Photo Project: Your Part of the World

[morea]

This will be a community thread for everyone to post pictures in, so feel free to participate regardless of your level of experience. :)

I find it really interesting to see the differences in landscapes, architecture, flora, fauna and whatnot from around the world.

Please post your photos with the location where the photo was taken (this can be general; State or Province, etc. is sufficient) and a brief description (the subject in the photo, and when it was taken, etc.).

Have fun, and happy shooting!

[morea]

Here's a shot I took on a nature hike last weekend. It's autumn here (in QC, Canada) and these birch trees are just starting to change color.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/birchtrees.jpg






I took this one while wading out into the river to try to get a picture of a heron on the opposite bank. The little bugger took off before I was close enough to get a decent shot of him, but I took the opportunity to snap a picture of the changing foliage behind the dam:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/foliage-at-dam-1.jpg

[GraphixNPrint]

I would post Morea... but for some reason sand and rocks aren't that interesting to me!

I miss Florida and the east coast in general. :(

[morea]

post 'em anyway. I bet they are interesting to people who don't have sand and rocks where they live (and have to walk to work, uphill both ways all year round) :p

Here's another shot - I am not sure what kind of plant this is, but the ladybug seemed to like it.

Photo taken in QC (Canada), September 07

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/ladybug.jpg

[D-Frag]

ill play but i dont take pics of just areas around my house normally.... but yeah, deserts and sunsets, pretty much all we have here...

Downtown Phoenix, looking west.
http://buzznet-22.vo.llnwd.net/assets/users9/dfrag/default/Church--large-msg-113767860418-2.jpg

this is a church up in Sedona, AZ that is built into the mountain. there is a 5 year waiting list to get married here.
http://buzznet-88.vo.llnwd.net/assets/users9/dfrag/default/Church_of_the_Holy_Cross--large-msg-11376488855-2.jpg

and of course, everyone im sure has seen a photo of this at some point in there life. one of the seven wonders of the world, and only a 3 hour drive from my house. this chick was crazy, wouldn't catch me on a ledge, its windy and hundreds of people fall and die each year.
http://buzznet-37.vo.llnwd.net/assets/users8/dfrag/default/Tempting_Death--large-msg-1125388332-2.jpg

[Satchel]

Wow D, those are great... AZ looks beautiful!

[GraphixNPrint]

ohhh poo-ey! I just realized I deleted all the pics I took on my trip from Florida to Nevada ... they should have been in my photography folder :(

ok. let me find some interesting sand and rocks or dried up landscape nearby and I will post that :p

(digging out the digital camera and hoping the batteries are ok)

[Virgo Nightingale]

I'll have to find a nice spot to take a picture of overlapping highways and bumper-to-bumper traffic...

[GraphixNPrint]

D-Frag ... I loved areas along I-40 traveling through Arizona ... the old Indian caves you can see from the highway and the deserted homesteads... I would like to spend several days exploring those areas sometime.

[GraphixNPrint]

Virgo, its on the morning news every day here, the "spagetti bowl" where I-15 meets up with US95 just north of the Strip.... would be interesting at night with a timed exposure for the effect

[Satchel]

I took these last year around this time... lovely fall colors.
(just outside Hinckley, MN)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/Trama_tized/fall_River.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/Trama_tized/fall_Trail.jpg

[morea]

Here's a shot from Mt. Orford (QC) taken Saturday:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/mt-orford.jpg




Here's one I took yesterday of some mushrooms growing beside a nearby lake. I have tentatively identified them as "coprinus comatus" mushrooms.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/mushroom-coprinus-comatus-2.jpg

[GraphixNPrint]

OK, batteries are dead ... here is one from a few years ago, I forget which hurricane; but from when I lived in Florida

[Red Kittie Kat]

beautiful pictures everyone .... I'll get some up asap :)

[urstwile]

Mountain shot from the Anza Borrego desert area, about 2 hours northeast of where we live in downtown San Diego. These are from a recent camping trip:

http://i23.tinypic.com/29oltee.jpg

Desert trees:

http://i24.tinypic.com/29mwwo8.jpg

[morea]

I love these... thanks for sharing your shots everybody!


This is the river near our apartment (taken August 06):

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/river.jpg





Another few shot from a nature hike last weekend:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/colors.jpg


http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/mushrooms.jpg

[D-Frag]

we do have some trees....up north.
http://buzznet-30.vo.llnwd.net/assets/users8/dfrag/default/Emerald_Forest--large-msg-1125314321-2.jpg

this is mill avenue, its like the hot spot of ASU, looking west towards the airport.
http://buzznet-20.vo.llnwd.net/assets/users9/dfrag/urban/Mill_Avenue--large-msg-1132209084-2.jpg

and this is a night time exposure of the freeway by my house..
http://buzznet-68.vo.llnwd.net/assets/users8/dfrag/urban/SR-51_North--large-msg-1125350516-2.jpg

[urstwile]

That last shot is muchos coolo, D-Frag. :)

[GraphixNPrint]

ok, another couple, the second has nothing to do with nature .. or does it?? But its a shot I like. Excuse the obtrusive copyright marks, these where in a folder I had on another site elsewhere.

[D-Frag]

whos the sad hottie?

[GraphixNPrint]

she was a couple of years ago an up and coming artist (recording) ... haven't contacted her since I moved west...

[GraphixNPrint]

Another view for D-Frag

[GraphixNPrint]

why when I post something everyone leaves ... (sniff sniff, ok all clear on that front)... I will whimper over to my PS or Illy thats still open, they love me :o

[Red Kittie Kat]

aww we are still here ;)


I am getting my shots ready ... had to fine some I haven't posted before.

I love that last "hottie" (as she is being referred to) shot... really nice settings ... thought provoking. Nice shots GP :)

[Satchel]

why when I post something everyone leaves ... (sniff sniff, ok all clear on that front)... I will whimper over to my PS or Illy thats still open, they love me :o

Someone's a bit starved for attention, eh?

I didn't post anything because I was trying to see what everyones area looked like... I guess I can see out the window of the second shot of the girl, but for the most part it was not what I came in here looking for.

But they are pretty good shots none the less.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Ok here we go.

