In keeping with the day a coupla pics. One repeat gusting_old_glory and one taken last year at the Tarkio air show. 4th_July Everyone have a great 4th of July celebration.
All Stories
In keeping with the day.
In keeping with the day a coupla pics. One repeat gusting_old_glory and one taken last year at the Tarkio air show. 4th_July Everyone have a great 4th of July celebration.
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Here are a couple of shots....Happy 4th from the Golden Gate
Today we celebrate another year of our ability to come together as a nation and be great.The Golden Gate on the 4th
Going Back To FT Mac Arthur
Im going back to a place that I loveStrummin away those blues People relax and have a good timeOn shore at rest.... Plan battlesA nightmare.... and create nightmares for other peopleB&W Flags And lift the spirit of a nation...
This happened last year at Ft Mac Arthur's Moment in Time in San Pedro, Ca.
Every, well almost every fighting unit from Iraq to the Romans are there along with some of the people the fought, American Indians and Pirates, and the other side of there own conflict.
It's great fun...if you in the area stop by...oh yea they have trucks, jeeps, 1/2 tracks...and more... July 11-12
Happy Forth of July everyone! Comments Welcome! Blessings!
Save a Horse
Happy Independance day Everyone!! Especially those past and present that gave us the independance to celebrate!!
Day at the Milwaukee County Zoo
In April, my sister brought 4 of her kids up for a visit. We gathered all into the car and went to the zoo. After visiting some birds (Strange looking bird , An pretty bird ), the kids wanted to take a little rest Kids at the zoo .
Here Grace (my niece) took a rare moment to "love" my son, Lucas Cousins , and pose while I tested out a new lens Grace - up close.
We saw a couple Monkey on a log and An Elephant , and overall had a good time.
OK, so this has to be the lamest story in the history of lame stories, but since it has been a while since I have been on PHOTOgraphica, I just thought I would test out the waters here before posting more.
Comments appreciated, good or bad.
Touching the Sun
pumphouse pond
Back to catch the sun
It has been several years and several life changing events since I've posted a story in Photographica... This unique site is a fun place to share and I'm really glad to see the community is alive and well and so many of the same great folks are participating. Cory, thanks for sending me an email to come back and take a look and also thanks to BB for getting me started here several years back. Well, last weekend I had the camera with me and took a few shots of the water catching the sun and throwing it back at me.
The next day brought some stormy clouds and I caught this fast flying bird catching some sun on its wings TBspark4
On the 4th (tomorrow), I'll post a few more patriotic pictures from the show.
p.s. can someone send me a link to the "how to post a story" in Photographica. Things have changed a lot. I managed to get this posted but not sure what I was doing or if the thumbnail would post, etc. Thanks!
Roan Highlands Sunrise
I got July 3rd and 4th off this year. What to do with all that free time? Why not get up and drive to Roan Mountain TN/NC for sunrise? Never mind it's over an hour away and sunrise is at 6:00 AM. Off we went. We didn't actually make it to the mountain top for sunrise. We did stop along the road to get this sunrise shot.
Roan Mountain is famous for the catawba rhododendrons that grow wild in huge gardens at the 6000 plus foot plus elevations. The gardens are the largest natural gardens of this kind in the world. We missed the peak by a week or more. Most of the flowers were on the ground.
Another wild flower that grows on the mountian is the Flame Azalea. This was growing on the balds, which are high round grassy mountain tops in the Roan Highlands.
Finally, it was the peak time for the Gray Lilly. Pollinated by hummingbirds, it was discovered by Asa Gray, father of American botany, in 1841. It is one of the Roan Highlands 75 rare plant species and is found in few other places on Earth.
If you're ever in the East Tennessee / Western North Carolina area around the third week of June you'll want to head up to Roan Mountain. The flowers are fantastic.
Richard
My last chance to catch the sun
Here are some more my trying to catch the sun.
sun in the trees the_sun_in_the_sun_3 sun_on_top_of_a_poll un_on_a_poll_1 Sun on pole sun_in_the_trees_4 sun_on_a_roof Sun thru the pines
Well that's it for me, I tryed to catch the sun.
Thanks for viewing my posts and thank you for your comments.
Pet Peeves Macro Style.
These are some things that really get on my nerves...
People only seeing in black and white.
People who look down on you because you are younger than they are.
...inspiration! It is back!
The Sun
There has been a fire burning here in the outskirts of phoenix and it has been turning the sun blood red at times. The cloud of smoke rising over the mountains has coated alot of places with ash as a result. I think it is under control now but the other day it was controlled craziness. Here is my entry to capture the sun as well as an oldie but a favorite...
Snapping Turtle Parardise
Guess what I got out for a bit today. Of course it was to take my son to a appointment but we made the best of it. It was a rainy morning and after his appointment we stopped to check out the nature path near the creek. It was still raining but only drizzle at the time. We parked the Van and went to the bridge.
My son found something very cool and this is the photo story of this finding.
place_of_Snapping Turtle Paradise
waters_of_Snapping turtle Paradise
the_bridge_to_Snapping turtle paradise
the_dance_of Snapping turtle love
My son is old enough to what is going on here. lol!
Enjoy and smile for the snapping turtles in Love. ;)
All photos were taken with my Nikon 70-300 VR lens.
(I am sorry but I tried to do the slide show for this and again I could not get it to work. I have done slide shows befor and had no problems. Whats up)
Do you know the way to .......PA?
Hello again, my friends of the photographic arts..... I did some traveling this week and I snapped a few shots. They are in color and there are some distortion issues... but I think for the most part they are ok... in any case... see what you think.
(ps- the dreaded frame is back...)
Yesterday...
Yesterday I was working on using a flower with a black background. Yes, it is a real flower from my garden, but I cut it and used a black cloth as a background. I just wanted to try something different. And then at about 3 in the afternoon the sky opened up and the electricity went off. We were then without power until about 1:30 AM and we had about five storms go through - waves of rain, hail, and high winds. Well, it is sunny today, so now I can show off my daisy.
