Nature Pics

For the appreciation of the glorious beauty of nature and in unexpected places.
Post Reply
User avatar
narya
chocolate bearer
Posts: 4904
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:27 am
Location: Wishing I could be beachcombing, or hiking, or dragon boating
Contact:
Contact narya

Re: Nature Pics

Post by narya »

At Oceanside Beach, I was struck by the interesting patterns of the sand, water, and sunlight.
Attachments
20201113_145948.jpg
20201113_145948.jpg (283.7 KiB) Viewed 6264 times
20201113_145405.jpg
20201113_145405.jpg (245.75 KiB) Viewed 6264 times
20201113_143521.jpg
20201113_143521.jpg (269.04 KiB) Viewed 6264 times
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus
Top
User avatar
narya
chocolate bearer
Posts: 4904
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:27 am
Location: Wishing I could be beachcombing, or hiking, or dragon boating
Contact:
Contact narya

Re: Nature Pics

Post by narya »

And seaweed!
Attachments
20201117_114518(0).jpg
20201117_114518(0).jpg (259.65 KiB) Viewed 6264 times
20201113_150133.jpg
20201113_150133.jpg (302.36 KiB) Viewed 6264 times
20201114_155556.jpg
20201114_155556.jpg (336.43 KiB) Viewed 6264 times
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus
Top
User avatar
narya
chocolate bearer
Posts: 4904
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:27 am
Location: Wishing I could be beachcombing, or hiking, or dragon boating
Contact:
Contact narya

Re: Nature Pics

Post by narya »

And of course, birds.
Attachments
20201114_162831.jpg
20201114_162831.jpg (153.72 KiB) Viewed 6259 times
20201113_144646.jpg
20201113_144646.jpg (286.74 KiB) Viewed 6259 times
20201113_143300.jpg
20201113_143300.jpg (187.86 KiB) Viewed 6259 times
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus
Top
User avatar
RoseMorninStar
Posts: 12880
Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:07 am
Location: North Shire

Re: Nature Pics

Post by RoseMorninStar »

narya, your photos are just stunning. You have an eye for the interesting. I hope you are having a wonderful holiday. :sunny:
My heart is forever in the Shire.
Top
User avatar
Inanna
Meetu's little sister
Posts: 17708
Joined: Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:03 pm

Re: Nature Pics

Post by Inanna »

Wow. Those are really great pics!!
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
Top
User avatar
narya
chocolate bearer
Posts: 4904
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:27 am
Location: Wishing I could be beachcombing, or hiking, or dragon boating
Contact:
Contact narya

Re: Nature Pics

Post by narya »

Thank you Rose and Inanna. My secret is to look for unusual patterns, take about 500 pictures, then winnow them out to just a few with the optometrist question "so which is better, 1 or 2.....and now, 1 or 2....".

I take these with the express purpose of using them as desktop pictures for my work and home laptop. I rotate them every 30 minutes, and get to have a little sigh of nostalgia each time a new one pops up.

And I'm a Like junkie on Facebook. What can I say.
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus
Top
User avatar
Frelga
Meanwhile...
Posts: 22479
Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:31 pm
Location: Home, where else

Re: Nature Pics

Post by Frelga »

Wow, narya, these are gorgeous.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Top
User avatar
narya
chocolate bearer
Posts: 4904
Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:27 am
Location: Wishing I could be beachcombing, or hiking, or dragon boating
Contact:
Contact narya

Re: Nature Pics

Post by narya »

Thank you! Now that I have finally figured out how to post pics here, I'll post more. My camera takes 10 MB pics, so I upload them to my laptop, open them in Paint, click Resize, enter 20% vertical and 20% horizontal, and save_as to another folder. That seems to result in a size that is not too large to upload or too expansive to fit properly.
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus
Top
User avatar
Maria
Hobbit
Posts: 8256
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:45 pm
Location: Missouri

Re: Nature Pics

Post by Maria »

That's what I have to do to post pics here, too.
And those really are nice, narya! :)

This one I didn't have to resize, though. The eagle was so high up in the tree at the end of our driveway that by the time I zoomed in and cropped out everything but the bird, the resulting pic was quite small. This was yesterday at lunch. The local eagles really seem to like that tree. Or maybe it's just that that branch is such a perfect perch? I dunno.
eagle.jpg
eagle.jpg (21.06 KiB) Viewed 6200 times
It didn't like me taking its picture. It's about to launch off the branch there.
Top
User avatar
RoseMorninStar
Posts: 12880
Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:07 am
Location: North Shire

Re: Nature Pics

Post by RoseMorninStar »

Nice!
My heart is forever in the Shire.
Top
User avatar
Inanna
Meetu's little sister
Posts: 17708
Joined: Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:03 pm

Re: Nature Pics

Post by Inanna »

Wow. Majestic.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
Top
User avatar
Jude
Lán de Grás
Posts: 8243
Joined: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:54 pm

Re: Nature Pics

Post by Jude »

Since I'm going through old photos, check this out: looking out from the Island of Inismór beside the fort. Those of us that were there that day will never forget it.
Inismór.jpg
Inismór.jpg (172.35 KiB) Viewed 5689 times
Image
Top
User avatar
RoseMorninStar
Posts: 12880
Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:07 am
Location: North Shire

Re: Nature Pics

Post by RoseMorninStar »

:love:
I can't wait to travel again.
My heart is forever in the Shire.
Top
User avatar
Impenitent
Throw me a rope.
Posts: 7260
Joined: Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:13 am
Location: Deep in Oz

Re: Nature Pics

Post by Impenitent »

The river today.

Storm coming so I have the track to myself. ImageImage

Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk
Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.
Top
User avatar
Inanna
Meetu's little sister
Posts: 17708
Joined: Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:03 pm

Re: Nature Pics

Post by Inanna »

WOW.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
Top
User avatar
RoseMorninStar
Posts: 12880
Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:07 am
Location: North Shire

Re: Nature Pics

Post by RoseMorninStar »

Stunning! :love:
My heart is forever in the Shire.
Top
User avatar
Jude
Lán de Grás
Posts: 8243
Joined: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:54 pm

Re: Nature Pics

Post by Jude »

Insanely beautiful!

Of course, since it's Australia, I'm picturing snakes and balrogs behind each beautiful tree.
Image
Top
User avatar
Impenitent
Throw me a rope.
Posts: 7260
Joined: Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:13 am
Location: Deep in Oz

Re: Nature Pics

Post by Impenitent »

I have a vid of a self-effacing brown snake who crossed the track during that walk that I'd be happy to share.

Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk
Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.
Top
User avatar
Impenitent
Throw me a rope.
Posts: 7260
Joined: Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:13 am
Location: Deep in Oz

Re: Nature Pics

Post by Impenitent »

Also, it's not the balrogs you need to worry about, it's the warrior bullants.Image

Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk
Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.
Top
User avatar
RoseMorninStar
Posts: 12880
Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:07 am
Location: North Shire

Re: Nature Pics

Post by RoseMorninStar »

OK.. despite the beauty there's a reason I've steered clear of Oz..
My heart is forever in the Shire.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Arda Unmarred”