Sacandaga Reservoir

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/sacandaga.jpg


Train tracks no longer used on the way to the now closed International Paper Mill.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/rrtracks.jpg


Paganstecher Park near our house.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/pagenstecher.jpg


One of the many Mallards at Crandall Park in Glens Falls.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/mallard.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

The Hudson River Dam in Corinth

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/hudsondam.jpg


View of the Hudson from Paganstecher Park

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/hudson.jpg


A small creek off Lake Luzerne.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/creek.jpg

[GraphixNPrint]

... had to fine some I haven't posted before.

well, if they will pay, can you fine them an extra $20 for me ... beer money is always good :p

[Red Kittie Kat]

oops sorry .. my typing stinks today ;)

[GraphixNPrint]

Someone's a bit starved for attention, eh?

well, kinda, stuck here till 7pm Pacific Time and need some sort of amusement, or a nap, one or the other :D

[vtwin_gary]

here's a couple pelicans taken at the beach this summer.
not a great shot but not everyone has these prehistorical birds.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6717/pelicanszz2.jpg

[D-Frag]

keep em coming, this is wonderful to see the landscapes from where everyone lives!

[GraphixNPrint]

oops sorry .. my typing stinks today ;) well its definately not worse than mine (that edit button comes in handy if I can click it fast enough ;) ) < yes thats a double chin

[urstwile]

Kat, awesome shots. The one with the railroad track is so evocative. :)

Gary, love the pelicans, they're such odd looking birds.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Aww thanks Urst :)


Gary!! Great shot of the Pelicans :)

[morea]

very nice shots Kittie! And Gary - I love the pelicans!

I suppose I ought to post some shots of NY - where I'm from. I'll try to post some that are different than Kittie's. ;) These were taken in Upstate NY, where I lived until last October. It's actually not very different from where I am now. :D


A barn out in the country at sunset:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/barn.jpg




The summit of Crane Mountain (I didn't see any cranes):

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/summit.jpg




The Minne-ha-ha steamboat on Lake George:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/minne.jpg




A couple of shots at Sleeping Beauty mountain:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/slpg-beauty-path4.jpg


http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/slpg-beauty-path.jpg

[urstwile]

This is a great idea for a thread, Morea. I hope to see more from some of our continental friends. :)

[morea]

This is a great idea for a thread, Morea. I hope to see more from some of our continental friends. :)

definitely a fun thread! I'm looking forward to seeing everybody's pictures, too!


Here are a few from Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga, NY

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/spac/spac-1.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/spac/SPAC-DOF.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/spac/spac2-1.jpg

[GraphixNPrint]

one of my old pelican shots .. off Clearwater Beach pier

[morea]

they are such neat looking birds! I've never seen one in person.

[GraphixNPrint]

and an egret .. sorry for the quality, I scanned these logn ago with an old negative scanner

[GraphixNPrint]

they are such neat looking birds! I've never seen one in person.

Morea, I am really missing Florida, how about I take a road trip, slightly drive to the left till I get to NY, pick you up, and we go to da beach yeah one in Florida of course)! :D

[morea]

I'm in Quebec and can't head back to the US until May or so... how about next summer? ;) I've never been farther south than Virginia. :o

[urstwile]

This is a jacaranda tree, it's in our front yard. I just took this photo moments ago, so it's what it looks like here at the moment:

http://i23.tinypic.com/2u5dh7b.jpg

Here's a pine-looking tree, next to a palm tree, this is just right next door to us, also taken just a few moments ago:

http://i21.tinypic.com/qqzwh5.jpg

This is what our neighborhood looks like, at least treewise:

http://i21.tinypic.com/5n3dvo.jpg

That big tall tree is actually two trees, you can't really see it from the photo.

[Two-Toe Tom]

here are some pics from toronto:
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7412/buskerfest05lv9.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3854/buskerfest06fd8.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9679/buskerfest07ql8.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2818/kensington7al7.jpg

[urstwile]

Love the last one Tom. :)

[Two-Toe Tom]

thanks urst! that's from kensington market :)

[morea]

This is too fun! Thanks for sharing, guys!

Here's fraser beach in QC yesterday.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/rocks-fraser-beach.jpg







http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/fraser-beach.jpg

[GraphixNPrint]

I'm in Quebec and can't head back to the US until May or so... how about next summer? ;) I've never been farther south than Virginia. :o

I'll start now and just drive real slow :p

[GraphixNPrint]

whoa! there are places in the world with real water... the kind that doesn't come out of the tap? Man I really need out of the desert about now!

[GraphixNPrint]

one of me skinny dipping a couple of years ago :eek:

[vtwin_gary]

and an egret .. sorry for the quality, I scanned these logn ago with an old negative scanner

nice. here's one i got a pic of the same day as the earlier posted pelicans
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5776/egritrc6.jpg

[GraphixNPrint]

since we are on birds, how about a birds eye view ... this was from a 737 over pennsylvania (i think... it been a long time ago)

[Red Kittie Kat]

Great Pics You guys ... I love this too.

Mo .. I almost posted some Lake George pics .. but wasn't sure if you were going to :D

[GraphixNPrint]

hehe ... I just looked at the pic at the of the first egret I posted... kinda reminds me of the way I look at my little sister when she gets on my nerves! :)

[Red Kittie Kat]

whoa! there are places in the world with real water... the kind that doesn't come out of the tap? Man I really need out of the desert about now!

Up north we are surrounded by lakes, rivers and streams ;)

[GraphixNPrint]

Up north we are surrounded by lakes, rivers and streams ;) is this an invitation?? :p ;)

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmaooo ... ummm .... honest I was just making a statement :o

but, .... well .... if you happen to be in the area ... I can turn the coffee pot on ;)

[GraphixNPrint]

if you happen to be in the area ... I can turn the coffee pot on ;)

OK I am on the 81 North, just about to get to Binghamton, do I stay on the 81 or should I take 88 North?


hehe ... nevermind ... my office chair is afraid of interstate highways... I'll stay here till its time to pick up Mo!

[Red Kittie Kat]

lol ;)

[morea]

party at my place! Let me know how it goes at the border, guys! ;)

[GraphixNPrint]

party at my place! Let me know how it goes at the border, guys! ;)oh poo! now you have me wondering if the border patrol will be looking out for me cruising through on my fake leather office chair! :eek:

<sulks off to google images of "man on highway in office chair">

[GraphixNPrint]

ohhhh, I found water, see, its right there behind the girl!

[GraphixNPrint]

oh, another... this isnt nature .. or well maybe saving nature by recycling... but another one I always liked

[frankster]

I'm sorry to say I don't have any photos of "the homeland" that are my own, but if you want to see some glorious shots of the place that causes me Hiraeth, then just have a look here (http://www.algieri-images.co.uk) (some of his prints are on our walls)

Since we've relocated I do have some photos though...

