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Niamh

09-25-2009, 05:19 PM

Last Friday to Monday i spent in the beautiful city of Bruges. Here are some snaps from my Trip. :)
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges005.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges008.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges009.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges015.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges019.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges020.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges032.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges039.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges086.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges093.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges094.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges255.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Bruges%2009/IneHeinsWeddingBruges261.jpg

Lulim

09-25-2009, 05:43 PM

@Niamh, Bruges seems to be a very beautiful City -- I like your pictures!

Only a small impression from my way to work:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=690&pictureid=5127

And that's been in spring in the garden:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=690&pictureid=5117

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=690&pictureid=5119

Virgil

09-25-2009, 06:14 PM

Niamh and Lulim, those are beautiful pictures. And Bruges does seem like a wonderful city.

Snowqueen

10-15-2009, 12:32 PM

Very nice photos Lulim.

I’m posting few pictures here, with a little help from my friend. ;)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Copy.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Rose6.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/DSC04681.jpg

Janine

10-15-2009, 03:06 PM

Niamh, I love all your photos of Bruges. May I ask where that is? I have never heard of it before. Ones that stood out to me (although I love them all very much) are the b/w ones (those make me feel I have gone back into an old classic movie) and I love the one with the swans - how cool is that to see swans swimming in the canal? You go to the coolest places; I am envious.

Lulim, - love your three photos. I love photos of spider-webs and you have captured this one perfectly. I love the second one with the gorgeous red tulips but the third one is of particular interest to me. What type of plant is that? It's a wonderful closeup!

Snowqueen, wow, I love all three of your floral photos. I think the rose is the most outstanding!

Michael T

10-15-2009, 05:18 PM

Great pictures.
Niamh, I love it when you go black and white with your camera. The best shots by far. I seem to recall it was the same with your pictures you posted a while back. Keep it up, you have a good eye for a photo. :nod:

Lulim

10-15-2009, 05:22 PM

@Snowqueen, your flower pictures are great!

(...) What type of plant is that? It's a wonderful closeup! (...)
Thank you! I'm sorry, but I don't know what kind of plant that is. They are rather tiny leaves, just a wee bit more than my thumbnail, the drops are dew and I noticed the "hairy tingies" only on the screen, not on the plant itself.

Niamh

10-15-2009, 05:42 PM

Niamh, I love all your photos of Bruges. May I ask where that is? I have never heard of it before. Ones that stood out to me (although I love them all very much) are the b/w ones (those make me feel I have gone back into an old classic movie) and I love the one with the swans - how cool is that to see swans swimming in the canal? You go to the coolest places; I am envious.

Bruges is in Belgium. such a magical City.

Great pictures.
Niamh, I love it when you go black and white with your camera. The best shots by far. I seem to recall it was the same with your pictures you posted a while back. Keep it up, you have a good eye for a photo. :nod:

I love the Black and Whites too. I think they just captured the soul of the city.

Next stop Cardiff in november. :) Then Canada in January.

Virgil

10-15-2009, 07:03 PM

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/DSC_0090-1.jpg

I've got a group of pictures from this shoot in my blog. You can see them all here: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?b=9046.

Snowqueen

10-16-2009, 09:35 AM

Snowqueen, wow, I love all three of your floral photos. I think the rose is the most outstanding!

Thanks Janine, you are too kind.

@Snowqueen, your flower pictures are great!

Thanks for the compliment.

I've got a group of pictures from this shoot in my blog. You can see them all here: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?b=9046.

Have you decided Virgil which picture you are going to frame? I'm keen to know. :)

Virgil

10-16-2009, 06:50 PM

Have you decided Virgil which picture you are going to frame? I'm keen to know. :)

I'll tabulate the scores tonight and post my decision right after. :D

Virgil

10-16-2009, 09:09 PM

Ok and the scoring is - drum roll please - :D

#1 - 3 votes
#2 - 11
#3 - 17
#4 - 6
#5 - 15
#6 - 6
#7 - 4

And the winner is number 3!

Actually i could have made a case for numbers 2,3,4,or 5. It doesn't cost all that much to print them out in 8x10 size. I think I'll have all four printed and then I'll see which one gets the frame. Thank you all. :)

Here is #3 for you.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/virgil_015/DSC_0088-1.jpg

Madhuri

10-18-2009, 04:11 AM

I like this picture, Virgil. # 3 and # 5 were my favourites :)

Madhuri

10-18-2009, 04:30 AM

Its the festival season here; after every 15-20 days we have a festival until Diwali.

A couple of weeks ago, I visited a city called Mysore, which is about 150 kms from Bangalore. They celebrate the Dussehra festival in such grand manner. The Mysore palace is lighted for all 10 days of the festival; there are cultural programs with artists performing from all over the country and on the last day there is a procession from the palace. It was an awesome experience.

Here are some of the pictures.

Mysore palace entrance:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02793.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02796.jpg

The entrance of the palace temple:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02798.jpg

Another view of the palace entrance:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02801.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02802.jpg

The palace:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02806.jpg

A Bharatnatyam dancer:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02810.jpg

On the day of the procession, the 10th and the last day of Dussehra.

It starts with Jumbo savari

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02868.jpg

Some performers in the procession:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02877.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02886.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02893.jpg

People dressed up as mythological characters:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02904.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02905.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02914.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02915.jpg

Hanuman, the monkey god:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02924.jpg

Other performers:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02940.jpg

Men and women dressed in the traditional attire:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02943.jpg

Some more:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02952.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02963.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02988.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02994.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC02996.jpg

Men dressed as lord Shiva:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03004.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03007.jpg

Virgil

10-18-2009, 09:24 AM

Fascinating indeed!! This is another world for me Maddie. Thank you for sharing. :)

Madhuri

10-18-2009, 11:14 AM

I am glad you liked it; I enjoyed the occasion very much :)

Nyu001

10-18-2009, 12:03 PM

That was nice to see! I loved it! :D

Niamh

10-18-2009, 01:10 PM

< speechless!!!!!!! :eek:

Madhuri

10-18-2009, 01:51 PM

Hey, I didnt realise you guys will like the pictures so much :D Thanks :D

Modigliani

10-21-2009, 05:21 PM

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a368/Silcenedril/view.jpg

Niamh

10-21-2009, 05:23 PM

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a368/Silcenedril/view.jpg

Nice!

DanielBenoit

10-21-2009, 05:26 PM

Breathetaking Mod! That was taken by YOU?
My God is that beautiful. Did you take it with film?

Utterly amazing! One of the best pictures I've seen on here!

Maryd.

10-21-2009, 05:55 PM

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a368/Silcenedril/view.jpg

Yes, sir, this is quite a picture...:nod::nod::nod:

Modigliani

10-23-2009, 07:26 AM

Thanks, all.
Just a shoddy old digital, Daniel.

Virgil

10-23-2009, 04:58 PM

That is a nice picute Modi. Nice to meet you by the way. :)

Janine

10-23-2009, 05:19 PM

Modi, that photo is stunning! Very artistic indeed. I will come back and comment on other photos in here. I love all your cool photos; I wish I had more time to comment on all. Maddie, your's are so interesting and soooo colorful! I love them as usual.

Gilliatt Gurgle

10-23-2009, 09:14 PM

My compliments to all.
Virgil, I particularly admire yours, as they engender a peaceful serene feeling.

samercury

10-24-2009, 02:03 PM

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m179/samercury/LeavesFall.jpg

Stargazer86

10-24-2009, 02:19 PM

Sam- that is an amazing shot. I love the shallow depth and the rich, warm color. It just makes you feel like fall :)

Virgil

10-24-2009, 04:11 PM

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m179/samercury/LeavesFall.jpg

Same, that is absolutely gorgeous!! That is on a professional level. What kind of lighting did you use?

samercury

10-24-2009, 04:26 PM

Glad you like it :)
Virg- sunlight (and the angle helped)

Niamh

10-24-2009, 07:26 PM

love it Sam!

Maryd.

10-24-2009, 07:26 PM

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m179/samercury/LeavesFall.jpg

OGG Samercury

Faboulous shot.:nod:

Snowqueen

10-25-2009, 03:13 AM

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m179/samercury/LeavesFall.jpg

It's truly amazing, I just love it. :)

Madhuri

10-25-2009, 11:10 AM

Some more pics

These are from another town called Belur and Halebidu. The temple in the pictures is about 900 yrs old, built by Hoysala rulers. In South India, in early days the rulers used to show how powereful they were by building temples; the bigger the temple the more powerful the ruler.

This is what was used in the royal seal during the Hoysala rule

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03056.jpg

One of the sections in the temple compound

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03078.jpg

dancers carvings

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03082.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03099.jpg

this is the carving of dwarpal (the person guarding the temple)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03114.jpg

The Trinity of Hindu religion - Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh (L to R)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03115.jpg

Narasimha avatar (half human and half lion)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03118.jpg

Shiva and Parvati

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03117.jpg

Others

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03122.jpg

Lord Ganesha

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03108.jpg

Temple in Halebidu

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Mysore/DSC03121.jpg

Niamh

10-25-2009, 11:40 AM

Oh my! Those carvings are amazing! Ganesha especially!

bluevictim

10-25-2009, 04:46 PM

Here are a few pictures from my recent trip to Washington.

Aasgard Pass, Dragontail Peak, Colchuck Pass, Colchuck Lake (the pass on the left is Aasgard Pass, the peak in the middle is Dragontail Peak, and the pass on the right is Colchuck Pass):
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/bluevictim/IMG_2053.jpg

Looking North from our campsite at Colchuck Lake:
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/bluevictim/IMG_2072.jpg

Looking Southwest from the summit of Dragontail Peak (that's Mount Rainier in the background):
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/bluevictim/IMG_2152-1.jpg

Looking toward Aasgard Pass (and the Enchantments) from the summit of Dragontail Peak:
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/bluevictim/IMG_2158.jpg

samercury

10-25-2009, 04:47 PM

Madhuri- they're really pretty so detailed it's hard to believe that they're made of stone. Love them :nod:

Blue- Gorgeous (especially the first and third one) :D

Virgil

10-25-2009, 06:35 PM

Those are excellent Maddie. And Blue those are awesome. Wow. (For the non Americans, that's Washington State, which is no where near Washington D.C., the city) Thank you both.

Idril

10-25-2009, 09:49 PM

Those are beautiful, Blue...Aasgard Pass, very cool. ;-)

stephofthenight

10-25-2009, 10:12 PM

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/IMG_0280.jpg waterfall

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/IMG_0282.jpg aren't they sweet

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/IMG_0339.jpg and then there where two

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/IMG_0360.jpg she Has all of her stripes now

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/IMG_0364.jpg I promise she knows stay...she jsut chose not to listen

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/IMG_0382.jpg another waterfall

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/dancer1435.jpg My ponys hair took a couple of hours. Had friend take

Snowqueen

11-02-2009, 05:28 AM

Wonderful pictures stephofthenight. :)

I have recently taken these pictures.

Dove and its nest.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Nest2.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Nest1.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Nest.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Dove.jpg

Maryd.

