the one that I use:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-IXUS-70-Digital-Camera/dp/B000NUWJOM/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1225720708&sr=1-5

I wonder why it is more expensive than Ixus 80 or even iXus 90. I think is is mispriced. You use this one then?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Powershot-SX100-IS-Silver/dp/B000V3OC0K/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1225720927&sr=1-3

I can see in your photos that the 'IS' function (Image Stabilization) has finally become mature. There were problems with it when they first unveiled it in iXus70 IS (that's when I chose the 70 without 'IS'). The images are so sharp, it is amazing. I haven't fully explored the possibilities of my iXus yet otherwise I am very, very tempted to order the SX100 right away. Lovely photos, wonderful camera. Who needs a DSLR when Canon are coming out with compacts like this? I hate digital zoom but that 10x optical zoom makes it even more tempting.


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LsJ9peW1L._SS400_.jpg

[ClaesGefvenberg]

You use this one then?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Powershot-SX100-IS-Silver/dp/B000V3OC0K/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1225720927&sr=1-3Yes, there we have it.


Who needs a DSLR when Canon are coming out with compacts like this?That was more or less what I thought too when I bought it, and I have not been disappointed. I also agree about the zoom: It is very good even if it cannot really match a SLR zoom, which works better in poor light. I am also very fond of the macro abilities. In my opinion, they are second to none in that price range. As for the IS, I seldom use it, not because I don't like it but because it just is not needed most of the time: I just hold my breath instead :D

/Claes

[andave_ya]

wowowowow, those are SPLENDID photos, Claes!! Amazing!

Kafka, that is one imposing-looking university. Where is it? What's it called? Can I go? :p

[Kafka's Crow]

wowowowow, those are SPLENDID photos, Claes!! Amazing!

Kafka, that is one imposing-looking university. Where is it? What's it called? Can I go? :p

http://www.rhul.ac.uk/

[andave_ya]

http://www.rhul.ac.uk/

Thanks. It is a dream of mine to visit London for a very, very long time, and I keep teasing my parents that someday I'm going to go to Oxford...

[djy78usa]

Here are a few pictures from a recent jump:

Here is what happens if you stick your head out of an aircraft, mid-flight:

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/080918-A-3998J-025.jpg

This is a stick of static-line jumpers going out the back of a C-130. Static-line jumping is the traditional way for paratroopers to enter the battlefield. It is nothing like sky-diving. One end of the static line (the yellow line you see) is attached to an anchor line inside the aircraft, the other end is attached to the parachute. The line automatically deploys the parachute, so there isn't much of a free-fall (3-4 seconds at most). We also jump at much lower altitudes than skydivers, anywhere from 500-1500 feet. This jump was from approximately 1250 feet.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/080918-A-3998J-039.jpg

The most noticable difference between static-line jumping and sky-diving is the parachute used. As you can see, we use round parachutes, instead of the rectangular "wing" that is used in skydiving. The round canopy can support more weight (we generally jump with 100 or more pounds of additional equipment), but is much less maneuverable.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/080918-A-5558S-072.jpg

The last two pictures are of HALO (high-altitude low-opening) jumpers. HALO is pretty much the military equivalent to sky-diving. The guy in the last picture had a malfunction. His primary canopy failed to completely deploy, so he had to pop his reserve. He was fine, but he did end up in the trees.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/080918-A-3998J-044.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/080918-A-5558S-110.jpg

[Niamh]

You would so not see me doing that!

[djy78usa]

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/080918-A-5558S-072.jpg

I just read about an interesting link between literature and paratroopers. You may have noticed the soldier in this picture is wearing a maroon beret. The maroon beret, international symbol of paratroopers, was first introduced by Lt.General Sir Frederick Browning, commander of the British 1st Airborne Division during WWII. The maroon color of the beret was apparently chosen by his wife, novelist/playwright Dame Daphne du Maurier.

[islandclimber]

Nice pictures DJY.. that is pretty sweet.. having to deploy your reserve chute must be pretty exciting.. I've been skydiving a few times now, but I would like to get into basejumping someday... climb the cliff and then basejump off.. that would be so sweet haha.. you ever been?

