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Post by mbucksfan on Sept 25, 2008 9:54:12 GMT -5
Riza I had never even heard of that monument and don't remember the movie that well so you have really expanded my knowledge base with your pictures. I have bewen in Wyoming twice. Once to go across from Colorado to Cody , Yellowstone and Jackson Hole and once to the rodeo in Cheyenne. I love this thread too. So many great shots and info. To learn more about Devil's tower and all the pics JVD has posted that I otherwise wouldn't have known about is way cool.
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Post by jvd on Sept 25, 2008 10:53:09 GMT -5
I am about to drop off with tiredness but wanted to post quickly before I went to bed to say that those are fantastic! The grand canyon pic makes me want to throw my camera away, lol. I mean hell, why even bother!?!!! j/k. Riza, those are great. I have never been out west (I'm an east coast girl) and I'd love to visit one day. I'm sure we'll take the kids on a family holiday as soon as they're old enough to understand. MB, those bee pile pics (I know I got that wrong but don't want to exit and go back to check) are very cool. I like the angel you shot from.
good night!
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Post by mbucksfan on Sept 25, 2008 11:12:05 GMT -5
Thanks Jennifer but I don't want to mislead anyone. I did not shoot any of the pictures from the west except the sunsets. Riza did shoot her pictures. I thought that one of the canyon was spectacular but unfortunately i didn't shoot it myself but I thought it was too pretty not to share. and I also just found the ones of Devil's postpile because I had visited ther e and thought it was somewhat similar to Riza's Devil Tower. They are made from Volcanic material but different makeup of both of them although the long sticks on both are hexagonal I read that on the Tower in Riza's picks some of those have other types other than hexagonal shaped long sticks Your pictures are as good or much better than anything I have posted. Can't wait for your next batch JVD!
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Post by grannyd41 on Sept 25, 2008 22:28:13 GMT -5
I think that Dead Horse Point picture is of a place in Utah called Goosnecks State Park. If it is the one I'm thinking of, I have been there. And it is even more amazing when you see a more wide angle view of it. Another note about one of the places pictured. I lived in Ft. Collins, CO. for more than 30 years which is only about 35 miles from the Wyoming border. I have seen Devil's Tower many times and it is amazing. That huge monolith rising from completely flat ground around it is mind boggling! Also of note, my son is a rock climber and has scaled Devil's Tower with his stepbrother. He has some amazing pictures taken from the top!
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Post by --->Riza <--- on Sept 25, 2008 22:43:51 GMT -5
I want to add this about Badland South Dakota "Badlands National Park contains the world's richest Oligocene epoch fossil beds, dating 23 to 35 million years old. The evolution of mammal species such as the horse, sheep, rhinoceros and pig can be studied in the Badlands formations. "The Oligocene epoch is part of the Tertiary Period in the Cenozoic Era, and lasted from about 33.7 to 23.8 million years ago (mya). A number of major changes occurred during this time. These include the appearance of the first elephants with trunks, early horses, and the appearance of many grasses -- plants that would produce vast tracts of grasslands in the following epoch, the Miocene. " I thought this would be interesting as most of us are nature and animal lovers. JVD, I live in Florida, but love to see natural wonders, so whenever we can swing it, we make it out west and enjoy the scenery. Dead Horse Point is in Utah, looks very pretty. Here is what I found about it, very interesting "Dead Horse Point is a promontory of stone surrounded by steep cliffs near Moab, Utah. The overlook at Dead Horse Point is 6,000 feet above sea level. Two thousand feet below, the Colorado River winds its way from the continental divide in Colorado to the Gulf of California, a distance of 1,400 miles."
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Post by mbucksfan on Sept 26, 2008 4:51:31 GMT -5
Wow, that is so amazing Riza. You don't think about things in the US being that old.
Donna, we used to go to Fort Collins when we would visit Estes Park. That is a very cute town. We went white water rafting on the Poudre and I fell out in a rapid(they aren't very high class rapids there so it wasn't hard to swim through it) it was only scary because the guide grabbed my ankle and that kept my head under water. Then he was mad because I let go of my paddle. I just wanted to breathe! I had never heard of the place in Utah before. Someday I would just love to drive across country off the interstate and really see the US. So many interesting things. Donna, maybe you can share some of your son's pictures or any of your own that you might have. Sounds like you have been many interesting places.