Baker beach in the late afternoon.
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8140/mycorner8wl1.jpg

Montara Beach. (we're making the most of the beach weather!) and yes, we've only got the one bucket for the two children. :o
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8387/mycorner9wr1.jpg

Yosemite Valley near the base of Halfdome
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1149/mycorner3no6.jpg

Pumpkin patch by Half Moon Bay.
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4463/mycorner4dm0.jpg

[GraphixNPrint]

ok, in my ealier shot from the airplane... found another negative that was from that flight... landing in Pennsylvania through the window of the plane

[Red Kittie Kat]

Frank .. what great shots!!

Pierino's shots are breathtaking .... what a beautiful area :)

GP ... I really like that last one :)

[GraphixNPrint]

and another random shot ... I cant remember if I had her sign a model release or not ?? oh well

[GraphixNPrint]

a beautiful baby in a beautiful setting Frank... is she yours?

[frankster]

Yep, both kids are my girls. Here's one of the "big one" in Yosemite meadows when she was wee...

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1787/mycorner6jj6.jpg

and one of the two on a wild flower trail walk near our house...
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7797/mycorner7ce8.jpg

Now, these next two aren't mine. They were taken by my dad, who, in my opinion, takes a bloody good photo. They are from when he came to visit and we went to the San Francisco docks.
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3696/dad2tn6.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4213/dad3ri4.jpg

[GraphixNPrint]

I can already see all the pirates getting on the ship (the first one you posted by your dad)


Your girl in the first shot looks like she should be in Holland... such a cute shot!

The two walking hand in hand looks similar to a stock shot we used last year for a realtors brochure!

Very nice pics Frank... I think I heart you now! :D

[GraphixNPrint]

another of the previous model ... the only thing she would wear was this fur coat!

[frankster]

Thank you. Unfortunately the dubious honour of "inappropriate internet lurve thang proclaimer" has seemingly been snatched up by yesthisismyday. Bejamshi is loved up to the point of hysteria most of the time, you two would get along. ;)

[GraphixNPrint]

lurve thang

either way ... i still heart you! :p ;)

[m0nal1sa]

Here are two photos taken recently.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p104/m0nal1sa/n715264364_209067_9993.jpg
a few minutes' walk from where I live, looking into Blue Mountains National Park (an hour's drive from Sydney, Aust)

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p104/m0nal1sa/n715264364_301588_2445.jpg
Mount Solitary, viewed from the Leuralla cliff-top garden amphitheatre, fifteen minutes further up the mountains from home

[Riya]

Great thread idea, Morea. It's really neat seeing where everyone else is. I'll share some of mine, but first I have to apoligize for the quailty. My equipment sucks and I'm not much better. Anyways:

This first one is just outside of the town that I went to school in in Wyoming. I love this place.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/celebsultari/roundup.jpg

Mammoth, Wyoming in Yellowstone Park. Two cow elk and thier babies are taking naps in the middle of town. They come here because they know that people won't bother them and they are safe from the wolves there.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/celebsultari/elk.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/celebsultari/elk2.jpg

New growth and wildflowers in an area of the park where there was a forest fire a few years ago.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/celebsultari/newgrowth.jpg

One of Yellowstone's many waterfalls.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/celebsultari/waterfall.jpg

Buffalo in the Park
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/celebsultari/buffaloherd.jpg

This was taken just outside of my apartment. It's the smoke from a fire near Big Timber, Montana a couple hundred miles away. The pink dot in the middle of the sky is the sun.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/celebsultari/smoke.jpg

There was a whole litter of five baby foxes and thier Mama living in this abandoned cabin near Cooke City, Montana. Only a few of the pictures turned out because it was dusk, but it was fun watching them play. They were climbing all over the cabin and pushing each other off the roof and everything.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/celebsultari/foxes.jpg

[GraphixNPrint]

this make me miss real nature....

[JPnyc]

http://www.jpages.net/images/Picture177357(Medium).jpg

[frankster]

New growth and wildflowers in an area of the park where there was a forest fire a few years ago.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/celebsultari/newgrowth.jpg

I really like that one Riya!

[Red Kittie Kat]

Frank your little ones are just adorable... Love your dads pics too :)

Very nice Mona!!

Riya!! love the horses ... such a kewl shot ... all great shots love seeing the wildlife :)

JP .. that photo is so crisp those people almost look photoshopped in :D

... but I know thats what NYC streets really look like ;)

[JPnyc]

I have the camera set to hard sharpness. I don't like to do postprocessing, so with that setting I can just do a batch resize and I'm done. Photos look a little too sharp at full-size, but you never display them at full-size. They also print a little better, since printing tends to soften the focus, to my eyes.

[hewligan]

One Tree Hill last weekend:

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5696/9291794ht2.jpg

You'll notice there isn't actually a tree... there was a little incident with a protest and a chainsaw a few years ago. Oh, and I suppose that, really, it's not so much a "hill" as a "volcano." Yeah, we're dead good at naming stuff around these parts :D

[JPnyc]

Ah yes, the famous Auckland chainsaw massacres.

[morea]

these are great, guys!

Don't apologize, Riya... I really like your shots. What an awesome place! I am really glad that you shared them. :)

Frank - your girls are adorable. I like your dad's shots too!

Mona - that second one looks like something out of a movie. :)

JP - that's a great shot. It's also a nice contrast to the natural landscapes already posted.

lol hewligan, nice shot. ;)

I'm in trouble now because I want to visit all of these places, but I have no travel budget. :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

Great shot Hewligan :)

[mattbing]

This ones a couple years old. It's taken at an Ontario Provincial Park called Restoule PP.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Very nice Matt :)

[mattbing]

Thanks.
There's a ton of great photos and beautiful places on here.

[Red Kittie Kat]

oh definitely ... I love seeing every ones surroundings :)

[morea]

I chased some deer through the woods for about an hour tonight. This one finally got curious once they moved into a clearing and turned to see what I was doing. So cool! I had never been so close to one before!

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/deer.jpg

[GraphixNPrint]

very nice Morea! ... now rest ... oh and stop changing what I said ;)

[morea]

31,000 posts and you change just ONE of somebody else's and you're branded for life. ;)

[GraphixNPrint]

LOL ... man I need to find me a lil animated kissy face smiley - and not one thats been posted here before .. well I guess I could open illy and start designing one

[willy_flew]

More upstate NY
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b222/photoventurer/Stormsabrewin.jpg



http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b222/photoventurer/fenimore.jpg



http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b222/photoventurer/cemeterypartb.jpg

[GraphixNPrint]

Willy.... personally I love B&W! The storm clouds shot is wonderful!

