Picture Of The Day

JakeJ · « **Reply #3061 on:** 1 Jun 2014, 03:27 am »

Nice shot, Bob! I really like the composition and framing. The kite actually looks like it is back lit, is it?

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #3062 on:** 1 Jun 2014, 03:31 am »

Just by the sunset Jake.
That was shot in Alabama a couple years ago in a rental we had for the week.
Dauphin Island in fact.

JakeJ · « **Reply #3063 on:** 1 Jun 2014, 03:52 am »

Sometimes the casual shots are the good ones too.

SET Man · « **Reply #3064 on:** 1 Jun 2014, 03:55 am »

Quote from: mcgsxr on 26 May 2014, 04:18 pm

Here is a fun shot from my traveling days back in the mid 90's. Me on the right.

I had been teaching English in Taiwan, and 2 friends and I headed out for some South East Asian mountain biking. This shot is waiting for the ferry to Koh Samui after a long bus ride down from Bangkok.

We later went to India and rode over the Rohtang Pass, which was a REAL grind. Impossible to be ready for the Himalaya!

I currently have a brush cut, and have since 1997, so this pic always gets a huge laugh these days...

....

Hey!

Look like you had a good time in Thailand. I've heard that Ko Samui is beautiful, I've never been there and I came from Thailand.

Anyway, I remembered I went to Phuket way back than, some 30 years ago when it was pretty much empty and pristine compare to today's. It was fun on fine white sand.

Anyway, talking about Thailand. I recently gone through one of my negative box and found this...

"The Bridge Over The River Kwai" Thailand 2006. by setpower1, on Flickr

The Bridge Over The River Kwai. I took this back in 2006 while I was visiting my cousin there. Somehow I've never print this. I actually spent a few years of my childhood in that town not far from that bridge.

Take care,
Buddy

gnuyork · « **Reply #3065 on:** 1 Jun 2014, 11:51 am »

Sky Swirl

bside123 · « **Reply #3066 on:** 1 Jun 2014, 01:44 pm »

BobinSTL, SET Man, gnuyork:

Nice monochrome images: The kite is lyrical. The bridge in Thailand is classic B&W. The swirl is dramatic.

It's very interesting how a monochromatic image conveys a whole different feeling than a color one.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #3067 on:** 1 Jun 2014, 05:39 pm »

Interesting set of shots. We could take the bridge, and put it over the top of the sky swirl, then add in the kite.

gnuyork · « **Reply #3068 on:** 2 Jun 2014, 12:11 pm »

Quote from: bside123 on 1 Jun 2014, 01:44 pm

It's very interesting how a monochromatic image conveys a whole different feeling than a color one.

Here is a slightly different comp from the same spot in color:

jjdog2 · « **Reply #3069 on:** 2 Jun 2014, 01:05 pm »

Guy 13 · « **Reply #3070 on:** 2 Jun 2014, 01:16 pm »

Hi jjdog2
What the heck is that dog trying to do ? ? ?
Did you really had to take the picture of his rear end ?

Nice picture.

Guy 13

charmerci · « **Reply #3071 on:** 2 Jun 2014, 03:08 pm »

Off the beaten path in Arches National Park

BobM · « **Reply #3072 on:** 2 Jun 2014, 05:39 pm »

Just took this picture on my lunch walk under the Brooklyn bridge. Looks like an album cover that I vaguely remember.

charmerci · « **Reply #3073 on:** 2 Jun 2014, 05:53 pm »

Quote from: BobM on 2 Jun 2014, 05:39 pm

Just took this picture on my lunch walk under the Brooklyn bridge. Looks like an album cover that I vaguely remember.

Even in the Quietest Moments.

bside123 · « **Reply #3074 on:** 3 Jun 2014, 03:09 am »

We are helping to care for an old family friend who is now in hospice. This image somehow reminded me of these lyrics:

The End by Jim Morrison and The Doors

"This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes... again

Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need... of some... stranger's hand
In a desperate land."

Taken with the Fujifilm X100

BTW, he is not morbid or particularly scared or suffering. He is actually pretty lit up about the sum total of his life's experience.
You can see that intensity in his eyes.

Can You Picture What Will Be?

JerryM · « **Reply #3075 on:** 3 Jun 2014, 03:41 am »

gnuyork · « **Reply #3076 on:** 3 Jun 2014, 11:43 am »

B side. I can see that in his eyes and I am glad. You captured that very well.

SET Man · « **Reply #3077 on:** 5 Jun 2014, 05:15 am »

Quote from: bside123 on 3 Jun 2014, 03:09 am

We are helping to care for an old family friend who is now in hospice. This image somehow reminded me of these lyrics:

BTW, he is not morbid or particularly scared or suffering. He is actually pretty lit up about the sum total of his life's experience.
You can see that intensity in his eyes.
...

Hey!

Nobody last forever. It is a cycle of life. Yes, he seems to be taking it in stride of which is a good thing.

Take care,
Buddy

SET Man · « **Reply #3078 on:** 5 Jun 2014, 05:17 am »

Quote from: BobM on 2 Jun 2014, 05:39 pm

Just took this picture on my lunch walk under the Brooklyn bridge. Looks like an album cover that I vaguely remember.

...

Hey!

Believe it or not it was on local TV news. Nobody knows how that piano ended up there and right side up.

Don't know if the city removed it already. If I had time I will go down there and see.

Take care,
Buddy

bside123 · « **Reply #3079 on:** 7 Jun 2014, 05:02 am »

I am still very much enjoying as well as I'm on the prowl with my newly acquired Fuji X100. On the street in or in a restaurant... nobody's safe.

Here's a selection of one color and one b&w.

A Poodle Headed Girl

Yin & Yang Hibachi Grill Chefs