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hehehe :D you look funny :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
I have been playing with my scanner again. This time I'm going back to 1992, and the shots are from a trip to Kenya. This journey was special to me: As a kid I kept dreaming about going to Africa to see the animals there, but I never really expected to be able to fulfill that dream (It simply was not on in the 60's). Yet in 1992 I was able to do just that, and I have to say that there is something very refreshing about fulfilling ones childhood dreams. I recommend it. Pictures:
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En route to Kenya
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Karen Blixen's house outside Nairobi: And if you have not read or watched "Out of Africa", please do.
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A Rotschild giraffe at Giraffe Manor outside Nairobi. Quite tame and very friendly.
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En route to Nanyuki.
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Stopping to buy some snacks... er, bananas.
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Arriving to Nanyuki. The hotel is on the right.
/Claes
You always seem to have some amazing pics Claes.
Wonderful Claes. You are some adventurer.
Wow, Claes. Those are awesome.
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Originally Posted by Weisinheimer
Thank you. The thing is that I have been taking them for a long time (I started out with b&w pictures in 1975, and have spent uncountable hours in the darkroom since then) and now I am slowly transfering my old pictures to the digital format, so I have a lot of material to choose from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Adventurer? Well, maybe in the sense that I love to travel and see things, but not by unnecessarily exposing myself to danger or anything like that. On the other hand there was that elephant that didn't really like us, of course... Um... I think I'll save that for next post ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
/Claes
Wonderful pictures! Kenya looks very green, and beautiful.
I'd love to see some black and white photos. I feel they portray a picture/image in a more beautiful manner than colour.
i took this picture on my phone a few months back. Its the first time in my life that i can remember seeing the toll bridge up!
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thanks to everyone for the great pictures :) *will start looking for something to post...*
very very interesting,Cales:)
Niamh,I like the view:)
Ok, here goes!
P.S. I'd really appreciate if anyone could explain how to embed the image in the post...thanks
Aw! that is so cute!Quote:
Originally Posted by Demona
Great picture, Demona :thumbs_upHappy to oblige: kathycf provided a great guide for just that in Posting images informationQuote:
Originally Posted by Demona
/Claes
Thank you!
The view of the house looks great, Claes. That will be a version of my dream house :D Its very pretty :nod:
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The clouds are beautiful, but I wish I caught the sunset sooner for more light. :alien: Toni>>>>Neophyte photographer.
:p Let's take classes from Claes!
Wow! It looked more professional when you posted it than when I saw it on the camera. Way to go, budding photog!
P.S.
She was waiting for birds to come fly past but the camera ran out of batteries when they finally came. Poor Toni.
Great photos too Claes, as always. ;)
wow Thanks! Yeah, I sorta noticed that too!:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Laindessiel
Indeedy I am. :bawling: :bawling: :bawling:Quote:
P.S.
She was waiting for birds to come fly past but the camera ran out of batteries when they finally came. Poor Toni.
I'm not sure it would have improved that picture: It may have rendered those patterns in the sky impossible to see? We'll never know, of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by toni
I am not sure you need it: A very nice picture, that one. :thumbs_up Still, I appreciate the comment :blush:Quote:
Originally Posted by toni
/Claes
Right then. Here we go with another batch fresh from the scanner:
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Ewaso river, Shaba, Kenya.
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Acacia Thorns: Those things are 3' long and easily strong enough to cause a flat tire (as we found out).
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Sarova Shaba lounge, literally out in the middle of nowhere. Here, people are inside the fence,
and the wildlife (at least most of it) on the outside.
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A gang of elephants a few miles from the lounge. The sounds they use for communication are amazing:
Even from this distance you could feel their very low pitched rumbling and humming through your body.
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Oops! Closer... But we were to meet this one of these guys a far sight closer, inside the camp the next morning...
We were supposed to get up early and drive to the next lodge, but nobody woke us up. Why?
Well, all of a sudden I heard an infernal racket outsde and looked just in time to see two guards
running past the window casting nervous glances over their shoulders. Small wonder: Hot on their
heels came a thoroughly peeved tachyderm! That rather explained the missing wake up call. It turned
out that he had waded over the river during the night, ending up inside the camp. The guards had
then used their slingshots (The kind you could kill people with) on him to get him out again. Apparently
this was not appreciated, which also explained the chase and his foul temper. Later when we thought
the coast was clear, we grabbed our cases and set of towards the cars.
The coast was not clear! Not even close... Suddenly this still peeved bull came around a house
behind us at a very brisk clip, heading straight for us. We bolted and ran towards a small bridge and
made it across before he got too close... The bridge was too narrow for him, but he gave us a last
trumpet solo, just to show us who was the boss (as if we did not know that already).
All in all, some experience...
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A reticulated giraffe.
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A former buffalo.
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The lodge bar in the evening.
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A Samburu dancer at the lodge. Note the hight of that jump!
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The vault of the church of guadalupe in Morelia, Mexico.
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International Chess Festival, Morelia, Mexico.
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Cathedral
Great pictures, Teeeeom :thumbs_up More, please....
/Claes
Toni i love your photo. it is so beautiful!