[Red Kittie Kat]

beautiful shots as always Willy :)

[willy_flew]

Willy.... personally I love B&W! The storm clouds shot is wonderful!

I love B&W also.....TY for the comments this is my fav of my own images.

[willy_flew]

beautiful shots as always Willy :)

Thanks Kitty your Sacandaga shot is awesome! We live in an awesome part of the world.

[m0nal1sa]

These are Aboriginal wells, 20 minutes' walk from my house, showing axe-grinding grooves and, in the top well, what seems to be the faint outline of a fish.

Aboriginal and European travellers alike used these wells when passing through the mid-Mountains.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p104/m0nal1sa/n715264364_339796_9767.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p104/m0nal1sa/n715264364_338404_6985.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

Thanks Kitty your Sacandaga shot is awesome! We live in an awesome part of the world.

Aww thanks Willy :)

I love going up on what we call "overlook" for the change of seasons .. I always get a beautiful shot from up there :)


Mona ... that is really kewl!

[urstwile]

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7797/mycorner7ce8.jpg

I'm dying from cuteness overload over here, Frank, all the shots with the girls are cute, but this is so picture postcard, Hallmark cute I can barely stand it. The hats are rockin' my world.

Here are some from my front yard, next door neighbor's yard, and across the street.

Front yard:
http://i23.tinypic.com/2chnvi9.jpg

From our front yard, a view of across the street:
http://i22.tinypic.com/1568ehd.jpg

Taken from our front yard, a view of our neighbor's trees in their front yard:
http://i23.tinypic.com/260ptat.jpg

[frankster]

I'm dying from cuteness overload over here, Frank, all the shots with the girls are cute, but this is so picture postcard, Hallmark cute I can barely stand it. The hats are rockin' my world.

Here are some from my front yard, next door neighbor's yard, and across the street.

Yeah, sometimes they are so cute I think I'm going to barf! :p :D

That palm tree is humungous! The thing that amazed me about the weird and wonderful plants in California was the flowering Aloe. I couldn't believe how tall the flowers were! There was one down the road from us that was taller than a three story house!!! It just doesn't look possible from the size of the plant. :confused:

[urstwile]

Yeah, the palm tree is pretty outsized, especially when you consider that our neighborhood is fairly urban.

I've only really seen them that big in resort areas, this one is humongous, probably about 14 feet tall (a guesstimate, based on my husband's height and how many of him it would take to climb to the top if he were stacked up times two or two and a half, yeah, I measure funny, but it works). Plus, I'm not sure what the tree next to it is, it looks evergreen-ish, but I can't remember seeing evergreens so tightly wrapped like that one.

[JPnyc]

urst, I'm not familiar with that model Fuji camera that you have, but if it allows exposure compensation, it's pretty much accepted as fact that Fuji's tend to overexpose. Try setting the camera two thirds of a stop down. It really helps with Fuji's.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Great pics Urst :)

I miss big Palms :(

[urstwile]

urst, I'm not familiar with that model Fuji camera that you have, but if it allows exposure compensation, it's pretty much accepted as fact that Fuji's tend to overexpose. Try setting the camera two thirds of a stop down. It really helps with Fuji's.
Good to know, JP, thanks for the tip. :)

[JaCkinbOx]

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t191/contemporaneous/DSC_0887.jpg
This photo was taken in Myrtle Beach, SC. About a 2-hour drive away from my home in Charleston. It was during our 1-year anniversary weekend get-away (and delayed honeymoon...).

I am a man who loves his miniature golf.

[Red Kittie Kat]

kewl shot Jack :)

[Mynock]

http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data/544/719CornCob-med.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

Oooh thats beautiful Mynock :)

[morea]

Here's a shot of a garter snake I took today!

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/bromontsnake.jpg

[balou]

Cool Morea! He's checkin' you out!

[morea]

he thought that I would make a tasty morsel! :D

[balou]

actually, he looks really PO'd! "Who's that chick stepping in my leafy nest?"

[morea]

definitely. I hope that I didn't interrupt his dinner! :D

Fortunately, I was able to outrun him. He looks sort of like I'd imagine a dragon in that pic.

[Jackimalyn]

OK, well I cant compare with Franksters ridiculously cute girls but heres a few I took a while back of the now abandoned Pabst Brewery

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/jackimalyn/FH000011.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/jackimalyn/FH000019.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/jackimalyn/FH000021.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/jackimalyn/FH000014.jpg

My fav
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/jackimalyn/fireescape.jpg

[balou]

Those are nice - love the fire escape shot!

[frankster]

Those are nice - love the fire escape shot!

def my favourite too!

[Red Kittie Kat]

Great snake Mo!!! :)

Love those shots Jackie .. I remember that fire escape from the photo challenge ... still love it :D

[balou]

I bet some developer goes in there and makes condos, lofts and shops when the real estate market revives.

I had a friend that lived in Milwaukee a while back. Included in the directions to her house was "when you smell the brewery, you will be exiting soon". :D

[GraphixNPrint]

"when you smell the brewery, you will be exiting soon".

Hey I haven't even been to milwaukee so how could they smell me? :o

[balou]

Hey I haven't even been to milwaukee so how could they smell me? :o

Holy crap! A talking brewery!

[tuliptree]

I'm supposed to be working right now, but I got caught up in this thread. What a great idea Morea. I love looking through everyone's photos, there are some really beautiful shots! Mona, I'm fascinated with yours.
Here's one for right now, I'll post more when I have more time.

This was taken on the shores of Lake Erie last summer, about 1 min from where I grew up. These are my girls, hunting for "sea glass"

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/w1lc01g1rl/seaglasshunt.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

what a sweet picture Tulip :)

[frankster]

That's a really really sweet photo! I'd be very tempted to rotate it and crop slightly to get the horizon horizontal though. I love it when you catch two kids in a world of thier own together like that!

[Jackimalyn]

I bet some developer goes in there and makes condos, lofts and shops when the real estate market revives.

I had a friend that lived in Milwaukee a while back. Included in the directions to her house was "when you smell the brewery, you will be exiting soon". :D

lmao...

Actually, they are turning it into condos, hotels and shopping centers. Just looking for money first, but they want to preserve the buildings. this has happened a lot in Milwaukee, the Blatz brewery turned to condos, the Schlitz turned into a business development and Miller's still holdin strong.

But yes, when these breweries were up and running there was nothing you could do to escape the smell, it wa spretty nasty.

