Yes, it was cold and windy..... I brought my camera too.
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Yes, it was cold and windy..... I brought my camera too.
Oops. I managed to borrow Saphiras account when I posted. Ah, never mind.
/Claes
Wait a minute - then who gets credit for the great photos? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg
Well... Here comes the last pictures from 2008 and the first ones from 2009:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1869.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1878.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1883.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1884.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1885.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1891.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1901.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1902.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1903.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1904.jpg
/Claes
Fantastic; thanks for the dynamite fireworks! They are not easy to photograph and you captured those perfectly. I love the two photos with the frost and the ropes/wooden dock...outstanding and very textural...I also like the frozen orange thingies(?)...those three are prize-winners!...some of your very best, Claes!
Wonderful pictures, Claes!
Nothing too fancy or artistic here. I took these snapshots, while walking around my snowy neighborhood, the day after the storm (late afternoon). For once, we had a half decent snowstorm - the neighborhood kids loved it! I don't think we have had a snow this nice, for years; these were taken in 03; I figured I better post them, while it is still winter, or I will never get to it....these are just 6 yrs late...better late then never....haha
This first house is my house.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...useFeb03-1.jpg
My house with ice-sickles.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...cklesFeb03.jpg
Time to shovel the walks.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...HouseFeb03.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...owLotFeb28.jpg
Late day shoveling out.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...OutFeb03-1.jpg
Footprints leading to the lake behind my house....lake is the large expanse of white snow.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...2LakeFeb03.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...rkAveFeb03.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...treetFeb03.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ockFeb02-1.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...2SnowFeb03.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ngOutFeb03.jpg
Neighborhood kids enjoying the snow
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eSnowFeb03.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ngIcyFeb03.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...HouseFeb03.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...nowstorm04.jpg
The lake is beyond the houses.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eLakeFeb03.jpg
He was not too thrilled having to shovel...poor kid...
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ngOutFeb03.jpg
My backyard at night...think these are from a different snowstorm.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...reeOurYard.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...rgreenLake.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ondWindow1.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eFreshSnow.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...rossStreet.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...wOurStreet.jpg
Three that I took from my upstairs window at night; a kind of an experiment and played with the tones later on.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...hSnowLake2.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...hSnowLake3.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...shSnowLake.jpg
I hope I did not repeat any..if I did forgive me the error.
I don't have any of my photos here - unfortunately, but i have a whole heap on my camera i'll show later.
Nice photos Janine. :) I actually liked the neighborhood kids. They look so wholesome and not the nasty punk types. :)
Thanks, Virgil, did you notice how slanted some of my horizon lines were? I should take my own advice, huh? Yes, those kids now are grown - the photos were actually taken about 6 yrs ago. Nice kids they were - one of my neighbor's grand-kids and their friends. They had a great time that day finally getting to play in the snow. Heard you got an inch or so up your way. Nothing here but frigid :cold: temperatures....brrrr...Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I promised Saphira I would post these; she wanted to see what snow looked like in NJ.
So did I. Nice pictures, Janine. :thumbs_up. So now we know what it looks like: White (at least for starters ;) ).Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
/Claes
Those pics of the icicles are amazing claes!
And Janine! Thats a LOT of snow!
nice pictures Janine and Claes
Claes, your pictures are stunning, LOVED the icy ones!
Janine, I loved your pictures with the pinky hues, those were really pretty. You have an adorable house! :nod: It looks like everyone is rather pleased with the snow, great pictures! :thumbs_up
Thanks pussnboots and everybody else,Quote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
Of course, my photos can't compare to Claes' artistic ones; they are some of his best, I think. Mine were just quite snapshots to document how deep the snow was that year. Niamh, yes that was a lot of snow for us; but years ago this was the norm for winters. We used to get even deeper snow, with lots of drifts. As kids, of course, we loved it and played outside in snowsuits all day long. We had lots of blizzards too in my day. I guess now, with global warming, the weather is much milder. This particular snowstorm turned out to be such a pretty snow; at least, it was for a day or so. It was so bright out after the snowstorm, the white really glistened. I hate when people shovel the walks, but one has to do it, or we would all be snowed in. Kiz, which ones do you mean with the pinky hues - the night ones? Also, our house looks so small from the front. The original house was but now the back extends a distance with a big addition and upstairs in a full dormer. That helped to create a lot more space; but relatively our house is not on the large size.
Claes, Oh how funny...so where is Saphira? I posted a note in her profile page, but I imagine she is busy with school work. Yes, it was quite 'white'. We have had only a few flakes so far this year. I am almost hoping it will snow soon. I guess it will be the first my little grand-daughter will see it/experience the 'white' stuff. That should be so fun for her parents.Quote:
So did I. Nice pictures, Janine. So now we know what it looks like: White (at least for starters ).