11-02-2009, 08:10 AM

Wow, Snowqueen, I love them... So clear and real. Thank you for such beautiful and clear pictures.

RickFinney

11-02-2009, 11:38 AM

I'm feeling fine and wishing everyday would feel like this.

OT: Wow! The pictures are amazing. Right on!

Gilliatt Gurgle

11-02-2009, 07:35 PM

The "Mozartgeist" stuffed with straw and a stake in the head (a detail added by my son)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1328.jpg

Maryd.

11-02-2009, 08:22 PM

^ So funny Gilliat.:lol::lol:

stephofthenight

11-02-2009, 08:26 PM

Wow what lovely pictures snow! And not sure who orignaly posted the leaf but it is a beautiful shot. :D

Snowqueen

11-04-2009, 01:31 PM

Wow, Snowqueen, I love them... So clear and real. Thank you for such beautiful and clear pictures.

Thanks for the appreciation Mary.

Wow what lovely pictures snow!

Thanks stephofthenight. :)

atiguhya padma

11-04-2009, 02:41 PM

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minanamoue

11-04-2009, 06:54 PM

here is the most recent pic i've taken.. My kitty 'helping' me write, errr, type at my desk :d

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/c7767/misc/dm1.jpg

<3<3<3

Janine

11-04-2009, 10:36 PM

This is my grand-daughter on Halloween. My son did his house up with the Michael Jackson theme of 'Thriller'; he projected the video on his garage door and boarded up his windows and made an awesome graveyard. I haven't yet seen his costume; but I understand it was pretty wild. So here is my darling little Brooke dancing to 'Thriller'. Side-note: I didn't take this video, my daughter-in-law did.

http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke/?action=view&current=MVI_6584.flv

ugh, please don't look at the other piano photos; I point out that I look fat in those (my self-conscious me!). Anyway, Brooke sure has good rhythm, I think...she gets that from me! hahaha...she's a real 'swing' kid!

I see so many great photos in here lately and I will come back soon to comment on all of them....

Virgil

11-05-2009, 12:15 AM

Haunted

11-05-2009, 01:19 AM

Janine, your granddaughter is adorable!

Janine

11-05-2009, 01:27 AM

Haunted

11-05-2009, 01:37 AM

Virgil and Haunted, thanks for watching the video. I think she is pretty adorable and cute, too; God bless her. Do you think she takes after me?

We'll tell you after you upload your dancing video :D

Snowqueen

11-05-2009, 02:00 PM

Janine

11-05-2009, 04:49 PM

We'll tell you after you upload your dancing video :D

That will be the day! (yeah, NEVER!!!)...hahaha

Wow! It’s a wonderful video of little Brooke, I loved it. She is looking very cute.

Thanks Snowqueen! I just wish it was a little longer. I keep watching these short videos over and over again like a nutty grandmom. I have some more I can send you the links to, if I haven't already done so. I have one of her playing the piano; or at least attempting to, at our house....that was last year - Valentine's Day and my birthday. Brooke sure loves music! Last time I was over to see her we danced together in the living room and she whirled around. I was pretending to do ballet and she tried to do it, too. I laugh at this one, she is barely staying on her feet at moments...a little wobbly in her new shoes.

Virgil

11-05-2009, 07:30 PM

Virgil and Haunted, thanks for watching the video. I think she is pretty adorable and cute, too; God bless her. Do you think she takes after me? hhahaah....just kidding, I hope she's a lot cuter than I am. This age is so sweet and they learn so much so quickly; basically they are little mimics.

Luckily no. :lol: :lol:

(only kidding :D)

Yes God bless her. Her face does seem to resemble you. Otherwise I'm not sure I've seen you running around like that. :p

Janine

11-05-2009, 10:23 PM

Luckily no. :lol: :lol:

(only kidding :D)

Yes God bless her. Her face does seem to resemble you. Otherwise I'm not sure I've seen you running around like that. :p

Hahaaha, It is funny but I think she does resemble photos of Sean (my son) when he was her age. I found one the other day and she has the exact same hair color, just a tiny bit of curling but basically straight. Back then people used to say we looked alike. Today my son looks quite different; his hair is dark and his face slimmer, as you know by his photos in my albums.

hahah...Now wait a minute, I can dance or I could. I danced up a storm at my son's wedding. I had a great time - we all did. Brooke's mom and dad have been dancing with her since she could sit up. They would hold her and dance around. I think she is quite musical.

stephofthenight

11-15-2009, 09:00 PM

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/1305.jpg

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/1287.jpg

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/1237.jpg

rafysamir

11-18-2009, 09:59 PM

Kew Gardens
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/108-PalmHouse.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o120/SleepyWitch/115-spiralstaircase.jpg

beautiful pictures:thumbs_up:thumbs_up

samercury

11-21-2009, 01:42 AM

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m179/samercury/029-1.jpg

Niamh

11-21-2009, 01:58 AM

I've always wanted to see Kew Gardens!

Interesting Photo Sam.

Madhuri

11-29-2009, 05:00 AM

A couple of pictures I took on a beach in Goa.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC03221.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC03222.jpg

DanielBenoit

11-29-2009, 05:04 AM

Stunning beauty Madhuri!

billl

11-29-2009, 05:08 AM

STEPH

great looks at your horse, the eyes, and the fur, the life coming out, very nice...

Madhuri

11-29-2009, 10:40 AM

Stunning beauty Madhuri!

Thank you :D

Virgil

11-29-2009, 01:33 PM

Those are beautiful Maddie. That wind surfer better be a good swimmer, because it looks deep out there and far from land. ;)

Madhuri

11-29-2009, 02:07 PM

He looked like a professional as everyone was not allowed inside the water just like that...

Niamh

11-30-2009, 07:33 PM

you went to Goa Maddie? Nice!!! :D

Madhuri

11-30-2009, 10:48 PM

Yeah, it was only for the weekend. A very short trip, one needs more time to really enjoy the life.

Niamh

12-08-2009, 03:45 PM

Here are some pics from my recent trip to Cardiff!
These are from the Arboretum.
the river Taff
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Cardiff%2009/CardiffNov09025.jpg

Stone circle in the distance
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Cardiff%2009/CardiffNov09027.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Cardiff%2009/CardiffNov09021.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Cardiff%2009/CardiffNov09031.jpg
The millenium centre, Water Tower and Roald Dahl Plass
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Cardiff%2009/CardiffNov09046.jpg

Cardiff castle
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Cardiff%2009/CardiffNov09186.jpg

Virgil

12-08-2009, 07:47 PM

Wow, those are great Niamh. I do prefer the color over the black and white, but that first one is stunning. :)

Gilliatt Gurgle

12-09-2009, 11:47 PM

Very nice Niamh.
I tend to lean more toward B&W's myself, although I am still in the dark ages with my film camera.

Gilliatt

Niamh

12-10-2009, 06:29 AM

I love b&w. There is just something captivating about a b&w!

Nikhar

12-10-2009, 08:59 AM

Gorgeous pics!

Thanks for sharing Niamh

stephofthenight

12-10-2009, 05:05 PM

I thikn the first one is amazing in black and white, however the second I think I would have went with an antique, sepia color. but all are really pretty. I especialy like the first one. very lovely,thank you for sharing

Niamh

12-12-2009, 04:33 AM

I find sepia is great for old buildings more so than foliage. i dont have the function on my camera at any rate.

Janine

12-20-2009, 09:48 PM

Wow, everyone has had such great photos recently. I love to see all the places you travel, Niamh. Your photos are getting better and better; I love black and white and sepia is always cool. I will try to go back soon a few pages to comment on all the great photos on here. I wish I could keep up with everything online and off.

I haven't posted any photos for sometime. I got inspired by the snowstorm and I went to see my granddaughter and their decorations - spend a really nice evening with my son, his wife and Brooke. She stayed up late. This was the night before the snowstorm...yes, NJ got hit hard and we did get a lot of snow! I just knocked down file sizes in offline; but they still might not be small enough. Let me try a few of the storm results first. If not, I will reduce them even more.

Out front of the house; digging out....
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke_PreChristmas_Snow/IMG_01045.jpg

Out my upstairs back window
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke_PreChristmas_Snow/IMG_0103-Copy.jpg

Not a great photo but this shows how big the drift was on top our roof; it got even bigger later on...I felt 'snowed-in' all night.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke_PreChristmas_Snow/IMG_01000.jpg

I took all of these with my new Canon camera. I think it takes pretty sharp photos but I am still learning to utilize all the features; so it's a little hit and miss at this point.

Janine

12-20-2009, 10:02 PM

Looks like it worked just fine. Here's the ones of my darling grandbaby the night before the big storm.

Brooke and her love of books ~

"Forget about the Kindle; I like the way my books smell and taste!"...
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke_PreChristmas_Snow/IMG_00799.jpg

"Books about animals are the best!"
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke_PreChristmas_Snow/IMG_00800.jpg

"Cozy in my jammies reading a Christmas book with my grandma."
I was pretty tired that night; so this is not by far, my best portrait...but I love the 'grandma-granddaughter' bond here. I will always have this memory.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke_PreChristmas_Snow/IMG_0097-CopyTouchedUp.jpg

"Ok, just enough time before bed for another Hannakuh gift...Mum-Mum started to rip the paper off for me...."

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke_PreChristmas_Snow/IMG_0081.jpg

Janine

12-20-2009, 10:29 PM

Steph, I love your horse photos...the first one has the motion and the second is so whimsical.

rafysamir, I love the photos from Kews gardens. That must be a spectacular place.

samercury, what is that - a fungi? I think it looks really neat.

Maddy, I always love your photos; these are no exception. The first beach one is so sharp and detailed...I love it!
The second one looks so cool with
the ghosted photo of the ship in the background...nice work as usual.

Some more photos from me ~ Christmas wouldn't be complete without miniature trains...

Here's my son, the tech man, at the controls.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke_PreChristmas_Snow/IMG_00844.jpg

One of two platforms he built...I am sure the village will grow with time...
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke_PreChristmas_Snow/IMG_00766_edited-111.jpg

"Watching Daddy's train go by..."

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke_PreChristmas_Snow/IMG_00833.jpg

Second Christmas Tree and second train platform...
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Brooke_PreChristmas_Snow/IMG_00822.jpg

Note: See prior page for more photos of my granddaughter, Brooke....

DanielBenoit

12-20-2009, 11:13 PM

Great photos Janine! That last one is soo beautiful!

Janine

12-20-2009, 11:17 PM

Great photos Janine! That last one is soo beautiful!

Thanks Daniel, and that is just his little artificial tree but he told me he wanted to make it look sort of 50ish...it's got colored lights but all blue and gold ornaments. He has a full size real tree in the living room; I forgot to get a photo of that one. Did you see the photos on the prior page of my sweet little granddaughter? I think they turned out really cute. I am finally enjoying my new camera. But, right now, I am trying to figure out how to convert a video (from the same camera) into some reasonable format to upload to Photobucket. Do you or anyone else know how I go about this?

