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South Africans are very proud of their wines/wine industry too. It's especially the case where I live as it's right in the middle of the wine counrty. Some of my friends and family are in the industry as well, from making wine to selling it :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Olga4real
I've never been out of Africa :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Olga4real
I've heard about Southern African wines but never tried yet, would be nice to compare with Hungarian.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurquoiseSunset
Snowqueen, wonderful pictures! I love sunsets and have taken some nice pictures of that time of the day.
Claes, Olga, Revolte, Turquoise, Snowqueen, thank you for all the beautiful pictures. This is my favorite thread. I wish I could o that. I do have a camera phone. Maybe I'll try to take a few next week, but that is not a strong point of mine, I fear.
Claes, the snow looked awesome; I'm glad you made it through safely. I love snow, but like all exteme weather it can be dangerous.
Olga, that picture of the reflection in the water is just stunning. Revolte, you have a real gift for the modern, quirky picture.
Turquoise, your part of the world is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing. And Snowqueen, those pictures are just spectacular!
Thanks qimissung, I was lucky to visit Malta on a sunny day after rain, so it is not me it is the Nature.Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
Snowqueen, Your sunset picture are masterpieces!
I found some sunset pictures taken last year.
These two are from Malta (Gozo):
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6605
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6604
Sunset over Saint Hilarion Cyprus:
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6606
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6607
TurquioseSunset,. I love your photos. I love vineyards and mountains in the background....That white building is so pretty, too.
Snowqueen, I love your sunset photos...wow...they seem otherworldly...like you captured the last sun beames. I feel heat when I look at them as though the day was warmed by the sun and it will stay warm at night....just lovely and so beautiful, as all your photos always are.
Olga, those sunset photos are lovely. I love to see landscapes shot through stone windows, buildings; so the third on is my favorite, even though you don't see the orb of the sun, it's evident on the side of the stone...luminous.
Very nice Olga. :)
Claes, I know what you mean. I saw mounds like this one recently at our local mall parking lot. It surprised me, because it got quite warm for a week or so and it rained a lot, so you would think they would be gone; but there they were - snow-covered mountains in southern NJ! If you don't get them broken up, look at this way, you can ski down them in the summer in bathing suits.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg
You sound a little like my son; he actually loves his job and to go to work; but now having a little one around he rather enjoys those unexpected days off. However, this year has been too much shoveling so we are welcoming spring in with open arms.Quote:
Um... I was actually... I have too much to do to like missing a day like that, but on the other hand I had the laptop with me.
/Claes
Janine, Virgil, qimissung, Olga thanks for your lovely comments. And Olga your photos are truly amazing.
I dont know why photos will not load from my computer. The file says its a JPEG 2.58MG whatever that means. Here's some from Woodstock 1969:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BnCicS7ljB...stock-1969.jpg
http://mysydneyparislife.files.wordp.../07/ticket.jpg
http://item.slide.com/r/1/0/i/IyudJB...ihH2Lo94YkoF-/
Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz, my friends all drive Porsche's
http://www.landyvision.com/Slideshow/image/365.jpg
http://o.aolcdn.com/propeller/media/...Y/U/YULx0o.jpg
http://s2.hubimg.com/u/861229_f520.jpg
http://shenews.projo.com/09/woodsm.jpg
Easter holiday is gone but I would like to share a picture of painted eggs.
Do anybody paint eggs at Easter?