Claes, some more wonderful pictures! you must have had such a wonderful time in Africa! So thats what Acacia trees look like. They are always being mentioned in the no.1 ladies detective agency books. Wouldnt wont to fall on those thorns!
Teeeom, that celling is magnificant!
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a group of performance artists called Architecture in Movement
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I forget the name of this church
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Universidad Michoacana on strike.
these were all taken during my month-long stay in Morelia, Mexico while I was studying spanish.
I agree, they are very sharp and so hard that you could use them for nails! If I remember correctly, we had four blown tires during the trip, all of them caused by Acacia thorns. I can still remember our drivers comment: "I hate changing tires! (with considerable feeling)". You should have seen the way he looked at me when I told him that we have to change all four twice a year - Summer vs winter tires.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Interesting. Can you tell us the story behind that? and please keep the pictures coming. :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Teeeeom
/Claes
ClaesGefvenberg I absolutes loved your pictures..wish I could go there...
Teeeeom I like the one witht he chess set the best :)
The teachers' syndicate of the University was striking for better benefits, more vacation time, better treatment etc... This happens quite often with public universities in Mexico. (for example, when news came that the university was on strike again, people casually said "oh here they go again..."). Not that their strike was completely unjustified, it's just that many public entities in Mexico (schools mainly) expect the government to take care of them as if it were a socialist government, expecting aid where it normally wouldn't be given from a capatalistic government. Mexican politics are very complicated, and frankly I don't know enough to explain in detail.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg
Here are some more photos from a day trip I took to a Monarch butterfly sanctuary in El Rosario, Mexico. The Monarchs migrate every winter from the US and Canada to the mountains of Mexico where the altitude and vegetation is just right for their survival. Appoximately 150 million butterflies were at the sanctuary I visited. Luckily it was sunny the day I went, for if it's cloudy they tend to stay clumped in the trees.
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This one stayed with me for awhile. They are very friendly creatures. Wandering around the meadow at the top of the mountain was very surreal. I took many photos, but after awhile I just had to sit down and admire the magic beauty around me. I've never experienced anything else like it.
Good move. We should all to that once in a while. And hey: Great pictures. I particularly like the close up. You seem to be using a good camera?Quote:
Originally Posted by Teeeeom
/Claes
lovely pics Teeeeom and Claes!!!!
here's some new ones taken by my boyfriend and me
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Berlin: Sony Centre
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Thank's :D More to come, when I get a few minutes at the scanner.Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
Nice. The Sony center looks worth visiting... Say, I think that shark could use some dental work?Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
/Claes
yeah and some plastic surgery, too :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg
I am so proud of this picture, I took it at Lake Minatare on one of our camping trips.
Very nice Adudaewen. A very lovely picture.
More from Kenya:
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While we were sitting in the bar watching the dancers (see the previous post) this critter crept right
up to it without us noticing anything until it grunted a little. Small surprise as the bar was right next to the river.
We were told in no uncertain terms never to stray close to that river, btw. I think that piece of advice held a lot of merit.
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Another Rotschild Giraffe.
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Gerenuk anthelopes - They go for the leaves in trees just like giraffe, but use a different method for getting them.
As you can see they still reach pretty high. Do you see the bird on the one to the right? It got its lunch too, picking ticks from the gazelle.
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Another gerenuk taking aim for its food.
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Oryx anthelopes
More to come... /Claes
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ClaesGefvenberg, great photos! i miss africa so much. i did a safari-esk type thing for 3 weeks in the southern parts. one of these days i'd love to go to kenya.
Claes, very nice pictures. I too have to post some, but this photobucket is taking too much time to upload and I cant do it by selecting one folder, I have to select each picture individually. So annoying :rolleyes: I'll post mine as soon as I figure out this site. :D
I visited Lal Quila (Red Fort) last month. Its in Old Delhi. Some of the great rulers of India, such as Akbar ruled from this fort.
Outside view of the fort. Notice on the elevated green grass is a dais from where the Prime Minister gives a speech on our Independence Day (15th August). Also, notice the Indian flag fluttering behind.
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This is the throne of Akbar (known as Peacock throne), he used to conduct the daily matters concerning citizens and other improtant court decisions from here. The area is called Diwan-E-Aam (Hall of Public Audience). Now a days they have covered it with net and no one is allowed to go near it.
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This is Diwan-E-Khaas (Hall of Private Audience). Its a place where the royal family will get together. A part of this is Hamam (the bathing place). It is said that the water from the fountains of hamam was scented. This is a glimpse of it, the passage you see was once full of scented water.
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All the pictures that I am posting are scanned. :)
The carvings on the pillars of Diwan-E-Khaas is so beautiful. It hasnt come out so well, because of the light, I guess, but still it looks pretty.
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This is the door of Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque). This masjid is completely made of marble, and was made by another ruler Aurangzeb, for his own use.
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Another structure inside the fort. The area around the structure had water. It exits in a garden so I presume that it was used more as a place to relax by the royal family.
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Also, note that the buildings behind this structure have a very different architecture. It is likely that these were built by Britishers during their rule. It has a very English touch to it.