Virgil

12-20-2009, 11:25 PM

Yep, it was a snow storm. Hopefully my back won't hurt tomorrow from all the shoveling. ;)

How adorable. Granny and Brooke. Wonderful pictures Janine. :)

DanielBenoit

12-20-2009, 11:31 PM

But, right now, I am trying to figure out how to convert a video (from the same camera) into some reasonable format to upload to Photobucket. Do you or anyone else know how I go about this?

Errr, idk, sorry :redface: or at least I've forgotten. . . . .. if it comes back to me I'll make sure to tell you.

Stunning pictures Niamh! I particuarly love the snowy ones. You have a perfect sense of composition and texture :thumbs_up

Haunted

12-21-2009, 12:03 AM

Janine, Brooke's very cute, love the bonding shot, you look great. Toy trains fascinate me, thanks for the photos.

Janine

12-21-2009, 12:56 AM

Thanks Virgil and Haunted. I love the trains too...they seem like a magical sort of thing running around a Christmas tree. Haunted thank you so much for the compliment; but that time of day I wasn't at my best; I was really tired. I think Brooke was nodding off, as well. She liked the dollar animal book, I brought her more than the involved Christmas story; but luckily she did sit still for a few minutes when my son snapped the photo.

Niamh

12-21-2009, 05:53 AM

Janine that snow is unbelievable!!!
And Brooke is so cute!

Janine

12-21-2009, 01:33 PM

Janine that snow is unbelievable!!!
And Brooke is so cute!

Hi Niamh, shall I send you some? haha...I should gone outside the night of the storm and photographed but it was blowing and would have gotten into my new camera lens. It was just gorgeous and awesomely deep that night. It also was totally frigid and I didn't really have the desire to subject myself to those temperatures...better to stay warm and cozy in the house.

Thanks for looking at Brooke's photos. She is quite hard to photograph anymore; toddlers this age are very active. I am lucky to have gotten these half dozen shots. I will take more on Christmas Eve and Day...we are going up there both times; hopefully weather will permit it! Brooke is my little Irish rose; at least on her dad's side. She is half Jewish and she now is getting so spoiled - everyday a Hannakuh gift for 8 days....and Christmas gifts are yet to come.....she has the best of both worlds...lucky kid!

Niamh

12-23-2009, 11:43 AM

we have are own crazy weather here too! Just not that much snow!

Janine

12-23-2009, 03:40 PM

we have are own crazy weather here too! Just not that much snow!

When you get snow there does it last very long? I am just curious.

Haunted

12-23-2009, 06:39 PM

Haunted thank you so much for the compliment; but that time of day I wasn't at my best; I was really tired. I think Brooke was nodding off, as well.

Janine, if you were tired, I wouldn't be able to tell. I thought you look exquisite and I hope Brooke will take after you. oh BTW her eyelashes are incredible!

Snowqueen

12-24-2009, 10:19 AM

These are truly amazing pictures Janine.
Its really cute photograph of you and Brooke. :thumbs_up

Pensive

12-24-2009, 10:32 AM

Wonderful additions, I must say!
Brooke has surely grown bigger than when I last saw her, but never any less beautiful! :)

LitNetIsGreat

12-24-2009, 01:53 PM

Death of the Snowman...

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300517.JPG

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300518.JPG

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300520.JPG

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300526.JPG

Virgil

12-24-2009, 02:48 PM

:lol: That's funny. Strange looking snowman, even before it died. Kind of like a leaning tower of Pisa. ;)

LitNetIsGreat

12-24-2009, 02:57 PM

Yes that's what I thought, leaning tower, er, I planned it that way...

We had a much more traditional and successful snowman on the back though, we rolled that one in the correct manner.

Janine

12-24-2009, 04:25 PM

Thanks for looking at the photos, Haunted and Pensive and Snowqueen, and Virgil and all of your lovely comments and compliments. By then, my lipstick and makeup had worn off, my hair was a bit discheveled; I really was quite tired, Haunted; my friend, you are too flattering, but thanks. I do like the photo ok for a change; usually I hate all photos of me....but 'grandma love' can really transform a person and I was feeling a lot of that love at that moment; Brooke was so snuggled down against me and relaxed and listening to the story. I will never forget this precious moment with her. Snowqueen, you know what I mean - you experience this with your lovely little neices. Haunted - her eyelashes really are gorgeous and long. I used to have fairly long ones; but now I hardly have any. I read it's another sign of aging...eeekk. Her's are all natural and virgin lashes with a pretty little curling. Her dad had the same as a baby. People used to mistake him for a girl; he was very pretty as a little one. I think she takes after him, when I look at his baby photos; but she also takes after her mom; I have seen her baby ones and they are really adorable.

Neely - is your snowman drunk? ...a little too much of the holiday cheer...He is so funny!

Gilliatt Gurgle

12-26-2009, 12:15 AM

It is a rare occasion to get snow in my part of Texas, but a white Christmas, now that is one for the history books! The last one was 1926.

Only in Texas can one experience a sunny, balmy day (December 23rd) with a daytime high temperature of 75 deg F and on the very next day you are turning your back to wind driven snow and temperatures below freezing!
OK, maybe not as much snow as Janine or Neely, but enough to share from my backyard.
Here’s to you Bing; my dream has come true!

View looking northwest. Yes; that is “Mozartgeist” in a manufactured pose now donning a balaclava. Native species of trees seen include Post Oak, Cedar Elm, White Ash, Juniper (Cedar), Osage Orange and Hackberry

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1345.jpg

Having a cold one (borrowed the idea from Neely):

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1342.jpg

Here are a few from this morning (Christmas morning):

A winding creek and a small waterfall:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1348.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1351.jpg

Path in a snowy wood

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1347.jpg

Kids fortress, now my escape. A place to read, draw, watch the birds or hide from the missus, etc.

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1350.jpg

Janine,
Wonderful pics of a cozy evening. Has cabin fever set in yet? or can you guys get out and about now?

Neely,
That’s my kind of humor! Interesting form for a snow wo/man. All I’ve known is the classic three stacked balls concept. I’ll give yours a try at the next snowfall.

Virgil

12-26-2009, 01:07 AM

I saw you had snow in Texas today. Isn't global warming wonderful? :lol:

Hey that's a wonderful backyard. What part of Texas is that?

Janine

12-26-2009, 02:29 AM

Oh wow, Gilliatt, I love the winding stream and the small water fall photo. How cool to get a little snow for Christmas. We got the opposite and it raining now and melting it all to slush...sort of yuky Christmas day outside but I was inside anyway..so didn't much care. Christmas Eve made for a nice drive to my son's house - the Christmas lights looked so beautiful in the snow. One little town we go through has exclusive little shops and it was just gorgeous. I should have stopped the car and gotten out to photograph the street....oh well, another great photo shot lost. No cabin fever at all; I don't think the snowfall was nearly as bad as they said. First day hwy's were totally cleared and getting around was not difficult at all. That was a fun cozy evening at my son's night before the storm hit.

Wow, snow in TX - that's great!
I love all your photos. The showman is a riot and that beer a good addition! haha..Your backyard does look neat. Love that lookout or treehouse. Do you hide from your wife in there? haha

Janine

12-26-2009, 04:07 AM

Ok, lots more Christmas photos to come but here is a preview...Brooke in her Christmas PJ's...my little rock star in the making....

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/BrookeChristmas09/IMG_0140011.jpg

Virgil

12-26-2009, 09:26 AM

Oh how pretty Janine. She's adorable. :)

Snowqueen

12-26-2009, 09:55 AM

Oh! Its great picture of little Brooke and she is playing her guitar, how cute!

Snowqueen, you know what I mean - you experience this with your lovely little neices.

Yes time spend with little ones is always precious.

LitNetIsGreat

12-26-2009, 10:40 AM

Niamh

12-26-2009, 12:51 PM

When you get snow there does it last very long? I am just curious.
in Dublin it doesnt last that long but if you look up the news for Ireland you should see some fantastic sights! We rarely get snow here. we cant cope! lol!
In Dublin our problem is ice and frost. The frost is so think in some places it looks like snow... rain fallowed by minus temperatures and meant that a lot of our roads have become ice rinks and are very very dangerous. I think we would rather the snow here in Dublin. I took a picture of the frost and ice this morning. will post it later.

It is a rare occasion to get snow in my part of Texas, but a white Christmas, now that is one for the history books! The last one was 1926.

Only in Texas can one experience a sunny, balmy day (December 23rd) with a daytime high temperature of 75 deg F and on the very next day you are turning your back to wind driven snow and temperatures below freezing!
OK, maybe not as much snow as Janine or Neely, but enough to share from my backyard.
Here’s to you Bing; my dream has come true!

View looking northwest. Yes; that is “Mozartgeist” in a manufactured pose now donning a balaclava. Native species of trees seen include Post Oak, Cedar Elm, White Ash, Juniper (Cedar), Osage Orange and Hackberry

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1345.jpg

Having a cold one (borrowed the idea from Neely):

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1342.jpg

Here are a few from this morning (Christmas morning):

A winding creek and a small waterfall:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1348.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1351.jpg

Path in a snowy wood

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1347.jpg

Kids fortress, now my escape. A place to read, draw, watch the birds or hide from the missus, etc.

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/IMG_1350.jpg

Janine,
Wonderful pics of a cozy evening. Has cabin fever set in yet? or can you guys get out and about now?

Neely,
That’s my kind of humor! Interesting form for a snow wo/man. All I’ve known is the classic three stacked balls concept. I’ll give yours a try at the next snowfall.

oh wow!!! :eek:

Pensive

12-26-2009, 03:13 PM

Janine

12-26-2009, 04:12 PM

in Dublin it doesnt last that long but if you look up the news for Ireland you should see some fantastic sights! We rarely get snow here. we cant cope! lol!
In Dublin our problem is ice and frost. The frost is so think in some places it looks like snow... rain fallowed by minus temperatures and meant that a lot of our roads have become ice rinks and are very very dangerous. I think we would rather the snow here in Dublin. I took a picture of the frost and ice this morning. will post it later.

Wow, I can't wait to see that photo. Once when I was a kid, it was slick like ;that on the roads, so we all got our ice-skates on and actually skated on a back road near my house. I live bordering a lake so we always had skating in the winter...not hardly any ice anymore. Usually the winter would mean ice-skating for months and the ice got really thick...I still standby the global warming which my dear friend, Virgil, *wink* keeps poking fun at me about. Niamh, do you ice-skate? You should try skating on the streets. In the USA, now they are always so prepared for bad weather; I recall days in my childhood I imagine they weren't so prepared and everything was pretty dangerous and we got snowed-in. Today it is raining - started yesterday - and has been quite heavy at times...nearly all the beautiful snow is gone; not a big loss though, since the snow got really dirty looking in our neighborhood which is very urban. My mother kidded and said we had a 'dirty white Christmas'....how true but at least the houses did look pretty with the lights and the snow. Curb areas were awful with exhaust from the cars, etc.

Oh! Its great picture of little Brooke and she is playing her guitar, how cute!

Yes time spend with little ones is always precious.

