Photos From November 2010

[Bud Light]

Few from Kansas.

[Bud Light]

Boonville, Missouri.









Kansas City, Missouri

[Peat Sampras]

Thanks for these Bud. Unfortunately, I am too lazy to get my ass up to see the country but if I do I am too lazy to take pictures but if I do I am too lazy to put them online so... appreciate you doing all the work, Bud(dy)!

[Bud Light]

Even Canada can look decent sometimes. After 400 miles of nasty weather it was nice to experience a bit of sunlight. Badlands area of Saskatchewan-Alberta border.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

"The land's so flat, you can't even stub your toe." --Fred Frith

They say the prairie is boring...but I have as much a hankering to spend time in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta as I do to see the Rockies again. And when you stumble (Frith notwithstanding) upon the Big Muddy Badlands or the Cypress Hills, or even a gentle dip as you cross the Saskatchewan River, it's all the more dramatic.

[Bud Light]

I love that country. Most people drive through the plains without taking time to understand their beauty.

[Malt-Teaser]

It must be marvellous to be able to see whose coming to dinner ........ tomorrow

[Bud Light]

He he, exactly. Get the shotguns ready!

[Bud Light]

Few more from the road.

[bernstein]

Nice pics, Bud!



Seen in front of Bernie's house this morning: Seems some exchange students are in town again

[Pete Smoke]

November snow, taken on the Mrs little compact camera, unfortunately the battery went as the sun went down.

[Bud Light]

[Pete Smoke]

Nice Bud, where are they? I love grain/noise on b&w photography.

Mr Picky says your sea horizon is not horizontal enough on the first one.

[Bud Light]

Both taken in British Columbia on my way here. I had to postpone the purchase of Nikon D7000 for a few weeks, so on my way here I picked up a little inexpensive Olympus camera in Target. By far the worst piece of $#^&$ I ever bought in my life. What a waste of money. That's why I'm playing with software in order to make them look at least somewhat interesting.

Not horizontal?!? Listen mister I was freezing my butt while taking these pictures. Plus it's art and it's open to interpretation.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

It's the tide.

If Mr Picky (the real Mr Picky, harumph) started picking on uneven horizons, Mr Tattie Heid would be in serious trouble. I've just spent a fair amount of time rotating various photos in the 1-2° range. I have a grid on my viewfinder and still manage to screw up a fair number of them.

Funny thing, I too have a cheap-ass Olympus bought on a trip to Victoria, when I accidentally left my camera in Portland. It does in a pinch.

Lovely ferry ride, that, innit, Bud? As good as any in Scotland. Only one better I've been on was in the Faroe Islands, and I think it's been replaced by a tunnel. A crime.

[Pete Smoke]

Plus it's art and it's open to interpretation.

A true artist.

I too have a cheap-ass Olympus

We should inform Olympus, that their cameras are a bit wonky.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

Nowt wrong with mine...I expect any brand's cheap-ass models are about the same.

[Malt-Teaser]

Nice Bud, where are they? I love grain/noise on b&w photography.

Mr Picky says your sea horizon is not horizontal enough on the first one.

This is obviously a water-skiing location, therefore a slope is needed, non?

[Bud Light]

The ride is awesome. I chose the Horseshoe Bay - Nanaimo route to get here and broke all highway speed records just to arrive on time for 3.00 P.M. (daylight) departure.

I'm still contemplating which route to take on my way back, the one to Port Angeles or Anacortes.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

Depends on where you're headed. The Anacortes ferry will be the more scenic, passing through the Gulf Islands, but if you go to Port Angeles, you can drive down the west side of Puget Sound and have nice views (weather permitting) of Seattle, and ferry there, too, if you want to--or head on south, if that's where you're going, and avoid Seattle traffic. You might also visit Port Townsend, which is supposed to be pretty (haven't been there myself).

[Bud Light]

[lbacha]

Here are the distilleries I saw during my trip to scotland earlier this month.


















Len

[C57]

Fair old tour there Len!

[Peat Sampras]

Cool, Ibacha, reminds me of my 2 trips this year. Thanks for the photos!

[Pete Smoke]

Alert, snow blizzard in the garden.




washing line looks good.