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I will pass that compliment to her!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
I took the photos in a industrial dump and do not know what on what
she is sitting. I have a series of photos of people in that industrial dump, but haven't posted the rest of them.
Maddie, Snowqueen, Tony, thank you for your amazing pictures! And Emil and Sancho, your cats are so dear (yes, Sancho, even that little outlaw you call Bob-Cat).
Snowqueen, is that child your niece?
Madhuri and Tony your pictures are wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comments Qimi. You are looking at a boy (my uncle's grandson).Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
Self portrait.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...5-09171159.jpg
lol, sydneysider. O-h-h-h, Snowqueen. I apologize, and thanks for clearing that up. :)
Thanks very much!Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
Thanks Snowqueen. I loved your photos, so vivid!Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
@Madhuri: What a nice bakery!
@Sydneysider: My, what a cute bear you are!
On Tuesday I went for a walk in my beloved Vienna Woods and I took a few pictures.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...27um200009.png
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...27um200029.pnghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...27um200019.png
Some photos I took during my brief stay in Helsinki! :)
(last one is of my university town though)
Vienna woods look wonderful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Themis;1173792you are!
I missed the birds the first time I looked.
I recognize the Nuthatch (bird to the right inside feeder) but not sure what the left perching bird is with the black collar.
Oh and now I see one flying up to the feeder - fantastic!
What is that in the second photo? a steel groom "panhandler"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pensive
Thanks for sharing.
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Your pictures are amazing Pensy; I loved the last two. Can you share more details?
Themis! Pensive! Excellent photos - brilliant ambient light in your Themis, very cool!
Actually, I thought all three of them were nuthatchs. (And to be honest, I missed the one flying up myself.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
@tonywalt: Thanks!
Yea, I love Austria. So clean and rustic - love the homes on the side of the mountains. Are they generally made of Austrian Pine?Quote:
Originally Posted by Themis
I really have no idea, I live on the other side of those mountains. But I suppose they could be, at least partially. Houses made up entirely of wood are rare.Quote:
Originally Posted by tonywalt
I haven't posted here in a while.
Speaking of Austria - a few from 1988 digital conversion from slides.
Themis might recognize these.
Innsbrucke
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...20-R02-012.jpg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...20-R02-009.jpg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...20-R02-010.jpg
Salzburg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...-R02-025-1.jpg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...-R02-029-1.jpg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...20-R02-027.jpg
Mozart
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...-R02-040-1.jpg
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It’s good to see some pictures from you again. They don’t seem that old to be honest. The view in the first picture is breathtaking.
You can see that they're quite old by looking at the people in the last picture. And the pictures have that sort of vintage grainy feel to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
I thought I'd share some of the pictures I took last summer in Sicily.
They're beautiful. (Thanks for alerting me to this. :) )Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
@RicMisc: May I just say "Oh, my god, it's so lovely!" regarding your second picture!
[QUOTE=Gilliatt Gurgle;1174732]I haven't posted here in a while.
Speaking of Austria - a few from 1988 digital conversion from slides.
Themis might recognize these.
Gorgeous photos.
Yes, but I’ve seen older pictures with more faded colours than those.Quote:
Originally Posted by RicMisc
I loved your first picture, I hope you didn't crush that flower. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by RicMisc
I nearly overlooked your photos RicMisc!Quote:
Originally Posted by RicMisc
Never made it to Sicily. Beuatiful. Nice composition in that second photo.
Clearly a Greek temple by virtue of the doric columns, but I wasn't familiar with where. After a brief search is that in Agrigento?
Thanks all for taking a look at Austria.
btw that's the Olympic ski jump used in 1964 and 1976(?)
here's a more recent look from wikipedia
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Bergisel-N.jpg
My screwin' around with my new camera.
Piano
Don't worry, I didn't crush the flower. I actually didn't do anything to the flower. It was already laying there on a little wall and I just thought I'd take a picture ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
Sicily is absolutely gorgeous, the pictures don't even do it justice. Plus the people are amazingly nice and helpful. It was really one of the best holidays if not the best so far. And yes, the temple is in Agrigento. Very beautiful temples and after Acropolis probably the most interesting architectural site I've been, as far as temples go at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Part of my birthday celebration included a visit to the Alliance air show in Fort Worth Texas.
