Nature Pics

Post by **cemthinae** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:31 am

My pictures are sometimes like kids... I love them, but I just can't pick favourites.

Here are some more:

In that last one I like the raindrops you can see on both the flower and the bee. What I wouldn't have given for a macro lense at that moment...

Post by **WampusCat** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:08 pm

I came to this thread today looking for beauty and found so much it is overwhelming! Cem, one of your photos is now the background on my computer screen. I agree with all who say your work is worthy of sale and/or publication. Thank you for letting us see as your artistic eye sees!

Post by **TheTennisBallKid** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:39 pm

This weekend I stumbled across what appears to once have been part of a farm...

What remains of some structure...a barn? a house?

A field...

And trees....

ttbk

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:18 pm

Beautiful, ttbk.

Post by **cemthinae** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:37 pm

WampusCat wrote:Cem, one of your photos is now the background on my computer screen.

Just out of curiousity, but which one?

Please keep in mind my images are copyrighted (even though I post the unmarked versions here) and may not be reproduced without my permission. Not wanting to seem grouchy, but I am a bit cautious.

Post by **WampusCat** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:27 pm

I'm so sorry, cem! I'll take it off if you wish. It just suited my mood and I didn't think about it being copyrighted (as well it should be).

The photo shows a nearly setting or recently risen sun peeking under gray clouds.

Post by **Bolg of the North** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:24 pm

cemthinae-- Bolg, I hope you don't mind that I browsed the rest of your pictures! It's this... habit, I have! Your pugs & golden are adorable!

Thank you, cemthinae, I haven't been on this board for about a month and missed a ton of posts. I like to check out others' photos as well, it attaches some personality to the text on the screen.

The storm cloud in question was taken with a run of the mill Nikon digital and when they turned out I was pleasantly suprised. [/quote]

Post by **TheTennisBallKid** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:13 am

ttbk

Post by **cemthinae** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:29 am

WampusCat wrote:I'm so sorry, cem! I'll take it off if you wish. It just suited my mood and I didn't think about it being copyrighted (as well it should be).

Oh no! I didn't mean for you to take it off. Just that it can't be printed or such without my permission. Thanks.

Was it this one? http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/ll ... nrise1.jpg

I just am curious as to which pictures people like.

Hi, Bolg. Welcome back, of sorts. Not that I'm a regular here or anything... I just stop by to drop off pictures.

for TTBK

And... for this reason I was almost late to work today:

Post by **WampusCat** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:44 pm

Yes, that's it! Something about it really speaks to me right now, even though there are other photos I liked just as much or more. Thanks.

Post by **cemthinae** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:56 pm

Well, it's always a compliment when someone likes your work enough to use it.

We had our first frost this morning. I can't wait to post some of the pictures I took...

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:24 pm

I can't wait to see them!

Post by **cemthinae** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:08 am

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:31 am

Oh, cem! Those are just exquisite. Especially the frost-rimed blades of grass. And the first one, the sunrise. But all of them are beautiful.

Post by **anthriel** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:31 am

I haven't been in this thread in forever, but I am so glad I checked it out tonight!

I am in awe of cem's and ttbk's talents.

Thank you for taking the time to share them!

Post by **TheTennisBallKid** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:58 pm

Anthy,

ttbk

Post by **truehobbit** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:02 pm

I couldn't pick favourites either.

When I go through this thread, I keep thinking "Oh my God!" and I can even write it, because I think it - feel it - in the best possible sense, with deep gratitude to the creation.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:18 pm

ttbk, that is amazing. I especially love the black & white shot of the leaves in the ice.

One of the things I do to try to reduce stress is to look at pictures like these, and I've discovered that I can load them into a screensaver and just sit and watch them fade slowly from one to the next, with my office dark and peaceful. I have added a lot of ttbk and cem's photos to a folder called "Arda Unmarred" on my desktop, which I now use for this. It's helped a lot.

I hope this use is OK. I won't print or share the photos anywhere, and because they're in the folder I know who they belong to, so they won't be mixed in with anything I do share or used in a sig or some such.

You just both have a gift for creating images that bring peace.

Post by **WampusCat** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:31 am

Primula Baggins wrote:You just both have a gift for creating images that bring peace.

I absolutely agree.

Post by **cemthinae** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:42 am

Possible some of the best compliments we could get!

I adore some of these latest pictures that The Kid has snapped. The first one he posted here is my current desktop. It somehow, once again, reminds me of me... trying to fly and let go, yet a bit stuck... for now...

Prim, I don't mind, as long as you are just viewing them.

I want people to enjoy them! That's why I share.

I also generally post much smaller images so it makes them hard to print off.