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I'm not a golfer - but I just might take it up to golf here. This is about a mile from where I grew up. I loved being able to see the Whitetank Mountains every day.
A championship layout measuring just over 7,000 yards from the back tees. A traditional link style design can be played as short as 5,437 yards.
The clubhouse restaurant features beautiful wood beam architecture with floor-to-ceiling windows offering views of the picturesque course.
South Slope, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Féria de la Mer in Palavas-les-Flots (FR), 22 september 2013
Course camarguaise
Traditional horse-ride with bulls in the middle of them on the beach of Palavas-les-Flots.
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I just like photographing pink it seems. I can't stay away from it for long. :)
This is a porcelain half doll (or pincushion doll), which was made in Germany in the 1920s. The silver and rolled gold thimble is the same one I photographed a couple of days ago. This time I've included a roll of cotton/linen mix ribbon and a couple of pieces of hand torn silk ribbon to add to the pinkness.
Taken with Lensbaby Velvet 56.
The Tees Barrage International White Water Course, originally the Teesside White Water Course, is an artificial whitewater course on the north bank of the River Tees,
Stockton-on-Tees Nr Middlesborough.
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It will be k-k-cold this weekend. The temperature can drop to -8 degrees and that means of course only one thing: skating! After a few nights of good frost we could skate on February 13, 2021 at the Loosdrechtse Plassen. Every effort was made to ensure that we could skate. Plassenschap Loosdrecht has issued a sailing ban for the Loosdrechtse Plassen. After an extra night of frost, the ice is perfect. Beautiful black smooth ice without weak spots. Finally perfect ice to tie up the irons for skating enthusiasts. There can be wonderful kilometers of skating between the peat area and vast frozen lakes. You experience nature in places where you normally can not come. The northwestern part of the Loenderveense Plas is also referred to as Terra Nova. In this part of the Loenderveense Plas, experiments have been carried out in recent years to improve water quality by removing the bream fish. This fish accumulates the sludge layer that is formed at the bottom of the ponds by over-fertilization. Only a few plants and animals can live in this muddy water. Although already impressive results can be seen from the bream removal - the whole lake has turned from muddy to clear water, which also means that the water is freezing faster than other puddles. The peatland is a paradise for skaters from the west of the Netherlands, because it is usually the first large-scale area where you can skate on natural ice. Dutch also love Kite ice skating. This is the sport of sailing is popular in the Netherlands.
Today 13th of February 2021 we got the opportunity to go ice skating on real ice instead of going to an ice rink. A good freeze only comes from a win in the climatic lottery. Thus the chance for our Dutch to be wild adventurers on their own land comes only every few years. We glide across solidified, frosted lakes with fish frozen into the ice. Besides skating on the Loosdrechtse Plassen there is also Ice surfing, ice sailing and kite skating. The Loosdrechtseplassen in the winter are a real skater’s paradise. Kite ice skating is very popular in the Netherlands. Photo of Samantha and ice sailors on the Loenderveensche plassen.
Het wordt k-k-koud dit weekend. De temperatuur kan dalen tot wel -8 graden en dat betekent natuurlijk maar één ding: schaatsennn! Na een paar nachten goede vorst konden we op 13 februari 2021 schaatsen op de Loosdrechtseplassen. Er werd alles aan gedaan om te zorgen dat we konden schaatsen. Plassenschap Loosdrecht heeft een vaarverbod afgegeven voor de Loosdrechtse Plassen. Na een extra nacht van vorst ligt het ijs er perfect bij. Prachtig zwart glad ijs en nergens wakken. Eindelijk weer heerlijk ijs om voor schaatsliefhebbers de ijzers onder te binden. Er kan heerlijk kilometers geschaats worden tussen het veengebied. Je beleeft de natuur op plekken waar je normaal niet kan komen.
De Loosdrechtseplassen zijn afgegraven veengebieden, gelegen in het Gooi. Het noordwestelijke deel van de Loenderveense Plas wordt ook wel aangeduid als Terra Nova. Terra Nova is een aan de Vecht gelegen landgoed en natuurgebied met veenplassen. In dit deel van de Loenderveense Plas is de afgelopen jaren geëxperimenteerd met het verbeteren van de waterkwaliteit door het wegvangen van brasem. Deze vis woelt de sliblaag op die op de bodem van de plassen is ontstaan door overbemesting. In dit troebele water kunnen slechts weinig planten en dieren leven waardoor de soortenrijkdom van de plassen sterk is teruggelopen. Hoewel nu al aansprekende resultaten te zien zijn van het wegvangen van de brasem – het hele meer is omgeklapt van troebel naar helder water wat ook weer betekend dat het water eerder bevriesd dan andere plassen. Het veengebied is een paradijs voor schaatsers uit het westen van Nederland, omdat het meestal het eerste grootschalige gebied is waar men goed kan schaatsen op natuurijs. Naast het schaatsen op de Loosdrechtse Plassen is er ook Kite schaatsen, ijssurfen, ijszeilen en kite schaatsen. Ook zijn er weer ijszeilers te zien.
As we get ready to approach another weekend (can you tell I'm a bit anxious?), I thought I would share another image from our recent trip to Katmai NP & Preserve in Alaska. Anyone that knows me or who has followed my photo stream knows just how much these bears mean to me. <3
On this particular day, the salmon were running quite thick in the river, so we hiked down to the shoreline in search of bears actively feeding upon them. It wasn't long before we found some, including this particular one who we were sharing the rocky shoreline with. LOL. It approached from initially a distance, then kept walking towards us. An algae-covered shoreline of slippery rocks doesn't make for a quite getaway, so we stayed our course, as did the bear. At what must have been its perceived "personal space" distance, it decided to veer off and simply go around us ... being much more used to the river rocks than I ... without incidence or even much of a concern. Let me be clear that we were with our guide and simply gave way for the bear to naturally pass us ... much like it would have another bear in the area.
Coastal brown bears are quite preoccupied with the salmon run and are what I call "fat and happy" bears. It's such a thrill to see them and more than that it's an honor to share their environment with them. I had sure missed them over the last 2 years and so happy to have been reunited. :-)
Happy Thursday to all. So glad that you stopped by to view and as always, your comments are much appreciated.
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Inspiration comes to me in two ways with respect to photography. First and foremost, of course, it comes through photographs. The second way is through the written or spoken words of photographers I respect. Ralph Gibson inspires me on both fronts. I have two of his books, ‘Histoire de France’, and ‘Self Exposure’. ‘Self Exposure’ is his autobiography and provides many insights into the what, the how and the why of his photography, and interesting stories of other photographers and artists he has encountered.
You can find plenty of interviews and profiles of Ralph Gibson online. I like how he thinks deeply about what it is he is trying to do, and that he can discuss intellectual and philosophical aspects of his work in clear terms. Artists are under no obligation to tell us what is in their secret sauce. Often, they don’t even know. But I always appreciate those that can talk about their work in a relatable way.
I am intrigued by the concept of having a “point of departure,” something that Ralph Gibson learned while he was an assistant to Dorothea Lange. You can hear the story from Ralph Gibson himself here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S9NkO8Jf-A
There’s also some words about inspiration too.
Most of Ralph Gibson’s photographs have a considerable degree of abstraction. A quote from him that stays with me: “I want to take a picture of nothing…this is where it’s at for me. A picture of nothing, but the frame has a lot of integrity.” I strongly relate to that.
I like that his work has evolved to include colour, and digital cameras, and longer lenses. You are never too old to learn new tricks. Who knows, maybe I should go monochrome. I doubt it will happen—I love colour too much.
I thought it was going to take me a while to get a picture that was a reasonable homage to Ralph Gibson and his distinctive work. See www.ralphgibson.com/portfolio/quadrants-1975 as examples.
But following the advice on having a point of departure, I parked a couple of kilometers from work (a good way to ensure I get exercise) and walked with my camera in hand. Strong early morning light and a restaurant with black and white chairs and white tablecloths immediately said Gibson to me and I stopped and took several pictures, trying to exclude anything superfluous from the frame. No cropping, just framed in the viewfinder. This one was my favourite. I made it greyscale and played with black and white points to enhance contrast. I even threw in a little noise to try to get a more filmic look. It’s funny that I probably did more adjustments on this image than I do on most of my pictures. I think it reflects the time that one would have had to spend in the darkroom dodging and burning to get the desired result on a print from a negative.
Happy photographing friends. Please know that your photographs and friendship also inspire me. You make this a great photographic community. And thanks again for taking the time to read my ramblings. May you never lack inspiration.
Best viewed large! Turtle pic from Audubon Park last year. I do like the reflections and the abstract colors in the water. Some idiots saw me shooting this image and came running to see what I was photographing and of course the turtles took off. I didn't say any thing I just picked up the tripod and left. Some people just don't have a clue!!!!! But..... they have just as much right to be there as I do!!! It is a park!!! :-)
City Golf Course- Idaho Falls, Idaho. I shot this photo from the Idaho Falls Tourist Park looking into the towering trees of the city golf course a few years ago.
153332 passes Pleasington Golf Course with a Preston to Colne service. 1/3/97. A one-coach train looks slightly odd in these wide-open spaces, but despite that, this is probably my favourite shot of a Class 153.
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