[morea]

Some pictures from a hike in a nearby bog and forest preserve this past weekend:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/johnville%20bog/forkedpath.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/johnville%20bog/birchbog2.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/johnville%20bog/bog-trail.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/johnville%20bog/boggrowth.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/johnville%20bog/bogcolor.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/johnville%20bog/mossytree.jpg

[Virgo Nightingale]

I love that tree getting slowly swallowed up by the moss!

[morea]

it was really a neat place! Not much wildlife there, as it's a tough environment - though I did get a shot of this little guy:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/johnville%20bog/green-grasshopper.jpg

[Jackimalyn]

nice shot morea! man that is a tiny depth of field! what are you shooting with?

[Red Kittie Kat]

Great shots Mo :)

[fredrich]

Some pictures from the other side of the Atlantic:

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v67/5/92/529475654/n529475654_170879_4056.jpg
The view from Mount Fløyen, Bergen, Norway (you can take a cable car up to this point directly from the city centre)


http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v134/5/92/529475654/n529475654_1377260_8939.jpg
The Puddefjord Bridge by night.

http://fredrich.monror.com/bilder/diverse/IMG_9879_lite.jpg
From the top of a residential area called Lønborglien.

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v119/5/92/529475654/n529475654_1025190_470.jpg
From Voss, a town hosting the Norwegian extreme sports week, birthplace of the American football player/coach Knute Rockne. The town is also the source of the Voss Bottled Water.

http://fredrich.monror.com/bilder/diverse/IMG_3747_red_lite.jpg
Oslo, the capital of Norway.

[morea]

I was hoping that you would chime in fredrich, and you didn't disappoint. Nice shots! I love the sky in the first one. The second one is really sharp, very nice! And the third one is amazing. Nice capture.

Here are some shots from yesterday:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/bishops2.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/mush.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/birchmushrooms.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/bishopstrail3.jpg






http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/river-1.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/slug.jpg

[JPnyc]

What are you guys using for postprocessing that is wiping out all the exif information? Or are you using film cameras?

[morea]

and here's a neat stone church I stumbled upon yesterday, just before it started raining:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/church1.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/church-side.jpg





http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/pics/churchstreet.jpg

[fredrich]

Nice pics morea, the calm light you manage to get in the woods is great. Sun through branches tend to be somewhat difficult.

Some more:

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v129/5/92/529475654/n529475654_1449458_6939.jpg
A Mini in a part of my city (I don't think it is allowed to drive a car there, but since the car is so small, we gave it a try)


http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v129/5/92/529475654/n529475654_1449496_6403.jpg
A local abandoned mill (I think it grinded flour back in the days)

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v129/5/92/529475654/n529475654_1449598_3594.jpg
No description needed, the boat talks for itself

http://photos-654.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v129/5/92/529475654/n529475654_1449600_4259.jpg
The Steindalsfoss waterfall

http://photos-654.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v129/5/92/529475654/n529475654_1449601_4593.jpg
Well, hello

http://photos-654.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v129/5/92/529475654/n529475654_1449624_963.jpg
Sunset outside Kirkenes (northern Norway), near the Russian border

[Red Kittie Kat]

Great pics both of you!!! :)

[urstwile]

Yes, very nice!

[bsilvia]

First two images are from Rovinj and last one is from Zagreb. My two cities :)

Silvia*

http://www.dgdesign.hr/fotke/rovinj01.jpg

http://www.dgdesign.hr/fotke/rovinj04.jpg

http://www.dgdesign.hr/fotke/zagreb01.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

Oooh great pics Bsilvia :)

[hewligan]

What are you guys using for postprocessing that is wiping out all the exif information? Or are you using film cameras?

My bet is that, just like me, they use Photoshop's save for web out of habit. That tends to suck out any unnecessary information to save on file size.

[urstwile]

Yup, I'm a save for Web girl tried and true. Sorry, JP.

[bsilvia]

My bet is that, just like me, they use Photoshop's save for web out of habit. That tends to suck out any unnecessary information to save on file size.

yes it's Photoshop and "Save for Web & Devices" :)

S*

[morea]

^ indeed.

Beautiful shots, Silvia!

[Miss Perfect]

Here are links to my photo posts on my blog. My two "parts of the world" are NYC and Israel. I don't have the originals handy so this is the best I can do. Please critique in my comments!

Israel (http://myhumblebeginnings.blogspot.com/2007/09/israel-photos.html)

Subway(NY) (http://myhumblebeginnings.blogspot.com/2007/10/caution.html)

Random (http://myhumblebeginnings.blogspot.com/2007/07/random-photos.html)

I have some nice ones from around my neighborhood, maybe I'll upload them someday.

[Two-Toe Tom]

here's some more pics, the first three are from a town called Jordan, about an hour and a half outside toronto, and the last one is from thornhill, which is just north of toronto.

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9790/forest6mt9.jpg

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/3664/forest4nl1.jpg

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/6775/forest1fc8.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/361/lakelc1.jpg

[morea]

I love these, Tom! I can't believe how far ahead our foliage is here... there aren't many leaves left on the trees at this point.

[Two-Toe Tom]

thanks morea! maybe u can take a leaf brush in photoshop, print some leaves on a transparency, and put it up on your window, that way there'll always be leaves on the tree when u look outside. woot!

[morea]

maybe I will, Tom. Maybe I will. :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

Gorgeous shots there Tom! :)

[Two-Toe Tom]

thanks rkk! :)

[urstwile]

Nice work, Tom. I'm in love with the second one. :)

[Red Kittie Kat]

thanks rkk! :)


nooooo thank youuuu :D

[fredrich]

On the way up the Fløibanen funicular:

http://fredrich.monror.com/bilder/diverse/eos350d_265_lite.jpg

On the top:

http://fredrich.monror.com/bilder/diverse/eos350d_274_lite.jpg


http://fredrich.monror.com/bilder/diverse/eos350d_275_lite.jpg

http://fredrich.monror.com/bilder/diverse/eos350d_290_lite.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

Amazing shots Fredrich .. wish I had your eye for angles and perspective ;)

[GraphixNPrint]

ok, its night time here in Vegas, so a view of the strip from the Stratosphere.

Blah, its not scenic like all the nature shots but then again its about all we have here in the middle of the desert :(

[urstwile]

Wot's a funicular?

[morea]

^ ditto that.

Nice shots everybody!

[fredrich]

Wot's a funicular?

