Picture Of The Day

Randy · « **Reply #4660 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 01:40 am »

Crater Lake

syzygy · « **Reply #4661 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 10:27 am »

Quote from: bside123 on 10 Dec 2016, 09:19 pm

syzygy: Where is that bridge? Interesting architecture!

Medieval bridge in Tuscany (Lucca, Italy). Impressive engineering for now, let alone the 13th Century.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_della_Maddalena

dflee · « **Reply #4662 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 02:06 pm »

Randy: Awesome Crater Lake photos. I had slides (37 yrs ago) and
could not get pics made to match that blue. I've never seen anything
in nature that intense.

bside123 · « **Reply #4663 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 03:30 pm »

Does the blue come from minerals in the water?

aldcoll · « **Reply #4664 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 05:13 pm »

Quote from: bside123 on 11 Dec 2016, 03:30 pm

Does the blue come from minerals in the water?

As I recall it is just clear and cold. There is no stream in or out. So what falls in the lake states in the lake. And to be totally correct it is a collapsed volcano.

There isn't much life in the lake outside of a invasion or crayfish. The tried to stock it with fish in the early days.

It's a great place to snowshoe or ski around right about now.

Alan

PeteG · « **Reply #4665 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 08:35 pm »

Alan, that is some very blue water, I would love to go up to some of the National Parks around the north west.

PeteG · « **Reply #4666 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 08:44 pm »

I took this right before winter came in (southwest Colorado), it made a very nice metal print for my wife

aldcoll · « **Reply #4667 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 09:09 pm »

Quote from: PeteG on 11 Dec 2016, 08:35 pm

Alan, that is some very blue water, I would love to go up to some of the National Parks around the north west.

Just out my back door, come on West.

Alan

JerryM · « **Reply #4668 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 09:14 pm »

Quote from: PeteG on 11 Dec 2016, 08:44 pm

I took this right before winter came in (southwest Colorado), it made a very nice metal print for my wife

Wow, Pete, I could stare at that picture for hours. Kudos, Sir.

bside123 · « **Reply #4669 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 09:42 pm »

PeteG: Lovely Pete... and ya' gotta love that time of day in the cool, crisp, mile-high air of Colorado. The shadows provide for some fine depth against the golden meadows. Sweet.

Phil A · « **Reply #4670 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 09:43 pm »

Quote from: JerryM on 11 Dec 2016, 09:14 pm

Wow, Pete, I could stare at that picture for hours. Kudos, Sir.

+1 on that - gorgeous!

bside123 · « **Reply #4671 on:** 11 Dec 2016, 09:48 pm »

And for a entirely and completely different landscape. The old kwanzaa hut is typical "tin whistle" barn construction in the midwest. They became the cheap alternatives to real barns. Here's a classic midwestern, rural scene at sunset.

Tin Whistle - Charles Road

weatherman1 · « **Reply #4672 on:** 12 Dec 2016, 06:50 am »

First dusting on Mt.Garfield with sleeping vineyard. The grape juice will be available some time in the future.

PeteG · « **Reply #4673 on:** 12 Dec 2016, 05:41 pm »

Good shots guys. I use to hunt around Rifle and north of Grand Junction, beautiful area I've seen Mt.Garfield quite a few times.

Randy · « **Reply #4674 on:** 13 Dec 2016, 06:56 pm »

Quote from: dflee on 11 Dec 2016, 02:06 pm

Randy: Awesome Crater Lake photos. I had slides (37 yrs ago) and
could not get pics made to match that blue. I've never seen anything
in nature that intense.

Thanks. They're really nothing more than snapshots, but the subject matter is awesome. Crater Lake's been on the bucket list for a long time, and I finally made it this summer (August). The west side of the rim road was closed due to a forest fire, but there certainly wasn't any smoke in the air that I was aware of. Just clear blue skies - and water. An amazing place.

Randy

chip · « **Reply #4675 on:** 13 Dec 2016, 07:02 pm »

Quote from: PeteG on 11 Dec 2016, 08:44 pm

I took this right before winter came in (southwest Colorado), it made a very nice metal print for my wife

Which lense did you use for that picture? Awesome by the way!

PeteG · « **Reply #4676 on:** 14 Dec 2016, 01:48 am »

Quote from: chip on 13 Dec 2016, 07:02 pm

Which lense did you use for that picture? Awesome by the way!

Thanks, I used my Canon 24-70 f2.8 mkII ( f13 1/60 iso100).

bside123 · « **Reply #4677 on:** 14 Dec 2016, 05:13 am »

Quote from: PeteG on 14 Dec 2016, 01:48 am

Thanks, I used my Canon 24-70 f2.8 mkII ( f13 1/60 iso100).

Nice lens!

bside123 · « **Reply #4678 on:** 14 Dec 2016, 05:18 am »

Will the real Santa please stand up!

bside123 · « **Reply #4679 on:** 21 Dec 2016, 05:49 pm »

We've had a very good season for deer hunting and harvesting at our rural land down in Southern Illinois this year.

Fresh from the farm to table... here's a French Style Rack of Deer Ribs.