My son sees so many and rarely do I see pix. He gets to go backside (mixing vernaculars) for AA as an auditor. I think he likes going out in one of the vehicles allowed on tarmacs.
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I believe this is a sunrise from the few landmarks I recognize (i.e. the control tower at LAX) & the fact that I`m too familiar with the SoCal sunsets to not know the difference.
Beautiful morning colors & composition.
May I ask where you live, if this was taken from your home?
Lowering, glowering clouds. And wind. And spits of snow showers. Not a nice day.
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In full agreement with clouds. Mouth of the St Lawrence River, Horne's ferry dock. Wolfe Island CA. Lake Ontario beyond. To the right of photo. That is Cape Vincent NY in the background. edited for explication.
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I am 150 miles inland on a freshwater lake (Cayuga, so a large lake) and am used to gulls, but not at my house-in-the-woods. Have hawks in the woods, and crows, many crows. They will alert to animals below, I have seen foxes due to crow alarms.
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You must feel really satisfied to have achieved it. Now all you have to do, is remember it for the next time : ).
And thanks for the explication, as well as the beautifully personal photo. Part of my enjoyment of photography is the opportunity to visit other places.
Maybe last download and re-scan and sign off on my Canadian property. So much loss since then, husband to death was a major hit. I miss the water. Miss never getting a kayak, miss never learning to sail when we got a Laser for our son. Miss the boat roams, requiring nav charts through the Thousand Islands. Miss the waterfowl, miss the snapping turtles digging nest holes in my lawn. Remember learning that waxing moon points face right, waning points left. And a green light with 2 sec flash 2 miles away. My name is not Daisy. I learned more than she did.
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I had just got a digital camera and went to Patrick's point in eureka ca and went camping there for 2 weeks. My spot was right by the cliff overlooking that view.
I used to have to take a whole roll of film to get one decent picture. Remember those days?
I went nuts and took over 1,000 pictures.
I have the most incredible pictures from my walk tonight. I walk at the cemetery by my house and just as I got there the moon was coming up over the mountains. Bare trees, tombstones, mountains and the full moon.
But I only had my phone camera and I can't get the pictures off of it.
I'll take my SLR digital tomorrow and hopefully I can reproduce them and post them next week.
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
As I was loading this picture I couldn't stop thinking of the time Richard Feynman was teaching in Rio de Janeiro. In an optics class he was explaining some details of photons interacting with matter. He noted how the students were very diligent but did not seem to really get the essence of the topic. So, he stopped lecturing and instructed the students to turn around, look out the window, and watch the ocean for a time. Physics is not learned by studying what someone has written in a book. Physics is learned by immersing yourself in the world.
If this had been a clear day, I would have rotated the linear polarizer (that always covers my camera's lens) to suppress light scattered by the clear sky. This would have enhanced contrast making the sky appear dark blue and the greens and tans of Upper Table Rock would have "popped". That would have been awesome, but because of the humidity throughout the volume of air this sort of "trick" could not work.
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and we stopped at a companion's aunt's house for I dunno and then a crab place. I could not eat the crab. The mallets and all... What a loss for me. I have had live lobsters in my fridge and did the dunk (before children) but for some reason, perhaps the mallets or the already 6 hour drive, more to go, it just did not work that bright day. Some time in the 1970's.
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most marylanders use a knife rather than the mallet. the mallet can only really be useful on the claws and is not needed at all for getting at any of the best meat.
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Mrs. R took this one when we were sailing south from the Marshall Islands to Vanuatu in 2012. Worse passage we've ever had! This was just the beginning of what turned out to be 1000 miles and 10 days of pure, unadulterated hell!
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and it was a 5 mile crossing full-tilt. Lightning all around, and kids in the boat. Memories.
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Took a full on knockdown(sails in the water) when we unexpectedly hit with a gust of wind well in excess of 50kt and spent 10 days watching lightning hit the water all around the boat and absolute torrential rains. How we didn't get hit by lightning still amazes us. We still haven't fully recovered from that trip. We still twitch when we see lightning and hear thunder.
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Taken in 2011 on Tuao in the Tuamotu Atolls of French Polynesia. Check out the moon in the upper right hand corner!
