Picture-A-Week 2013 - Week 26

[Krazy Kruizers]

These pictures bring back memories from when we traveled all over Europe and elsewhere.

There weren't any digital cameras back in those days. And many of our vacations were land tours as we didn't get started on cruising until the 80's.

[Debathome]

I love travel photos... and baby photos, and nature photos... :D

There are some great ones on these threads.

I don't post often but I do come by to admire all of the wonderful pics that people take time to post.

 

I agree Scuba, that bird reflection shot is one of those not very often perfect opportunity shots. Beautiful.

 

Baychilla, I have been to San Fran twice and have yet to see the Bridge! Both times it was so foggy all I could see was the peak peeking through the clouds. Great shots.

 

Victress, yes, your osprey is a great pic but love the drama in your waterfall!

[Krazy Kruizers]

In spite of all our heavy rains all day, I did get some flower pictures.

Regular lilies

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

Day Lily -- the stem was broken by the heavy rain and after I took the picture I had to cut it and bring them inside -- hopefully a couple of the other Flowers will bloom:

 

 

One of several Hybrid day lilies we have:

[sparky-elpaso]

If you'd like to send some of that rain down El Paso way we'd love it. It's 105 right now (almost 5 pm) with 2% humidity. :eek: Your lilies are gorgeous.

[boeckli]

My waterfall is much, much smaller and less spectacular - but within a couple of minutes walking distance :p

 

 

[bigeck]

Vic, where was the waterfall pic taken.

[Krazy Kruizers]

If you'd like to send some of that rain down El Paso way we'd love it. It's 105 right now (almost 5 pm) with 2% humidity. :eek: Your lilies are gorgeous.

 

Thank you.

I have watched the weather channel and it is terrible in many places. I sure would not want to be in Death Valley.

Last week we were in the 90's -- above normal for us and super dry. Southwestern PA.

Now we are having tons of rain. We have several towns under water. And it is to rain for the next week.

Wish I could send you some of our rain.

[Krazy Kruizers]

My waterfall is much, much smaller and less spectacular - but within a couple of minutes walking distance :p

 

 

 

 

Beautiful

If I lived near a waterfall -- I would be there every day with my chair -- relaxing and reading.

[Victress2007]

We had nothing but rain all of June. The taps finally shut off yesterday (probably the rain you're getting now Krazy) and now we are in for a week of summer. This is our first summer in the northwest, quite a bit different from Arizona! I prefer the northwest by far.

 

Your smaller waterfalls are much more approachable than these monsters, Boeckli.

 

 

One of the smaller streams, playing with the manual settings on the camera.

 

 

It's tough to get a good picture of a hummingbird!

 

Vic

[Krazy Kruizers]

It is tough to get the hummingbirds -- we have 2 feeders -- one under the eve at the end of our back patio and another outside our TV room.

Our feeders look like this:

The rains have been terrible the last few days. A couple of small towns had to be evacuated because they are so low and there was no where for the water to go. Small streams are overflowing and dams are over flowing as well. Too much rain in too short a time span.

[KirkNC]

Wow, some fantastic pictures, I was pleased I have been to some of those places.

[Victress2007]

Alex,

 

Multnomah Falls, Portland, Or. There are a whole series of falls there. I posted some earlier in the year, but I can't figure out which week. It was in the middle of March.

 

Vic

[Cruiser Forever]

great shot!

 

Dave, Fabulous shot and it doesn't get any better. Welcome Matthew. :)

[Cruiser Forever]

Pierces, Congratulations on the babe and the shot. :)

 

I've just returned from a Med cruise, which I loved!

 

I am just in the process of downloading my pics to my online photo site.

 

Here are a few from Mykonos.

 

 

 

 

Love the photos you posted so far, can't wait to see the rest. Please share the link to your online photo site, thanks.:)

[Debathome]

Thank you! :)

 

I have just downloaded them to Shutterfly but not yet on my travel site. Things have been hectic. I will be sure to get back here when I do though.

 

We loved these ports including Naples, Tuscany, Greece, Malta and Turkey.

I have only a little Nikon 500 point and shoot so I don't pretend to claim to be a photographer like those on these boards.

I took so many door and isolated 'thing' shots that my hubby, who wasn't along on this cruise, asked where the pics of country side were? :D

 

 

Both these photos were taken in Oia from our port stop in Santorini.

 

 

My sister and girlfriend in front of the Barcelona Cathedral.

 

 

I loved the typical Greek look to this fellow and being Canadian, appreciated his lapel pin which I believe to be the Canadian flag.

[Debathome]

 

My sister, who I travelled with, resting in Little Venice, Mykonos.

 

[Victress2007]

I love the blue and white in those Greek photos. We have that on our list for 2015.

 

Vic

[sparky-elpaso]

I think you can definitely claim to be a "photographer" - your pictures are great. It doesn't take a fancy camera, just a good eye behind it. Love the one with the boat - nice colors and the composition is excellent.

[tommui987]

I think you can definitely claim to be a "photographer" - your pictures are great. It doesn't take a fancy camera, just a good eye behind it. Love the one with the boat - nice colors and the composition is excellent.

 

Concur - that was precisely my thought too! Your P&S shots would put a lot of DSLR people to shame!

[Krazy Kruizers]

Here are a few I took today:

 

Great pictures.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Debathome

I loved all your pictures. Some of them brought back so many wonderful memories.

[scubacruiserx2]

I found this strange spider in the morning dew

 

 

 

 

And a Zebra Butterfly in the afternoon

 

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

The red spider -- looks dangerous.

We have not seen too many butterflies this year -- we have had rain for days.

[zackiedawg]

The following are from June 24, during a trip to Disney World...shot with my NEX-5N and 18-55mm lens. They are all shot handheld using in-camera HDR set to take 3-frames 3 stops apart in the failing dusk light - these are all from the newly expanded Fantasyland section of Magic Kingdom park:

 

The landscape next to Beast's castle, which you really only get a good look at when heading over the bridge to Be Our Guest restaurant:

 

Be Our Guest entrance doors:

 

The bridge and castle backdrop:

 

Belle's storytime cottage:

 

Village Haus restaurant, as seen from the newly opened Fantasyland area that Dumbo once occupied:

 

Little Mermaid building: