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Looking out over the city of Courtney from My Becher in Strathcona Provincial park on Vancouver Island as a full moon rises.
I really don't know anything about this photo -- no idea when it was taken, or where ...
I get the impression that the white tent may have been used primarily for cooking and eating, while the other tent was used for sleeping ... so perhaps the weather was damp or rainy.
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To the best of my knowledge, most of the photos in this Flickr album were taken by my grandmother, Mabel Yourdon, during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Most of them depict scenes of everyday life in mining camps and small towns near the Utah-Colorado border. Some of them show hunting, fishing, and camping trips in unspecified parts of the American west. It appears that a few of them were taken in southern California, when Mabel and her husband Ike traveled out there to visit relatives.
I have no idea what kind of camera Mabel used for these photos, nor what kind of film. There probably wasn’t that much variety available in the 1920s, and she was not a “professional” photographer. So it may have been a Brownie and whatever B/W film Kodak was selling at the time.
My stepfather, Ray Yourdon, was born in 1922; and his older brother, Marvin, was born two years before that. You’ll see photos of Ray and Marvin when they were young boys, when they were in high school, and when they went off to join the Navy and the Marines to fight in World War II.
Somewhere around 2005, I asked Ray if he could tell me the details of some of the photos; where possible, I have included those details in the notes for the photos. Some of the photos obviously evoked pleasant memories, and I heard stories about minor day-to-day events in his life that I had never heard before. But we rarely got through more than a few pictures before he ran out of energy; and so many of the photos have no explanation at all.
At this point, my parents and grandparents are all gone. I have cousins who grew up in the same area where these photos were taken, and one or two of them are still in that area. They may be able to fill in a few of the details; otherwise, you’ll just have to accept these photos as a glimpse of what life was like nearly a hundred years ago ...
Making plans for holidays next summer. Took my Eagle Tourer out for a short spin to check if it's ready and fit for any upcoming camping trips.
My Eagle Tourer is a refurbished 1975 classic Transport model. The passenger pod is fitted with modern interior designed for light leisure travel. It bunks four, there is also a lounge and a small kitchenette. Toilet and shower took a little effort to fit in because, as you know, spaceships rarely have them, but in the end, they went in and work like a charm. Mosquito nets on doorways are a given, there is also a 100mb/s continuous broadband wi-fi.
With the Tourer, any trip is a hoot. You can fly wherever you like (bar non-flying zones) and live in the comfort of the Tourer pod. Holidays – I can't wait!
When I bought the MPC Round2 22" Eagle I did not think how awful it would be to use it in my photographs. It looks great, better than I had anticipated even, and I loved to build it, but those pipes! Oh man, masking them in Photoshop is a nightmare. Especially the spine structure on top, it's a major pain to make look nice and clean.
I am not going to enjoy making these as much as I thought I would, but it's sill more fun than a barrel of monkeys. :)
~from route66coolspringsaz
"Ed's Camp is another roadside attraction that harkens back to the early days of Route 66. Ed originally came to the area as a miner in 1917 and it didn't take him long to realize that the real gold could be found catering to the needs of Route 66 travelers than slaving away in the mines. He established his camp around 1919 and business was so good he never got around to building a proper building, he just threw up a roof to provide some measure of protection from the hot desert sun. he put up the kactus kafe, a gas station, a "bathroom of sorts, and a few cabins. He also established sort of a campground and the remnants can be clearly seen from the road.
Today the camp is deserted, but the odd buildings survive to temp the artistic talents of modern photographers ~ from the road that is (see note below).
NOTE: Ed's Camp is private property and not open to the public. Please respect the rights of the property owner."
First night camping. You can see the sleeping platform I built in my Jeep. Works pretty well. And since I'm just 5'8", I can sleep inside a 2-door Wrangler just fine.
I'll have to do a review of my JeepSleep ® sometime.
A golden sunset at China Camp, with a Manzanita tree silhouetted against the bay, and Mount Burdell beyond.
This is one of the the closest state parks to where I live, which happens to be between the mountain in the background and where I was standing.
Camping chairs are by my dear friend Anthony Gartner
Taken at Giardini - Garden Estate Rentals , Giardini di Vita (204, 136, 21)
Once a route used for droving cattle to markets. The Barkly is now 200km of flat straight road. We saw just one other vehicle, a station ute as we travelled along. Here we are camped for the night, and as I climbed the ladder the sight of the Milky Way captivated me.
It took three images merged together to gather up the big night sky and record the magnificent awe-inspiring remoteness.
p.s. I used the camp light and torch to light up our camp under the stars.
Nothern Territory Australia
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WA.
i am still digging some shots i never bothered posting. it's insightful going through years of photographies.
on a side note, i knew i couldn't stay away from a Leica camera for too long. i pulled the trigger on the Leica Q.
Beyal camp is the first camp that comes into your path, when hiking from Fairy Meadows towards the Raikhot Face of Nanga Parbat (the ninth highest mountain in the world, with an altitude of 8,126 meters).
