Very nice Claes. I always enjoy your pictures.
Very nice Claes. I always enjoy your pictures.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
very nice pictures! jealous!
Pitiful creatur of darkness,
What kind of world have you known?
God give me courage to guide me,
You are not alone.
Oh, Claes, those are amazing! I love those little houses, they are so quaint, very much what I think of when I think of a big Scandinavian city.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
I woke up this morning to find everything covered in this beautiful frost so after church and lunch, I went out to Ft. Lincoln by the Missouri River to take some pictures. Most of the pictures are from the On-A-Slant Mandan Village, with a few just random nature shots from around the area. A lot of the pictures had a weird color cast to them I couldn't get rid of entirely. I'm getting a new camera in a couple days and hopefully, that one will do better in lower light because this camera is hopeless.
The big ceremonial Earth Lodge
This is a tree right next to the ceremonial lodge and it captured the frost nicely.
And more prairie grass because I can't resist
And a broken tree I was particularly fond of
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
amazing pics, Idril! really!!
but this journey, I believe, will lead me to bottomless seas
Idril, your photos are stunning -- love them! Never tire of taking prairie grass shots, you sure have a knack for catching them at their most pretty display.
Now I see that you guys don't really have the snow that we received -- wow! But anyhow, such beautiful countryside, thank you so much for sharing here.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
I agree kiz!
Great!
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise."
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald
You guys are very nice, the pictures really aren't all that great but I thought the subject matter, at least, was interesting.
Well, I don't know about that, I just take so many of them, one or two are bound to turn out.Originally Posted by kiz_paws
The funny thing is, just a few hours after those pictures were taken, we got snow, about 4 or 5 inches.Now I see that you guys don't really have the snow that we received -- wow! But anyhow, such beautiful countryside, thank you so much for sharing here.I may take another trip out there this weekend, there were a lot of places I didn't get to because it was so cold and I'll have my new camera by then with a better zoom and more pixels and theoretically, better light recognition.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
Very nice Idril, especially that last one for some reason.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
I was just about to say the same thing to you!Very nice Idril, especially that last one for some reason.
But they are very nice indeed!
I can't wait! You had awesome photos with your 'old' camera, so your new one might make you downright dangerous!
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
wow, I want one of those lodges. are they for living in or only ceremonial?
They were for both, the smaller lodges were for living and the big monster lodge was for ceremonies. These earth lodges in the pictures are purely museum type buildings, you can go inside, they are fully functional but they are for display and instruction only (in the summer, each one has someone explaining various aspects to the Mandan way of life). However, there is another "village" by where my parents live where you can actually rent them out for a weekend or whatever and stay in them, sort of like a tent. They've been a pretty popular destination for a lot of travellers.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
Idril, my only question is why Idril is not doing photography for a career. I've been checking out the photos, damn good too. And kizpaw, and that other guy is good too, I forgot his name, excuse me.
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---Jack Kerouac, On The Road: The Original Scroll
Don't be so modest... Your pictures are very good... and interestingGood luck with your new camera, btw.
My method exactlyI just take so many of them, one or two are bound to turn out.
Some of you may have note that I was absent last week:
I have been to Tornio for some work related training, and I
managed to make good use of the camera in the evenings. Here we go:
It was around -20C/-4F when we arrived, so everything was beautifully covered in frost.
How many of you used to build snow castles when you were kids? Here is a whopper of a Snow & Ice Castle in Kemi.
Here is the Bar. There is no shortage of ice.
An Ice lion greeted us...
Some other íce sculptures. They were everywhere (Talk about cool art)
Another part of the bar, complete with ice tables and more art
Here is the hotel
One of the rooms.
The church
And its altar.
/Claes
Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
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