Walk a mile, take a photo, save the planet!

[skygod44]

Originally Posted by bmhana

I second the above! Takes me back to Sunday afternoon picnics in the countryside when I was a kid.
Wish there were more greenery within cycling distance of here!

Know what you mean B.

Down here, the "green" is either paddy-fields or a very crispy form of grass that tries to cut your skin to "smitherines" (oooo, not used that word for years!) if you walk on it barefoot!

[bmhana]

Out wanderin' yesterday and came across these scary little people watching me from up a tree......

[skygod44]

Originally Posted by bmhana

Out wanderin' yesterday and came across these scary little people watching me from up a tree......

You what!!!! Ya kidding me?! Those are Haniwa figures, and look like those at the Peace Park in Miyazaki!!!! Bet they were pinched!

[bmhana]

Well, maybe they're on vacation!!
I walk down that road every day and I've never seen them before!

[Richtherookie]

Love this forum. I had the day off yesterday. I hiked about 5 miles looking to get a good nature shot to post. Well, I never took the camera out of the bag. I did get very cold and wondered what i was doing outside in that weather. I'll keep looking, some day i'll i have a picture to post.

[skygod44]

Originally Posted by bmhana

Well, maybe they're on vacation!!
I walk down that road every day and I've never seen them before!

Uh-huh...
You don't have any ALTs near-by, do you?

Originally Posted by Richtherookie

Love this forum. I had the day off yesterday. I hiked about 5 miles looking to get a good nature shot to post. Well, I never took the camera out of the bag. I did get very cold and wondered what i was doing outside in that weather. I'll keep looking, some day i'll i have a picture to post.

Looking forward to seeing the pictures Rich! And remember, next time you walk/cycle somewhere while carrying your camera, take it out of the bag!!!

[gator1970]

Originally Posted by sally_tomato

what a great thread, thanks for the inspiration, skygod! i walk and bike around town often, I will make sure to bring the camera with me.

in the mean time, here is one from 2008...

Sky, Feb 7, 2008
Berkeley is in the middle of a very busy urban area, lots of airports around us. I recall 9/11/2001 when all air traffic stopped for three days--it changed the air, the sky, everything. I wonder why...

1/500 f/10, iso400, EF 28-135mm at 135.

I don't know why, but this photo really does it for me...nice work!

[skygod44]

Originally Posted by gator1970

I don't know why, but this photo really does it for me...nice work!

Yep. It's a cracking shot isn't it. I'd suggest that the "thing" about it is that the sky is so dark while the vapour-trails are so white. Probably due to the time the shot was taken and the relative position of the sun....but it ain't my pic , so I'm guessing...

[kisseer]

Here are a couple from today's walk around the neighborhood West of my house.

1) Jellyfish Clouds

2) An Old Barn

[skygod44]

Originally Posted by kisseer

Here are a couple from today's walk around the neighborhood West of my house.

1) Jellyfish Clouds

2) An Old Barn

Hey Eric. Thanks for adding to the theme, and encouraging others to walk and photo, and not drive and photo!

I love those clouds. In the 2nd image, they're even more "jellyfish" like. Really impressive how the land around you is so flat too. Reminds me of Lincolnshire in the UK. Over here, it's tough to spot anywhere that's flat...and if it is, it's usually covered in paddy-fields - or, horrid, new plastic-sided houses

[kisseer]

Glad you like them. We have a lot of old barns in all states of repair around here.

If you want flat, we have flat. The highest point in the entire county is 978 feet and the lowest 671 feet, so only 337 feet total from one corner of the county to the lowest point of the river.

I still need to find something interesting to shoot down by the river. Maybe I will get lucky and catch a bald eagle or a heron or something one of these days.

I will post here if I catch anything on a future walk or bicycle ride.

[skygod44]

Originally Posted by kisseer

Glad you like them. We have a lot of old barns in all states of repair around here.

If you want flat, we have flat. The highest point in the entire county is 978 feet and the lowest 671 feet, so only 337 feet total from one corner of the county to the lowest point of the river.

I still need to find something interesting to shoot down by the river. Maybe I will get lucky and catch a bald eagle or a heron or something one of these days.

I will post here if I catch anything on a future walk or bicycle ride.

Only 337 feet differential? Oh dear...
So maybe you shouldn't say "down by the river"....maybe "horizontally over there, by the river" is more accurate?

[bmhana]

Uh-huh...
You don't have any ALTs near-by, do you?


No ALTs, but there is a crazy guy who rides up and down the road every morning on his bicycle flapping his arms up and down and squawking like a chicken.
Do you think he could have had something to do with it?

[skygod44]

Originally Posted by bmhana

...No ALTs, but there is a crazy guy who rides up and down the road every morning on his bicycle flapping his arms up and down and squawking like a chicken.
Do you think he could have had something to do with it?

Hmmm, maybe

We've got a guy here who walks up and down the road near his house yelling and clapping at cars that go by. But get this.....only if the cars are white!

It really is a crazy place this! But I love it...

[Karl Johnston]

Originally Posted by Gab1707

I would do it but im afraid of getting rob...

Fear is the mind killer, friend, beat the fear.