To reach Beyal camp, you must first arrive at Raikhot Bridge on the Karakoram Highway, also known as N35 on the Pakistani side (Highway 314 on the Chinese side). From there, a 2-3 hour jeep ride takes you to the small village of Tattu Bridge. A six-kilometer hike from Tattu Bridge leads to Fairy Meadows, offering enchanting views of the forest below, Raikhot glaciers, and the mighty Nanga Parbat itself. From the Fairy maedows there is a 3 hours of hike to Beyal camp.
And BTW, the sunset here is otherworldly. The camp is at an alittude of 3550 m. However, the top of the Nanga parbat is at 8126 m. So the difference in light during sunset is just mesmirizing. When you know its already evening and dark around and then you suddenly look up and see the breathtaking sunset colors/light at the peak: is what I meant when I said, OTHERWORLDY!
- at Beyal camp, Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan.
Looking south from the top of British camp towards Swinyard hill in the distance.
The weather forecast had said that there was a slight chance of some decent light at sunset, sat on the top of the British Camp on a cold and very windy evening that seemed very remote but just as the sun went down I did get some colour in the sky.
Since the evening wasn't the best weather wise at least I had the hill top to myself.
Here’s one more Vertorama from my archives… taken about three months ago from a beach near Camps Bay.
I’ve recently noticed that some anonymous Flickr user (with no buddy icon or photos on their stream) has been adding meaningless comments to several of my contacts’ photos. These comments always include a small image which appears to be a video-player… and a link to click on if you want check out the video.
That got me thinking about all these warnings that I get to NEVER click on any links included in an email message… unless the email was sent by someone who I can really trust. These days I get an average of about 10 emails per week from my bank (supposedly)… asking me to click on the link below to confirm my bank details. Of course these emails are NOT being sent to me by my bank… but rather by criminals who are trying to redirect me to their website… to enter my bank details… so that they can use them steal all my money! This is commonly known as a “Phishing Attack”.
So… I wondered… what’s to stop someone from launching their phishing attack from a link included in a Flickr comment? If I clicked on their link… couldn’t that automatically start downloading a trojan or some or other keystroke-logging program that would monitor all my keyboard activity… looking out for passwords and other banking details? And even if the comment (and link) has been added by one of my trusted contacts… surely it would be quite simple to create a new Flickr account with a name like “Mike Jones Photgraphy” (incorrectly spelled)… using Mike’s buddy icon… in an attempt to catch the unwary Flickr users?
Even those notification emails that Flickr sends me (to my private email address) when someone has added me as a contact… surely it would be the easiest thing in the world to fake that simple email and to send it to people who have a Flickr account? I never click on the links in these emails messages… I always log on to Flickr first… then go to my inbox… and then click on the links in the messages listed there. But I have no doubt that there are many people who do click on the links in these notification emails… can you really be sure that the email is being sent to you by Flickr?
So… I have decided that from today onwards… I will no longer be clicking on any links included in any comments… from anybody that I don’t know! Call me paranoid if you like… I call it playing safe! Food for thought?
My favorite image of the day is this amazing photo by master landscape photographer Jesse Estes from Portland in Oregon. This particular photograph was taken in Yosemite during the Winter of 2009… maybe it’s the fact that I’ve never had the opportunity to shoot a snow scene… but this is probably my favorite image that I’ve EVER seen on Flickr! You rock Jesse… you’re miles ahead of me… but I’m hoping that if I pay careful attention to what you’re doing… that one day I might also be able to shoot something as incredible as this!
Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20 at 10mm, an aperture of f16 and a 1/8th second exposure.
Click here to check out my Vertorama tutorial.
another angle on lake Saoseo in the Val Da Camp valley. taken from the top of a rock formation on the opposite side of the lake. i have not chaged the blue tones in the water in post at all. so the colors are straight out of the camera. only the shadows have been pulled up again to get the details back in the tree and the forest on the other side of the lake
1/30 of a sec at f/8.0 shot with the camera on my bag since i did not bring my tripod that day
Campo Imperatore,Gran Sasso National Park, Italy
Nikon D3+Nikkor AF-S 24/70 2.8
Lee soft GND 0.9+Heliopan CPL
Treppiede
Scatto fatto in direzione opposto al mio precedente upload,come si può vedere il Gran Sasso ci ha regalato un'alba superba a 360° :-)
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No camping experience is complete without the folding chairs, bikes, rafts, nets, and of course, an Elk on your doorstep.
While camping in Whistler Park in Jasper, we shared the campground with a herd of Elk. They made themselves at home, and even though they seemed quite tame and unfazed by all the humans around them, we still gave them the right of way as they are rather impressively large wild animals, and quite a few youngsters were tagging along with their mothers. This female settled in for an afternoon snooze under one of our neighbor's awinings, to get a little shade.
I'm home for a few days reorganizing, then off again for a couple more weeks back to Wisconsin. I hope to start getting back up to speed in September.