Gorgeous pics!
Thanks for sharing Niamh
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Gorgeous pics!
Thanks for sharing Niamh
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
I find sepia is great for old buildings more so than foliage. i dont have the function on my camera at any rate.
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....
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Out my upstairs back window
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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.
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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.
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!"...
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"Books about animals are the best!"
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"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.
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"Ok, just enough time before bed for another Hannakuh gift...Mum-Mum started to rip the paper off for me...."
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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.
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One of two platforms he built...I am sure the village will grow with time...
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"Watching Daddy's train go by..."
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Second Christmas Tree and second train platform...
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Note: See prior page for more photos of my granddaughter, Brooke....
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
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. :)
Errr, idk, sorry :redface: or at least I've forgotten. . . . .. if it comes back to me I'll make sure to tell you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Stunning pictures Niamh! I particuarly love the snowy ones. You have a perfect sense of composition and texture :thumbs_up
Janine, Brooke's very cute, love the bonding shot, you look great. Toy trains fascinate me, thanks for the photos.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
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!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
These are truly amazing pictures Janine.
Its really cute photograph of you and Brooke. :thumbs_up
Wonderful additions, I must say!
Brooke has surely grown bigger than when I last saw her, but never any less beautiful! :)
:lol: That's funny. Strange looking snowman, even before it died. Kind of like a leaning tower of Pisa. ;)
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.
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!
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
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Having a cold one (borrowed the idea from Neely):
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Here are a few from this morning (Christmas morning):
A winding creek and a small waterfall:
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Path in a snowy wood
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Kids fortress, now my escape. A place to read, draw, watch the birds or hide from the missus, etc.
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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.
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?
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
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....
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Oh how pretty Janine. She's adorable. :)
Oh! Its great picture of little Brooke and she is playing her guitar, how cute!
Yes time spend with little ones is always precious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Just shows you doesn't it, I also heard that it is snowing in Spain too, wow! :lol: Love the snow dude, maybe I started something with the drunken snowmen, but seriously those pictures do look great, you have all that space over there - love the line about escaping from the wife - I have my computer for that, but it is not a very good hiding place, when all is considered.Quote:
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!
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
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.
oh wow!!! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Now this is just classic!Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
And wonderful photo of Brooke, Janine! :)
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
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.
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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.
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These trees are also all in the water. I love the little ice shelves they are all standing on.
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Into the abyss...
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Bleak and beautiful!Quote:
Originally Posted by Idril
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Wonderful photos, Idril! All that frozen vastness -- very sublime.
Very nice photos Idril. Did you heighten the contrast somehow?
Idril I loved those. I like that white wilderness feel to them...the lake must be really awesome to venture out on.
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.