I love your pictures, Snowqueen, specially the birds!
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I love your pictures, Snowqueen, specially the birds!
I liked first photo of the black birds against the sky the best, Snowqueen. That looks like an interesting meal, Tyrion Cheddar. I take it you are in New York.
Snowqueen, your photos are especially glorious. Apart from the excellent photography, you live such an exotic part of the world (to me) that all the flora and fauna are new and striking. Nice onions, North Star. I only have two. :ihih: And Danik, thank you for pointing out that the address of the diner is on the place mat. Now I'm scared y'all will come stalk me. And no, that's not a slice of melon, it's a pickle, and under it a dish of cole slaw. They make reasonably good cole slaw at this diner, but as a Jew, I am biased. Really good cole slaw is usually only found at Jewish delis like Katz's in NYC, or the now departed 2nd Avenue Deli. Same goes for good corned beef and good bagels. We Israelites do it right. :biggrin5:
Thanks, North Star. I feel less intimidated now. :eek:
Danik, Yes/No, Tyrion Cheddar, thanks for taking a look. It's a pleasure sharing it with you all.
Very nice shots, North Star.
Thanks Snowqueen. Your photos are once again very atmospheric.
What can I say, Tyrion.. They've all been chopped by now, and I don't mind telling you that I was in tears afterwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyrion Cheddar
Now listen, North Star, I can take a joke but...:hand: I believe our G.I.'s used to sing it as they marched in Europe: "Hitler, he only has one [fill in metaphor for testicle that rhymes with tall], Goebbels, well he has none at all..."
So today I took a trip out to Cold Spring, NY, which lies on the lazy Hudson. Viz:
https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8665/2...d7e8faa7e8.jpgCold Spring Hudson by Archibald Heatherington Nasty-Face, on Flickr
Snowqueen and birds are of a feather.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
A bird whisperer she is.
The sky has that overcast autumn look to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyrion Cheddar
We still have a ways to go, nevertheless, it served as a visual respite from the 100 deg days we're going through down here.
A scene of sombre beauty!Thank you for ressurecting this thread, Tony!
Thank you Tony! amazing
This will help get me through the next week at the grind stone.
Glad I jumped on the forum tonight.
This is a fine many-layered picture from the water off the beach to the lowering sky.
This is partly a test to see if I can post an image following my recent IT / Forums login navigation problems.
"Workbench Composition No. 4 - Technological Advancements"
Ash log aka login
Two telegraph keys
Old AM radio my father rigged up to work with the key
1969 Life magazine featuring Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin's photos from the moon...or possibly Arizona
Early 20th century postcards
Glass insulator typically used for telegraph lines, common along railroad lines.
Father's Leica camera.
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...psr2p0qfpo.jpg
I loved this "still life" combination, GG. The camera reminds me of a family camera I kept for a long time when it didnīt work anymore. It wasnīt a Leica though.
It seems you have solved your navigations problems.
Gilliatt, this is an interesting collection of items, I particularly like your father's old camera and the old portable radio. My old Casio "Digital Camera" will soon be in this category, and many with old mobil phones as well.
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Originally Posted by Danik 2016
Thanks for taking a look and commenting, I'm not sure how to feel about all these relics. On one hand it is rather sad that I seem to be the one inheriting the family's past as they pass on, yet I do enjoy the rediscovery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamwoven
The Leica is one of two that my father owned, the one in the photo, I'm fairly certain, happens to be the one he toted around in the Philippines during WW II as a fighter pilot.
A few thumbnail shots he took of P-38 Lightning (top 2) and C-47 (bottom) "nose art" with the Leica...
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...artreduced.jpg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...Artreduced.jpg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...eGalonC-47.jpg
Oh my how times have changed!
Nice collection of antiques. I remember using a radio like the one shown in a garage where my uncle would fix cars when I was under 10 years old. All of that is now gone, even the garage.
Welcome back, Tony! The gas station looks almost ghostly in the dark.
Seems I can log in here again. I haven't been all that prolific recently, though.
https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8213/2...24d6b7ff_b.jpg
Beautiful pic, NS! Autumn loneliness!
Nice to "see" you again! Many people from US are having log in problems. They even opened a thread.
because of it.
Nice picture of the vertical grass in the water with those horizontal ripples, North Star.
This is a sight we see in Sweden often. Its best in black and white as well. Welcome back North Star.
Like the gas station shot Tony. The image and color pellete, particularly the green, conjured up Hopper's Nighthawks.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...opper_1942.jpg
From yesterday
https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5686/3...53f0e872_b.jpg
NS-Lovely picture of the reflection in the water.
GG-I agree with you. And Hopper has this thing: never mind how many people he draws in his pictures, they look all very lonely and isolated.
Thanks, Danik.
Another one from Monday
https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8277/3...5be0ea87_b.jpg
You've brought out the whiteness of the birch trees really well, taken at night I guess.
A bit ghostly and again they transmit a feeling of collective solitude.
No, just after 6 pm. The sun was behind a forest on the other side of the lake seen in the picture I posted before this one, so it wasn't very dark. Hand-held, no flash.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamwoven
Cheers, Danik.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
Just this one more of these for now:
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7776/3...8680efb1_b.jpg
I have come to love birch trees since settling in Sweden.
I like these white stems. I donīt think we have similar ones here.
There is something intriguing about this picture. The mast draws the eye upward, to see the first hint of sunrise beyond the lake. Love it.