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[geoand]

View to the west from Fon't Point - Anza-Borrega

 

[geoand]

View from roadway running thru Anza Borrega

 

[geoand]

California Coast

Was taking pictures down towards the waterand happened to look above me because I saw a shadow. Was lucky to catch this shot.

 

[taffy19]

Until Then It Was Always Six

I am glad for the treasures he gave us while he was alive. I am glad that he was not snatched from us prematurely and that the agonizing descent ultimately ended gracefully. And I am glad he had reached the Peace he had looked forward to most of his life.​

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I visit here every trip to Minnesota. When I took this picture last February, the temperature was -20 F, with a wind chill of -40. That's cold.


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See here for discussion of digital darkroom work on this photo.

Steve, a very touching story and a beautiful photograph. I also read your discussion how you made this photo shine. You are so smart and talented.

 

[taffy19]

Was taking pictures down towards the waterand happened to look above me because I saw a shadow. Was lucky to catch this shot.

What a stunning picture and your other ones too. I love this thread and all the beautiful pictures. It's seeing the country without having to drive.

 

[KristinB]

Until Then It Was Always Six

Wow, Steve, very moving and a great job of post-processing. Thanks for sharing.

 

[KristinB]

Was taking pictures down towards the waterand happened to look above me because I saw a shadow. Was lucky to catch this shot.

Geo,

What a fabulous capture of a BIF! Very nice...

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Steve, a very touching story and a beautiful photograph. I also read your discussion how you made this photo shine. You are so smart and talented.

Wow, Steve, very moving and a great job of post-processing. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you. This is a photo I spent some time thinking about before working on it. I didn't do anything with it for almost two months while I pondered it. I hadn't originally thought about doing it as a B&W tint; I got the idea from one of the references I mentioned in the other thread.

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This is a timeshare site, so let's add some timeshare connections.

The roots of the photo and of the accompanying narrative go back to former TUGger PJ Siegel. PJ was a gallant lady, and her untimely death in 2004 was a tragedy. I only knew PJ through TUG, but I was greatly moved as we TUGgers shared with her and cried with her as the leukemia advanced through her body. Some TUGgers who lived near her visited with her in the hospital.

Her death started me reflecting on my father's death almost six years earlier, and elements of the graveside narrative I posted above started forming in my mind. That summer we had exchanged into Pahio Shearwater. One day as I was walking near the golf course, I felt it was time to start collecting those thoughts. I spent a good part of the flight back to the mainland creating a first draft, then I finished it up a couple of weeks after we were back.

So, PJ, even though I never met you that post and that photo has a lot of you in it as well.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

George - nice shots. The bird is superb!! I tried catching some soaring raptors during our Big Sur drive, but I couldn't get any decent photos at all.

 

[KristinB]

Thank you. This is a photo I spent some time thinking about before working on it. I didn't do anything with it for almost two months while I pondered it. I hadn't originally thought about doing it as a B&W tint; I got the idea from one of the references I mentioned in the other thread.

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This is a timeshare site, so let's add some timeshare connections.

The roots of the photo and of the accompanying narrative go back to former TUGger PJ Siegel. PJ was a gallant lady, and her untimely death in 2004 was a tragedy. I only knew PJ through TUG, but I was greatly moved as we TUGgers shared with her and cried with her as the leukemia advanced through her body. Some TUGgers who lived near her visited with her in the hospital.

Her death started me reflecting on my father's death almost six years earlier, and elements of the graveside narrative I posted above started forming in my mind. That summer we had exchanged into Pahio Shearwater. One day as I was walking near the golf course, I felt it was time to start collecting those thoughts. I spent a good part of the flight back to the mainland creating a first draft, then I finished it up a couple of weeks after we were back.

So, PJ, even though I never met you that post and that photo has a lot of you in it as well.

Steve,

I remember BDK very well, we corresponded quite a bit -- how special that she was your inspiration for this. Unfortunately we didn't ever meet in person. We actually had quite a bit in common... we both had served in the military, were active in our local Lions clubs (and lived in the metro Washington DC area), worked in the IT field, and of course had Tug! But my youngest sister had lost her life to a rare form of cancer in 2002 at the age of 31, and I was unable to bring myself to meet PJ as I was still going through the earlier stages of grieving at that time. I go to her web site every now and again. I wonder if anyone has contact info for her daughter... she must be be about to graduate high school by now.

 

[geoand]

Thanks all for comments on Bird in Flight!

I just checked the stats, for lack of a better term, on the photo. The focal length was 200 mm, iso 200, aperture 6.3, and shutter 1/2500. I caught the bird in flight (perhaps 25 ft above me) over my left shoulder and continued to shoot while it flew directly across me to my right. Had absolutely no time to do anything but point the camera and hope the auto focus worked. Truly a very lucky shot!

 

[geoand]

Back to the Palm Springs area

I really liked this shot of the trees against the sky.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Steve,

I remember BDK very well, we corresponded quite a bit --

BDK!! Bonzo de Kat. I was trying to remember her log-in name, but my synapses ain't what they used to be. Thanks for the reminder!

 

[TUGBrian]

took out the new yak today for a spin in the creek...im still too scared to take my nice camera...so this is the best I can do =)

also should have a suprise for you picture takers next week!

 

[geoand]

another from PS area. The wildflowers were out and showing off

 

[geoand]

Leaving for MHC early tomorrow am

so I wll post several shots today.
Could never understand why DW didn't kick me out of the way to get a real good shot.

 

[taffy19]

I sure like these photos and you in it too. It makes it more personal to see who our photographers are. I hope that someone will post a picture of John Faeth too as a memory for us who he was.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Waimea Canyon and Waipo'o Falls

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Polihale

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Kalalau Valley lookout

 

[PrettyKitties]

Hope this works!

http://flickr.com/photos/prettykitties/2476738599/in/set-72157604957352914/[img]

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks

I'm going to try this again - the sunrise on Haleakala

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/prettykitties/2476738599/" title="Sun Rising Haleakala by PrettyKitties53, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2476738599_7b1be8a00a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Sun Rising Haleakala" /></a>

 

[GrayFal]

Kalalau Valley lookout

Steve, this is so beautiful it looks FAKE!
I am so looking forward to my first visit in 2010!

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Hope this works!

http://flickr.com/photos/prettykitties/2476738599/in/set-72157604957352914/[img]

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks

I'm going to try this again - the sunrise on Haleakala

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/prettykitties/2476738599/" title="Sun Rising Haleakala by PrettyKitties53, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2476738599_7b1be8a00a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Sun Rising Haleakala" /></a>[/QUOTE]

You're almost there. That part that is inside the quote marks after [I]src=[/I] is what you want. That is the URL location for the photo itself. Put that part inside the IMG tags and you're home.

I'll do it below; click on the "Reply" button below this post and you will be able to see exactly what I did.

[IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2476738599_7b1be8a00a.jpg

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Kaua'i north shore from Kílauea Lighthouse

 

[PrettyKitties]

Thanks TR! Let me try this again:

I did it! I did it! Thanks so much TR!