WORLD WIDE PHOTO DAY: PART 64 LINES

[joayne]

Well, not too much interaction about topic.. Thanks to Barbara (BLS) we are going to use the theme of LINES

Here we go!! Let's see some interpertation :D

- take photos from sunup friday until sundown sunday
- post photos by monday or when you have time.
- usual forum rules for image posting apply which means max 800 pixels on longest side and max 2 attachments.

Be safe out there!!

[::John::]

Thanks Joayne


Edit: um.... 54? Should that not be 64?


Tommy.............................. ;)


Edit: haha - thanks, whoever it was :)

[eenorton]

Thanks for starting the thread Joayne!

I headed to the local greenhouse today for some garden supplies
http://images104.fotki.com/v434/photos/6/64353/1715345/IMG_135901w-vi.jpg

[joayne]

Dang! :evil: Thanks, to the invisible MOD.

Nice lines Beth. How is the puppy? Doing well I hope.

[eenorton]

Thanks joayne!

Magilla's doing great! Surgeries are done and stitches are out... Now I just have to keep him from doing too much. :D Thanks for asking. :)

[joayne]

Glad to hear!

Here are some lines

179724

and some other kind of lines...telephone and power with a kestral for extra credit :lol:


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[::John::]

hmmm - I got some power lines yesterday - but they weren't that good... still thinking... I was going to lay some baking soda in lines on a plate and photograph that without mentioning it was baking soda ;)... I'll come up with something - it is a 3 day weekend here so I still have some time for a plan :)

Beth: you have several sets of lines there - cool

Joayne: love the music lines - off the wall - great stuff - the kestral certainly does give you extra credit!

[eenorton]

Nice lines joayne! I particularly like the music! And I shot some power lines today too, John... but I'm hoping for something a little more creative tomorrow. :D

[Becca]

Here are some lines running through the granite on the New Hampshire coast.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/BeccaNH/POTN%20Challenges/IMG_9218_edited-1.jpg

[arthurgoh]

Lines galore! :D

Ashuelot Bridge, Winchester, NH
(New Hampshire Covered Bridge #1)

[joayne]

..And 2 posts from New Hampshire

Nice Becca, love that coast.
arthurgoh nice treatment there..

[Becky N]

Hey all, I've been/am on a crazy schedule for awhile wasn't able to participate last weekend, didn't know about this weekend but got a lucky 5 minutes to fill the theme, but first:

Beth good lines, hmmmmmm green houses, I can smell the potting soil looking at your picture.

joayne I'm partial to the music staff, nice DOF. The Kestral is a nice plus in #2.

BeccahNH nice display of of our planet's strata

arthurgoh good choice on the B&W conversion great lines leading down to the end of the bridge

So here are mine. The crops are just beginning to show their rows, or "rowwing" as the farmers call it:

http://performancephoto.us/images/Beckysgallery/20070610-IMG_8324.jpg

And a grain crib:
http://performancephoto.us/images/Beckysgallery/20070610-IMG_8329.jpg

[nadder-diary]

http://www.nadder-diary.net/Ad_Hoc/Dorset-lines-4.jpg
The two trees have 'ley' lines running through them.

http://www.nadder-diary.net/Ad_Hoc/Dorset-lines-5.jpg
Another word for wrinkle is line

[::John::]

Oh cool! Lots of great pictures coming this weekend.

On my way to a location where I expected to get something, I saw this:

http://www.kiwi-in-oz.com/pictures/photos/big/IMG51155.jpg

For those who hadn't/haven't seen one before, it is a power line - with a Kookaburra on it.

So - I kept driving around town - we saw a LOT of birds and a nice group of around a dozen young male kangaroos (about 200yds from houses). It was funny - our puppy hadn't seen a kangaroo before and he decided to 'protect' the truck - by timidly growling at them. :)

Anyway - on with the mission - and I found this:

http://www.kiwi-in-oz.com/pictures/photos/big/IMG51205.jpg

Most of the beaches on the lake have these markers to keep the power boats away from the beaches.

[BLS]

Lots of nice shots, as usual.

Beth -- Nice perspective on the greenhouse.

Joayne -- Good idea on the music, and a nice capture on the kestral. I like the old style insulator on the line.

BeccaNH -- Interesting boulders that make a good example of lines.

arthurgoh -- Oh, yes! Lines galore.

Becky N -- Nice shots, especially the field.

Nadder-diary -- For me the people make the first shot. What are 'ley' lines?

John -- Your kookaburra made me smile.


Here are my shots, each showing classic American lines:


http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-8/812687/lines3.jpg


http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-8/812687/lines4.jpg

[George Chew]

Greetings,
My simple presentation of lines--panning of railway track. Enjoy...

[nadder-diary]

Wikipedia:

Ley lines are hypothetical alignments of a number of places of geographical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography) interest, such as ancient monuments and megaliths (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalith). Their existence was suggested in 1921 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921) by the amateur archaeologist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeologist) Alfred Watkins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Watkins), whose book The Old Straight Track (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Straight_Track) brought the alignments to the attention of the wider public.
The existence of alignments between sites is easily demonstrated. However, the causes of these alignments are disputed. There are several major areas of interpretation:

Archaeological: A new area of archaeological study, archaeogeodesy, examines geodesy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesy) as practiced in prehistoric time, and as evidenced by archaeological remains. One major aspect of modern geodesy is surveying. As interpreted by geodesy, the so-called ley lines can be the product of ancient surveying, property (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property) markings, or commonly travelled pathways. Numerous societies, ancient and modern, employ straight lines between points of use; archaeologists have documented these traditions. Modern surveying also results in placement of constructs in lines on the landscape. It is reasonable to expect human constructs and activity areas to reflect human use of lines.
Cultural: Many cultures use straight lines across the landscape. In South America, such lines often are directed towards mountain peaks; the Nazca lines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_lines) are a famous example of lengthy lines made by ancient cultures. Straight lines connect ancient pyramids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid) in Mexico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico); today, modern roads built on the ancient roads deviate around the huge pyramids. The Chaco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaco) culture of Northwestern New Mexico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico) cut stairs into sandstone cliffs to facilitate keeping roads straight.
New Age: The ley lines and their intersection points resonate a special psychic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic) or magical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_%28paranormal%29) energy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy), often including elements such as geomancy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomancy), dowsing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing) or UFOs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object), stating that, for instance, UFO's travel along ley lines (in the way that one might observe that cars use roads and highways). These points on lines have electrical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric) or magnetic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet) forces associated with them.
Sceptical: Sceptics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceptic) of the actuality of ley lines often classify them as pseudoscience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience). Such sceptics tend to doubt that ley lines were planned or made by ancient cultures, and argue that apparent ley lines can be readily explained without resorting to extraordinary or pseudoscientific ideas.

[Becky N]

Should we start talking about the next theme to try to have it decided so everyone has the full time to work on shots.;)

An idea that came to my mind...beverage...we could call it BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle/Beverage)

[joayne]

I like that.... sort of a portrait :D

[eenorton]

Works for me!

Gosh... we might actually pick a subject in time for the right-pondians for a change! :D

[Becky N]

It has begun: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3375313#post3375313