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Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: SunTracker on May 23, 2005, 04:46:07 PM
I have 1000 or so pictures on my harddrive that I have taken over the last few years, was looking through them today.  Heres 10 of my best.  Was kind of hard to narrow it down, but I picked them on interesting content and clarity/focus.  I dont have any formal training in photography, I'm still a novice.  

(http://home.insightbb.com/~k4emq/Bird.jpg)
Large Australian bird, Louisville Zoo. Camera: Fuji Finepix s3000

(http://home.insightbb.com/~k4emq/Fish.JPG)
Cold, tired, and low on air, I snapped this photo swimming up to a series of coral heads. The fish were in the right spot at the right time. I believe the depth is about 50 feet on this photo. Camera: Cannon A95 with wdc-50 underwater housing


(http://home.insightbb.com/~k4emq/OtterCreek.jpg)
I took this photo on the start of a rafting trip with my friend John R. We rafted 7 miles in an inflatable Walmart's raft on the Otter Creek to the Ohio River. Camera: Fuji Finepix s3000

(http://home.insightbb.com/~k4emq/Pillars.JPG)
This is a shot overlooking the Caribbean Sea from the dock of the Fiesta Americana hotel in Mexico. I couldn't believe how blue the water was. Twenty feet from shore was an amazing field of coral and seagrass, teaming with fish and invertebrates.Camera: Cannon A95

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Heres a seagull I had fed a few pellets to. The bird seemed to take a liking to me so I took a few pictures of him. This photo was taken in the botanical gardens of the North Carolina Aquarium. Camera: Fuji Finepix s3000

(http://home.insightbb.com/~k4emq/Shore.jpg)
The contrast of green and grey is what grabbed my attention on this photo. This is a rocky coastal area near Wilmington, North Carolina.  Camera: Fuji Finepix s3000

(http://home.insightbb.com/~k4emq/Starfish.JPG)
Shore diving in Cozumel, I found this huge starfish wandering along the sea bottom. This creature was massive, being as big around as a dinner plate and very thick also.Camera: Cannon A95 with wdc-50 underwater housing

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After hiking into a valley in the Red River Gorge, my friend and I came upon this stream. A spring shower came upon us, and this neat fog appeared after the rain subsided. Camera: Fuji Finepix s3000

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Thunder over Louisville 2004. This is an A-10 doing a slow pass for the crowd. This plane makes a very distinctive sound, a very loud low groan. Camera: Fuji Finepix s3000

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This brave little fish held its ground even as I drifted right over him. The colorful wrasse was my first attempt at macro photography.  Camera: Cannon A95 with wdc-50 underwater housing
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Skuzzy on May 23, 2005, 04:49:44 PM
Very nice.
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: eskimo2 on May 23, 2005, 05:08:10 PM
I like pictures that make me fel like I'm there, like these.  

Thanks for sharing.

eskimo
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Ripper29 on May 23, 2005, 05:56:51 PM
Nice photos...
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: DREDIOCK on May 23, 2005, 08:34:00 PM
Nice shots. I like the two woodsy ones/ Otter Creek and the stream.

While I didnt grow up in a rural area
There is something about the woods and settings like those says says "home" to me.

while not overly religeous I call naturelike settings "my church" as I've always felt closer to "God", "The Great Spirit" or whatever you care to call him then I ever did in any regular church.
 Whenever Im feeling particularly spiritual or depressed  or troubled, thats the kind of setting I head to and I'll just sit there and kinda meditate  Sometimes for hours on end and become one with nature.

I always seem to leave with a nw perspective and feeling better then I did when I got there. Kinda hard to explain.

With things going on in my life as they are now I think I'll be headed there soon.

Nice pics though all the way around though.
Starfish pic is pretty cool too
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Gixer on May 24, 2005, 03:00:55 AM
Nice shots, especially like the patern and colours in the third one.

Be great to see more poeple post images of their home town or image that reflects where they live.. Maybe we could start a little O'Club photo competition?


...-Gixer
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Nilsen on May 24, 2005, 03:36:04 AM
Very nice pictures there SunTracker. Thanks for sharing.

Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Flyboy on May 24, 2005, 05:29:14 AM
superb photos :)

how can you narrow it down to just 10? i just did it myself, toughest thing i ever did.

i am uploading my "best 10" now, will take me some time resizing them, the shrinked size is really spoiling them tho :(
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Swager on May 24, 2005, 05:40:35 AM
Are there trout in those streams??????


Nice photos!!
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Flyboy on May 24, 2005, 06:08:32 AM
Ok, here are mine, i must say the resizing procces made them loose some of the "feeling".
sorry i couldnt do 10 i had to squeeze 1 more. :)
Allso i had to split it in too 2 posts, for some reason we are limited in the amount of pictures we can put in 1 post.


SO here are my top 11:

the jordan river

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/690_1116930369_jordanriver.jpg)




early morning wake up in the middle of the jodea desert

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/690_1116930580_judeadesert.jpg)




repelling (abseiling) in wadi asal inside jordan

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/690_1116930659_wadiasal.jpg)




the most amazing sunset i ever saw, it was during a sand storm, there are no filters or editing, those are natural colours.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/690_1116930743_wadihamra.jpg)




well, thats just me  :)
 (http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/690_1116930781_wadirahaf.jpg)




thats inside wadi rwair canyon, you can see the people below as a scale to the size of that boulder.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/690_1116930905_wadirwair.jpg)




this is wadi rwair again, look at that extraordinary geological phenomenon.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/690_1116930860_wadirwair2.jpg)
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Flyboy on May 24, 2005, 06:09:10 AM
the next 4 pictures are from a diving trip in the red sea.

a curious turtle  

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/690_1116930945_redsea.jpg)




my friend in the background of the "Dun raven"

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/690_1116930982_redsea2.jpg)




inside the Dunraven's hull

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/690_1116931112_redsea3.jpg)




two clownfish with a sea anemone

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/690_1116931162_redsea4.jpg)




If anyone want the Hi res photo's just say  :)
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Nilsen on May 24, 2005, 06:14:30 AM
excellent stuff flyboy! :aok
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: DieAz on May 24, 2005, 08:11:15 AM
wow Fly, is that Jordan river pic (1st pic) for real?

looks like a paradise. almost too good to be true.
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: slimm50 on May 24, 2005, 08:19:42 AM
SunTracker and Flyboy, great photos. Thanks for sharing.
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: NATEDOG on May 24, 2005, 09:07:58 AM
Hali'akuhla National Park ( sp ) Hawaii..... About 20 minutes before I got engaged!
(http://www.hitechcreations.com/natedog/bamboo.jpg)
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Nilsen on May 24, 2005, 09:23:45 AM
so NATEDOG.. does the trail symbolize your trasition into hell then? :D
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Krusher on May 24, 2005, 10:53:55 AM
Thanks,
all of those pictures are very nice
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: midnight Target on May 24, 2005, 11:03:48 AM
Chino 2005
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/94_1116800807_chino2005001.jpg)

Highway 1 - Big Sur

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_94_1064202162.jpg)

WWII Memorial  - Washington DC

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/94_1086914145_washingtondc2004010.jpg)
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Sparks on May 24, 2005, 11:28:41 AM
Great pictures all - WTG :aok

Sparks
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: ChickenHawk on May 24, 2005, 11:34:53 AM
Flyboy, your Jordan river and sunset pics are extraordinary.  You could sell those as they are of professional quality IMO.  

Thanks for sharing.
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Nilsen on May 24, 2005, 11:56:58 AM
nice jugs MT.. got more pics of them?
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: SunTracker on May 24, 2005, 12:55:51 PM
Yes swager, both of those streams are stocked with trout by the state.
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: slimm50 on May 24, 2005, 01:14:08 PM
Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
Chino 2005
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/94_1116800807_chino2005001.jpg)



Y'all might remember a couple years back I posted a story about how my computer fell from a table and destroyed one of my model airplanes. It was the P47 -Big Chief.

Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: Nilsen on May 24, 2005, 01:16:29 PM
thats a shame slimm.. did you ever glue it back together or was it a lost cause?
Title: My 10 best photos
Post by: slimm50 on May 24, 2005, 01:19:40 PM
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Originally posted by Nilsen
thats a shame slimm.. did you ever glue it back together or was it a lost cause?

total smasherino.....:(