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I spent much time at sea & almost nothing compares to that special feeling, except when you have your life on the line battling the fear mother nature can conjure up. It is something real that one never forgets.
Nothing exciting this week anyway. Just some shots out the back window...
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more clouds
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
sunrise or sunset?
I'm guessing sunset. Wow, the sky is on fire.
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Very nice Bisbonian. I'm going with sunset also.
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Sunrise,
LAX
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
I was guessing airport.
My son sees so many and rarely do I see pix. He gets to go backside (mixing vernaculars) for AA as an auditor. I think he likes going out in one of the vehicles allowed on tarmacs.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Bisbonian
I believe this is a sunrise from the few landmarks I recognize (i.e. the control tower at LAX) & the fact that I`m too familiar with the SoCal sunsets to not know the difference.
Beautiful morning colors & composition.
May I ask where you live, if this was taken from your home?
I`m already against the next war
That was today, here.
Lowering, glowering clouds. And wind. And spits of snow showers. Not a nice day.
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Now after multiple attmepts and minutes, voila!
In full agreement with clouds. Mouth of the St Lawrence River, Horne's ferry dock. Wolfe Island CA. Lake Ontario beyond. To the right of photo. That is Cape Vincent NY in the background. edited for explication.
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Are those gulls, trying to head for bluer skies?
Gëzuar!!
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Yup. Always gulls.
I am 150 miles inland on a freshwater lake (Cayuga, so a large lake) and am used to gulls, but not at my house-in-the-woods. Have hawks in the woods, and crows, many crows. They will alert to animals below, I have seen foxes due to crow alarms.
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Great job riverlover, with posting the photo.
You must feel really satisfied to have achieved it. Now all you have to do, is remember it for the next time : ).
And thanks for the explication, as well as the beautifully personal photo. Part of my enjoyment of photography is the opportunity to visit other places.
this morning
lighthouse
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Wow!
The clouds are almost a fireworks display. Very nice.
Gëzuar!!
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As well as the "fireworks" "fountain" or "geyser" display,
I really like the light on the rocks of the jetty. Beautiful.
Some cloud shots from a while back.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Your second one I like especially
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Thank you Bollox Ref
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Like Bollox, I especially like the middle one.
The light, the composition, but especially those silvery, satiny clouds. Thank you.
Guys, I didn't mean to suggest that clouds were key this week
Feel free to post shots of anything that interests you.
'Run to the Sea'
Gëzuar!!
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Wistful tonight.
Maybe last download and re-scan and sign off on my Canadian property. So much loss since then, husband to death was a major hit. I miss the water. Miss never getting a kayak, miss never learning to sail when we got a Laser for our son. Miss the boat roams, requiring nav charts through the Thousand Islands. Miss the waterfowl, miss the snapping turtles digging nest holes in my lawn. Remember learning that waxing moon points face right, waning points left. And a green light with 2 sec flash 2 miles away. My name is not Daisy. I learned more than she did.
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Quite poetic riverlover.
Gëzuar!!
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Pacific Ocean Clouds
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
Very lovely Snoopydawg
Can't choose a favourite.
Gëzuar!!
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Thanks Bollox
I had just got a digital camera and went to Patrick's point in eureka ca and went camping there for 2 weeks. My spot was right by the cliff overlooking that view.
I used to have to take a whole roll of film to get one decent picture. Remember those days?
I went nuts and took over 1,000 pictures.
I have the most incredible pictures from my walk tonight. I walk at the cemetery by my house and just as I got there the moon was coming up over the mountains. Bare trees, tombstones, mountains and the full moon.
But I only had my phone camera and I can't get the pictures off of it.
I'll take my SLR digital tomorrow and hopefully I can reproduce them and post them next week.
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
snoopydawg,
I especially enjoy the last photo, for the serenity of it, and for how the sailboats are like scatterings of smaller rocks. Thank you.
Here's some from last Tue
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
These three photos are truly dramatic.
Where are those stunning triangular buildings?
Grand Duchy of
Baden.
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
You would be correct, tapu
Gëzuar!!
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From North Roxy Overlook
A picture, from inside a cloud · · · of Upper Table Rock.
A rainy day in Oregon · · · What a surprise ‽
Sorry, but I can't help myself . . .