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1271574879
Here is another one I would like to share: Alps from the plane on Tuesday
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1271574769
Spring literally just came to my town yesterday (first day above 18 and without snow), so I went out into the woods and took some pictures.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6666
First shoots of grass. You can barely see them. Look for a little shade of light green.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6669
Still a bit of snow in places.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6665
Coupla sqirrels. The one on the top branch was yelling at me and freaking out, that's why he's all blurry.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6670
One of my favorite gnarled old trees.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6671
I like this one growing out of a rock wall, too.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6672
Aww, the first little baby pond scum. Isn't it cuuute? In about a month, this bog will be dark green. It'll have a layer of pond-scum two inches thick, and if you rip it open you'll be able to find this fantastic little ecosystem. There's a lot of life in there; tadpoles, water-beetles, little shrimp things... it's beautiful.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6668
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6667
It's all pretty ugly and dusty and brown right now, but give it a month and it'll be green and beautiful and covered in wildflowers.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6674
My pale little leg, and an occupational hazard of being a wild girl.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=6663
Back in town. The black and white house to the left is where I live. The purple car in the driveway is mine, and the blue truck is my brother's.
The woods are in DESPERATE need of water. One thunderstrike or failure to put out a campfire and we go up in flames.
:D Do I already sound like a forestry ranger, or what?
Nice pictures Juniper. The mountains and woods where you live looks really neat. :)
Really nice pictures everyone!
Beautiful pix JW especially with the mountains in the background.
Here is a view from my windows as I type to you right now...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/...e4d63893c9.jpg
or;
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/...4261d5f1_b.jpg
This one wows me, and thinking of all the pix Ive seen of the world, it truly shows we live on a very generous globe.
snowday/other random pictures I've been neglecting to post
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...112_1621-1.jpg a friend trying to give our snowman a light...
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/112_1615.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/112_1624.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/112_1631.jpg me and part of my class
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/112_1610.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/112_1609.jpg eeek thats a lot of snow
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...camera1319.jpg my princess on midnight
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/IMG_1245.jpg you will let me inside....fix me warm milk...now...
Very nice pictures JuniperWoolf, dizzy and stephofthenight! I would like to share some spring pictures taken last weekend in Basel.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1271576173
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1271576173
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1271576989
Those are really nice, the flowers make me miss spring and the pigeon makes me miss Petunia (a broken pigeon that I couldn't save, RIP).
Great photos JuniperWoolf.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
We live on a creek with a small pool at one part that gets quite a bit of the scum in summer. However, any appreciable rain will clearit out.
I envy your ability to look out on the sea.Quote:
Originally Posted by dizzydoll
Thanks for sharing.
Kilgore !!Quote:
Originally Posted by stephofthenight
It is a small world. My now decesased paternal grandparents lived in Kilgore.
Beautiful flowers Olga4real.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olga4real
I passed through Basel many years ago.
Thanks for sharing.
Here are few from my trip through New Mexico last month:
"Waves on the Sand"
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...ckwRipples.jpg
Portion of Pueblo del Arroyo ruins at Chaco Culture National Historical Park:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...acoPintado.jpg
Old adobe style church in San Antonio New Mexico:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...nAntonioNM.jpg
Now I am envy Gilliatt. I have posted pictures of places I visited now I asked myself why don't post some pictures of Hungary - eventually it's a nice beautiful country. I don't want to seem that I don't appreciate what I have.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
So here is some pictures I took today afternoon. Sorry for the quality - I didn't have my camera with me only my phone.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1271701541
This is Tagore avenue the tree was planted by him.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1271701720
Just a swan on the lake Balaton
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1271701720
Great pictures everyone.
Hi Olga - loved the pictures of Basel and Lake Balaton - I've been to both places and they are both really beautiful. The water in lake balaton was so milky. We've got pictures of swans too - perhaps they are their progeny. :biggrin5:
Thank you Olga. Very nice. :)
Olga, those pics remind me of South Africa!! Hungary is indeed very beautiful!!
Juniper Woolf. Olga, Gilliat, DizzyDoll, your pictures are all spectacular, and I enjoyed them tremendously.
I loved all these pictures. Thanks all. Arent we lucky that cameras catch so many details today. :biggrin5:
Yes, that is an interesting though. It is lucky. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dizzydoll
I would like to share some new pictures with you. I hope you like...
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1273425485
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1273426017
Isn't it like 'Little Swans Dance' and 'The Ugly Duckling' mixture?
