Author Topic: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc. (Read 283,828 times)

JavaJones · « **on:** August 21, 2014, 05:49 AM »

I was shocked to find that there is apparently no thread dedicated to sharing everyone's travel, art, and other photo captures (if there is one, I must have missed it - point me in the right direction!). So I'm starting one right here and now with the selfish motive of sharing a gallery of images from a trip earlier this year (in March) to Iceland. But the unselfish part is I hope this will inspire others to share their own photos, whether amateur or professional, artistic or purely documentary, new or old. Show us where you've been and what you see through your lens(es)!

To kick things off here's Iceland Part 1 (of 3)

- Oshyan

mouser · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:17 AM »

Warning: Do not visit Oshyan's galleries if you easily become jealous of other people's vacations.. He has some killer photos.

tomos · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2014, 10:26 AM »

^ yeah, very nice

ewemoa · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2014, 12:10 PM »

JavaJones · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2014, 04:15 PM »

Thanks everyone. Now share yours!

- Oshyan

tomos · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2014, 07:05 PM »

Quote from: JavaJones on August 21, 2014, 04:15 PM

Thanks everyone. Now share yours!

well you might inspire me to get in gear and upload a few pics - which I haven't done in years. Did work on a batch lately but was nearly all with family.
Here's one though from July in Ireland (click for 768*1024):

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JavaJones · « **Reply #6 on:** August 21, 2014, 07:29 PM »

Egads, what a gorgeous place. I have always wanted to visit. More!

- Oshyan

JavaJones · « **Reply #7 on:** December 06, 2014, 04:28 AM »

At long last, Part 2 of 3, for those interested:
https://plus.google.com/photos/104300081531529253719/albums/6088425499534158033

Thanks for looking! And hey, please DO post your own photos and share your journeys, adventures, discoveries, etc!

- Oshyan

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 06, 2014, 10:01 PM »

Few minutes from where we are currently staying

- Taken the last time we visited. (Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England)

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 06, 2014, 10:10 PM »

That Pier we are on is the Longest Pleasure Pier In The World

JavaJones · « **Reply #10 on:** December 07, 2014, 02:53 AM »

Oh my god, I love super long piers!! That's awesome. Thanks for showing that.

We have one in the Bay Area, no longer functional unfortunately, but it used to be 3.5 miles long! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Pier

- Oshyan

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 07, 2014, 02:58 PM »

Quote from: JavaJones on December 07, 2014, 02:53 AM

Oh my god, I love super long piers!! That's awesome. Thanks for showing that.

We have one in the Bay Area, no longer functional unfortunately, but it used to be 3.5 miles long! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Pier

- Oshyan

Honestly...I thought 1.33Miles was enough to walk down the pier haha, couldn't imagine walking almost 3x that haha - Worth it though on the Southend one...there is a lovely restaurant at the end, a little ice-cream parlor and the Life Boat Station (With a gift shop). You could get a train to the end of the pier instead of walking, but...where's the fun in that?!

4wd · « **Reply #12 on:** December 11, 2014, 07:35 AM »

A few panoramas from my last trip, (these have been reduced to about 20-30% of their full size):

Pink flamingoes at Walvis Bay^w:

Jamestown from about halfway up Jacob's Ladder^w (supposedly 699 or 700 steps, I forgot to count):

Ascension Island^w, the uninhabited side. Unfortunately we weren't in the 15% of ships who actually get to land, there's no pier, (just a rock outcrop), so if the sea isn't dead flat you're out of luck.

Mindelo^w:

Pop quiz: Who can identify the type of the half submerged boat to the left of the ARMAS ferry?

For interest: 12,515 geotagged digital photos.

Jibz · « **Reply #13 on:** December 11, 2014, 01:29 PM »

I enjoy taking pictures of flowers, and some of them end up on 500px:

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tomos · « **Reply #14 on:** December 14, 2014, 10:53 AM »

^ beautiful

JavaJones · « **Reply #15 on:** January 04, 2015, 08:03 PM »

Woah, looks like I missed a bunch. Thanks guys, great stuff!

Those are some awesome panoramas. And what an epic journey! Is that a single sailing excursion?

Jibz, I too am a flower photo geek. I haven't taken so many lately, but in my archives are many, many flowers, bees, etc.

You've got some really nice examples over there on 500px. thanks for sharing.

- Oshyan

4wd · « **Reply #16 on:** January 05, 2015, 12:37 PM »

Quote from: JavaJones on January 04, 2015, 08:03 PM

Those are some awesome panoramas. And what an epic journey! Is that a single sailing excursion?

That was a 6 week Perth (Australia) to Harwich (England) via Mauritius, Reunion, Sth Africa (Durban, Mossel Bay, Capetown), Namibia, St Helena, Ascension (no landing, too rough), Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Portugal, and France. Most stops were 4-8 hours as it was a repositioning cruise, (which also means it was cheap

).

Followed by 5 months in Devon (England).

For anyone who watched War Horse, this is the ruin they used for the homestead in its original condition.

Pop quiz answer

It's a Russian hydrofoil (Raketa).

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 06, 2015, 05:25 AM »

Quote from: 4wd on January 05, 2015, 12:37 PM

Quote from: JavaJones on January 04, 2015, 08:03 PM
Those are some awesome panoramas. And what an epic journey! Is that a single sailing excursion?

That was a 6 week Perth (Australia) to Harwich (England) via Mauritius, Reunion, Sth Africa (Durban, Mossel Bay, Capetown), Namibia, St Helena, Ascension (no landing, too rough), Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Portugal, and France. Most stops were 4-8 hours as it was a repositioning cruise, (which also means it was cheap ).

Followed by 5 months in Devon (England).

For anyone who watched War Horse, this is the ruin they used for the homestead in its original condition.
(see attachment in previous post)

Harwich is very close to where I am moving!

4wd · « **Reply #18 on:** January 06, 2015, 08:14 AM »

I had a meal at The Last Post in Southend also, all the wife's relatives are in Rayleigh

Mark0 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 06, 2015, 01:51 PM »

When Top Gear come in Venice to record some bits for "The Perfect Road Trip" DVD:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyBTbCG9fV4

TaoPhoenix · « **Reply #20 on:** January 06, 2015, 05:05 PM »

Haha! I normally am not a picture guy.

But once, for Thanksgiving 2012 before my life went sideways, I took a crazy roadtrip "just to drive". Starting from Cape Cod, Massachusetts USA, I just "started driving". I made it to Detroit Michigan!

And I ended up with some surprisingly good pictures of cars in GM World!