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Post by jvd on Sept 26, 2008 7:49:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the additional information - just makes me want to visit the US and tour around all the more! I'd really appreciate input on the following. I joined a nature photography group on facebook and every few weeks they have a contest. This week the theme is "rainbows". Some of the photos that have been posted are AMAZING. I only have one rainbow pic, which is this: I posted it, but it got deleted because one of the rules is that you can't have any human-made objects in the picture. So I cropped it, and this is what I came up with: I know that neither photo is particularly great or anything, but objectively, does the second one completely suck? I think it looks out of whack, but maybe that's because I know what it originally looked like. What do you think? (Of course, now that I've posted both, maybe you'll think it's out of whack too.... good one, Jennifer.)
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Post by 2ton on Sept 26, 2008 7:55:53 GMT -5
I love it because the colors are so bright!!! And the cropped version is cool, because it makes the rainbow look huge in comparison to the coast in the background. I looks like the "bow" is coming out of the sea and going into the clouds!
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Post by jvd on Sept 26, 2008 8:01:53 GMT -5
Toni! Hi there. Thanks for that. OK, maybe it's not as bad as I thought.
You know, I just had a very long post written out, and I wanted to open a new tab to resize a pic, and I accidentally closed my browser. GAH! at least 10 minutes of typing down the drain. *sigh*
I need to get back to work if I'm going to get out of here by midnight. Enjoy your Friday!
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Post by mbucksfan on Sept 26, 2008 8:13:50 GMT -5
I love rainbows and that is great shot. I like the uncropped one much better but I agree with Toni's comments about the cropped one. Good luck in the contest.
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Post by --->Riza <--- on Sept 26, 2008 16:55:25 GMT -5
I like the uncropped one, it provides contrast and adds a human interest in this marvelous non human creation. But, they did not ask me to judge You have good picture taking skills as well as a knack to pick the picture to t ake. I still have not uploaded some of my pictures from Niagara Falls (tsk tsk tsk) , I may have some rainbows
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Post by ange4mig on Sept 27, 2008 19:50:28 GMT -5
What fantastic photos! Riza, the Devil's Tower pic is awesome! I wasn't familiar with that location, and it's incredible. I also especially liked your pictures of Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse. They're such works of art, and on a grand scale. The post pile shots are really cool, Mary Beth. I didn't know about those kinds of formations before.
Jennifer, your rainbow picture with the ships is spectacular. The way it shows the size of the rainbow in relation to the ships is very cool, and showing the end of the rainbow is quite amazing. With the one you cropped for the contest, the colors really pop even more. Good luck to you in the contest!
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Post by jvd on Sept 28, 2008 9:15:18 GMT -5
Thanks so much, Kay, Riza, MB, Toni. I'm laughing because if you saw the other photos in the contest, you'd be blown away. Mine is pretty lame next to all those. The moderator of the group gave me a sympathy vote. lol I am about to go to bed, but here are a few others that are already uploaded to photobucket. I started to post these on Friday and then lost the post when I accidentially closed my browser. Gah! One disclaimer - I'm not sure if I posted these already; I'm pretty sure I posted them on mm.com or the migfans site because otherwise they wouldn't be uploaded to photobucket. So if I'm repeating, sorry about that. This was taken in Cambodia in February 2005 when we visited Angkor Wat. I want to go back so badly - this was taken with a point and shoot regular film camera and is the only worthhile pic out of the whole roll. (Well, I have a photo of some spring rolls and noodles that look pretty tasty, but that's not what we went for, lol). These are all from Thailand, earlier this year. I took the frog pics while standing in a swimming pool, which was easy because the swimming pool is set in a pond. It's so cool. Does anyone know the name of this flower? This was taken right before a sunset meditation. This was around 6 pm, and by 7 pm it was pitch black. We had mosquito nets so we didn't get eaten alive (or distracted). I have a bunch of the photos from that trip blown up and on the wall in my office right behind my computer monitor. I find them so calming. On that note, I'm off to bed. My parents arrive tomorrow night for a 2 month visit and the computer is in their bedroom. This just means that I'll be posting from the office a lot more, lol.
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Post by 2ton on Sept 28, 2008 9:21:48 GMT -5
Wow, those pics are fantastic, JVD! The flower reminds me of the photos I've seen of watermelons carved into big flowers and/or flower buds. Have a great family visit...I guess you'll have to schedule your time on your own computer, lol!
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Post by mbucksfan on Sept 28, 2008 13:54:26 GMT -5
I don't remember any of those shots. That pink flower is beautiful. I don't know if I have ever seen one before. I love the shots of the mosquito nets-it almost looks like a dream sequence. The water in the background and the softness of the nets really catches my eye. Have a great time wiht your folks-I bet they will spoil those grandkids rotten!
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