Virgil and Snowqueen, Thanks from Brooke for your compliments...we think she is pretty cute, too. It was so great to be with Brooke all day and evening yesterday and Christmas eve, too; she is just as happy as a lark, as she is pretty. She is such a sweet little one. SQ, can you imagine if Bushy and her sister and Brooke were to play together - they would all be so cute. She loves her books like your neices love theirs. Oh by the way, isn't her hairdo a riot? Her other grannie made a tiny ponytail at the top...sort of was falling out.

Idril

12-27-2009, 11:32 PM

Our first time out on the lake this year...

This is just a piece of grass frozen into the shape of a...something with flippers. My boys are marching in step and it almost looks like whatever creature that is, has a sort of baton, helping them keep time.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1030437.jpg

This used to be a path through the thick brush of the beach but it's now under water...well, frozen water now but you know what I mean. :p I have a beautiful picture of this place before it froze and it's neat to see them side by side...but I don't have the picture on this computer so the comparison will have to wait for another day.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1030438.jpg

These trees are also all in the water. I love the little ice shelves they are all standing on.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1030453.jpg

Into the abyss...
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/IdrilCelebrindal/P1030461.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

12-27-2009, 11:40 PM

Our first time out on the lake this year...

Bleak and beautiful!

I wish I was there.

Idril

12-28-2009, 04:23 PM

Bleak and beautiful!

I wish I was there.

Really?! I mean, it is beautiful, I find the starkness and simplicity of it a great source of beauty but not everyone sees it that way. :lol:

bluevictim

12-31-2009, 12:04 AM

Wonderful photos, Idril! All that frozen vastness -- very sublime.

Virgil

12-31-2009, 01:06 AM

Very nice photos Idril. Did you heighten the contrast somehow?

Janine

12-31-2009, 01:08 AM

Idril I loved those. I like that white wilderness feel to them...the lake must be really awesome to venture out on.

Lynne50

12-31-2009, 02:05 PM

Wow, Idril Great photos. The other day I went to an iceskating performance outside. It lasted only 30 minutes, but I was an icicle! After seeing your pix, I feel like such a whiner about the cold weather.
That piece of grass frozen looks like a penguin. I guess that means it's too cold even for a penguin in your neck of the woods.

Idril

12-31-2009, 04:43 PM

Very nice photos Idril. Did you heighten the contrast somehow?

I did on some, otherwise the trees just looked gray. I didn't increase the contrast in the first one with the penguin type thing and you can see those trees are definitely less defined. It was so gray and foggy that day and the vividness of the dark trees against the pristine white of the snow and ice didn't translate very well so it needed a little help.

Idril I loved those. I like that white wilderness feel to them...the lake must be really awesome to venture out on.

A frozen lake really is fun to explore and the truly great thing about it is that it's different every year depending on how and when it froze, if it was sudden or slow, it was was windy or still, if snow was falling while it was freezing. The disappointing thing about this year is that it was covered with so much snow so you couldn't see all the bubbles and cracks in the ice and I think it muffled all the moans and creaks because a frozen lake is usually a fairly noisy place but it was very eerily quiet this time.

Snowqueen

01-02-2010, 01:54 PM

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SQ, can you imagine if Bushy and her sister and Brooke were to play together - they would all be so cute. She loves her books like your neices love theirs. Oh by the way, isn't her hairdo a riot? Her other grannie made a tiny ponytail at the top...sort of was falling out.

Her little ponytail is adorable. Bushy never allows us to make her a ponytail.
Yes, the thought of three little kids playing together is very interesting. Hopefully they won’t tear the house down. :lol:

Janine

01-02-2010, 05:41 PM

Her little ponytail is adorable. Bushy never allows us to make her a ponytail.
Yes, the thought of three little kids playing together is very interesting. Hopefully they won’t tear the house down. :lol:

Hi Snowqueen, I can't wait to tell you this. Has Bushy or her sister ever hide from their parents? My son and his wife came in the house with Brooke the other night; she had just been to her other granny's house and perhaps they were playing 'hide and seek'; they set her down, to go put groceries away; suddenly they could not find her; I guess they were in a panic searching through the house. Their house is not that big; but anyway, they found her upstairs (the little devil climbed the stairs herself) and was hidden in her room under the rocking chair. When they found her she thought the game was sooo funny. I would have had a heart-attack myself! I said to my mom, my son's grandma, who "does she take after?'...we both agreed that my son at her age had a very ornery streak in him. Once my mom told him, as he was playing with his bowl of spinach, "Sean you might as well dump it on your head!" - he looked at me and her very devilish and accomodated - wish I had a photo of that moment now; it was hilarious.

Yes, three together might do a lot of destruction to the house! haha...glad now that Brooke was not twins. As to her hair, she will let them do anything to her - she loves hats and she loves bows and hairdos - she is already a little princess.

Janine

01-02-2010, 06:12 PM

I did on some, otherwise the trees just looked gray. I didn't increase the contrast in the first one with the penguin type thing and you can see those trees are definitely less defined. It was so gray and foggy that day and the vividness of the dark trees against the pristine white of the snow and ice didn't translate very well so it needed a little help.

A frozen lake really is fun to explore and the truly great thing about it is that it's different every year depending on how and when it froze, if it was sudden or slow, it was was windy or still, if snow was falling while it was freezing. The disappointing thing about this year is that it was covered with so much snow so you couldn't see all the bubbles and cracks in the ice and I think it muffled all the moans and creaks because a frozen lake is usually a fairly noisy place but it was very eerily quiet this time.

Idril, I know exactly what you mean by different types of ice or formations when it freezes. I live in a house bordering a lake; been here my whole life minus 3 yrs. We went ice-skating every winter as a kid and if it was windy and it froze the ice was all ripples and bumps - no too great for skating. If it snowed on the ice it melted beneath and also ruined the surface. If it was dry snow it could shoveled away to make a little rink. Best ice of all was pristine virgin ice when the water froze after the snows and it was still out, not windy. We had some great memories on the frozen expanse of ice. The ducks didn't have such a great time when it was frozen for too long; my one friend actually used to go and chip them out of the ice to rescue them....poor things...she saved many a stranged duck! Nowday, the ice is hardly ever frozen long enought to make for good skating. Right now it's ice but ruined by the last snowstorm...it just looks like ugly gray. If it snows it actually will improve the appearance and it will look like a vast space of white something like the photos you posted...would make for some good photo opportunities anyway.

Molpadia

01-03-2010, 10:53 AM

I'll throw my hat in the ring with the snowy pictures.

Per usual New England mid-December shenanigans, we here up in the Northeast been getting dumped on with copious amounts of snow since early, early Saturday morning. Never one to miss an early morning trek through a blizzard, Elliði and I woke up at the crack of dawn (which was a wee bit of an effort after a long night of sipping vodka and enjoying the storm), geared up, and made our way into the Esker.

The Esker houses the Back River, which is a brackish river connected to a herring run which flows into a fresh water pond on one end, and a couple miles down river it flows into Hingham Harbor, and eventually the Atlantic. Being a salt marsh, there are hundreds of little outlets which cut into the marsh from the river. One of these main outlets, a little stream, is what separates the bulk of the Esker from the area near the gate. There is a small, hand-crafted crossing which we call the Boyscout Bridge, as traditionally that's who built it (not anymore, however).

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4843/76981762.jpg

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/6664/17553680.jpg

Once you cross the bridge, you're now in the marsh and much more separated from my neighborhood, which also sits in the marsh, but on the edge of it. When we got across, we had found that the snow drifts on that side were almost three feet deep, some up to my midsection. We had a blast pushing through it. I fell into a couple of sink holes along the way, not being able to see them with the snow; and Liði, ever the Northern dog, happily threw himself into the slushy water to cool himself off a few times.

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3838/viiv.jpg

After about an hour of hiking, we made our way along the river and to a large field which houses an abandoned Cold War-era factory. So we dug in and had our breakfast in a cozy little hole in the snow drifts.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5923/22032456.jpg

It ended up being a great hike. It was the little man's first snow storm, and we finally got to test out those big *** snow shoes of his that he calls paws. This is why I love the winter.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3696/iiix.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8297/viiit.jpg

Idril

01-03-2010, 11:01 AM

First of all, that is one beautiful dog and I'm not even really a dog person! :lol: What breed is that?! And the pictures are beautiful! I hate winter, which makes the fact that I've lived the majority of my life in the frozen north very sad, but I love pictures of winter. That looks like a wonderful place to wander in, especially with such a magnificent dog!

Molpadia

01-03-2010, 11:22 AM

Idril

01-03-2010, 12:14 PM

Thanks for the countless kind words, Idril.

The dog, my dog, is a Japanese Akita Inu. He's only a few days shy of six months old, so he's stall largely a pup. The little dude's my best friend in the entire world.

And you have to learn to embrace the winter, my friend! I'm not exactly sure where you live, but I can relate to the frozen north sentiment. Having now endured nineteen (currently on my twentieth) frigid, nine month-long New England winters, I've learned you either live in spite of it, or on behalf of it. So when it snows, I don't coop myself up; I gear up. Blizzards are more fun when you're pushing through them as opposed to sitting inside and brooding over the nature of the weather.

I have a dog that is part Sheba Inu but I like yours better. ;)

New England winters have nothing on what goes on here. I lived in Boston for a time so I have experienced a New England winter...although I will admit that Boston winters are probably among the mildest as far as New England goes. You guys can get a lot of snow but you don't get the cold temps. I live in North Dakota and our winters are just ridiculous. It's not the blizzards that bother me so much, it's the insanely low temperatures. It was a mere -17 degrees when I got up yesterday morning, this morning we are having a bit of a heat wave, it's a whopping 3 degrees above zero! The day we were out on the lake it was around 20, which is fine and manageable but when the blizzard blew in, it was -20...needless to say, I stayed inside, brooding over the nature of the weather. :lol:

Molpadia

01-03-2010, 01:38 PM

Well, I can't argue against that. You guys definitely have the more extreme winters, for sure.

What New England has on everyone is that the weather is just an exaggeration of the season all around. The winters are really bad and long (though as I said, not as bad as yours'), the springs are a drown out of rain and cool temperatures for weeks on end, the summers are short but scorching hot up into the upper nineties with a hundred percent humidity, and the fall is just typically more cool rain.

So while the weather's not the worst in every category, it's just bad all around.

Edit: Oh, and Shibas are awesome! They're actually bred from Akitas, but as you know, smaller. Mine will be about 120-35 pounds or so fully grown.

Virgil

01-03-2010, 01:46 PM

Fabulous pictures Molpadia, especially that first one. The haze really gives it a great texture. Love your dog too. He looks great, and nice to know your face. I actually thought you were female. ;) That beard is definitely not one to grow on a woman, at least not one who's not in a circus. :p

Molpadia

01-03-2010, 01:53 PM

Virgil

01-03-2010, 02:09 PM

Well, I'm honored to have established my gender amongst you people.

And my beard is my most valuable asset this winter. The lumberjacks, Vikings, and Amish had it right with storm+mighty beard=face insurance.

:lol: You look very good with that beard. I look terrible with one. The one time I grew one, I could see everyone snickering at me. :D

Snowqueen

01-11-2010, 07:00 AM

I took these photos on a very foggy day.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Fog.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Fog2.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Fog3.jpg

We have a few orange trees in our house.

Maryd.

01-11-2010, 07:05 AM

Hey Snowy. They are amazing shots. Thanks for sharing.

Snowqueen

01-11-2010, 08:19 AM

Hey Snowy. They are amazing shots. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Mary.

Heathcliff

01-11-2010, 08:23 AM

Wow Snow. They are awesome.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=719&pictureid=5993
This is something my dad took. Not intentionally, but it is nice.

Snowqueen

01-11-2010, 08:47 AM

Wow Snow. They are awesome.
This is something my dad took. Not intentionally, but it is nice.

Thanks and its a beautiful sunset.

s16amir

01-11-2010, 11:32 AM

hi Snowqueen!!
oh my GOD!!! These are superb,i really loved the one showing dew drops on the web..it looks like a pearl necklace. Brlliantly captured..good job dear

Virgil

01-11-2010, 09:39 PM

Very nice Snowqueen, each for their own reasons. Nice colors Heathcliff. Thank you both. :)

Janine

01-11-2010, 09:46 PM

hi Snowqueen!!
oh my GOD!!! These are superb,i really loved the one showing dew drops on the web..it looks like a pearl necklace. Brlliantly captured..good job dear

I second that! I love these, too and especially that cool web dew-drop necklace...

Snowqueen, you outdid yourself on these!

Janine

01-11-2010, 09:47 PM

Wow Snow. They are awesome.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=719&pictureid=5993
This is something my dad took. Not intentionally, but it is nice.

Heathcliff, I guess mistakes can turn out pretty interesting...cool photo!

Heathcliff

01-12-2010, 02:42 AM

Thank you. Generally, I don't take photos, not ones that I don't photoshop, anyway.

Snowqueen

01-12-2010, 02:30 PM

Very nice Snowqueen, each for their own reasons. Nice colors Heathcliff. Thank you both. :)

Thanks Virgil. :)

I second that! I love these, too and especially that cool web dew-drop necklace...

Snowqueen, you outdid yourself on these!

Thanks Janine you have made my day.

hi Snowqueen!!
oh my GOD!!! These are superb,i really loved the one showing dew drops on the web..it looks like a pearl necklace. Brlliantly captured..good job dear

Hey it’s so nice to see your post here. I thought this day will never come. ;)
Thank you.

Heathcliff

01-13-2010, 12:02 AM

Very nice Snowqueen, each for their own reasons. Nice colors Heathcliff. Thank you both. :)

Thanks Virgil!!

I've got to give credit to Snow's though. Totally awesome, particularily the spider web one.

Kafka's Crow

02-08-2010, 11:53 AM

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/SnowGoogansDayetc120.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/SnowGoogansDayetc130.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/SnowGoogansDayetc128.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/SnowGoogansDayetc131.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/SnowGoogansDayetc140.jpg

Street performers:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/SnowGoogansDayetc144.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/SnowGoogansDayetc145.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/SnowGoogansDayetc150.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/Raz1/SnowGoogansDayetc152.jpg

Hurricane

02-08-2010, 12:32 PM

Snow in Maryland? What? (This was taken partway through "Snowtorius B.I.G." and does capture the full effect)

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs187.snc3/19438_1221533138795_1242930207_30606187_2011384_n. jpg

Getting stuck with a bunch of people who have never seen snow before? Build a snow cave!

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs187.snc3/19438_1221534898839_1242930207_30606216_8175816_n. jpg

Virgil

02-08-2010, 08:54 PM

Haha! Must have been horrendous Huricane. You got a ton of snow.

Nice pictures Kafka. What is the second picture of? I don't recall that when I was there.

Kafka's Crow

02-11-2010, 02:19 PM

Haha! Must have been horrendous Huricane. You got a ton of snow.

Nice pictures Kafka. What is the second picture of? I don't recall that when I was there.

That's London County Hall:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Hall,_London

Janine

02-11-2010, 04:10 PM

Virgil

02-11-2010, 04:52 PM

That's London County Hall:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Hall,_London

Thank you. I guess I didn't see that in my short stay in London. The building is quite striking. My compliments to the archetect. :)

Virgil

02-11-2010, 04:54 PM

Wow, tons of snow down there in Maryland, too. I have to get with it and post some of my snow pictures here...we got snow on snow and icky ice in-between. Car just got dug out and now I am snowed in again. I wouldn't care but I need to get to the drugstore...hummm....a little problematic.

We got 18 inches. This is two days in a row i didn't go into work. I spent all afternoon digging my car out. At least the sun is out and it's relatively warm. Hope you didn't get too cloberred again. :)

Janine

02-11-2010, 06:04 PM

We got 18 inches. This is two days in a row i didn't go into work. I spent all afternoon digging my car out. At least the sun is out and it's relatively warm. Hope you didn't get too cloberred again. :)

Wow, didn't know you got that much up there, Virgil. Yes indeedy, we once again got clobbered! This time in-between the blizzard, we even had sleet - very nasty stuff. Our poor neighbor has blown our walks three times this year. Our other good neighbor has dug out the car as many times. He was here today. I need to get to the drugstore before it snows again....I don't think they are predicting anymore until about next week.

I was getting some photos together now to post tonight. I have to break though to go and make us dinner. Be back later on.

qimissung

02-12-2010, 01:05 AM

Snowqueen, Kafka, Hurricane, Heathcliffe-great pictures.

I heard Maryland got 40 inches of snow!!! A friend of my son's lives there.

stephofthenight

02-12-2010, 12:35 PM

Virgil

02-12-2010, 02:45 PM

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z72/stephofthenight/D.jpg

His first snow, the others where in the barn, he wouldnt sstay... will post the video of him trying to kick the flakes later. :P it was cute. than he tried eating thim and they got up his nose...

Oh how pretty!!! That's a great picture Steph! :)

By the way, just for giggles, I'm going to post this smilie because I don't think you should ever do this to your horse, and because I'm not sure if I will ever get another chance:
:beatdeadhorse5:

:lol:

Maximilianus

02-12-2010, 03:47 PM

Janine

02-12-2010, 03:54 PM

I think I am seeing triple today....is there three horses above this post? :lol: I love that photo, Steph.....your horse is so wonderful. I love horses; they are such gentle animals. Wow, you got a lot of snow for Texas, didn't you? It sure looks pretty there. I can't wait to see the video. I can imagine how amusing it must be. How old is he? He looks young.

Virgil, you are terrible. Steph hates that emoticon!

Ok, here is what the storm looked like in NJ; I am thinking this is the second one...didn't take anymore after this past one that added more to the accumulation.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb085copy.jpg

Edit: I have more to come...have to reduce all the file sizes...

Virgil

02-12-2010, 04:45 PM

I'm sorry Steph. I was only kidding around.

Janine - that's definitely worse than over by me. But not by a heck of a lot.

Janine

02-12-2010, 05:25 PM

I'm sorry Steph. I was only kidding around.

Janine - that's definitely worse than over by me. But not by a heck of a lot.

Yeah, but that photo was taken before the 3rd storm; so you can add another 10 inches or more to the snow already visible in my photo. I haven't taken anymore since...actually, that's not true...some I took from the inside the house, which I did take the night of the last blizzard and they are still in the camera. I just need to download those and downsize for the net.

Ok, here's some more shots...remember second snowfall...before this weeks blizzard.

In the front yard looking towards my neighborhood. You can tell how deep the drifts are by the fences; some were even deeper than the ones in my photo. The one roof shot shows how uneven the drifing was.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb087.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb089copy2.jpg

Backyard from looking over the roof and out the upstairs window.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb079copy2.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb084copy2.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb077copy2.jpg

From our back picture window in the living room at night.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb103copy2.jpg

Michael T

02-12-2010, 09:13 PM

:thumbsup:Excellent pictures Janine. We never really get snow here so I'm a little jealous!:biggrin5:

Janine

02-12-2010, 09:21 PM

:thumbsup:Excellent pictures Janine. We never really get snow here so I'm a little jealous!:biggrin5:

Thanks Michael T! Considering I didn't leave the house much to take these...only got as far as the front step...I guess they didn't turn out half bad. At least you all can see how much snow we did get. As a kid, we loved playing in the snow. So sad, Michael, that you have never experienced it. Like Hurricane in Maryland, I loved building igloos and snow caves...what great memories I have of that era of my life. Now I hide out in the house - too frigid to go out, but it's nice and cozy inside when it snows.

Virgil

02-12-2010, 10:01 PM

Now that is a lot of snow Janine. I don't envy you. Hey, that second to last picture. Did you climb out on the roof to take that? :p

Janine

02-12-2010, 10:07 PM

Now that is a lot of snow Janine. I don't envy you. Hey, that second to last picture. Did you climb out on the roof to take that? :p

See, it is a lot of snow (surprised you can see tonight; wasn't it a little blurry :eek2::lol:)..NO, I didn't climb out on the roof...not in a snowstorm silly. I held the camera out the bathroom window. I guess the zoom lens kicked in. I just noticed that; I hadn't cropped the photo at all. When I was younger and thinner, I did used to climb out on the roof, come to think of it...but in my sitting/den room, which has a sort of window-well. I climbed out to clean the outside of the window. hahah...how did you know?

Edit: alternate answer - yes, I climbed out on the roof, took the photo and then ski jumped off the back roof slope....are you impressed yet? :lol:

Virgil

02-12-2010, 10:37 PM

See, it is a lot of snow (surprised you can see tonight; wasn't it a little blurry :eek2::lol:)..NO, I didn't climb out on the roof...not in a snowstorm silly. I held the camera out the bathroom window. I guess the zoom lens kicked in. I just noticed that; I hadn't cropped the photo at all. When I was younger and thinner, I did used to climb out on the roof, come to think of it...but in my sitting/den room, which has a sort of window-well. I climbed out to clean the outside of the window. hahah...how did you know?

Edit: alternate answer - yes, I climbed out on the roof, took the photo and then ski jumped off the back roof slope....are you impressed yet? :lol:

:lol: Sign her up for the Olympics. :D

stephofthenight

02-12-2010, 10:41 PM

I think I am seeing triple today....is there three horses above this post? :lol: I love that photo, Steph.....your horse is so wonderful. I love horses; they are such gentle animals. Wow, you got a lot of snow for Texas, didn't you? It sure looks pretty there. I can't wait to see the video. I can imagine how amusing it must be. How old is he? He looks young.

Virgil, you are terrible. Steph hates that emoticon!

Virgil, its ok. to each their own

janine, Moondance is 6 he has the bone structure of a 3 year old becuase he was malnurished and beat as a foal all the way up until last year when we got him. That is also why he is as small as he is. We really did. if we got that much snow I would cry. people in East Texas; freak out over what we got. our 6 inches shattered records. Everywhere was out of water, battaries, gas everything. :svengo: :out: :svengo: that much and like wow, texas would panic

Janine

02-12-2010, 10:50 PM

:lol: Sign her up for the Olympics. :D

:lol: Can I have a parachutte? I could break my neck skiing off my roof...once for me was enough!

