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St. Kevin's church Glendalough Ireland

Alys first spring chinook








Caught on pink spinners ( her pick ) below Bonneville Dam.

cindi said:

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In spite of all you say, your photos are spectacular.

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Thank you very much and all the credit should go to DW. I give full 100% credit for the patience and outstanding instruction of DW!

Easyrider,

Love the expression on daughter's face and the face of the forlorn fisherman in the background on the right.

geoand said:

Easyrider,

Love the expression on daughter's face and the face of the forlorn fisherman in the background on the right.

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Thanks, but Aly is my Grand Daughter, this one is my daughter, Alys mom, with her first marlin last feb in cabo.

On Top of Mauna Kea

The summit of Mauna Kea is the highest point in the Hawai'ian Islands and is home to the largest concentration of telescopes in the world. When you're higher than 14,000 feet elevation, the sky is an amazing deep blue, and the colors in the ash and volcanic rock are incredibly vivid. The summit is totally devoid of any vegetation - since it's higher than the tops of the clouds brought in by the trade winds, it gets little rain and is an alpine desert. Because it's a still active (but not currently erupting) volcano, the top is very much a "moonscape, distinctly more eerie than is Halekala on Maui.

We drove our compact size rental car to the top; we trusted the Big Island Revealed guidebook when Andrew said it could be driven without 4-WD if the road was in good condition. Andrew was right. We did notice that the engine labored heavily on the last legs of the climb. We did this trip in August of 2003.

I was also marginally experiencing altitude sickness at the top. Some of the telescopes require going up a couple of flights of stairs to get to the public viewing area - I had to take frequent rests as we were going up the stairs. I often ski at over 10,000 feet without a problem, and I have a stong cardiopulmonary system, but 14k feet is apparently at the edge of my abilities without acclimation. DW was much less affected than I was.

Our first trip to Alaska was in June 2004

I purchased a Nikon D100 for my DW as a gift. I knew she would be able to take some incredible pictures. She constantly told me that this was "our camera."

This picture was taken on the highway to Wrangel St. Elias National Park. Lake is located very near Copper Center and there is a Copper Princess Hotel back about 10 miles towards Anchorage. Our buddies said this was the first time that they had seen these mountains and the reflections in the lake. All other times, clouds got in the way.



As I was lugging the camera gear (bag, tripod, etc) around following my DW as she set up to take various shots, she blurted out "We are going to have to get you your own camera!" Buddy and I laughed and laughed.

I was not wrong though. She did take some outstanding photos.

Relaxing at the Copper Princess

She wanted a pic of me and with her portrait and the mountain in the background.

This is one of the same mountains in the previous picture

Cheers Geo

How did you get the mountain pic so long. Is that a few pics put together ?

I took this photo from the lake area with the D100 and a 500 telephoto Sigma lens that was designed for Nikon 35 mm film camera. I think it is decent enough photo.



DW took the following photograph with the same set up above but from the grounds of the Copper Princess. Far better picture in my opinion.

easyrider said:

Cheers Geo

How did you get the mountain pic so long. Is that a few pics put together ?

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Our buddy from Alaska showed DW the many panoramas he has taken. He uses a special program for it, however, DW uses photoshop to create the panoramas. She too enjoys putting them together.

The Cabrillo Highway

California Highway 1 on the Big Sur coastline. Got a nasty dose of poison oak climbing up the hillside to get this shot.

Great pic Steve ... the only area that rivals that one is the Amalfi coast in Italy and it probably doesn't come with poison oak.

Brian

Precious Moments Chapel

This is just south of Carthage, MO and is open to the public without charge.

pwrshift said:

Great pic Steve ... the only area that rivals that one is the Amalfi coast in Italy and it probably doesn't come with poison oak.

Brian

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But does it have ticks? The thread on ticks reminded that I picked up a couple of ticks on my hillside hike as well as the poison oak.

BTW - I took the photo on April 3 and I still have remnants of the rash. There are several areas around my ankles where the rash clearly shows the path of the tendril as it dragged across my leg.

Tree Tunnels on the Puna Coast

I believe that most of the trees forming the canopy are Moluccan albizia. Albizia are the wonderful trees that soar into the air, then form a flat crown. The shorter trees that are more erect are probably 'Ohia.

The Puna Coast is a wonderful area of the Big Island that doesn't get much tourist traffic.

T_R_Oglodyte said:

But does it have ticks? The thread on ticks reminded that I picked up a couple of ticks on my hillside hike as well as the poison oak.

BTW - I took the photo on April 3 and I still have remnants of the rash. There are several areas around my ankles where the rash clearly shows the path of the tendril as it dragged across my leg.

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Steve, great shot. I recognized it immediately. In fact, we have a similar photo. We were there in mid March and sun and clouds were tremendous. I am so glad that I did not get the poison oak or tick problem. Probably due to fact I am sceeered of heights and never left the shoulder of the road.

What's My Bridge???

Anyone recognize this location??

I'll play John Charles Daly and flip over a card for each wrong guess. As with Mr. Daly I will flip over all of the remaining cards at once if I deem it appropriate. In anticipation of the first question I will say, "Yes, it's a bigger than a breadbox." (I suspect many young TUGgers will have no idea what I'm talking about. The OFs should plug right in, though.)

I'm thinking Tacoma Narrows. And it IS bigger than a breadbox. (whats a breadbox?)

Jim Ricks

Passepartout said:

I'm thinking Tacoma Narrows. And it IS bigger than a breadbox. (whats a breadbox?)

Jim Ricks

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Assuming my best John Charles Daly persona (and I wish I were as good-looking as he), I lean towards my microphone and say "Good Guess, but the answer is 'No'". I reach out in front of me and turn over the first card. "That's $5."

T_R_Oglodyte said:

Assuming my best John Charles Daly persona (and I wish I were as good-looking as he), I lean towards my microphone and say "Good Guess, but the answer is 'No'". I reach out in front of me and turn over the first card. "That's $5."

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Just a wild guess, but is it St John's in Portland?

Elan said:

Just a wild guess, but is it St John's in Portland?

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Another excellent guess, but nope. Flip another card - we're now at $10.

T_R_Oglodyte said:

Tree Tunnels on the Puna Coast

I believe that most of the trees forming the canopy are Moluccan albizia. Albizia are the wonderful trees that soar into the air, then form a flat crown. The shorter trees that are more erect are probably 'Ohia.

The Puna Coast is a wonderful area of the Big Island that doesn't get much tourist traffic.

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Steve, I love your tree tunnel pictures. Every time we drove through one of them, I wanted to take a picture too but my SO didn't want to stop so I never took a picture. I have seen them on other islands too but Maui lost most of the trees that made their tree tunnel road to Kihei. These trees were removed because they needed to widen the road or they may have been deceased, most likely. I don't know what the reason was but what a shame that they are gone.

PS. I am glad that this thread is still going strong as most pictures are beautiful and tell where they are taken too so give us an idea of that certain place.

Steve, is that an old photo of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?

gary01 said:

Steve, is that an old photo of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?

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And we flip another card - $15. BTW - the photo is less than three years old.