Kevin's Watch

" I Did It Mom!! "

wow! LOVE THAT!!!

Thanks Sea..Iridescent clouds are numerous here this winter , but still are a photographic challenge . Here is one I call......" Leper!!!"

" He had said that he would come back; but he behaved like a man who did not expect to return. "

I know I'm late to the party (er, thread), but do you have higher res versions of those, Lurch? I'd love to use them as desktop backgrounds!

rigel.Gee, thanks!.yes, of course. PM me and I'll get thing going.

..." Even his most human recollections were effaced by the impending mass of the tidal wave. "

Here's another tree.


And yeah, that's Christy. As you can see, she's a knockout!

I wonder if the art of photography has changed with the advent of digital media. I remember the days when film was precious, and developing a roll was a huge expense. Every picture was thought out, planned and created. Now a days there is a glut of pictures for every event, for every meal, for every day to day moment. And it may be me but the photos seem more careless less creative. NOT THESE ON THIS THREAD, MIND YOU. But when I go to facebook and photobucket I see a lot of junk. And then there is the actual camera that focuses for you, sets color for you. Unless you have money, you can't even get a camera with an eye piece, just a screen which I hate. On the other hand many would argue that digital allows those that would never have afforded photography to dabble in it and that the fact that you could try over and over to take the perfect picture makes a better photographer.

This is just a random thought.

Like anything else, a camera is a tool that must be learned to be used properly. Unfortunately, most people don't spend the time learning how to take good pictures. No matter how fancy the camera is, it can't make up for a lack of skill.

lorin..I think the digital revolution has been a great boon for self expression,not only in the written word,, but the visual of the photograph. The original surrealists believed every human was essentially a poet..has a natural talent waiting to be explored and expressed. The new digital photography with its lower expense has opened the photograph to millions more. Sure,,alot is " common denominator". But..give them time. I am happy to see the Canon and who evers,,,having " sessions" to educate new photogs. The ends may be the same as old analog/chemistry photography, but the means have changed..and can be easily mastered by anybody. I mean..my first digital pocket camera, i took over 1000 pics before I had it for a year. Thats a freedom I've never had with photography. Its in that Freedom,,where I have taken alot of Keepers.

From a field trip to Hamburg - the Venice of the north. Many of the old trading posts of once wealthy merchants have turned into hip bars. However, in the old storage part of the city you'll still find lots of coffee, tea, spices, carpets and stuff from all over the world behind three to four feet deep brick walls.


Hafenstraße - used to be squatter's paradise.


Big River, why she doin' me this way? (Port of Hamburg)


Spring has come to my end of this planet. Garden pics.


















And the piggies are outside again as well.




A day in an abandoned stonepit looking for minerals and fossils.


yellow sandstone


quartz SiO2


That's the kinda rock Will E. Coyote should be concerned about.


I'm purty sure the Easter Bunny lost some candy here.


The local nuclear power plant. About 4.5 miles away from my place. Technophobia anyone?


Paella is yummy.


A day at the "Ith", a local low mountain range. Lot's of gliding here, but also some small motorized airplanes and also RC aircrafts








This place used to be sacred for Germanic tribes.

Loremaster wrote:Here is a gravestone in a vast cemetery (I took the photo):

Loremaster, your image reminds me of a Poem I wrote many years ago:

Amid The Gone Before

Cold crypts resemble temples,
Houses for the dead.
Headstones record a history
Otherwise forgotten.

The monuments of grief
Stand silent sentinel.
No changing of the guard
With changing seasons.

My favorite has an angel
With marble wings raised high
As if to offer shelter
To the dead long decomposed.

I must confess I linger there
More often than I should.
I know not who lies buried
Beneath those sightless eyes.

It really doesn't matter
And the angel doesn't care.
Hopes and dreams, all desire and woe
Laid to rest at journey's end.

Mourners rarely linger
Near the fresh turned earth for long,
Instead preferring to return
When grass and grief have covered
That open, awful scar.

No person I have ever met
Lies buried in this place.
I just search for quiet peace
Amid the gone before.

Gryphon, you should come share more of your work in The Hall of Gifts.

Thanks, Menolly. I think I will. I've no real artistic talent, but I do love to play with words....

Vader..thanks for a look at a little bit of Germany. The" sacred place " has similarity to some " Cloud Mountains" work I've been playing around with recently. .More " oriental" than germanic and entirely made of ethereal cloud,these pics can transcend time and place and take one to a distant Imagi - nation.

Great stuff, Lurch, I especially like the last one

Summer in my backyard. Nothing spectacular, just like the colors.

Those are amazing. I love blue and purple hydrangeas.

lorin wrote:I wonder if the art of photography has changed with the advent of digital media. I remember the days when film was precious, and developing a roll was a huge expense. Every picture was thought out, planned and created. Now a days there is a glut of pictures for every event, for every meal, for every day to day moment. And it may be me but the photos seem more careless less creative. NOT THESE ON THIS THREAD, MIND YOU. But when I go to facebook and photobucket I see a lot of junk. And then there is the actual camera that focuses for you, sets color for you. Unless you have money, you can't even get a camera with an eye piece, just a screen which I hate. On the other hand many would argue that digital allows those that would never have afforded photography to dabble in it and that the fact that you could try over and over to take the perfect picture makes a better photographer.

This is just a random thought.

I think you're absolutely right. I have a digi cam and an old Minolta that uses film. Digital pictures just lack emotional depth, for me. It's so much easier to just snap snap snap until the perfect shot comes out. Or you can Photoshop a picture a million different ways. You don't really need to think about the mechanics of the camera, or the film.

If I had my way, I'd invest a good amount of money for a few SLR's, a dark room and the needed supplies to develop my own film. That is also an art form in and of itself.