'Pic of the Week'

[General Scarlett]

OK gang!! I just saw Flatline's pic in the 'what we look like' thread with Sgt. Slaughter and it gave me an idea!!!


This thread is going to be solely for our 'Pic of the Week'...........meaning that whatever we see that strikes us as cool, interesting or otherwise thought provoking gets posted here.{PLEASE remember to use common sense when posting, as anything that's 'over the line' will be deleted}




Sooooooooooo, let's see what we've got!!!!!




Sunrise from the dashboard of my car.........
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/PrncsLeia/DSC00412.jpg

[General Jones]

This is my favorite picture from my stay in Maine. It reminds me of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x11/djones73/?action=view&current=PA134896.jpg

[yorktownjoe]

[QUOTE=General Jones]This is my favorite picture from my stay in Maine. It reminds me of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x11/djones73/?action=view&current=PA134896.jpg[/QUOTE]


Robert Frost is quite the poet, and the picture illustrates a literal interpretation of that poem: "I chose the road less travelled by, and that has made all the difference." It also leads to introspection of decisions we make each day, and how they affect our lives.

Thanks General Jones!

[gung ho]

ok hows this ??
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/MyPicture136-1.jpg

[Dersham]

That's quite the emotional picture General Jones, I rather liked it. I can't think of any to submit myself, however.

[G.I.*Jock]

I captured this little guy while shooting August Target Range pictures!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10871493@N02/986586029/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1090/986586029_af0c9e20d6_o.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Dragonfly" /></a>

Pretty cool huh? This was after I stumbled on a Buzzard having lunch and didn't get my camera ready quick enough! D'oh!

Dave :D

[General Scarlett]

:eek: WOW Dave!!!!

Fantastic clarity and perfect depth of field on this one!!!!!


AND you managed to 'Joe it up'.............dragonfly.........too too :cool:

And now it's my new wallpaper.......tanks mate!!! ;)

[Outrider]

Great shot Dave. It reminded me of this pic I took when this little beauty landed next to my front door last summer. It was a good test for the macro setting on my camera!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9780984@N03/989299236/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1433/989299236_bff2443a45_o.jpg" width="1280" height="941" alt="Dragonfly" /></a>

[Sonneilon]

I've got two... Both from my parents yard. I love Bloodgrass. My parents' are huge compared to the ones I have in my flower bed at Emi's. The frog... The cats used to sleep around it when it was warm out.

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/Sonneilon/Misc/Grass.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/Sonneilon/Misc/Frog01.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

[G.I.*Jock]

WOW Dave!!!!

Fantastic clarity and perfect depth of field on this one!!!!!


AND you managed to 'Joe it up'.............dragonfly.........too too

And now it's my new wallpaper.......tanks mate!!!

Hehehe thanks! I'm flattered. I will try and hook you up with a better resolution picture though!

Great shot Dave. It reminded me of this pic I took when this little beauty landed next to my front door last summer. It was a good test for the macro setting on my camera!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9780984@N03/989299236/

That is a gorgeous photo, Craig. The colours are superb!

These beasties aren't very common where I live. Infact up until last week I had only saw a dead one! At that pond theres hundreds of them... But only when the sun is out and at its warmest. There was a rattling noise. I assumed it was a Grasshopper or something but it wasn't. It was a huge Dragonfly. Like 5-6 inches long. It wouldn't stay still long enough for me to snap though! I'll be keeping an eye out for it, I had no idea they got so big!

I dragged my Dad down in the evening with his big Sony camera thing in the hope we'd catch more Dragonflies. Especially since my Dad's camera is one of those big scary SLR things! It would have taken better pictures than my Cybershot! Sadly it wasn't warm enough though. Although I did snap one little guy I managed to see...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10871493@N02/1027787519/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1396/1027787519_d039bcaaf7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Frog" /></a>

Very cute! I just wished I took some Joe's with me! I could have done my first "Caption this Photo!" :D

I've got two... Both from my parents yard. I love Bloodgrass. My parents' are huge compared to the ones I have in my flower bed at Emi's. The frog... The cats used to sleep around it when it was warm out.

I love the colours G! Typical that the cats know all the best spots for a warm snooze! :cool:

[General Scarlett]

I don't know if you can really get a good sense of it, but this was a rather large spider web that had been spun over one of the shrubs in my front yard. At least I spotted it BEFORE walking through it!!!!


http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/PrncsLeia/DSC02518_edited-1.jpg

[gung ho]

very cool pic scar. that must have been one heck of a spider

[Outrider]

Don't you hate it when you walk through a spider web? :eek:

[gung ho]

yes i do i start slinging my arms and stuff around when i do i hate walking through them esp one that big

[gung ho]

this might be an old topic but i couldn't resist posting these pics...this was our trip to the hardmen plantation in sautee Ga. about 2 miles away from my house this house was built in 1869

THIS IS THE OLD ROAD WAY LEADING UP TO THE HOUSE
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture247.jpg

HERES A FAR OFF SHOT OF THE ROAD WAY
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture229.jpg

AND HERE'S A SHOT OF THE HOUSE ITSELF
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture239.jpg

[gung ho]

sorry for double post but had to post this pic of the indian mound across the main road from the hardmens house
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture248.jpg

[General Scarlett]

2 things..........


1) The thread's not 'old' by any stretch of the imagination.........it's labeled 'Pic of the Week', that means that you can post on it weekly if you like!!

2) When the pics are as fabulous as the ones you've just posted up.........don't EVER be sorry for that!!!

I love those!!! Keep 'em coming everyone!!!

[gogorobo]

http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l75/breaker_011/?action=view&current=Picture063.jpg
pic of the black river in ohio

[gung ho]

heres more
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture257.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture258.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture242.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture255.jpg

[Blowtorch]

OK here's a couple of my photos of the week. Over the weekend my wife and I decided to hit a few yard sales. I figured it would be a chance to find some joes. Instead I got a 55 gal fish tank, so my fish packed their bags and moved from the 10 gal.

My African Cichlid. Neat fish and the color is beautiful. I'm considering getting a few more in different colors.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/Blowtorch_album/AfricanCichlids.jpg

My Striped Raphael Catfish (he's nocturnal hunter and I guess a little camera shy)
A very cool fish he's also known as a "talking catfish" he grinds the bones of its pectoral fins whichs makes a crooking sound. Really awesome shocked me the first time I heard it.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/Blowtorch_album/StripedRaphaelCatfish.jpg

Rainbow Shark This is a fish with an identity crisis. He isn't a shark at all, but a loach. And he seems to like to hang out with the Raphael Catfish. Even after moving them to the bigger tank.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/Blowtorch_album/RedTailShark.jpg
And since we're posting insect pictures here's one I took a few weeks ago while out shooting my Vipers
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/Blowtorch_album/Testshots008.jpg

[Mobius_1]

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r93/fighterjetsensei/cool027.jpg

taken maybe last year when we had a super high tide. now imagine that going over the fence and you have Isabelle. :(

[gung ho]

very cool pic man love it

[Major Bludd]

[QUOTE=Blowtorch]OK here's a couple of my photos of the week. Over the weekend my wife and I decided to hit a few yard sales. I figured it would be a chance to find some joes. Instead I got a 55 gal fish tank, so my fish packed their bags and moved from the 10 gal.

My African Cichlid. Neat fish and the color is beautiful. I'm considering getting a few more in different colors.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/Blowtorch_album/AfricanCichlids.jpg

My Striped Raphael Catfish (he's nocturnal hunter and I guess a little camera shy)
A very cool fish he's also known as a "talking catfish" he grinds the bones of its pectoral fins whichs makes a crooking sound. Really awesome shocked me the first time I heard it.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/Blowtorch_album/StripedRaphaelCatfish.jpg

Rainbow Shark This is a fish with an identity crisis. He isn't a shark at all, but a loach. And he seems to like to hang out with the Raphael Catfish. Even after moving them to the bigger tank.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/Blowtorch_album/RedTailShark.jpg
And since we're posting insect pictures here's one I took a few weeks ago while out shooting my Vipers
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/Blowtorch_album/Testshots008.jpg[/QUOTE]

BT
These are very well done. How much of a pain was it to take the photo? Don't fish move all the time? What other fish live in your tank?