As I was loading this picture I couldn't stop thinking of the time Richard Feynman was teaching in Rio de Janeiro. In an optics class he was explaining some details of photons interacting with matter. He noted how the students were very diligent but did not seem to really get the essence of the topic. So, he stopped lecturing and instructed the students to turn around, look out the window, and watch the ocean for a time. Physics is not learned by studying what someone has written in a book. Physics is learned by immersing yourself in the world.
If this had been a clear day, I would have rotated the linear polarizer (that always covers my camera's lens) to suppress light scattered by the clear sky. This would have enhanced contrast making the sky appear dark blue and the greens and tans of Upper Table Rock would have "popped". That would have been awesome, but because of the humidity throughout the volume of air this sort of "trick" could not work.
Science is fun · · · from a certain point of view.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programing.
The way the rain softens and obscures the colours and shapes
is very appealing to me. To soften the brutal harshness of Table Rock's history is also welcome.
evening folks...
thanks for posting, bollox!
i've been too busy to get out with my camera for a couple of weeks, but here are some phone camera shots:
my shadow goes out for a walk in the meadow:
jim henson and kermit out in front of the university of maryland student union:
feeling crabby:
Joe, are those Blue Crabs?
Gëzuar!!
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yes, indeed...
they are chesapeake bay blue crabs, a local delicacy.
My one trip to B'more was a road trip
and we stopped at a companion's aunt's house for I dunno and then a crab place. I could not eat the crab. The mallets and all... What a loss for me. I have had live lobsters in my fridge and did the dunk (before children) but for some reason, perhaps the mallets or the already 6 hour drive, more to go, it just did not work that bright day. Some time in the 1970's.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
heh...
most marylanders use a knife rather than the mallet. the mallet can only really be useful on the claws and is not needed at all for getting at any of the best meat.
Marie Gallante Midday & Sunset LesSaintes, Guadeloupe, W.I.
Taken from the Lighthouse on Dominica (not Dominican Republic) with the cheapest old snapshot digital on the market.
From the Light House.
Nice thunderhead line blooming
in the second picture.
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It's always a treat to see the beauty of where you live.
It looks like there is much magic there.
Not what a sailor at sea likes to see!
Mrs. R took this one when we were sailing south from the Marshall Islands to Vanuatu in 2012. Worse passage we've ever had! This was just the beginning of what turned out to be 1000 miles and 10 days of pure, unadulterated hell!
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
I survived hail in an open boat once
and it was a 5 mile crossing full-tilt. Lightning all around, and kids in the boat. Memories.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
This turned out to be a trip from hell and back
Took a full on knockdown(sails in the water) when we unexpectedly hit with a gust of wind well in excess of 50kt and spent 10 days watching lightning hit the water all around the boat and absolute torrential rains. How we didn't get hit by lightning still amazes us. We still haven't fully recovered from that trip. We still twitch when we see lightning and hear thunder.
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
Ooh, that looks hauntingly sublime.
Glad you made it through safely.
This is what we look for!!
Taken in 2011 on Tuao in the Tuamotu Atolls of French Polynesia. Check out the moon in the upper right hand corner!
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
George W. Bush
Simply beautiful
I spent much time at sea & almost nothing compares to that special feeling, except when you have your life on the line battling the fear mother nature can conjure up. It is something real that one never forgets.
I`m already against the next war
Thanks for hosting tonight, BR! Gorgeous photos, All. EOM
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Late summer evening clouds changing color
15 minutes later
Mt Jefferson peeking through the trees
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Thank you for posting this short sequence of time.
The photos are stunning.
I missed the thread last night
Nothing exciting this week anyway. Just some shots out the back window...
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boriscleto
Every one a terrific shot.
I`m already against the next war
Seeing a Chickadee again, after years without,
was definitely exciting for me! Thank you for all.
Clouds
I missed last night`s edition also.
Secret Service
6 Units of Sunset
(click it)
Steady Blow
Flying South
All taken from my yard.
I`m already against the next war
Thanks Knucklehead.
The perfect place for us to meet, and photograph the clouds ; ).
Thanks Bollox,
for your photography and filling in again.
Well, I tried,
but I cannot get the image under my name to load. Bummer.
Great images everyone.