From Wikipedia:
"A funicular, also known as a funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or cliff railway, is a type of self-contained cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a very steep slope, the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalancing each other."

Our is called "Fløibanen" and is the only cable car of its kind in Scandinavia. Some people use it to get home/to work, most of the people use it to access tour areas on/down the mountain (walking, skiing, sledging etc.), and the tourists like the view from the top.

[bsilvia]

Snow!!! Oh, I can't wait for it! :)
fredrich
(http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/member.php?u=6878)

[hewligan]

This is from a park in Ponsonby...

[Red Kittie Kat]

is that part of a building?

[urstwile]

From Wikipedia:
"A funicular, also known as a funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or cliff railway, is a type of self-contained cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a very steep slope, the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalancing each other."

Our is called "Fløibanen" and is the only cable car of its kind in Scandinavia. Some people use it to get home/to work, most of the people use it to access tour areas on/down the mountain (walking, skiing, sledging etc.), and the tourists like the view from the top.
Ah, okay, so it's like the incline that goes up Mount Washington in Pittsburgh. When we last visited (his family's from there), my husband and I took that to get to the top, it's a tramlike thing that goes up the mountain. We had pierogis when we got to the top. They were yummy. :)

[hewligan]

is that part of a building?

Not really. It's a sculpture thingy in the park. Basically, it's like the cornices of ruined buildings sticking out of the ground. It's really, really cool. I thought I had a lot more photos of it, but I can't seem to find them. Might have to wander back there with my camera next time the weather's good.

[fredrich]

Ah, okay, so it's like the incline that goes up Mount Washington in Pittsburgh. When we last visited (his family's from there), my husband and I took that to get to the top, it's a tramlike thing that goes up the mountain. We had pierogis when we got to the top. They were yummy. :)

Probably something like that, yes. Looks like this:
http://www.floibanen.com/upload/bilde-forside-stort.jpg
(photo from the company's website, not mine)

hewligan: Looks nice, would be interesting to see more photos of the park. Reminds me of a car dealer in Denmark, where a BMW was buried or cut in half so that it looked like it was half-way buried (can't remember which one) in the sand outside the shop.

[Red Kittie Kat]

thanks Hewligan ... it's pretty unique looking :)

[urstwile]

Yup, Fredrich, that's similar to the Mount Washington Incline, which, when I looked it up, is also considered a funicular. The cars are much older than the photo you posted.

[fredrich]

Yup, Fredrich, that's similar to the Mount Washington Incline, which, when I looked it up, is also considered a funicular. The cars are much older than the photo you posted.

They are the 4th generation of cable cars since 1918 (they came in 2002, so they are pretty new). The previous ones were from 1974. The new cars were a part of a complete renewal of the funicular, from ticket systems to tracks and graphic profile.

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Cool sculpture Hew!

[JgS]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/stephensgrafx/pics/2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/stephensgrafx/pics/3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/stephensgrafx/pics/6.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

very nice Jgs :)

[bigrich1]

So I live in South Africa. It's impossible to sum it up with one pic. These are places I've lived and places I've been to. (links to bigger pictures below each description)

Starting from left to right, top to bottom:

1. Durban CBD, East coast of SA
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/5StarRich/Durban-1.jpg

2. The view from my flat in Durban, winter sunrise
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/5StarRich/Durban-2.jpg

3. To get from Durban to Johannesburg you traverse a mountain range, The Drakensberg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/5StarRich/Drakensberg.jpg

4. The most desolate place I've been to in SA, Verneukpan, Karoo desert, Northern Cape
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/5StarRich/Verneukpan.jpg

5. Eastern Cape mountains at dawn
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/5StarRich/Eastern-Cape.jpg

6. South Africa's own ski resort (Tiffinell), at the very end of season (hence the lack of snow!!)
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/5StarRich/Skiing.jpg

7. Cape Dutch style house on a wine farm in the Western Cape
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/5StarRich/Wine-Farm.jpg

8. Franschoek, just outside of Cape Town
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/5StarRich/Franschoek.jpg

:)

[Red Kittie Kat]

great pics :) Thanks for sharing Rich :)

[fredrich]

You have a pretty nice view from your flat bigrich1.

[bigrich1]

Yeah, that flat rocked! 7th storey, on top of a hill that was a nature reserve, rolling down to a golf course and then Indian Ocean! The winter sunrises were amazing! I now live in the husle & busle that is Johannesburg, a city with a higher population concentration than any other province, let alone city. That said, jo'burg is still picked up by satellites as a rain forest. You have to see south africa to believe it!

[fredrich]

Yeah, that flat rocked! 7th storey, on top of a hill that was a nature reserve, rolling down to a golf course and then Indian Ocean! The winter sunrises were amazing! I now live in the husle & busle that is Johannesburg, a city with a higher population concentration than any other province, let alone city. That said, jo'burg is still picked up by satellites as a rain forest. You have to see south africa to believe it!

Never been to any parts of Africa, but I've heard that one neighbourhood called Hillbrow in Johannesburg is pretty rough. In which part of the city do you live?

[bigrich1]

Lol, yeah, Hillbrow is a "problem area" in the jo'burg CBD. It's the classic case of nigerian drug dealers and pimps buying up a whole lot of slum property and making it their world. I live in the leafy suburbs of Sandton. I think the amount of electric fencing and high brick walls freak some people out, but I guess I've just grown up with it. SA has a crime issue, no doubt, but I love it here.

[Toad_1]

I was able to live in Montana, USA the a year ago. Here are a couple photos:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q15/ben_toad1/l_2cfed6713f8877d2181fa3cb2919eb56.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q15/ben_toad1/l_6d5b5b09bb29261611947bd2284d3687.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q15/ben_toad1/l_fbe1b57e15853c580fc441fec0ab4df9.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q15/ben_toad1/l_f4801611266b793d7986d8ce8b6ed1db.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q15/ben_toad1/l_9bf89ab4b3d394a317bb1979cd7c8671.jpg

Here's one of Wyoming:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q15/ben_toad1/l_4840402e56c33ecaecc259256fe482d7.jpg

I'll post some more photo's when I manage to upload them.

[balou]

beautiful shots toad!

[Two-Toe Tom]

great photos toad! :)

[Red Kittie Kat]

great photos Toad :)

[bigrich1]

Very nice pics! :)

[Riya]

Nice Toad. What part of Montana? Are those the Beartooths in the black and white?

[bsilvia]

Zagreb, Croatia last Sunday
http://bsilvia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/zagreb_at_night_02.jpg

[Toad_1]

Nice Toad. What part of Montana? Are those the Beartooths in the black and white?