Paulclem, Virgil, qimissung, dizzydoll and everybody thank you for the kind comments.
TurquoiseSunset I post the following picture for you this is a grape field in spring, taken two weeks ago. BTW last month I tried South African wine and liked it.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1273427527
This is a squirrel, which just rushed across the road then jumped on a tree, I didn't even have much time to focus my camera properly...
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1273427527
The following picture is for those who has been to Hungary like Paulclem to make them want to come back and for those who has never been here to make them want to explore it.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1273427527
Great pics Olga! Especially of that vineyard :ihih: ...and I'm glad you liked South African wine! :banana:
I found some old (Early 1980's) pictures and cranked them through the scanner:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...SpitP47B17.jpg
A spitfire with clipped wings, a P47 Thunderbolt and a B17.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...w/Mosquito.jpg
De Havilland Mosquito. Probably one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...ew/Gliders.jpg
Three gliders from different eras: A SG-38 (Schulgleter) from 1938, a Slingsby
T31 side by side trainer and a more modern ASH22 tandem two-seater.
/Claes
Thanks for posting those Claes!
There's nothing like the sound of a Merlin, Pratt & Whitney or Wright or even the whistle of air as it slips across a glider.
You must have been flying something to get the last photo...?
Gilliatt
Love those swans Olga and Claes, those are really cool pictures. Thanks to both. :)
I thought that some of you might be interested in some pictures that I have taken in the past. I hope to show some more recent photos later.
http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...n/scan0017.jpg
The Arc de Triomphe Paris
http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...n/scan0014.jpg
Jaini Ho aged two and a half.
http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...n/scan0019.jpg
Richmond Park London
http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...scan0020-1.jpg
Cafe Rotonde in Paris
http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...n/scan0021.jpg
Bridge statue in Wurzburg
http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...n/scan0025.jpg
Bullfight poster in Seville
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/IMG_0076.jpg
No mommy I didnt untie my rope after you told me to stay...
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/IMG_0064.jpg
Hey mom, uh you left?
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/IMG_0063.jpg
the horse I bought my mom for her birthday. shes finaly getting good and fat.
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/IMG_0031.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/IMG_0007.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/IMG_0004.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/IMG_0003.jpg
Thanks - We always wanted to go back to Hungary. It would have been great to take the kids when they were young. We still would like to return. We went through HHungary, and came back again on our trip to the South of Europe. :biggrin5:Quote:
Originally Posted by Olga4real
Nice pictures Brian and Steph. Paris is great, and the cats are very photogenic.
@Brian, have you been to Würzburg? I'm living quite near, half an hour's drive, but I never got round to visiting those bridge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
@steph, your cat looks like the brother of mine :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stephofthenight
[QUOTE=Lulim;906524]@Brian, have you been to Würzburg? I'm living quite near, half an hour's drive, but I never got round to visiting those bridge./QUOTE]
Es ist nicht nur für die Brücke, man solle Wurzbug besuchen, sondern auch für die Residenz des Fürstbischofs von Bamberg und Würzburg. Die Gebäude ist eine spektakuläre barocke Palast und wirklich groß. Unten steht ein Bild von einem Gateway, das in den Gärten des Palastes führt.
http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...n/scan0018.jpg
Leider ist das Bild ein bisschen schief gegangen.
Brian,
Assuming that your photos are from your film camera, (Nikon was it?) the clarity even after scanning, is brilliant. The architecture is magnificent, but nothing compares to Jaini Ho.
Steph, Hey, I know what those are on the dirt drive! -Sweet Gum fruit. Sweet Gums are beautiful in the fall.
Gilliatt
Yes that's the beauty of SLR, it enables the user to use the correct lens for each subject. I have sometimes been complimented on my photos but it isn't my work, its the Nikon that does it. Jaini is eleven now and is attending one of London's top girl's schools; she also plays the piano much better than I do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle