Picture-A-Week 2014 -- Week 30

Pictures taken between Monday, July 21 and Sunday, July 27.

Great pictures.

WOW! I am always amazed by the photos has are posted on these threads. You fellow cruisers and photographers have a great eye. Thanks for posting on these boards. It is a treat to see everyones point of view.

These are from our Canada - New England cruise a couple of weeks ago

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These are from our Canada - New England cruise a couple of weeks ago

 

http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff386/mmkbx75/Quebeca_zpsc15a9e7b.jpg

 

http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff386/mmkbx75/PeggysCove_zps92fc48dc.jpg

 

http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff386/mmkbx75/PeggysCove2_zps5c54d2b4.jpg

Great pictures -- thank you for sharing them.

It has been several years since we did a Canada/New England cruise.

Our morning glories are taking off:

Day Lilies

Regular lily

Moonlit harbor in La Spezia, Italy

P1140045 by suegee57, on Flickr

Someone last weeks said they hadn't seen many butterflies, so here are a couple more and something else..:eek:

Peacock

Scarce Tortoiseshell x 2

Brown eyed buzz thingy:confused:

Love checking out the pictures on here, some really great ones.

Wonderful zombie photos. It must have been great to have seen that walk. How many participants were there all zombi-ed up? I wonder how long the make up took to get the third lady ready - she is all done up. Thanks for sharing!

Wonderful zombie photos. It must have been great to have seen that walk. How many participants were there all zombi-ed up? I wonder how long the make up took to get the third lady ready - she is all done up. Thanks for sharing!

There were more than 200 zombies. Our photography group had 56 members attending! you can see more photos at

Moonlit harbor in La Spezia, Italy

 

P1140045 by suegee57, on Flickr

Very nice shot with the moon's reflection.

Zombies don't attract me.

Someone last weeks said they hadn't seen many butterflies, so here are a couple more and something else..:eek:

 

Peacock

 

 

Scarce Tortoiseshell x 2

 

 

Brown eyed buzz thingy:confused:

 

Love checking out the pictures on here, some really great ones.

That was I -- have only seen 2 or 3 butterflies. And of course I didn't have my camera handy.

Thank you for the pictures.

Thunderstorm last night - of course I had to grab my big metal tripod and go outside to shoot it!

Day Lilies

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My favorite!

So many great photos of Bejing, beautiful flowers, butterflies, ugly (:D) zombies, thunderstorms and the moon in La Spezia!

Here are some photos from my week, with a water-theme.

Old canal cruise ship Diana (built in 1931) in Vadstena, Sweden.

The same ship just outside of my summer house on it's way to Gothenburg.

Some small boats seen from a beach a ten minute walk from my summer house. It was just before sunset when I took the photo.

The beach itself. Not big at all, but crowded with people in the summer if the weather is nice.

Some more photos will follow...

/Erik

A nice yacht on its way to the city of Vadstena.

Another older and smaller yacht that has just left Vadstena.

Another strange boat. I guess it has been a fisherman's boat. The name means "brave".

Finally the old ship Diana returns from Gothenburg on it's way through Sweden to Stockholm on the east coast.

If you’re interested in a canal cruise through Sweden, you can cruise with Diana or two other small cruise ships; Wilhelm Tham (built in 1912) and Juno (built in 1874).

It’s rather expensive though, about USD 2000 p/p for a four day cruise from Stockholm to Gothenburg (or vice versa). The cabins are small (tiny…) but the food is good onboard. The scenery is very nice, sometimes it feels like the ships are sailing on land as the canal is very narrow.

More info on these cruises can be found here:

http://www.stromma.se/en/Gota-Canal/

/Erik

Thunderstorm last night - of course I had to grab my big metal tripod and go outside to shoot it!

 

 

 

Great shots.

But I sure wouldn't go outside with all that lightning.

So many great photos of Bejing, beautiful flowers, butterflies, ugly (:D) zombies, thunderstorms and the moon in La Spezia!

 

Here are some photos from my week, with a water-theme.

 

Old canal cruise ship Diana (built in 1931) in Vadstena, Sweden.

 

 

The same ship just outside of my summer house on it's way to Gothenburg.

 

 

Some small boats seen from a beach a ten minute walk from my summer house. It was just before sunset when I took the photo.

 

 

The beach itself. Not big at all, but crowded with people in the summer if the weather is nice.

 

 

Some more photos will follow...

 

/Erik

Those old boats are real classics.

Eric

If we could handle long flights, we would love to do a cruise on one of the older, smaller ships.

Eric

If we could handle long flights, we would love to do a cruise on one of the older, smaller ships.

It's a very different experience from other cruises. All you can do onboard is sleep, eat, take a drink, meet other people and, of course, watch the scenery outside of the ship.

The cabins are tiny, I guess about 50 square feet.

M/S Juno, built in 1874, is believed to be the oldest ship in the world with cabins still in operation (that has been cruising regularly all the time).

/Erik

Fabulous shots of the lighting worthy enough to hang on your wall. Thanks for posting them.:)