Favorite Summer Pictures

[Raven]

:} Hi Joy! Fun summer pics from all here!

I'll post a few of mine:

A Shasta daisy from my yard...

Sunflowers (9 ft. tall) I grew...

A Mason bee I found sunning itself...

A dandelion...

One of those "pesky" Bambis Welles frets over....

A happy crow down by the water (actually I composited him in from an entirely different pic I took somewhere else)...


A vacation shot, Otago, NZ....

A bit of the Oregon coast I call home.....

Some peppery hot nasturtiums from the garden...

Oregon, Cape Arago lighthouse area...

8D

 

[ricib]

Great Shots Kids.

Raven, I think I'm in love! With your Sunflowers! UFH!

That doesn't sound right, does it?

I just have a thing for sunflowers. 8))

 

[Raven]

Thanks! That's ok Ric! Yeah, I understand about how sunflowers are very cool.

They are one of my favorites too. Glad I posted it for ya!

 

[Joy Foraker]

TaoBoogie - I knew when I saw you posted, you were going to make me look bad! kidding I'm not mad! OMG I love the damselfly! so beautiful and such a great shot. Your beach shot is very effective too- I was really wondering about it. I was thinking somehow about the film "The day the earth stood still" Hope Kluuta and Gort see this. Thanks for introducing me to Gormsey and the coming event - Great and creative - keep us posted.

Raven - a real delight as always. If you see the visit number becomes higher and higher on this thread, its me I just keep looking and looking at these summer shots. I especially like that New Zealand Inlet (those blues are heavenly) and the Weeds photo (captures and reflects so much light).

 

[stanislav]

Great pictures all, i really like those macro's.
Joy, i bought myself the canon eos 350D, it is called the rebel xt in the us i think. It is a dslr cam and i really love it. Now i have to save some
money again to buy some objective's.
Meanwhile looking foreworth to see some summerpics of you guys.


Some quickshots, don,t know the flower's "brand"

\:]




I know this one's brand

 

[Lee]

 

[nitrobutler]

Hey Lee: Great shot!
You got this old salt misty eyed, for the sea again.
Between you and Raven, I'm ready to reenlist.
8D

 

[Joy Foraker]

stanislav - I'll have to read about that Cannon - impressive focus. In english the two on top are called Petunias and the bottom one is a sunflower. I like the bees too

Lee - A really expressive reflection, colors so bright! whatashot!

 

[stanislav]

Thanks for saving me Joy, now i re-call them.
Petunia's that's what they are

 

[Lee]

Thanks, you guys. You made my day.

 

[ricib]

great shots Lee and Stanislav

BEAUTIFUL close up on the sunflower.

 

[Raven]

Thanks so much Joy! Glad if any of my pics brings someone a smile -- thanks everyone. Ditto on Ric's last reply to Lee and Stanislav's posts too!

Here's the original African daisy photo I took which I did a vector verson of in another few threads.....

And some sea life from a NZ tidal pool...

Some geraniums in my garden....

A colorful evening sky from my front porch....

The summer moon (I do some astrophotography with telescopes)...

Back to the beach....Oregon....

 

[ricib]

I LOVE that daisy! The shot from the porch is my favorite of the rest of them, the sealife isn't half bad either.

Thanks for sharing Kid.

 

[Raven]

You're welcome - much!

 

[Joy Foraker]

Maya you are making me want to move to Oregon! ...or maybe NZ...love that sea life too, those are the most dazzling tidepools I've ever seen.

I remember seeing some of your photography earlier, especially I think there were ancient ruins.

THANKS TO EVERYONE, THIS THREAD IS LOADED WITH ADVENTURE!

 

[Raven]

Glad you liked them Joy! There's not much that's more fun than travel to new places.

Here's a few more from the NZ adventure...

Moeraki Boulders beach...

A huge 6 ft. tall Agave plant at the Otago Gardens.....

A cloudy day -- Otago Harbor....

And another one from Oregon -- lookout point near Sunset Beach...

 

[Raven]

More summer fun favorites...

Copper River Flats, Alaska

Lake Angeles, Washington (a steep 2mi. hike up in the Hurricane Ridge area)... a secluded little blue lake full of trout.

N. Fork of the Middle Fork of the American River -- Sacramento, CA

Zeke's Hideout -- American River, CA -- another great hike...

Wild Forest Roses -- some in my yard...

 

[Joy Foraker]

Maya - great travelog -- I feel like I've been trekking - thanks

 

[stanislav]

Really great shots Maya ooooohhhhh

 

[Sean]

Nice pics! I really like the moon shot, Maya.
I just went to a family/church picnic on Patrick's Point state park. Yep, thats my state park. But, I forgot to bring a darn camera!!!!!! | But, alot of other people had them so I'll try to get some pics from them to show you guys