Pic thread...some pics from my walk earlier today:

[Haole Girl]

Hope you like them! :hi:





This little guy was very difficult to photograph!

[Maestro]

1. And when did you start photography?

I have tried for over two years to get any wading bird with prey in its mouth and you have one! Very nice! Love the berries and the last shot too! You are getting very good at this. :hi:

[Haole Girl]

2. Wow...thank you!!

I've taken pics all my life. Since they gave me a little instamatic when I was 10 years old. But, when I was in my 20's I did take one basic photo course at Orange Coast Community College. I passed... since I took the course pass/fail. Would have actually gotten an A. But I also learned (unfortunately) I didn't have the eyesight needed to use the enlarger in the dark room. :-( Though, I must admit, I spent whole days in there trying to get things to work! Ahhh.... those were the days... getting high on Fixer! lol! :hi:

[TK421]

Awesome pics, KC2!

nice work :thumbsup:

[Haole Girl]

5. Thank you! nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. Beautiful!!

thanks for sharing them with us.

[Haole Girl]

6. Thank you!

And, you are welcome, of course. :-)

[BarenakedLady]

4. Awesome KC!

I LOVE that egret (?) pic the best. Stunning all of them.

You have a natural talent.

:yourock:

[Haole Girl]

7. Oh, thank you!

Nice of you to say!

And...

:yourock:

[Labors of Hercules]

8. Where were these taken?? Beautiful! nt

[Haole Girl]

9. Most of them were taken at a nature center...

.. in N. Texas. The Egret and the Maple Leaves were in my neighborhood park... I made my husband stop the car and went running out when I saw the Egret catch a fish!!

Thank you, btw. :-)

[auntAgonist]

10. your photographs

are professional quality. Absolutely gorgeous. Would you mind if I save them and use them for my desktop? I particularly like the cardinal and the squirrel. Cardinals are one of my (many)favourite birds. You've captured the natural colours so well!

beautiful, thank you.


aA
kesha.





(you brought me out of lurkdom)

[Haole Girl]

11. No, I wouldn't mind at all...

Save as many as you'd like! I'm honored! And, thank you very much! :hug:

[bigwillq]

12. The squirrel pic is awesome!

Great pics! :hi:

[Haole Girl]

13. Thank you!

After I got home and looked at it on the computer, I thought, "I'd damn lucky that squirrel didn't jump on me!" lol :hi:

[bigwillq]

14. It wouldn't have jumped on you

probably would've just ran away. :)

[Haole Girl]

15. lol!

You are probably right. Ever since I saw my father get bitten by a monkey, at a park in Indonesia, I've been skittish about things like that! :-)

[bigwillq]

16. Oh jeez

That's terrible. What happened?

[Haole Girl]

18. We were in Bali...

..at the Monkey Forest. I don't know if they even still have it, anymore. Anyway, my father reached into his pocket for a tissue... and before he knew what happened a huge monkey came running down a tree, up my father's pant leg, onto his arm, and bit him on his finger! My poor Dad... I still remember how brave he tried to act... actually, he did act brave! I would have been crying like a 2 year old, but my father just said, "I'm sure the monkey thought I had peanuts or something. I probably didn't do the story justice. It really was funny, at the time... though, it's given me a bit of a complex about how unpredictable a wild animal's behavior can be! lol

[bigwillq]

22. Well at least you have a story

you can tell the for the rest of your life! :)

[Haole Girl]

25. Yes

My sisters will occasionally say, "Remember when..."

We have many stories from our tips to Indonesia. We lived there for four summers! :-)

[bigwillq]

27. Wow

that's cool. Must have been quite the experience.

[Haole Girl]

29. You can't begin to imagine!

Some good experiences... some... well, not so good! lol

[Dystopian]

17. Like them?

LOVE THEM!
Awesome, I would have loved to have been on that walk with you...
The beauty of it all...and you captured it....
You had a magical day...
oh my....just too nice for words...the beauty of nature has just picked up my spirits...I was really into miserizing....Thank you:hug:


peace~

[Haole Girl]

19. Thank you very much!

:hug:

[Dystopian]

26. You're welcome....

While you were enjoying and capturing nature's beauty...and you do have a gift for photography....How could you have known that there would be a lonely old soul out there feeling low...and in the midst of it all...just happened to click on these photos....I was jolted back into the reality that there is much beauty in this world...one just has to look....
It may have been a vicarious experience, but it worked....

Your happiness and sharing spilled out to others...priceless.

peace~

[Haole Girl]

28. I'm so glad... then...

Really! :hug:

[lildreamer316]

20. Beee-YOU-teful!!!

Love them all!
Love winter birds like the cardinal, don't you?

[Haole Girl]

23. Thank you!

Yes, those are one of my favorite birds too! :hi:

[graywarrior]

21. The squirrel!

So cute.

[Haole Girl]

24. Thank you!

:-)

[sarge43]

30. Like them !? They are stunning.

Love the one of the cardinal. And the mallards, "I know; he's a slob, but I love him."

[Haole Girl]

31. Thank you!

:D

[JeffR]

32. These are really good!

:toast:

[Haole Girl]

34. Thank you!

:toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My dear KC2!

Wow! Sweetie, I am officially jealous!

We don't have anything like that around here!

Are the berries pyracantha? Awesome!

The egret and the squirrel pics are just amazing...

Your timing was perfect!

I bow to your talent!

Thanks for sharing!

:bounce: :bounce:

[Haole Girl]

35. Hey!

No need to be jealous! Your pics are much better.... I've never been able to capture a wave shot like yours! :hug: Thank you very much for the awesome compliments! :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. Aw, that's just good luck...

Waves are impossible to capture deliberately...

Timing is everything!

I'm going down to the beach in a little while...

Last night's sunset was awesome, and the conditions look the same tonight...

Maybe, just maybe, I can get some pretty cloud/wave pics!

I'm overdue for those...

YOu're welcome, sweetie...Keep on snapping those pics! You have a gift! :hug:

[Haole Girl]

37. Thanks again... and sorry I couldn't find out what kind of berries...

Similar, but not quite:

[Haole Girl]

40. Well, it took me awhile this morning to find it...

But I think the plant with the clusters of red berries is Nandina, Nandina domestica. Those berries, in the top pic, were actually near the parking lot of the park.. in the landscaping. So, it would make sense.

Here is a link: http://ecoscapes.1adventure.com/bushes.html

I have no idea what the other berry plant, that was on the trail, is called.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

38. If I ever hear you say you're not a good photographer again....

I'm going :spank: you. Those are GREAT!!
Duckie

[Haole Girl]

39. Well... I'm really not....

...oh, never mind! Though, I do love a good...

oh, never mind!

:rofl:

Thank you! :D

[Crabby Appleton]

41. nice pics

[Haole Girl]

43. Thank you

I realized, last night, that I posted the wrong squirrel shot. :-(

This one is focused a little bit better:

[Ptah]

42. Well done, KC2

Thanks for those well-composed, color-balanced pictures.

:thumbsup:

[Haole Girl]

44. Thank you, Ptah! nt

[lligrd]

45. Gorgeous Photos

What kind of camera did you use to get such fantastic pictures?

[Haole Girl]

46. Thank you!

Canon EOS 40D.

[texanwitch]

47. Those pictures are beautiful.

The last picture looks like the woods near my house.

I will be taking a walk later today in my woods to look for pecans.

[Haole Girl]

48. Thank you!

I love that little forest. There are 9 miles of trails in there... it's hard to leave... I could have stayed in there all day!! :hi:

[texanwitch]

49. Our forest is inner city, the only reason we still have it is because of the flood of 2001.

It will be the last of our green space left, the other areas are being townhoused.

We lost our small pond with cattails, just build crap everywhere.

We had over 500 acres of green space,now we are down to about 25 acres of wood and what is left of the railroad yard.

I love my woods, the dogs never want to come out.

[Haole Girl]

50. It was "raining leaves" when I took this pic:

It was such a feeling of peace... for just a moment... until a woman came around the corner, yelling "COME! COME!" at her puppy...as she dragged the poor little creature by its leash...*sigh*

I wish the pic turned out a little better...

[texanwitch]

51. The picture is beautiful.

My dogs run free in the woods, they turn deaf when I call them.

I am going to borrow your pictures to look at if you don't mind.

[Haole Girl]

53. I don't mind

You may use my pics however you want. Take care. :hug:

[GenDem]

52. Wow!!!

Those are some magical moments. i wish I had walked with you.

Your pictures are spectacular!

[Haole Girl]

54. Thank you!

:hi:

[mwdem]

55. Beautiful pics!

I see you caught some colorful leaves before they fell. It seems like the trees here change and immediatily lose their leaves. Great camerawork! Still waiting to meet you there sometime!:hi:

[Haole Girl]

57. Aww... thanks...

And, so you know, this wasn't River Legacy. Otherwise, I might have PM'd you! This park is much closer to my home. I'm really not such good company to be around right now, though, anyway. Really. :hug:

[mwdem]

65. When you're up to it, pm me & we'll get together.

It'll be a nice break from my humdrum routine. Hope to see you soon!:hug:

[Haole Girl]

70. Ok. mwdem...

Will do! :hug:

[Sugar Smack]

56. Good LORD, KC2!!!! Those are SPECTACULAR.

You have a way with the freaking camera none of us do. Will you post more of your pics in the future? I'm adding you to my blogroll in my journal.

My God, you're good.:wow: :loveya: The pics of the berries and the cardinal shot are so beautiful.

[Haole Girl]

58. Thank you very much

I'm sure I will... in the future. I enjoy sharing them too much not to have an audience.

Just curious... which berry pic do you like better?

:loveya:

[Sugar Smack]

71. The "scattered" berries. I'd like to make it my desktop background.

Can I?:D :yourock: :applause: :loveya:

[Haole Girl]

72. Of course you can!

The only photos of mine I don't like people copying are the ones of ME! eeek! Otherwise, you may use however many you like!

:loveya: :hi:

And...

:yourock:

[lunatica]

59. Nowadays the dark room isn't necessary

You can do anything you want on the computer. Do you know how to use Photoshop? You can do so much more with it than in a dark room, which is becoming obsolete. If you don't know Photoshop you can take courses in junior colleges.

[Haole Girl]

60. I do know some software for pics...

Not photo shop, though. Corel Paint Shop Pro. I get so aggravated with it! By the time I finish "touching up" something, I begin to forget the original colors. :-( Patience... the whole thing takes a lot of patience! :hi:

[lunatica]

61. You must take photoshop

You will open a door to your creativity that you can't even begin to get in any other software. You will feel like a god!!

The trick is to always save your original and only work on copies of it. Then when you get to where you like it save that as 'name#2' or whatever, and keep working on it. But you should take one course in Photoshop so you understand the tools and most important of all the Layers. You will love the power it gives you, and you'll love being able to combine, mix and create works that you can only do in photoshop. There's a whole side of your creativity you will find out about!

[Haole Girl]

62. Thanks

I know you're right. Maybe I'll get off my lazy behind and do that next semester!

[Kajsa]

63. KC2 these are great!

Wow! :wow:

I just love the egret, squirrel and the little red bird.
Hell, they are all great!

You are one great photographer, lady!

:hi: :hug:

[Haole Girl]

64. Thank you so much!

:hi: :hug:

[Inchworm]

66. Wowza!

Stunning Pics! They are all awesome!

:yourock:

[Haole Girl]

67. Thank you, sweetie!

:hug:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

68. Excellent pictures KC2!

The last one is lovely and so peaceful.

Thank you for posting these, they really are wonderful :hi: :hug:

[Haole Girl]

69. Thank you!

:hi: :hug:

[Bassic]

73. Great pics!

Those are really beautiful. :) That last one is just awesome.

[Haole Girl]

74. Thank you!

:-)

[Eurobabe]

75. Ooh I love the cardinal and the squirrel!

Great close ups. Nice photos, thanks for posting! :hi:

[Haole Girl]

77. Thank you!

:hi:

[soleft]

76. Wow! You're amazing. Awesome pics!

[Haole Girl]

78. Thank you for the compliment!

:-)