Belmondo Lives Here

[Belmondo]

This was taken yesterday morning (January 12), and is a view from the bridge across the highway from our house looking towards Mt. San Jacinto---about a ten minute walk from our house.

The 'River' is acutally a dry wash about 360 days a year, but this was right on the heels of some very heavy rainstorms, so there was actually running water in it.

I just though you all would like to see why I'm willing to put up with 115-120 degree temperatures in the summer. This is heaven in the winter.

http://www.onlinephotographers.com/gallery/albums/Hot-August-Nights/Whitewater.jpg

[Wazza]

A brilliant view, from just outside your house!

I'm so jealous.

Wanna trade houses for a few weeks? I need some winter shots. :)

[thomascanty]

This was taken yesterday morning (January 12), and is a view from the bridge across the highway from our house looking towards Mt. San Jacinto---about a ten minute walk from our house.

You can walk from your house up to San Jacinto in ten minutes? I'm impressed! It usually takes me three or four hours, and I start from Idyllwild... :D :p :D :lol:

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Nice shot! You really do have a great view!

[Mills]

Not Bad. That's some serious heat in the summer though. Like the snow capped mountain. Beautiful Image.

[neil_r]

I would trade......

Is that a golf course? the grass looks mowed.

N

[IanD]

Take all that white stuff on top of the mountain and dump it in and around the river, drop the temperature by about 100 degrees, and you have pretty much Montreal.
OK I'm jealous:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

[Belmondo]

I would trade......

Is that a golf course? the grass looks mowed.

N
Yup, it sure is...
This one (http://www.golfresortatindianwells.com/)

[RockOne]

You sure have one Beautiful backyard :-)

[ssim]

Nice area you live in. As I sit here this morning watching the snow come down I am convinced that you are just trying to make us dislike you. Right.http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

[marie]

:shock:

:)
that is one of the most beautiful shots and view I have seen Tom

the contrasts are magnificent .

it's delightful to look at , so easy on the eyes
really really beautiful


you took a wonderful picture.
love it
:cool:

[Mills]

Do you make use of that golf course?

[Belmondo]

RockOne:
Thanks.We really love it here.

Sheldon:
Come back in August. I won't be nearly so smug then.

Marie:
Thanks for the comments. BTW, I was standing on our brand new bridge that the city just built across the wash. I think they spent $11 million on it----just opened it in October..

Mills:
No, that's the irony. I live in one of the golfing meccas of the world, and I don't play.

[jgbeam]

That scene sure lives up to your name! :) Please don't show me any more. :cry:

Jim

[Penguin_101_1]

You should sell a L and then get you a good set of clubs and play. :lol:

[Belmondo]

You should sell a L and then get you a good set of clubs and play. :lol:

Penguin:
I can't afford the gree fees. Sheesh, I though photography was expensive, but I see what golfers pay for their equipment, and what a typical round of golf costs, and I know it's out of my league.

Besides, I'm a klutz. :lol:

[jaypie77]

Where I lived, it snowed a couple of days ago. Yesterday it was 20 degrees outside. Last night and all morning, it's been raining and it's about 50 degrees out with huge puddles everywhere - the backyeard is a lake now. Tonight it will snow and then everything will freeze for the weekend. Go New Hampshire!

[Penguin_101_1]

Penguin:
I can't afford the gree fees. Sheesh, I though photography was expensive, but I see what golfers pay for their equipment, and what a typical round of golf costs, and I know it's out of my league.

Besides, I'm a klutz. :lol:
You are also living on one of the top courses in the world. If you had a golf course that was named top 100 would you charge $30-$50 a round? :lol:

[Belmondo]

What's really absurd is that as a homeowner in Indian Wells, I'm entitled to play for $35.00 per round, year-round, so when I say money is an issue, I'm lying through my teeth. I'm sure I could come up with $35 if I really wanted to. I just don't have any interest in the game. (Maybe I'm afraid of acquiring yet another addiction.) I've always thought it would be neat to own an electric golf cart, though. :lol:

[Mills]

:D Tom, believe me, you are saving yourself a ton of aggravation!

[dewmuw]

What's really absurd is that as a homeowner in Indian Wells, I'm entitled to play for $35.00 per round, year-round, so when I say money is an issue, I'm lying through my teeth. I'm sure I could come up with $35 if I really wanted to. I just don't have any interest in the game. (Maybe I'm afraid of acquiring yet another addiction.) I've always thought it would be neat to own an electric golf cart, though. :lol:
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. ~G.K. Chesterton

Golf is a good walk spoiled. ~Mark Twain

Great scenery - the only thing I would add to my home (if I were God!!!) is a nice mountain range!! :)

[EoSD30fReAk]

that's a beautiful scene Tom

all i see here are some leafless trees and a grey sky!
the temperature here is around 6 degrees Celsius

you're very lucky to have such a view near your house;)

[stoneylonesome]

WOW! Tom I almost missed this one, what a great shot and view. Say how long did it take you to mow all that lawn. :lol: :lol: :lol: , See one advantage we have is we don't have to do any yard work in the winter, nothing is growing, Now aren't you jealous. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Youngster]

That's an awesome view!