Janine

02-12-2010, 10:54 PM

Virgil, its ok. to each their own

janine, Moondance is 6 he has the bone structure of a 3 year old becuase he was malnurished and beat as a foal all the way up until last year when we got him. That is also why he is as small as he is. We really did. if we got that much snow I would cry. people in East Texas; freak out over what we got. our 6 inches shattered records. Everywhere was out of water, battaries, gas everything. :svengo: :out: :svengo: that much and like wow, texas would panic

How funny, 6 inches was freaking out Texans, Steph? That's a dusting here! I didn't panic at all this time. I figured I was off the hook for a few errands I really didn't want to do anyway and staying in was kind of cozy and nice...it was a good rest period. I did feel sorry for those who had to shovel...that is no fun. But, I am now getting cabin fever this week. Eekkk..they are predicting another storm next week...'enough it enough' by now!

Moondance is so cute and I love the name. I am sorry to hear he was once abused, and for that many years...that is horrid and very sad. I always cry when I watch Black Beauty when Ginger dies of abuse. Glad he found a good home with you at last...he's totally sweet looking.

Virgil

02-12-2010, 11:02 PM

Moondance is beautiful Steph. Please accept my apology again. I have this streak in me that has to make a joke of everything. I go over the line sometimes. God will eventually get me. :mad5:

Janine

02-13-2010, 12:02 AM

Moondance is beautiful Steph. Please accept my apology again. I have this streak in me that has to make a joke of everything. I go over the line sometimes. God will eventually get me. :mad5:

Yep, he will....he's always catching up to everyone! :lol:

Snowqueen

02-13-2010, 11:39 AM

These are wonderful pictures Janine

yes, I climbed out on the roof, took the photo and then ski jumped off the back roof slope....are you impressed yet? :lol:
WOW! I'm impressed.

:lol: Sign her up for the Olympics. :D

You are absolutely right Virgil; she seems to be a gifted athlete. :lol:

Hey thanks qimissung!

Janine

02-13-2010, 03:02 PM

These are wonderful pictures Janine

Thanks, Snowqueen. I have more to come; I have to reduce them for online. I should take my camera with me today, when I venture out to the pharmacy. I might run into something good to photograph.

WOW! I'm impressed. Haha...we are kidding about this but seriously my next door neighbor's son used to dive into a 4 foot pool off the back of their roof. I thought they were surely crazy to let him do such a dangerous thing. Unbelievably he did survive.

You are absolutely right Virgil; she seems to be a gifted athlete. :lol: Oh yeah, very gifted...did I fail to mention on hitting the snow..I then quickly ?....sort of a tri-athelon feat...after reaching other side of the lake I snowboarded my way home. Yeah, right believe this one and I will tell you all another.:lol:

samercury

02-13-2010, 05:12 PM

Wow Janine, that's a lot of snow, and so pretty (esp. the roof one)- kind of jealous since we ended up getting less than an inch and had a snowless snow day D:

Gilliatt Gurgle

02-13-2010, 05:32 PM

Here are a few pics from the recent storm that passed through Texas. I realize this pales in comparison to what the northeast received, but we did in fact break the local snowfall records.

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Snow%2002%2011%2010/IMG_1378.jpg

Path in a Snowy Wood
The path leads to a small clearing and reading bench:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Snow%2002%2011%2010/IMG_1391.jpg

Our winding creek:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Snow%2002%2011%2010/IMG_1381.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Snow%2002%2011%2010/IMG_1384.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Snow%2002%2011%2010/IMG_1387.jpg

Gilliatt

Janine

02-13-2010, 05:57 PM

Oh, Gilliatt, these are stunning photos. I was breathless at that first one....the trees are so coated with snow....a real wintery wonderland. The creek ones are beautiful, too. You must have a great camera...the resolution is wonderful. One night here, during the second storm, the trees looked like this somewhat. It was snowing too hard to go out and take the photos. Last snowstorm came from a different direction and so our fir tree was coated only on one side. Unfortunately, I didn't get a photo of that either.

Janine

02-13-2010, 06:05 PM

Wow Janine, that's a lot of snow, and so pretty (esp. the roof one)- kind of jealous since we ended up getting less than an inch and had a snowless snow day D:

How funny, you had a 'snowless' snow day...well, not really funny for you. Here they have often predicted here that we will have a big exciting blizzard and nothing happens. This year they seem to be spot on. I like the roof ones too. My rooms are right opposite that roof and so when it snows I see it at a glance and it's very pretty to watch. My whole window well was filled up with a big drift both times. I will post some more photos. I am a lazy photographer though; I tend to stay in when it's so frigid out and so I had to open windows and put my arm out with the camera to come up with these. Maybe next snowstorm I will actually venture out in my backyard to take some better shots.

Janine

02-13-2010, 07:15 PM

Some more snow photos; all of these were taken out the windows; I am a lazy photographer....like being warm and toasty inside the house, thank you.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb080copy2.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb08222.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb0912copy.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb0922.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb0933.jpg

Virgil

02-13-2010, 10:56 PM

Those are fabulous pictures Gililatt. I can't believe that's Texas!

Heathcliff

02-13-2010, 10:56 PM

Those are absolutely beautiful. :D

Virgil

02-13-2010, 10:57 PM

Some more snow photos; all of these were taken out the windows; I am a lazy photographer....like being warm and toasty inside the house, thank you.

:lol: Well, you'll never get a Pulizter Prize. :D

Janine

02-13-2010, 11:09 PM

:lol: Well, you'll never get a Pulizter Prize. :D

haha...I wasn't trying to be; I just wanted to document the snowstorm further. Gililatt's gorgeous professional looking photos are a hard act to follow.

samercury

02-13-2010, 11:23 PM

Some more snow photos; all of these were taken out the windows; I am a lazy photographer....like being warm and toasty inside the house, thank you.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb080copy2.jpg

Really like this one, it looks so peaceful. And taking pictures from the inside when it's cold outside is so fun :D.
Janine- they were predicting a blizzard this time to (up to a foot of snow and really windy), so all the schools didn't want what happened last year to happen again and decided to give us a snow day, which ended up being pretty pointless.

stephofthenight

02-14-2010, 12:00 AM

We dont get snow. it drops below 50 and you have mass panic. and major winter storm alerts. texas does not do snow. never really had it.

yes moondance is my little love, he is very sweet. thank you for the kind words towards him

Gilliatt Gurgle

02-14-2010, 12:14 AM

Oh, Gilliatt, these are stunning photos. I was breathless at that first one....the trees are so coated with snow....a real wintery wonderland. The creek ones are beautiful, too. You must have a great camera...the resolution is wonderful...

Some more snow photos; all of these were taken out the windows; I am a lazy photographer....like being warm and toasty inside the house, thank you.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/sealace/Snow%20Feb%202010/Snow2010Feb080copy2.jpg

Those are fabulous pictures Gililatt. I can't believe that's Texas!

Those are absolutely beautiful. :D

haha...I wasn't trying to be; I just wanted to document the snowstorm further. Gililatt's gorgeous professional looking photos are a hard act to follow.

Thanks all for the comments !
Janine, It's good to see you made it through the storm and Virgil too I suspect.
It's funny you mentioned my camera.
It is actually an older model Canon Powershot 520; not a lot of bells and whistles with that one. I try to compensate with the natural light I'm given and the framing of the shot. Mother nature takes care of the remaining 90 percent.

Don't sell yourself short, that first photo of the tree is very intriguiging and illusory.
I like that one quite a lot.

Gilliatt

Janine

02-14-2010, 12:36 AM

Thanks Gilliatt. I have a Canon, too...it's new this year...it's actually 12MP. Before that, I had and still do have an Olympus Camedia - only 1.3MP, but it really took good pictures; especially closeups.
I actually have to do more work with the higher pixel camera, because of knocking the file sizes down for the internet. I bought the Canon, because my son has one and their photos always turn out great. My son has higher end cameras, too, but he said he usually ends up grabbing the little Canon (so lightweight) when his daughter does something cute. My camera is red; what color is yours? :lol: Typical woman question.

Thanks for the compliments. I though that first one came out sort of neat, also. I think the glass was fogged up and that is why it's difused like that. Bare branches and the patterns they make are always good subjects. I noticed in your first photo just how heavy those branches are with snow. It's a wonder they didn't break off and block the roadways. That can be really hazardous. It happened about 25 miles north of my house; trees even came down. My friend said it was like a huricane. I am glad we escaped fairly unscathed, although now the plowed mounts of snow are problematic. I had trouble pulling out of the driveway today; kept scrapping one. AND I heard a rumor that more snow is predicted for Tues night into Weds...ekkk...that will prove more difficult yet.

Scented Letters

02-14-2010, 02:09 AM

Oh, how nice! It's wonderful to see everyone's photography here! :yawnb: Janine, lovely colours in your winter photographs!

I take to photography myself, and I'm quite enamoured with it... Here are a few of mine, from my Flickr. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/starsmending/) (I use a Canon Rebel XTi)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4335589127_5b9d5769b3.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4336308764_8f15e77b05.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4335562389_2d7b92d81b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4321321367_5ed318e02b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4335561787_9e3b79f48e.jpg

Maryd.

02-14-2010, 05:34 AM

My dear Janine, those are fabulous.

And Scented Letters.... Love the dog. Woof to you.

Virgil

02-14-2010, 09:48 AM

Those are outstamnding pictures Scented. I assume you're a professional.

Janine

02-14-2010, 02:29 PM

Scented Letters, I am greatly impressed with you photos. They are truly amazing. The dogs hairs are so distinct on the last one. These do look so professional. Sounds like you have a high end camera. You really have an eye for good composition and design.

and..Thanks for the compliments, Mary.

qimissung

02-14-2010, 07:44 PM

Gilliat, Steph, Janine, Scented Letters, awesome, stunning, beautiful. Thanks for sharing your little corners of the world.

Your horse is beautiful, Stephanie; I would have loved to see him trying to eat the snow and then getting it up his nose.

Janine, I love that you took all the pictures from the windows of your house. I loved looking at your neighborhood through your eyes.

Janine

02-14-2010, 09:14 PM

Janine, I love that you took all the pictures from the windows of your house. I loved looking at your neighborhood through your eyes.

Thank you, gimissung...I sort of intended it to be that way; also I must admit when it's snowing out or even just frigid, I would prefer to stay inside and be a hermit and stay warm.

Heathcliff

02-15-2010, 01:18 AM

Scented Letters I like the second and the last especially. Very nice!!

Snowqueen

02-15-2010, 10:22 AM

These are wonderful pictures Janine. I have found out, you are a good photographer.

Amazing shots Scented Letters. :thumbs_up

Janine

02-15-2010, 04:02 PM

These are wonderful pictures Janine. I have found out, you are a good photographer. Thank you SQ, but I don't think these reflect it. I was merely trying to document the showstorm. If I ventured out I might be able to get some better more artsy shots. I have a new camera but don't quite know how to use all the features yet. It's pretty fool proof though...with 12mega pixels it's hard to go wrong. Also it has an authomatic setting, although I didn't use it for this. It is suppose to adjust the color so they

Amazing shots Scented Letters. :thumbs_up They truly are beautiful and so artistic. I also looked at your photos in Flickr and they are wonderful. You are a very talented photographer. Maybe you can give me some pointers sometime.