The first three pictures were taken in Broadus, MT. My girlfriend and I were visiting some friends and while there decided to wander the countryside looking for old homesteads.

The fourth, black and white, photo was taken in Glacier Nat. Park.

The final photo was taken in Yellowstone Nat. Park.



Speaking of Beartooth the first photo below is from Beartooth Pass in Wyoming/Montana. Also shown below is a couple more images of Glacier and one of Yellowstone. I have a ton of photos to post for ya'll but I don't have my home computer up and running yet--just moved.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q15/ben_toad1/photos.jpg

[Riya]

Yeah, I thought it looked familiar. I have several friends from Broadus. And I have spent quite a bit of time in Yellowstone, Glacier and the Beartooths. Great pictures btw!

[Toad_1]

Yeah, I thought it looked familiar. I have several friends from Broadus. And I have spent quite a bit of time in Yellowstone, Glacier and the Beartooths. Great pictures btw!

My sister lives in West Glacier--West Entrance to Glacier Nat. Park. I usualy visit her every other year, taking some quick shots along the way. It's fun trying to drive all the way out there in one straight shot, 24 hrs. from Madison, WI. That country is beautiful anytime of year. (I worked in Glacier last year. Great times.)

Here's a couple more shots I found in the old Photobucket:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q15/ben_toad1/glacier.jpg

[morea]

nobody is posting winter photos!

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/winter/teepees.jpg

[bsilvia]

Rovinj, Croatia - few days ago. Snow?!?
:cool:

http://bsilvia.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/03.jpg
http://http://bsilvia.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/03.jpg

[morea]

snow is not actually required. ;)

Beautiful shot!

[tuliptree]

We adopted four promethia moth caterpillars last summer and over wintered them in a butterfly pavilion. They need freezing temperatures to complete their cycle (crazy pillars!) and they supposedly emerge in May.

Ours didn't, so I was disappointed, but then was surprised today when the first one came out of its cocoon! Coincidently a "wild" one flew into our garage right about the same time the other hatched (perhaps from the same bunch as we collected our caterpillars from the tulip tree in our front yard).

Here are some images of ours (brown, a female) and the "wild" male (black, larger). I believe they are the second largest moth in the US (possibly North America).

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/w1lc01g1rl/promethiaf3.jpg
Female

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/w1lc01g1rl/promethiaf2.jpg
Female with flowers our kids brought her for her first snack (she was still working on drying her wings so she didn't seem interested).

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/w1lc01g1rl/promethiaf1.jpg
Female

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/w1lc01g1rl/promethiam1.jpg
Male

[urstwile]

Those wing markings are very cool! Those critters are hooge!

[Virgo Nightingale]

Pretty shots tulip!

If that thing is the second largest moth, then I saw the largest outside a 7-11 once. Thing was bigger than a sparrow, but whitish/gray. It was kinda scary.

[tuliptree]

Thanks Virgs! Yeah, they are hoooge! The largest is the cecropia moth Virgo. There's the cecropia (largest in North America) and also polyphemous and luna moths that are very very large, too. I think the polyphemus (like the one eyed mythological dude) are the greyish ones. Does this look like what you saw?
http://www.cirrusimage.com/Moths/Polyphemus_moth_med2.JPG

[Virgo Nightingale]

Nah, it didn't really have such distinct markings that I remember. Looked more like one of these run-of-the-mill moths:

http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Pale-winged%20Gray%202.JPG

but mahoooosive, about the size of that last one you posted. Maybe it was just a mutant. :confused:

[Red Kittie Kat]

wow that is awesome Tea! :)

[tuliptree]

Hee hee you called me Tea again Kittie! Just call me TeaTree! :p

[Red Kittie Kat]

WTH is wrong with me?

geezus! :p


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There that should sink in :p

[tuliptree]

LOL!!!

I think you still need to say that at least one and a half, maybe two more times for it to really sink in. :p

[Red Kittie Kat]

Oh hai Te.........................ulip how are you this morning? :D


I swear I sound like my grandfather .. he would run through all his grandkids name before he would get to mine ... My name was Mar.... Ka.... Kar...Ap...errrr Amy.

I do the same thing with my nieces now.

Abby, Ashley and Alex ... they are frequently called Al-shley Ab-shley or Al-by

Sucks to get old :D

[tuliptree]

Hee hee, hi Markakarpaerramy!

Love,
Teeeeulip! :D

[JPnyc]

a little cruise around my island
http://www.jpages.net/images/pics/Picture%20256%20(Medium).jpg
http://www.jpages.net/images/pics/Picture%20250%20(Medium).jpg
http://www.jpages.net/images/pics/Picture%20266%20(Medium).jpg
http://www.jpages.net/images/pics/Picture%20293%20(Medium).jpg
http://www.jpages.net/images/pics/Picture%20455%20(Medium).jpg
http://www.jpages.net/images/pics/Picture%20190%20(Medium).jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

Oh wow they are great JP!!!

Love that first one :)

[JPnyc]

thanks red

[Red Kittie Kat]

yw Mr. NYC


:p

[urstwile]

Nice!

[MrJingles]

Geat photos! I suprised you got so much colour in the 1st photo(PG1) D-Frag... Is it a stock image?

[Mynock]

So tropical JP.

[JPnyc]

Geat photos! I suprised you got so much colour in the 1st photo(PG1) D-Frag... Is it a stock image?
I think it's just a better exposure than the next.

[Tea]

WTH is wrong with me?

geezus! :p


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There that should sink in :p

Sweet! I knew you still loved me!

[JPnyc]

call me crazy, but isn't that his/her username?

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmao noooo I kept calling Tulip ... Tea

I get confuzzled by names starting with T I guess :p

[tuliptree]

Tee hee! Tea hee? Tulip hee? OMG which is right?? :p

[Psyco]

This is a picture I took last summer when I went to China. The picture of those mountains are famous and on the back of some of their money.
http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00066uz8.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

Very nice :)

Another place I would love to visit one day

[BrainDance]

we have welcomed 5 new bird families this year, one of them being a family of red bellied woodpeckers. seems dad does all the work, mom rarely came by! (we bungee down the suet to keep hawks from stealing the cage)
http://www.design27.com/red.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

aww what a great shot :)

[urstwile]

Awesome BrainDance! Where are you located? :)

[tuliptree]

Aww, what an amazing photo! What other families did you welcome? We had 3 nests of robins, and a nest of catbirds right outside our bedroom window this year. All of them were in extremely easy viewing access, it was like they wanted us to be peeping toms!

[fredrich]

http://foto.no/bildegalleri/images/b_356207.jpg
Palace of Culture and Science (237m), Warsaw, Poland

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll307/flippart/IMG_7245_red_lite.jpg
During the Red Bull Air Race, Rotterdam, Netherlands


http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll307/flippart/IMG_4964_red_lite.jpg
Oxford Street, London, UK

[B'elanna Torres]

Some pictures my husband took when we were in Iceland:


http://i34.tinypic.com/2usto8w.jpgpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/14xdpc3.jpg


http://i38.tinypic.com/2mysvmc.jpg


(I still haven't figured out how I can directly show the photo instead of a link :()

[Red Kittie Kat]

Amazing photos Fredrich .. I always look forward to your posts.

I love that last one :)

[Tea]

That last photo is great fredrich

B'ellanna...what a cool place to go to. I had no idea what it was like.

There is a little image icon on the top of the post window and then you can place your url in that and that should work.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Very nice B'elanna ... love the ice pic :)


I resized them and fixed the links for you. ;)


As Tea said just use the image icon (the yellow box with a mtn. and sun) and paste your url in there. Just be aware any numbers or symbols after .jpg in the url have to be removed :)

[B'elanna Torres]

Very nice B'elanna ... love the ice pic :)


I resized them and fixed the links for you. ;)
THX
What is maximum size -then I'll resize them myself next time :)

[Red Kittie Kat]

800 x 600 or the forum gets all stretched out ;)

[B'elanna Torres]

(hope that this one will work)

Every year there is the 4-days walk in Nijmegen (Netherlands) - it's a large event with 50.000 walking people, coming from over the world.
Here some of them, doing the 50 kilometer track:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/atelierbrigitte/SHxb6Uw-8cI/AAAAAAAAARg/uo1Gzxqcucg/s400/4daagse2008.jpg

[Red Kittie Kat]

You did it!! :)


Looks like a fun event

[B'elanna Torres]

You did it!! :)
YES! :)

Looks like a fun event
Fun to watch, but you must be crazy walking 50 kilometers every day, 4 days in a row :eek:

[Red Kittie Kat]

they must only stop long enough to sleep a little ;)

[Pointyhat]

Those Iceland pics were gorgeous

Some pics from around where I live on Cape Cod :)

http://mt12.quickshareit.com/share/skaketbeachsunsetc9346.jpg
The bay beach at the end of my road.

http://mt11.quickshareit.com/share/eldia3fowlerbde7a.JPG
Cool shipwreck on the ocean side quite a few years ago. 471-foot Maltese freighter "Eldia"

http://mt12.quickshareit.com/share/captlinelleb8f1.jpg
Cool haunted, old Captains house down the road from me.

http://mt12.quickshareit.com/share/cc0043e017.jpg
We got 3 feet of snow during this storm

[Red Kittie Kat]

Ooooh what great pics! I want to see that ship up close :D


and I can feel the cold in that last one ;)

[Pointyhat]

Up close it was rather nasty, rat infested. Ew!

[Red Kittie Kat]

Yikes!! lol

[B'elanna Torres]

Cool winter picture!
Haven't had that here since a long time

[fredrich]

http://foto.no/bildegalleri/images/207314.jpg
The Opera House, Copenhagen, Denmark

http://foto.no/bilder/images/v_68924.jpg
WW2 airplane at an airshow in Bergen, Norway

http://foto.no/bildegalleri/images/183968.jpg
Newbie trying to get the hang of things, shot from a beach on Rhodes, Greece. The coast of Turkey visible in the background.

http://foto.no/bildegalleri/images/120630.jpg
The top of a bonfire made of barrels, a yearly tradition during the celebration of the summer solstice in Bergen, Norway

[Red Kittie Kat]

Once again you take my breath away ... excellent shots Fredrich :)

[garricks]

Fredrich, they're all great, I especially like the bonfire photo!

[NTLemon]

A few shots from my neck of the woods, or mouth of the river perhaps.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/2569106839_17df1188a0.jpg
This is a shot from my parents house, on the Little Manatee River

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2420/2177734292_b5265d0eac.jpg
This is a marina in St. Pete, the building in the background to the left is my university campus

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1117/1358615170_bcd1922198.jpg
This is a kite surfer near the sunshine skyway bridge which spans the bottom of Tampa Bay

Also 2 vacation shots:

http://www.half-lime.com/uploads5/1783583371468f1c263d83b-p.jpg
This is from St. John in the virgin islands

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1191/1358572780_006ffdf33d.jpg
and this one was from lake Tahoe, this was the restaurant/marina at camp richardson where we were staying

[garricks]

Sweet, NT! I especially like that twilight shot. :D

[Pointyhat]

Fredrichs bonfire pic sort of looks like Burning Man

[Red Kittie Kat]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/2569106839_17df1188a0.jpg



That is gorgeous!

all terrific shots Lemon! :)

[tuliptree]

Lovely photos everyone!

[tuliptree]

Here's some photos from around my yard and in our garden:

Testing the macro on a bee
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/w1lc01g1rl/Picture693.jpg

Sedum flowers, the first sign of Fall coming our way . . .

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/w1lc01g1rl/Picture691.jpg

Hollyhock starting to bloom:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/w1lc01g1rl/Picture695.jpg

My favorite tulip tree, one that lives in our yard and where my screen name comes from!
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/w1lc01g1rl/Picture699.jpg

And a slideshow with a few more pics
http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/w1lc01g1rl/Garden%2008/?action=view&current=e2aa7e6e.pbw

[Typically]

ahhhh i thought you just liked tulips and trees :D this is probably a really dumb question but does the tree flower?

[tuliptree]

Not a dumb question at all typically! Actually the flower that is my avatar is the tulip tree bloom! They're really cool. From the ground looking up they don't look like much, they are sort of washed out yellow, but the inside is amazing!

Down south tulip tree is something else (I think what I call a magnolia if I'm remembering right?) One of my first conversations here on GDF when I joined.

Here's a closer look:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a114/w1lc01g1rl/DSC00141.jpg

[Typically]

oOoOoOo that's pretty. that orange really stands out

[tuliptree]

They really are pretty, and the orange is a firey orange red. I love tulip trees (as if you can't tell! :) )

[Red Kittie Kat]

Beautiful Tulip ... love flowers :)

[urstwile]

Nice tuliptree!

Are those pumpkins a growin' in the slideshow? Very cool indeed. :)