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[JanT]

Steve,

Magnificent!!! I so enjoyed looking at all the photos and reading your comments. What a wonderful experience. Thank you for sharing with us!

Jan

 

[mitchandjeanette]

Cancun

At Westin Lagunamar

 

[Numismatist]

Skiing anyone?

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Name that Waterfall!!!

Can you identify this waterfall???

 

[Makai Guy]

Name that Waterfall!!!

Can you identify this waterfall???

I think so. If I'm right, here's a hint:

"Boss! Boss! De plane! De plane!"

 

[HatTrick]

At Westin Lagunamar

Nice image!

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I think so. If I'm right, here's a hint:

"Boss! Boss! De plane! De plane!"

That would be correct, sir.

 

[MuranoJo]

I think so. If I'm right, here's a hint:

"Boss! Boss! De plane! De plane!"

MG or Steve, so where was that filmed? Somewhere in HI I'm sure? I never really watched the show.

 

[ricoba]

MG or Steve, so where was that filmed? Somewhere in HI I'm sure? I never really watched the show.

Fantasy Island, was filmed here in Los Angeles area, primarily in Burbank. The establishment shot of the island is Kauai, the house is at the LA Arboretum in Arcadia, CA, (scroll down to see the house picture.)

 

[MuranoJo]

Thanks, Rick.
The one or two times I did see the show, the scenery 'felt' like it was all filmed in HI. But then again, I'm not sure I had been to HI yet at the time, so what would I know.

 

[Makai Guy]

Wailua Falls didn't show up in the Fantasy Island opening intro until season 3 (1980-81). Video

 

[pablowest]

I really like this photos. The Disney Bord walk.

 

[Worldwide Timeshare]

here is one of mine

more to come!

 

[Karen G]

Upper Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona

Put this place on your bucket list. I've never seen anything like it.

 

[Karen G]

another one

 

[jerseyfinn]

Karen,

Nice photos. How busy was the site? I've met folks who say that sometimes one has to queue up to try their hand at some of these shots, but of course it is well worth the effort given how spectacular the light & canyon is. What are the times that one can best capture these sunbeam effects?

Once again, nice images.

Barry

 

[jerseyfinn]

A warranty can be a good thing

I purchase my Canon G-11 in late Fall 2009 at Best Buy. It's a high end P&S camera, so I take out a 2 year warranty on it mainly because of the higher purchase price. During our Oceana Palms visit this past February, I notice a problem with my toggle ring which controls my manual adjustments for focus, aperture, and shutter. I finally take the camera to BBY ( Geek Squad ) for a look see. They determine that they can't fix the camera. My mfg warranty has long since expired.

The good news is that my extended warranty offers me a "comparable camera" in exchange. Since Canon no longer manufactures the G-11, that made my 'comparable camera' the Canon G-12 ( which is the exact same camera as my injured G-11 with a few new "tweaks" which improve an already great camera ). So the moral of the story is that an extended warranty can be a good thing for a camera when the camera costs more than a couple hundred dollars.

The only glitch is that the store does not have a G-12 in stock and I've gotta wait until Wednesday to pick it up. But because the G-12 is virtually the same camera, my G-11 batteries also spec to the G-12 so my total out of pocket expense is the cost of a new two year warranty for the G-12. The camera manager at BBY tells me he rarely sees any warranty issues with the Canons BBY sells and I agree that that Canon is a sound product and my faith in the brand remains untarnished.

That said, in addition to my manual operation problem with the G-11, I also began to notice a few dead pixels a couple of months ago. Dead pixels ( more precisely "hot" or "black" depending upon whether the bucket is stuck in the on or off position ) are not an unusual occurance on camera sensors and they are most usually unnoticable in normal sized prints. I myself discover them when I was doing my post-processing in Photoshop last month as I work in full or 75% resolution and I happen to discover one dead pixel and this prompts me to search for others. All told, I find 3 which are not a big issue. But being the curious guy I am, I note their specific location and I backtrack through my image archives to see when the problem first appears. Turns out it coincidentally begins during our February trip and that by the second week, two of the dead pixels regained their function. Could not find an evidence from my earlier archives, at least for those specific pixels. Just another way to waste time with your camera and computer.

Barry

 

[Karen G]

Thanks, Barry. Our tour started about 11 a.m. and it was close to noon on our walk back through when the shaft of light appeared. There were a lot of people walking through--I'm guessing maybe 100 or more in groups of 10-12 with a guide.

At some twists and turns the path is very narrow--only one person at a time goes through--at others it's much wider and several people can stand together. The "ceiling" is very high and most of the time you could just point your camera up and get some good shots.

Here's a photo I took that I accidentally got some people in it at the bottom. It gives you an idea of the height of the "room."

Here's the same picture where I cropped out the people.

 

[Karen G]

Here are lots more photos of Upper Antelope Canyon from Google. You can also Google Lower Antelope Canyon and see how the entry is different from the Upper canyon (where you can walk straight in) as opposed to going down from the top on a ladder after a hike to get there for the Lower one. Upper is definitely easier to get into.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Whistler Valley

 

[Makai Guy]

An oldie ...

Have been playing around with scanning some of my old 35mm slides into electronic form and ran across this one that I thought some of you might get a kick out of. It was an old faded slide, and this is the best I could do toward rejuvenating its colors.


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(Before you ask -- this picture goes clear back to 1974 and predates our current dog Cookie whose picture I've been using as my online avatar for quite a few years now.)

 

[Timeshare Von]

Two from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

From our vacation this past week.

Both were taken in Cade's Cove section of the park. The deer photo is straight off the camera and the bear has been cropped.

 

[SueDonJ]

We're having our house re-sided which is totally disrupting this nest - it's been like a rental property for a whole bunch of different birds who settle in over the weekends and then leave come Monday when the construction guys start working. This is the second time a robin has laid her eggs; the first one we got three hatchlings but the mom and dad moved the babies when they were only 1 day old. Hopefully these will be full-time tenants.

 

[MuranoJo]

Susan,
I'm getting so fanatic about protecting nests that I don't let any pruners or lawn treatment people come in past March until late summer. Glad to hear the 'parents' were able to move their new brood, though I've never heard of that before.

 

[SueDonJ]

Jo, I hadn't ever seen them move their babies either. This nest is in the holly bushes against the house about six feet off the ground. The day before they moved the chicks, one of the workers was on a ladder directly in front of the nest and there was a lot of noise. I thought the mom was all settled in the nest that night, but next morning when I looked the dad was just removing the last one (he dangled it from his beak!) and I watched him fly over to a tree. I hope they're okay, haven't seen any evidence on the ground that they're not ... It looks like the workers will make their way back to this spot tomorrow or Friday - keep your fingers crossed.