Snowqueen

02-18-2010, 05:12 AM

My darling nieces.

It's Shinu.
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Pic6.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/pic7.jpg

Now Bushy, watching the ducks quite intently.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Pic2-2.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Pic4.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Picture1.jpg

Heathcliff

02-18-2010, 05:19 AM

Snowqueen they are absolutely adorable.

Such angels... :rolleyes: :nod: :D

Janine

02-18-2010, 01:44 PM

Snowqueen, these photos of your neices are wonderful. I love them best. They are the cutest little neices in the whole wide world! How fun they look...both look like they are very happy children...beautiful children and so are your photos, as usual. I love Bushy's wide-eyed expression and Shinu is changing and getting older looking and I notice her hair has grown and is curling...both are so adorable, I could give them a hug right through my screen.

Snowqueen

02-19-2010, 08:11 AM

Snowqueen they are absolutely adorable.

Such angels... :rolleyes: :nod: :D

Thank! Yes they are angels but a bit naughty. :devil:

Snowqueen, these photos of your neices are wonderful. I love them best. They are the cutest little neices in the whole wide world! How fun they look...both look like they are very happy children...beautiful children and so are your photos, as usual. I love Bushy's wide-eyed expression and Shinu is changing and getting older looking and I notice her hair has grown and is curling...both are so adorable, I could give them a hug right through my screen.

Thanks Janine, in fact they both are growing fast and getting mischievous.

Maryd.

02-19-2010, 09:31 AM

Snowqueen, so cute... I just want to put a bow in their hair and take them home.

Snowqueen

02-19-2010, 10:43 AM

Snowqueen, so cute... I just want to put a bow in their hair and take them home.

Ha ha..beware Mary they are little imps. :smash: :boxing_smiley::crash:

Maryd.

02-19-2010, 10:53 AM

Ha ha..beware Mary they are little imps. :smash: :boxing_smiley::crash:

You know how many people say that about kids and I have them at my place and they turn into angels.

Janine

02-19-2010, 02:27 PM

Thank! Yes they are angels but a bit naughty. :devil:

Thanks Janine, in fact they both are growing fast and getting mischievous.

I know just what you mean. Brooke is getting very mischievous, bordering on naughty. Actually, last night my son said she had to sit on a chair (not sure how they accomplised that one), because she was hitting some kids at daycare.....waaa....my sweet little angelic Brooke - what happened? One day a few weeks ago, a kid was potty training and somehow Brooke and another kid snuck into the bathroom and thought it would be great fun to splash in the water. Thank god the little potty had been flushed. They had to scrub her and the other kid up....yuky. My son said she is really learning the word 'no' now! I guess she survived the toilet tramua and I sure hope she doen't hit any kids anymore and have to be punished. I guess she is heading for the 'terrible twos'....sigh....

Snowqueen

02-20-2010, 01:23 PM

You know how many people say that about kids and I have them at my place and they turn into angels.

Yes I know it's the house of angels. :angel:

I know just what you mean. Brooke is getting very mischievous, bordering on naughty. Actually, last night my son said she had to sit on a chair (not sure how they accomplised that one), because she was hitting some kids at daycare.....waaa....my sweet little angelic Brooke - what happened? One day a few weeks ago, a kid was potty training and somehow Brooke and another kid snuck into the bathroom and thought it would be great fun to splash in the water. Thank god the little potty had been flushed. They had to scrub her and the other kid up....yuky. My son said she is really learning the word 'no' now! I guess she survived the toilet tramua and I sure hope she doen't hit any kids anymore and have to be punished. I guess she is heading for the 'terrible twos'....sigh....

:lol: It's rather funny, kids do stuff like that. So we have to forgive little Brooke, kids love experiments. ;)

Janine

02-20-2010, 02:19 PM

Yes I know it's the house of angels. :angel: I will send Brooke right over to Mary's house. Maybe she can restore her 'angel' statis. :angel:

:lol: It's rather funny, kids do stuff like that. So we have to forgive little Brooke, kids love experiments. ;)

Oh, I know it. I have heard of worse, believe me. I guess the water in the bowl was clean by then. I think she got the idea since she has splashed around in buckets at the pool and the beach and also at the Please Touch Museum in Philadephia, they have a fun duck pond. She just went to the aquarium and she loves the movie Nemo. Maybe she was looking for Nemo in the toilet bowl. Of course the hitting was another story. However maybe they were fighting over a toy. Brooke can be pretty feisty and stand up for her rights. I guess that is the Irish blood in her. Thank God her mother's side is of the more peaceful demeanor.

Another day not long ago they came in with her and groceries and she ran and hide from them. They had search the house frantically. She had climbed the stairs and was hiding in her room under the rocking chair. I bet your neices do things like this, too. They love to play 'hide and seek'.

samercury

02-21-2010, 01:04 AM

Wow Scented, those are amazing photos! and Snowqueen, what adorable nieces :D

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m179/samercury/011-1.jpg
Another sunset picture

Heathcliff

02-21-2010, 01:05 AM

Everyone loves loves sunset.

ClaesGefvenberg

02-21-2010, 04:19 AM

Strange... I posted a buch of pictures yesterday, but I must have botched it somehow. Here we go again:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_3283.jpg
Ice yacht in Roskilde, Denmark.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_3284.jpg
Closer look at an Ice yacht minus its skates.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_3306.jpg
Vor frue Kirke in Kalundborg, Denmark. The only European church with five towers.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_3310.jpg
And on top of the highest tower you find....

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_3307.jpg
A narrow and interestingly shaped foot bridge in Kalundborg.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_3311.jpg
Kalundborg, Denmark. Something for the Roses to climb (During summer, that is).

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_3366.jpg
A walk in the woods back home.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_3370.jpg
Fresh timber.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_3375.jpg
Another disused shed in the woods.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_3411.jpg
A frozen reed.

We had a blizzard here yesterday and another one coming in tonight. I'll post some pictures of it later.

/Claes

Virgil

02-21-2010, 09:56 AM

Wow Scented, those are amazing photos! and Snowqueen, what adorable nieces :D

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m179/samercury/011-1.jpg
Another sunset picture

Nice gradations in color Same. Nice sunset.

Snowqueen

02-21-2010, 10:28 AM

We had a blizzard here yesterday and another one coming in tonight. I'll post some pictures of it later.

Truly amazing pictures Claes, we will be waiting to see more.

Wow Scented, those are amazing photos! and Snowqueen, what adorable nieces :D

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m179/samercury/011-1.jpg
Another sunset picture

It's really wonderful picture samercury and it looks like a painting.

Idril

02-21-2010, 11:44 AM

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/IMG_3411.jpg
A frozen reed.

/Claes

You didn't post that picture before (they are in the photo album thread), that is just incredible! I absolutely love pictures of grass.

ClaesGefvenberg

02-21-2010, 12:43 PM

His first snow, the others where in the barn, he wouldnt sstay... will post the video of him trying to kick the flakes later. :P it was cute. than he tried eating thim and they got up his nose...He seems like a nice guy, Steph.

Edit: alternate answer - yes, I climbed out on the roof, took the photo and then ski jumped off the back roof slope....are you impressed yet? :lol:Very... Oh, by the way, I just cleared the roof of the garden shed from snow... without using a ladder to get up there. I climbed up the wall, which was easy because of all the snow. When I was done, all I had to do was to jump. The snow broke the fall very nicely.

Scented, those pictures were very nicely done. I particularly liked the bottles.

You didn't post that picture before (they are in the photo album thread), that is just incredible! I absolutely love pictures of grass.Yes, I snapped that one recently, so it is not in the albums.

/Claes

Gilliatt Gurgle

02-21-2010, 01:33 PM

/Claes

Nice to see you back Claes
Wonderful photos as usual and would you believe we had a decent amount of snow here in Texas too!
I posted a few photos of our snow storm on February 11 - 12th a few pages back.

Gilliatt

Idril

02-21-2010, 04:58 PM

Nice to see you back Claes
Wonderful photos as usual and would you believe we had a decent amount of snow here in Texas too!
I posted a few photos of our snow storm on February 11 - 12th a few pages back.

Gilliatt

I have a cousin who lives in Texas. Grew up in California, moved to Texas as an adult and he was so excited because this was the first time he had ever experienced snowfall that wasn't in the mountains. He was just so dang cute in his enthusiasm about it. I promised him the novelty wears off fast. :rolleyes:

ClaesGefvenberg

02-21-2010, 05:24 PM

Thank you Gilliat :seeya:
I posted a few photos of our snow storm on February 11 - 12th a few pages back.In Texas? That must have caused a bit of commotion, right? I'll check the pictures right away...

/Claes

qimissung

02-21-2010, 11:58 PM

Snowqueen, Bushy and Shinu are adorable! They could not possible be be anything but little angels :angel: ever-Brooke, too, Janine! They are too cute for words!

Claes, your pictures are wonderful. Those little sheds in the snowy woods are quite beautiful; I think I might be inspired to try capturing that with my watercolors. Not that it will turn out very well, but still, I'd love to try.

ClaesGefvenberg

02-22-2010, 01:20 AM

I think I might be inspired to try capturing that with my watercolors. Not that it will turn out very well, but still, I'd love to try....and if you do, I would love to see the result.

/Claes

Snowqueen

02-24-2010, 01:44 PM

Snowqueen, Bushy and Shinu are adorable! They could not possible be be anything but little angels :angel: ever-Brooke, too, Janine! They are too cute for words!.

Thanks for the compliments qimissung.

samercury

02-24-2010, 05:00 PM

Claes, those pictures are amazing! (especially the bridge and fence ones)

LitNetIsGreat

03-05-2010, 03:05 PM

Talking about the Peak District in another thread recently reminded me to transfer my photos to my computer, so I just thought I'd share a few in the process (and remind myself what summer was like).

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300404.JPG

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300405.JPG
Far from the best photos of the Peak, but a quiet road that we bike through on the way to Castleton.

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300418.JPG
Ladybower reservoir, regular biking haunt.

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300419.JPG
The peak behind is Win Hill, you can climb up to the top and sit with the sheep.

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300450.JPG
A bridge in a place called Lower Bradfield, not far into the Peaks at this point. Behind you can just make out the church in Upper Bradfield.

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300451.JPG
This is not the Peaks actually, just Dam Flask, about 5 mile from my house, 2 mile from Lower Bradfield, but in a City of half a million, most people don't even know that it is there...

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300407.JPG
The George pub in Castleton, the Castle pub just behind it, nice but can't get served in the summer for toffee.

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300412.JPG
The Castle pub and our bikes in the foreground and the ruins Peveril Castle behind. Not me in the photo.

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300408.JPG
Inside the Castle pub.

Haddon Hall, medieval manor house near Bakewell:

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300465.JPG

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300468.JPG

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300472.JPG
The gardens are pretty good, nice to sit in, there's never many people around.

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300474.JPG

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300458.JPG

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300475.JPG

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300397.JPG
Outside Bakewell.