The aishow is held annually about this time of year. My son and I decided to go this year and to my surprise, a P-38 Lightning in all its glory was sitting on the tarmak. My father flew the Lightning in WW II, so there's a special bond with that plane. Many of the planes are brought in for static displaty only, but forthunately they flew the P-38 including a part in what is referred to as the Heritage Flight. When they started piping bag pipe music through the PA system as the formation flew by, I couldn't hold back a few tears of pride.
The firsrt three below are the Lighning:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...2/IMGP2749.jpg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...2/IMGP2750.jpg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...2/IMGP2808.jpg
Heritage Flight
F-4 Phantom
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
F-86 Super Sabre
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...2/IMGP2799.jpg
P-51 Mustang
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...2/IMGP2783.jpg
North American F-86 Super Sabre
Korean war era jets
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...2/IMGP2774.jpg
Wonderful pictures Gilliatt! I don't know much about planes, but It seems you had a great time on your birthday. Thanks for sharing.
@GilliattGurgle: Great pictures! Particularly love the one with the F-4 phantom and am pretty sure I used to have a poster of one stuck to my door when I was a teenager.
A butterfly in a park near my office:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t..._butterfly.jpg
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Originally Posted by Snowqueen
Thanks for taking a look.Quote:
Originally Posted by Themis
The aerial shots aren't quite as "crisp" since I switched to a circa 1970's 200 mm lens in which I had to manually focus while the planes were quickly moving. I've been out of practice.
Beautiful. Looks relatively large.Quote:
Originally Posted by Madhuri
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Thanks, GG :) It was a big butterfly and there were several. It was a pleasant sight :) I don't know why in my dream last night I was trying to catch bigger butterflies. :confused5:
Continuing with insects.
Here's a large "Walking Stick" we discovered, making its way up a Hickory tree.
Note the missing leg.
The bottle is for scale.
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/IMGP2828.jpg
Wow! This insect looks a bit like praying mantis, which is quite common around here but I’ve never seen anything like “walking stick” before. It’s fascinating.
They do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
I read through the Peterson's guide and see that they both fall in the same order; "Orthoptera" - along with roaches. grasshoppers, crickets and katydids.
View from my room, on a morning after a snowy evening!
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Autumn and winter are my favorite seasons. I particularly like the blanket of gray that hangs over the city in your photo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pensive
It is amazing how a dusting of snow transforms the enviornment, it softens the urban harshness.
Very nice.
From my trip to Mumbai for Diwali:
Applying Mehandi:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...5/DSC07849.jpg
Gateway of India and Taj hotel
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...5/DSC07877.jpg
View of the city from the hanging garden
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...5/DSC07892.jpg
Flower in the garden
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...5/DSC07902.jpg
Being a Snowqueen myself I loved this snowy view.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pensive
Great pictures Madhuri, I like your traditional henna (Mehndi) decoration. We usually do this on Eid and wedding celebrations.
Thanks, Queen. We too do it for all festivals and weddings. There is a Mehandi and sangeet night prior to the wedding day and all women get this done. :)
How long does it take to get a pattern like that?
Making the design doesn't take long, maybe 10-15 mins for a hand, but if it is the bridal mehandi then it may take a few hrs as those are very detailed designs and done on full hands and feet/legs. Also, getting the desired colour after you wash the mehandi depends on how long have you kept the mehandi. Some people keep it overnight, some wash it off after a couple of hours, and some apply clove oil before applying mehandi, some even apply lemon and sugar mix so that the mehandi doesn't fall off after drying. There are various techniques to get the desired colour. It is said that, for a bride-to-be the darker the mehandi colour the more the love of her husband and in some parts it is the love of the mom-in-law. :)
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Originally Posted by Madhuri
Quote:
Originally Posted by Calidore
I did it on Eid, and it almost took five minutes though the design is not as detailed as it is on your hand, Madhuri.
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...ano5/Henna.jpg