Just to give you an idea of the size of the house, deceiving from the front here is a summer photo taken from the backyard. The dormer on the second floor is like the one next door.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...seAddition.jpg
This is the lake/pond which is frozen and white in the snow photos.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/Lake2003.jpg
Thank you all. I still have some winter pictures left to upload, but now the darkness has returned. The snow is gone and low clouds make it pitch black outside. (growl). It felt so nice biking in the snow while it lasted: Clean, and a good grip with the studded tyres.Yes, I think there was some homework, but she does most of it in class, actually. I think I'm the one bringing the most work home. :lol: I see light from the end of the tunnel though (I just hope it's not an oncoming train ;) ): I'll be done with the training I started at work a year and a half ago within a couple of weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
/Claes
Claes, I could not stand that darkness in the winter months; I know a person who moved her from Sweden and they said it drove them bonkers. They kept remarking about how much light we had here. How does one adjust to that way of life? I guess you get used to it from birth, right? I would thinking biking in the dark would be very difficult. At night things always seems so much colder. I love night myself but don't think I could deal with it all day and night long. Aren't there times when there is no true darkness but only day there? How does that work. I am curious to know.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg
Well, glad your work schedule/training program is now allowing your to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Yes, beautiful!Quote:
Kiz, which ones do you mean with the pinky hues - the night ones?
Your home is very lovely, it seems to suit you to a tee, Janine, :nod:
Thank you, Kiz. Our home is really quite modest, but it is nice inside and out. We do need some work done on it presently, but the state of the economy is not allowing for that just now, which is a bit frustrating. The house is technically my mothers, but will be mine someday; I live with her. See how close our neighbors are though. We are fortunate, that we have really great neighbors, who would do anything for you, and a very friendly neighborhood...people have lived her for a long time, either that or their relatives. Everyone enjoys living on the pond and of course, when I was a young child, along with my two sisters, we loved asking our friends over to ice-skate; they loved using our warm basement, to put on their skates. This makes us all exceedly popular. ;) Afterwards, we all came in and had hot chocolate. Those were the days!Quote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
At one time, prior to the beige siding, our house was barn-yard red and we would tell our friends - "our house is the red one with the double oak out front." Once our parents entertained the thought, of having the house painted a different color, and we three protested it hardily. Needless to say it stayed 'red' until we were all grown-up.
Aww, thats sweet! :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Did someone say ICE SKATE? :D
So now a few photos from my cellphone camera:
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...08_1006_01.jpg
Sapphire World -- This was taken at ten in the morning, I did NOT do anything at all to the colouring -- this is what my world looks like sometimes!
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...08_1605_00.jpg
Sunset At Costco -- what the heck -- I parked my car at the Costco in my corner of the world, and what do you think happens? A pretty sunset that I'd miss if I didn't grab my cellphone and snap it...
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...08_1615_00.jpg
Sun slowly going down. This is the area where I walk my dog, Pepper. Nice, no matter the season. ;)
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...08_1636_01.jpg
More sunset material. The colours are very cool, wish I could paint like this! :p
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...08_0041_01.jpg
This is what the Duck Pond looks like just after midnight. The sky isn't always that cool colour, but when it is, awesome!
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...08_0046_01.jpg
This is the "Skating Shack", another sight you'll see at my favorite place in Winter, "The Duck Pond". The only ducks you see now, mind you, are the nervous skaters, ducking out to warm up in that shack. ;)
Wow…! I am seeing some great photographers here.:thumbs_up
These are some of the pictures taken by me.:)
Nor could I, but it must be endured...Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
It does, and I'm a living proof of the fact, I guess. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Quite right (I'll restrict myself to the Northern hemisphere: South of the equator it's the other way around). As you know, we all have more daylight during the summer (unless you're on the equator), and if you happen to be north of the Arctic circle, the sun never sets around mid summer. Unfortunately, the opposite is equally true: In mid winter it never gets over the horizon. :( I don't live that far north, but right now we have but a few hours of daylight. All this nonsence is of course caused by the tilted axis of our planet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Absolutely brilliant picture. :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
I liked the one with the spiderweb. :thumbs_up. I also PM:d you about how to get your pictures into the post itself. Holler again if you get stuck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
/Claes
Quote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
So now a few photos from my cellphone camera:Quote:
Did someone say ICE SKATE? :D
Kizzo, I said ICE SKATE! ;) haha...cool photo, and from a cell phone, imagine; those cameras are so good nowdays. I love how blue it came out. Playgrounds in the snow are always interesting. Great shot!
Good name for that photo, too!Quote:
Sapphire World -- This was taken at ten in the morning, I did NOT do anything at all to the colouring -- this is what my world looks like sometimes!
That is funny....sunset at Costco - that is the store, right? I was at our local mall one night and there was this gorgeous rainbow; think now it was a double one; so I was exclaiming about it and people were just walking by oblivious - like 'so what?'...I though how strange it was and the people in NJ must just be half awake or something not to notice such splendor. Then once middle-aged couple did stop; whiped out their cellphone camera and took a shot. I commended them on it. They were awake and very nice people:) They restored my faith in human beings that night. As the say "stop to smell the roses" or in this case, "stop to photograph the rainbow".Quote:
Sunset At Costco -- what the heck -- I parked my car at the Costco in my corner of the world, and what do you think happens? A pretty sunset that I'd miss if I didn't grab my cellphone and snap it...
Oh lucky you and lucky Pepper. This is very nice and looks like a lovely isolated walk.Quote:
Sun slowly going down. This is the area where I walk my dog, Pepper. Nice, no matter the season. ;)
They are so cool; love sunsets. Try painting one someday from your photo. Really those are not as hard to do as painting figures. Just play around blending the colors and you will find it is lots of fun and very relaxing.Quote:
More sunset material. The colours are very cool, wish I could paint like this! :p
Cool, you have a duck pond, too; is it near your house? We have ducks, geese, one time a swan, egrets, blue heron, and any species of birds that fly in and out of our pond. We also have a ton of turtles and fish. It is fun and interesting living on or near a pond.Quote:
This is what the Duck Pond looks like just after midnight. The sky isn't always that cool colour, but when it is, awesome!
Haha...this reminds me of the film "Caddy Shack". Now our basement in our house used to be the "Skating Shack". Our poor ducks, the ones that are left, go frantically searching for some patches of water. It is however, so funny to see them walking in line across the frozen lake. I call them duck skaters....they sometimes slip and slide along...too funny to see. Usually, now with global warming there is some bit of water for them; years ago they actually would freeze in and have to be chipped out by a neighbor. We used to have thick ice that would last for weeks sometimes.Quote:
This is the "Skating Shack", another sight you'll see at my favorite place in Winter, "The Duck Pond". The only ducks you see now, mind you, are the nervous skaters, ducking out to warm up in that shack. ;)
I love the 'pinky' hues you now achieved in some of these photos.
Claes, thank you for the kind comment. :)
Janine, I loved what you had to say about the photos. As for me trying painting, you know, why not? Whats the worse that could happen, right? Again, thanks for those kind comments. :)
Well three more, and I'll put them in order of lightest to darkest, lol.
This one I call Opal Sky At Dinnertime, for obvious reasons:
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...08_1637_02.jpg
This next one is More Sapphire Skies, it is another I took that morning around 10:00 a.m. It was so blue outside that I hoped that my lens wouldn't fog over, I wanted to get as many shots as I could, you know? (again, the cellphone camera, so could it fog up?):
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...08_1005_00.jpg
And finally, it was not that late at night, and while I was doing dinner dishes, I glanced outside and saw a shape in a tree in the yard. I turned out the lights in the house to gain a better look, and there it was -- an owl, sitting in the branches! It is not common to have an owl perched in a yard where there is a noisy dog about (Pepper has vocal chords need us say). ;) So through the window I snapped this shot. It is grainy, but the colours were cool and the owl is rather centered, so I liked the pic.:
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...08_1707_01.jpg
See you later! :)
Claes, I suppose you have not choice in the matter; at least you have your super-duper arctic biking gear. I hope it keeps you warm when it is dark out. I hope you have good lights/reflectors on your bike, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg
Nay, you seem pretty normal and adjusted to me!:DQuote:
It does, and I'm a living proof of the fact, I guess. :D
Thanks for the explanation. I am always wondering how that works. I did think winter months were not totally dark but that the sun was just below the horizon at times and so it is not as black like our night here; am I correct? I kind of learned this from watching countless films and documentaries on the South Pole, the Antarctic. I love stories about that region; I don't really know why, since I hate being in the cold; still the cold regions do fascinate me. They seem so pure.Quote:
Quite right (I'll restrict myself to the Northern hemisphere: South of the equator it's the other way around). As you know, we all have more daylight during the summer (unless you're on the equator), and if you happen to be north of the Arctic circle, the sun never sets around mid summer.
That is just what I thought. It is hard to imagine that actually living here with a definite day and night, then day and night again. It would truly be freaky to me to be there and experience it.Quote:
Unfortunately, the opposite is equally true: In mid winter it never gets over the horizon. :( I don't live that far north, but right now we have but a few hours of daylight. All this nonsence is of course caused by the tilted axis of our planet.
I agree with Claes, that spiderweb photo is so great. I love the way spiderwebs look, especially on film. They all were nice but that web was the best one.Quote:
Absolutely brilliant picture. :thumbs_upI liked the one with the spiderweb. :thumbs_up. I also PM:d you about how to get your pictures into the post itself. Holler again if you get stuck.
/Claes
Well, yes...why not try a painting or a drawing in pastels? It would be fun and what would you have to lose? It would be a fun hobby/pastime for you, to go along with your great photography.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
This one I call Opal Sky At Dinnertime, for obvious reasons:Quote:
Well three more, and I'll put them in order of lightest to darkest, lol.
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...08_1637_02.jpg[/quote]
This does indeed look like an opal. Good name for this photo. I like the subtle shading...very pretty.
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...08_1005_00.jpgQuote:
This next one is More Sapphire Skies, it is another I took that morning around 10:00 a.m. It was so blue outside that I hoped that my lens wouldn't fog over, I wanted to get as many shots as I could, you know? (again, the cellphone camera, so could it fog up?):
Love those cellphone photos! I love the blue in this one! Incredible!!!:thumbs_up
I like this story! One brave owl, I guess. It is so cool how you can just make out that is what is perched there, and it seems to be in the center, indeed. Good job, Kizzo! Always good to have your camera handy. The sky and the silouette of the tree is amazing. Was the sky really that blue? If so, it must be the polution here, since our skies are not nearly that pure a blue ever.Quote:
And finally, it was not that late at night, and while I was doing dinner dishes, I glanced outside and saw a shape in a tree in the yard. I turned out the lights in the house to gain a better look, and there it was -- an owl, sitting in the branches, with Pepper nearby. It is not common to have an owl perched in a yard where there is a noisy dog about (Pepper has vocal chords need us say). ;) So through the window I snapped this shot. It is grainy, but the colours were cool and the owl is rather centered, so I liked the pic.:
Beautiful!
:Some of my pictures.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=2835
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=2836
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=2837
Thanks Claes.:)
You're welcome. Can you tell us where those were taken?Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
In the mean time I'll keep us going with some wintery pictures:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1913.jpg
Ice crystals on my window.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1925.jpg
Lunchtime for a bunch of sheep
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G_1926col1.jpg
A scraggy old tree in blue light.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...MG_1929pan.jpg
A composite picture (made of 16 ordinary pictures cobbled together).
What seems to be two roads is in fact the same one, moving in a straight line, but distorted
by the wide angle created by the composition.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...G/IMG_1949.jpg
A snow cave Saphira and I found in the forest. The black "floor" inside is ice over a small creek.
/Claes
Wonderful pictures Claes, especially that first one.
Snowqueen, very nice. I'd like to know where that is too.
Hi!:D I'd like to try my hand at photography.:) I joined a photography club at school, but I'm a total beginner... Uhm, how do I post pics here? *so dumb at technology*
You seem lost Princess. :p What you have to do is sign up with a website called Photobucket: http://photobucket.com/. And then upload your pictures into your account there and then one just copies the photo and pastes into a post here. Once you have pictures and a photobucket account, I'll help you do it. But you need to do that first. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by LostPrincess13
LOL! Looks like my user name fits me like a glove...:lol: I'm really bad at technology. It really seems to hate me! A friend even told me to go join the Amish! LOL!:lo: Thanks Virg!:D I'll give it a go tomorrow... It's kinda late here and I won't be staying long...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Great. That means that we'll be able to follow your progress as a photographer (should you chose to post your efforts here regularly).Quote:
Originally Posted by LostPrincess13
No, I don't think you are. You just did not know how to perform that particular task, but now that Virgil has pointed you in the right direction I'm sure you'll be fine. Just holler if you get stuck, and we'll help you.Quote:
Originally Posted by LostPrincess13
/Claes
Thanks Virgil..!
Can you guys guess it??
Look at this picture and just try......
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=2865
great Pics everyone! Janine i love that bluey one too!
Claes I love the Composition!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dori
Nice photo, Dori. The colors of sunrise are among the most gorgeous that exist. And I like the thought of that house nestled down there all by itself.
Some sunrise pictures that I took in Siem Reap (Cambodia) - Dec.2007 :
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=2866
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=2867
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=2868
Very nice Bouquin, very nice. I can't make up my mind which is the best of the three. They all have their good points.
Snowqueen, I'm going to guess North Dakota. Only a guess.
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
erm, I haven't been to north dakota but I don't think they have palm trees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
hahha, that is a palm tree in that second picture right?
I thought it was either africa or asia somewhere.