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300399.JPG
A bridge near Bakewell.

http://johngraybeer.webs.com/photos/S6300401.JPG
I can't remember the name of this village, something "...well" just somewhere we passed through once when we got lost, they all look the same after a while, but many have nice little coffee shops to re-fuel and fill our faces with buns. :D

The Comedian

03-05-2010, 03:29 PM

Neely -- sign me up for some of those bike rides! That country looks beautiful.

LitNetIsGreat

03-05-2010, 03:39 PM

Neely -- sign me up for some of those bike rides! That country looks beautiful.

Cheers, yes will do, it's good to get away from it all and get out there. Twice a week in the summer months, 50/60 mile rides, the hills are a killer for me though. :hat:

Veho

03-05-2010, 03:50 PM

They're lovely pictures Neely and have inspired me to go to the Peak District on a nice day this summer. Thanks for sharing.

Virgil

03-05-2010, 07:08 PM

Wonderful pictures Neely. I enjoyed them immensely. Thank you.

ClaesGefvenberg

03-05-2010, 07:17 PM

Great pictures everyone :thumbs_up
we will be waiting to see more. I have more coming up, but it will have to wait a day or two: I chucked win XP out and installed win 7 an hour ago, so I still have some setting up to do. :crash: I'll be right back with new pictures as soon as I have things set up the way I want them...

/Claes

BienvenuJDC

03-05-2010, 07:54 PM

I'm not much of a photographer...and I'm using a Blackberry phone, but here is mine...

True fashion...
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=811&pictureid=6343

LitNetIsGreat

03-05-2010, 08:45 PM

They're lovely pictures Neely and have inspired me to go to the Peak District on a nice day this summer. Thanks for sharing.

Oh, that's great, well worth it. I basically live there in the school summer breaks but there are still many places I've not been to or explored fully, you're sure to enjoy it, do you live far?

Wonderful pictures Neely. I enjoyed them immensely. Thank you.

Great thanks, glad you liked them, I enjoyed looking over them again myself, got me in the mood for outdoor life. I can't wait to get out there again - well Lower Bradfield is just around the corner, but it is not much fun on the bike in the cold. :cold: There are some signs of spring in the air at the moment, but it is still a little chilly, a few more weeks maybe...

Virgil

03-05-2010, 08:53 PM

She's so cute Bien. :) :)

Paulclem

03-05-2010, 08:57 PM

Cheers, yes will do, it's good to get away from it all and get out there. Twice a week in the summer months, 50/60 mile rides, the hills are a killer for me though. :hat:

Fantastic photos Neely - I like living in the Midlands, but I do miss the hills. It's a bit flat down here.

Veho

03-05-2010, 09:43 PM

Oh, that's great, well worth it. I basically live there in the school summer breaks but there are still many places I've not been to or explored fully, you're sure to enjoy it, do you live far?

Sometimes I forget that they're such beautiful places in this country, I can understand why you go there so often. I live about 60 miles away, so not too far really.

qimissung

03-06-2010, 12:29 AM

Neely, gorgeous pictures! I would give anything to visit/live there. Oh, you are so lucky!

Heathcliff

03-06-2010, 03:06 AM

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=719&pictureid=6349
This is what I took at camp. It was nice that day.
Not bad for a second-rate, old camera.

Revolte

03-06-2010, 03:19 AM

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=719&pictureid=6349
This is what I took at camp. It was nice that day.
Not bad for a second-rate, old camera.

Jesus, that place is beautiful!

Heathcliff

03-06-2010, 03:24 AM

Jesus, that place is beautiful!
It is in the middle of nowhere, so it is untouched. So it is beautiful in that sense.
For some reason it is a lot prettier in the picture than it is in real life. It was all sort of yellow... But it is pretty.
There are scary ants there...

LitNetIsGreat

03-06-2010, 05:28 PM

Sometimes I forget that they're such beautiful places in this country, I can understand why you go there so often. I live about 60 miles away, so not too far really.

Yes it is easy to forget or overlook, which is why I made the vow to go there as much as possible. I think is it essential for sanity to get away from all the noise and nonsense.

Neely, gorgeous pictures! I would give anything to visit/live there. Oh, you are so lucky!

Thanks. I suppose I am lucky living on the edge of the Peaks, though you can often take those things for granted and want for other places. I am hungry to see Italy and France for example, very hungry, but it is comments like that which help to reinforce what I have got here and to keep me from automatically assuming that the grass is greener in another country, it is important to remember for me that England still has its charms.

Fantastic photos Neely - I like living in the Midlands, but I do miss the hills. It's a bit flat down here.
Thanks, yes we have the hills that's for sure, they're hard work on the bike though!

It is in the middle of nowhere, so it is untouched. So it is beautiful in that sense.
For some reason it is a lot prettier in the picture than it is in real life. It was all sort of yellow... But it is pretty.
There are scary ants there...

Love the photo. I wondered where it was at first thinking that it looked lovely and warm and then I realised that it was Australia - so certainly hot enough!

If I might add and digress a little, apologies but, I was sort of amused by the line above because it follows on exactly Wilde's point about art over nature echoed in many aspects of his thinking, but particularly well here in "The Decay of Lying" which incidentally I only just recommended to someone the other day. Anyway it opens:

Cyril: My dear Vivian, don’t coop yourself up all day in the library. It is a perfectly lovely afternoon. The air is exquisite. There is a mist upon the woods like the purple bloom upon a plum. Let us go and lie on the grass and smoke cigarettes and enjoy nature.

Vivian: Enjoy nature! I am glad to say that I have entirely lost that faculty. People tell us that art makes us love nature more than we loved her before; that it reveals her secrets to us; and that after a careful study of Corot and Constable we see things in her that had escaped our observation. My own experience is that the more we study art, the less we care for nature. What art really reveals to us is nature's lack of design, her curious cruditites, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition. Nature has good intentions, of course, but, as Aristotle said, she cannot carry them out. When I look at a landscape I cannot help seeing all its defects. It is fortunate for us, however, that nature is so imperfect, as otherwise we should have no art at all. Art is our spirited protest, our gallant attempt to teach nature her proper place. As for the infinite variety of nature, that is a pure myth. It is not to be found in nature herself. It resides in the imagination, or fancy, or cultivated blindness of the man who looks at her.

Cyril: Well, you need not look at the landscape. You can lie on the grass and smoke and talk.

Vivian: But nature is so uncomfortable. Grass is hard and lumpy and damp, and full of dreadful black insects...

This is Wilde's opinion that art is superior to nature, which like I said is found heavily in many aspects of his thinking, but quite amusing here especially since it also mentions the insects - and it is true laying on the grass can be lumpy. Of course whenever most of us take a photograph we do so with the art of it in mind, cutting out any unwanted or ugly bits from the frame without thinking, so in effect, just by the mere fact of taking photos in this manner we are trying to "improve" nature or the representation of it as Wilde suggests here. His thinking goes a lot further, but I'm not going to derail yet another thread by talking about Oscar Wilde! :D

Heathcliff

03-06-2010, 09:10 PM

Love the photo. I wondered where it was at first thinking that it looked lovely and warm and then I realised that it was Australia - so certainly hot enough!
...
This is Wilde's opinion that art is superior to nature, which like I said is found heavily in many aspects of his thinking, but quite amusing here especially since it also mentions the insects - and it is true laying on the grass can be lumpy. Of course whenever most of us take a photograph we do so with the art of it in mind, cutting out any unwanted or ugly bits from the frame without thinking, so in effect, just by the mere fact of taking photos in this manner we are trying to "improve" nature or the representation of it as Wilde suggests here. His thinking goes a lot further, but I'm not going to derail yet another thread by talking about Oscar Wilde! :D
Ahh, yea. Well, I'd be lying to say that every word of that made immediate sense to me, I understand though.
I don't think I was trying to create artwork with a moderately broken camera whilst running to get lasagna, although I suppose you could say it qualifies.
Thank you.
Oscar Wilde is cool, I don't know anything much about him though.

LitNetIsGreat

03-06-2010, 09:44 PM

Oh, I am really, really tempted to de-rail this thread by talking Wilde for the next hour or so! But, alas no, I'll "do the right thing" and leave it be. Though, you are under-selling yourself by saying your photo is not art, of course it is! As if the material you used to take the photo or the time you took is ever going to be a factor. Seriously though I love the shot. It is the warmest thing I have seen in three months! Thank you.

Heathcliff

03-06-2010, 09:50 PM

I could de-rail it by asking questions about him.
Or by rambling on and on about my supposed 'art'. You are right though, it is pretty. I should photoshop it, just because I can.
Your welcome, I suppose. Hehehe.

qimissung

03-06-2010, 10:46 PM

I am very disappointed with Oscar for preferring art over nature. :) That makes me think of that Wallas Stevens poem "The Anecdote of the Jar." However, I must admit that I only enjoy nature in very small doses. On the other hand doing without it entirely is also anathema to me.

Heathciliffe, your picture is beautiful.

And Neely, I think that must be a universal struggle. It isn't wrong to want to travel. I, too, long to visit Italy and France. I wish I was fantastically rich and could have homes all over the world!

LitNetIsGreat

03-07-2010, 07:27 AM

Yes you are quite correct about the yearning for other places, other people and cultures being something that many of us feel I’m sure.

Don’t be disappointed in Oscar in preferring art over nature – to Oscar art was life. If you allow yourself to dwell upon his thoughts long enough, you too will see that he is correct in this point and in all things. I’ll just leave you with this passage, plucked almost at random, from his much mocked America lecture tour of 1882. It shows Wilde’s seriousness to the position of art in life even then and is quite beautiful, even if he is heavily indebted and influenced by Pater and Ruskin here:

Love art for its own sake, and then all things that you need will be added to you.

This devotion to beauty and to the creation of beautiful things is the test of all great civilized nations. Philosophy may teach us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of our neighbours, and science resolve the moral sense into a secretion of sugar, but art is what makes the life of each citizen a sacrament and not a speculation, art is what makes the life of the whole race immortal.

For beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow one another like the withered leaves of autumn; but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons and a possession for all eternity.

Oscar Wilde “The English Renaissance of Art”.

Quite beautiful and true, I'm sure you'll agree. :)

Le_Iris

03-07-2010, 10:23 AM

Well, photography is my small hobby. So, judge my works))

Photos from one old house.
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs42/i/2009/163/8/e/Trash_eye_by_Noone_lives_forever.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs42/i/2009/162/c/a/Freedom_somewhere_by_Noone_lives_forever.jpg

Fortune

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs48/i/2009/215/4/3/Fortune_by_Noone_lives_forever.jpg

The "Sedov Ship"
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs48/i/2009/215/c/e/The___Sedov___ship_2_by_Noone_lives_forever.jpg

My friends
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs43/i/2009/103/e/4/Trown_by_Noone_lives_forever.jpg

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/104/7/1/Autumm_girl_by_Noone_lives_forever.jpg

Pier. The Baltic Sea.
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs25/f/2008/110/9/f/Pier_by_Noone_lives_forever.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs26/f/2008/111/7/c/Ship_by_Noone_lives_forever.jpg

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http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs31/i/2008/214/b/3/Rain_clouds_by_Noone_lives_forever.jpg

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03-08-2010, 04:34 PM