[djy78usa]

I've never been base-jumping, but I would like to try it someday. As for pulling your reserve being exciting, I guess you can say it is, but probably not in a good way. Luckily, I've never had to go to my reserve (knock on wood). Because we jump at such low altitudes in static-line jumps, you only have a few seconds to pull your reserve if you have a malfunction. The normal procedure is to begin counting, "one thousand, two thousand, three thousand, four thousand," as soon as you exit the aircraft. If your main parachute doesn't deploy before you hit "four thousand" you have to pull your reserve. By that time, you've already fallen a few hundred feet. The reserve takes 100 feet to fully deploy, so If you don't pull it within a matter of seconds, you're going to have a bad day...

[islandclimber]

I've never been base-jumping, but I would like to try it someday. As for pulling your reserve being exciting, I guess you can say it is, but probably not in a good way. Luckily, I've never had to go to my reserve (knock on wood). Because we jump at such low altitudes in static-line jumps, you only have a few seconds to pull your reserve if you have a malfunction. The normal procedure is to begin counting, "one thousand, two thousand, three thousand, four thousand," as soon as you exit the aircraft. If your main parachute doesn't deploy before you hit "four thousand" you have to pull your reserve. By that time, you've already fallen a few hundred feet. The reserve takes 100 feet to fully deploy, so If you don't pull it within a matter of seconds, you're going to have a bad day...

Yeah, that would not be fun... I want to try base jumping but I think if I survive the first few jumps it would be time to quit.. I have to try it snowboarding off the edge of a cliff a few times though.. but seeing as there is something like a 100% chance of being completely maimed or killed once you hit over 200 basejumps, I don't think it is a good idea to keep doing it.. lol..

[Virgil]

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/080918-A-3998J-039.jpg

The last two pictures are of HALO (high-altitude low-opening) jumpers. HALO is pretty much the military equivalent to sky-diving. The guy in the last picture had a malfunction. His primary canopy failed to completely deploy, so he had to pop his reserve. He was fine, but he did end up in the trees.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk35/djy78usa/080918-A-3998J-044.jpg



Boy that takes guts. I don't think I could do it. I would be the unlucky bastard who would get the one in a million parachute that doesn't open. ;) You guys are really courageous. But what the heck for? [Well, I understand DJ it's part of your job.] Great pictures!!

[Madhuri]

Some pics I took on a trip to the local zoo.

Bear

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01777.jpg

White Tiger

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01801.jpg

Royal Bengal Tiger

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01811.jpg

Lions resting

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01787.jpg

A bird

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01830.jpg

Star turtles

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01835.jpg

Barn Owl

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01838.jpg

Elephant

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01855.jpg

Porcupine

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01884.jpg

Love birds

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01896.jpg


http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01904.jpg

The language on the top is the local language of this state, and below it is the translation in English.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01903.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01907.jpg

Its a bit blurred

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01906.jpg

Crocodiles

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01914.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01916.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01915.jpg

Wild Bison

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Bannerghatta%20and%20Diwali/DSC01756.jpg

[pussnboots]

nice pictures Madhuri

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Nice to see you back in this thread Maddie :thumbs_up Nice pictures too.

/Claes

[Niamh]

love the turtle!!!

[weltanschauung]

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/facist_jockitch/bixs/aslkjdfpaweos.jpg

[Madhuri]

nice pictures Madhuri

Thanks :D


Nice to see you back in this thread Maddie :thumbs_up Nice pictures too.

/Claes

I havent been able to see as many places as I want to; there arent many places to visit in this city.


love the turtle!!!

Yeah, these were really cute, and very tiny, this turtle is hardly 4-5 inches long; its a baby turtle :D

[subterranean]

Probably you've seen something more interesting than this one. But this is the first time I came accross it, the organic religion.

[Virgil]

Probably you've seen something more interesting than this one. But this is the first time I came accross it, the organic religion.

Only in New York Subby. I always said that nature has replaced real religion for some.

Nice pictures Maddie. What was separating you from the lions and tigers?

[kiz_paws]

Those pictures were wonderful, djy78usa. You'd not see me jumping out of an aircraft any time soon -- yes you are all brave to do that. :nod:

I enjoyed the animal pictures, Maddie, especially the barn owl one (what a look he is giving, and stamping his little feet, too, ha ha!). The white tiger is a very cool animal, I'd love to see one of those. :)

weltanschauung, this is a well centered picture indeed, and I love the colours. I feel silly because I don't know if that is a bull, a water buffalo, or what, but it looks gentle enough, despite the horns. :)