just some magical times with my camera
Sep 8, 2019 17:26:32 #
papaluv4gd
Loc: durham,ct
#1 Taken at a local farm donated to our town as a park.
#2 one lonely little flower on the edge of a riverbank. Had to slide down on my back to get the image I saw in my minde eye. sun dappled water in the backround. Durn near ended up in the river.
#3 foggy sunrise at the barn.
#4 one isolated little sunlit cloud at the tail end of a beautiful sunset.
#2 one lonely little flower on the edge of a riverbank. Had to slide down on my back to get the image I saw in my minde eye. sun dappled water in the backround. Durn near ended up in the river.
#3 foggy sunrise at the barn.
#4 one isolated little sunlit cloud at the tail end of a beautiful sunset.
Sep 8, 2019 17:37:24 #
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Sep 8, 2019 23:05:41 #
A little swim would have been refreshing and worth it, don't cha think?
Sep 9, 2019 01:35:49 #
papaluv4gd
Loc: durham,ct
In my younger days, I would not hesitate to do whatever ,to get the shots that I thought would be worth it. now ,as i get older, i place limitations on what I'm willing to subject my body to. I remember a time back in colorado doing a weekend camping/photo trip. Sunrise over the rockies,me standing along a riverbed. at my feet is this tuft of grass with a single indian paintbrush. Now if I can just get low enough, I can put the tuft and flower in a cleft between 2 mountains as the sun is coming up. That required me to lay on my back in the river to get everything lined up. Ended up wet and covered with mud on my whole backside. Shot came out nice....but not as spectacular as I pictured. Now I'm wet and cold at 11,000ft. at 6:00 a.m. several miles from camp, with alot more potential pictures awaiting me. At the time, I was 10 feet tall, bullett proof, and invisible. Now? not so much. Although I still push things from time to time. Couple of my shooting buddies think something is wrong with me. But hey, you only live once.
Sep 9, 2019 02:11:47 #
Sep 9, 2019 06:37:47 #
papaluv4gd wrote:
#1 Taken at a local farm donated to our town as a park.
#2 one lonely little flower on the edge of a riverbank. Had to slide down on my back to get the image I saw in my minde eye. sun dappled water in the backround. Durn near ended up in the river.
#3 foggy sunrise at the barn.
#4 one isolated little sunlit cloud at the tail end of a beautiful sunset.
#2 one lonely little flower on the edge of a riverbank. Had to slide down on my back to get the image I saw in my minde eye. sun dappled water in the backround. Durn near ended up in the river.
#3 foggy sunrise at the barn.
#4 one isolated little sunlit cloud at the tail end of a beautiful sunset.
Very nice set.
I usually skip posts that start with ‘Just....’. It sound like an apology and is often warranted. Not these!
Sep 9, 2019 09:47:13 #
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Sep 9, 2019 12:00:50 #
papaluv4gd wrote:
In my younger days, I would not hesitate to do wha... (show quote)
I understand completely. Have you ever heard "Like a Rock" by Bob Seger? Says beautifully exactly what you just said. I'm 65 and still go out into the bush for bear, and moose photos. Just slower and more cautiously.
Sep 9, 2019 18:47:55 #
Number two photo is a cardinal flower. I only know that because I took pictures of some growing along a stream and looked them up in a book.
Sep 9, 2019 19:32:33 #
papaluv4gd
Loc: durham,ct
Thanks, Bartulius. Had no clue what it was.
RetiredCPO. yeah, I'm 68, but I still get down and dirty at times. Not too many bear or moose around here, don't have to proceed with too much caution. Flowers are not all that dangeras.
And , thanks to all for your kind comments.
RetiredCPO. yeah, I'm 68, but I still get down and dirty at times. Not too many bear or moose around here, don't have to proceed with too much caution. Flowers are not all that dangeras.
And , thanks to all for your kind comments.
Sep 10, 2019 08:31:07 #
papaluv4gd: I was AO2 when I finished my enlistment. Came so very close to re-enlisting but that's a story best told at length. Now it is a "what if" thought in my mind. The cardinal flower--I found them growing along a cold stream on Ontario, Canada; they seem to like marshy areas and grow in patches. They also appear to shun bright (full) sun. The patch I photographed I had passed by hundreds of times as they grow along a stream we cross to get to my brother's house.
Sep 10, 2019 09:20:28 #
papaluv4gd
Loc: durham,ct
bartulius: this one was along the river in wadsworth falls state park. I walked along the river, and did not see another one. Guess that was a gift for me from God that day. Thanks for all your feedback.
Sep 10, 2019 11:00:51 #
papaluv4gd: I suspect your solo sighting is because the others were picked. I have been to Wadsworth Falls several times and never saw these.
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