[marie]

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. ~G.K. Chesterton

Golf is a good walk spoiled. ~Mark Twain

Great scenery - the only thing I would add to my home (if I were God!!!) is a nice mountain range!! :):lol:



'golf is a good walk wasted'


that's what 'somebody' else said:confused:

can't remember who

:lol: :lol:






maybe some day you will get a shot of that bridge which you mention

thanks Tom

:)

[RockOne]

I subscribe to the theory that it's called Golf because all the other four-letter words were taken :-) :-).

[iof]

I just checked the temperature. It's 0 F.
Perhaps you'd like to stop by and sit for awhile by the garden.
http://www.pbase.com/iof/image/38680327/large.jpg

or maybe have some iced tea on the deck

http://www.pbase.com/iof/image/38679250/large.jpg

Ron

[edit]
How do you get attachment to work?? #$%#@^&& things won't go where I want them. - OK, I found a way.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Golf expensive?

Tom wishes he played Golf.. it's a lot cheaper than Canon lenses ;)

What a beautifull scene Tom.. wonderfull.

:)

[Belmondo]

Thanks everyone. I don't post much....it just isn't that often all the elements come together (weather, sun, inspiration, camera in hand, etc.), and I'm the first to admit my train pictures are a bit repetitive.

[Scottes]

Wow that's nice. I'm so glad that I stumbled across this.

(Actually I'd say more good things, but I'm too darn jealous with 13F and another 3 inches of snow last night.)

[dewmuw]

:lol:



'golf is a good walk wasted'


that's what 'somebody' else said:confused:

can't remember who

:lol: :lol:






maybe some day you will get a shot of that bridge which you mention

thanks Tom

:)That is also Mark Twain Seems like he spent a lot of time talking about things he didn't like too much! :)

[pjdc_00]

very nice landscape and very nice picture. The contrast are verry well. Do you use a lot of photoshop or this is a natural shot?

[Belmondo]

very nice landscape and very nice picture. The contrast are verry well. Do you use a lot of photoshop or this is a natural shot?
Thanks. All I did was crank up the saturation just a small amount and adjust levels. Probably no more than 2-3 minutes of fiddling.

[robertwgross]

No, that's the irony. I live in one of the golfing meccas of the world, and I don't play.

So, you must be a skier? No?

---Bob Gross---

[Belmondo]

So, you must be a skier? No?

---Bob Gross---

You'd think so, wouldn't you?

But no.

[Canuck]

Hi belmondo,
Well interesting...I thought you were in more of the reddish/brown desert like Tucson type. I sit corrected. I am uploading a few more pics of around here. 10D and Sigma 120-300mm F2.8EX w/ 1.4x TC
Mt McKinley/Mt Foraker and there was some haze which the camera picked up...
http://images.fotopic.net/?id=10993068

Downtown...
http://images.fotopic.net/?id=10993069

Moon...taken in the same goup of pics...
http://images.fotopic.net/?id=10993070

[Belmondo]

Hey Canuck...
Good to see you. Thanks for those shots.

Why don't you put them in a new thread? This one is getting a little shopworn, and a lot of people won't realize there's new stuff in it.

Bet it's colder there than here. :lol:

[Sam]

The weather must be getting nice again down in your parts Belmundo :)

I found this while searching for some 35mm 1.4 shots. Not sure where this one fit into my search but it was nice none the less.

[KarinaB1970]

GORGEOUS! I am sooo jealous :) Beautiful scene, and image Belmondo!!

[Maureen Souza]

Well as long as this is ressurected, I'll say something nice too. Great shot, layered well and lovely colors, Tom.
(My mom has a similar view of that mountain where she lives.)

[Belmondo]

Thanks, Maureen. I can't wait for the first snowfall this year so we have that view again.

Your Mom lives on the other side of it, right?

[Becca]

Thats just lovely! What a pretty scene to wake up to every morning!

[soupdragon]

Soupdragon lives here.

[freddycr]

You are a lucky man. I love those views where the sight can travel unstopped for miles.

Beautiful phgotograph, BTW.
Regards

[soupdragon]

You are a lucky man. I love those views where the sight can travel unstopped for miles.

Beautiful phgotograph, BTW.
Regards

To tell you the truth, it's a clip from an animated childrens TV series.

[jgjulio]

Wow! I never knew how beautiful that area was. Nice nice picture. Enjoy this time of year!

[DWilkin]

Pictures like that remind me that I DO miss the clear desert skies in the winter. Combine that with early morning or late evening light, and you have some real potential for excellent photos. Good shot, Thos. I also liked the President's airplane you snapped, however illegally.

[andydajo]

That is beautiful.

[Belmondo]

Pictures like that remind me that I DO miss the clear desert skies in the winter. Combine that with early morning or late evening light, and you have some real potential for excellent photos. Good shot, Thos. I also liked the President's airplane you snapped, however illegally.

It's okay, Bro. He wasn't in it.