[Outrider]

I'll bet no-one else has spotted any of these on a location shoot! This pair were in the park about 3km from our home one morning a few months back whilst my wife and I were out shooting Joe pics.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9780984@N03/1059586260/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1242/1059586260_99d8a6c4fa_o.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Local wildlife." /></a>

[Blowtorch]

[QUOTE=Major Bludd]BT
These are very well done. How much of a pain was it to take the photo? Don't fish move all the time? What other fish live in your tank?[/QUOTE]

It took a couple a times to get the shot. Yes they do move all the time, but will do it in one spot. I have two Green Spotted Puffers, an Iridescent Shark (which is not a shark, but a catfish :confused: ), a Leopard Pleco (Algae Eater) and a Zebra Danio (had 5, but lost a couple during the move to OH and 1 was eaten by the Raphael Catfish :eek: ) I'm thinking of getting a Chinese Butterfly Loach, I'm just waiting for the pet store to say they are cleared to sell.

[Apparition]

[QUOTE=Outrider]I'll bet no-one else has spotted any of these on a location shoot! This pair were in the park about 3km from our home one morning a few months back whilst my wife and I were out shooting Joe pics.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9780984@N03/1059586260/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1242/1059586260_99d8a6c4fa_o.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Local wildlife." /></a>[/QUOTE]

The only time I saw kangaroos was at the zoo!

[General Scarlett]

WOW!!

What great pictures everyone!! It's so refreshing to see another side of all of you......Keep up the FANTASTIC pics!!!!!

:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

[Pit Viper v2]

This is a picture of an old abandoned Army hospital. It was used during or after WWII. It has since closed. Some of the buildings have been converted into businesses but other are just empty and are falling apart.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/mad_hatter2k/100_1452.jpg

[Blowtorch]

Here's another one from the tank (for those who give a rat's a$$) This is my Pleco he was about 2 inches when I got him, now here's close to 5 inches.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/Blowtorch_album/Pelco.jpg

[gung ho]

mud sucker!!! thats what we call them lol i don't know what the real name is for those kinds of fish

[General Scarlett]

What a fantastic color!!! Is it more indigo blue or purple???? Either way, it's cool!!

[Scarrviper]

took this last week of the sunset.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16612544@N03/1810923004/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2367/1810923004_322f3f8a2c_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Dark Sunset" /></a>

[Urban Saboteur]

That's a cool sunset, I have something similar here:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2118/1812592627_f666f0099d.jpg

[sithviper]

Those are both pretty :cool: sunsets. I have one also some where, maybe if I could find it and scan it I'll post it :)

[sithviper]

Well I found my sunset picture :D

http://hometown.aol.com/darthstarscream/images/sunset%20scan0001%20c.jpg


I took that back in the summer of 2001. Unfortunately the roll I took that with ended this way (http://hometown.aol.com/darthstarscream/images/accident%207-20-01%20scan0002%20b.jpg) :(

[ender098]

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m251/ender098/halloween200720.jpg


[SIZE=5]HALLOWEEN!!! 'POOKY!!!!![/SIZE]

[gung ho]

[QUOTE=ender098]http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m251/ender098/halloween200720.jpg


[SIZE=5]HALLOWEEN!!! 'POOKY!!!!![/SIZE][/QUOTE]





hey theres

hammerfel
tonguns
scar.
outrider

:p

[gung ho]

ok here's some new pics from me hope you injoy them :)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture526.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture524.jpg

[ToneGunsRevisited]

I liked the colors of the firt picture.

BTW, thanks for the reference to me on the Halloween picture. We don't chat a lot, but seems like I am important to you :p . I feel proud, what made do you think one of them is me? :D

I don't know why, but this tree caught my attention.
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/4216/20071115casinhadorio9wv8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[gung ho]

just all of them looked like a crazy bunch soo i thought of you hammerfel scar. and outrider

[General Scarlett]

Giant's Stadium..Northeast Championships....this past weekend......THIS is my life from the middle of August until Thanksgiving......... :cool:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/PrncsLeia/DSC00384.jpg

[gung ho]

very cool scar. here's a pic of a church in my town was build back in the 1800's and still stands today
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture525.jpg

[gung ho]

got more shots :)

sun set
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture537.jpg
and another sun set behind a thunder storm
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/evilkinikujo/Picture541.jpg

[ToneGunsRevisited]

[QUOTE=gung ho]just all of them looked like a crazy bunch soo i thought of you hammerfel scar. and outrider[/QUOTE]
Your thought isn't far from reality :cool: .

[Prince Adam]

Here's one I took the other night during my Night Viper shots. It's just the trees in my bckyard, but I like the pink at the botom fading into the white/blue.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13/The_Batman/backyard.jpg

[Outrider]

My wife and I hang a seed block in the tree in our back yard to attract native birds, and this morning there was a pair of rainbow Lorikeets having a feast. They're very noisy and are not scared at all. I got right up to them to take this shot.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9780984@N03/2057482561/" title="Rainbow Lorikeets by cradea2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2083/2057482561_8a219a4759_o.jpg" width="1280" height="960" alt="Rainbow Lorikeets" /></a>

[General Scarlett]

Wow Craig!!

Beautiful...............and way to blow out the thread!!! :p

[Prince Adam]

Wow! That's really wild, OR!!! Great shot! It's like out of a magazine or a National Geographic or something!

[Scarrviper]

Wow :eek: , those are incredible. Very vibrant.

[General Scarlett]

It's a comin'.............and with it, SNOW PICS!!! Yayayaaaaa!!!!
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/PrncsLeia/DSC01160.jpg

[Scarrviper]

Sweet. I can't wait for the snow here.

[ToneGunsRevisited]

[QUOTE=Outrider]My wife and I hang a seed block in the tree in our back yard to attract native birds, and this morning there was a pair of rainbow Lorikeets having a feast. They're very noisy and are not scared at all. I got right up to them to take this shot.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9780984@N03/2057482561/" title="Rainbow Lorikeets by cradea2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2083/2057482561_8a219a4759_o.jpg" width="1280" height="960" alt="Rainbow Lorikeets" /></a>[/QUOTE]
C O L O R F U L !

From what I saw at NatGeo and Discovery Channel, Australia have a very unique wild life. That's pretty image mate!

I'll collect some of Brazilian's wild life too. I'm not sure they'll be that colorful, however I can say the wild life here is great.

[General Scarlett]

Oh jeez Luis!!!

I was trying to get us to the next page!!!

[Outrider]

[QUOTE=General Scarlett]Wow Craig!!

Beautiful...............and way to blow out the thread!!! :p[/QUOTE]

:o Oops...sorry' bout that chief. Just trying out the new camera! :o :)

[Outrider]

Okay, here's another one (smaller this time!) :o This is one of the pair of Eastern Rosellas we get in our tree every weekend.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9780984@N03/2060864732/" title="Eastern Rosella by cradea2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2214/2060864732_1aeea9833a_o.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Eastern Rosella" /></a>

[lehsreh]

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd173/GI_smurf/SANY0006.jpg

[gung ho]

[QUOTE=Outrider]Okay, here's another one (smaller this time!) :o This is one of the pair of Eastern Rosellas we get in our tree every weekend.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9780984@N03/2060864732/" title="Eastern Rosella by cradea2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2214/2060864732_1aeea9833a_o.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Eastern Rosella" /></a>[/QUOTE]


what kind of birds are those man? i wouldn't mind having one of those as a pet or somthing there beautiful

[Outrider]

[QUOTE=gung ho]what kind of birds are those man? i wouldn't mind having one of those as a pet or somthing there beautiful[/QUOTE]

That's an Eastern Rosella. Because it's a native bird, you need a permit to keep them as pets here. I believe it's illegal to export them, too.

[gung ho]

dang there beautiful we have like hawks and crows up here nothing like that....that is the most beautiful bird i've ever seen!

[Outrider]

I got some nice shots of the moon just before the sun came up this morning; here's one of them:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2129/2356105476_a30e5d0a1d_o.jpg

[General Scarlett]

Thank you for the new wallpaper....... :cool:

[Prince Adam]

Awesome shot of the moon, OR!

I took this one when I was in FL, shortly after my Torpedo shot actually.

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/X-M_photos/MISC/DSC02123.jpg

[Outrider]

Awesome shot PA. I love pictures of sunsets and sunrises, they're always very relaxing for some reason. ;)

[sithviper]

Found this pic thought it was pretty cool, thought I would share it with everyone. I just wish it was mine :o

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn239/sithviper/MemorialDayAirShowfromJonesBeachNY-.jpg

[Outrider]

Awesome shot sithviper. It's amazing how cool the P-51 still looks, even beside the later aircraft. I guess when you get a design right, it's timeless.