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Post by BoatBabe on Oct 27, 2009 8:41:21 GMT -5
Can't wait! Is that what you are going to do routinely, Joe? Make disks as your photo backup/storage?
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Post by Jane on Oct 27, 2009 18:14:27 GMT -5
We just went to Traverse City for a couple of days, but I didn't take a camera plus I don't know how to post photos, so just close your eyes and imagine lots of red, yellow and orange leaves. There, isn't that pretty?
It was actually mostly drab and rainy, but it was still fun. TC is on Lake Michigan and has lots of nifty old buildings, interesting shops and good food. There are lots of places for sale up there right now, but we passed on anything for now (or ever).
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Post by joew on Oct 30, 2009 14:48:14 GMT -5
The greater Traverse City area is the only part of Michigan I know, and it is beautiful.
Maybe if I win many tens of millions of dollars in the lottery, I'll buy one of those places that are for sale. I could rent it out very cheaply to someone who needed a place to live but couldn't afford market rates to buy or rent, and send them somewhere for a week every year while I visited.
Boatbabe, the thing is, I'm not sure if I'll be doing any more photography with film. My Pentax camera that I bought in Tokyo on my first visit in about 1975 jammed when I was in Québec (its second time), so I switched to disposables. And I had learned that you can have them put your photos on a disc when you have them developed, so that's what I did. But since I have the digital, I don't think I need the disc — I thought I'd just put the pics directly on the computer and then upload them.
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Post by BoatBabe on Nov 11, 2009 2:23:59 GMT -5
We just went to Traverse City for a couple of days, but I didn't take a camera plus I don't know how to post photos, so just close your eyes and imagine lots of red, yellow and orange leaves. There, isn't that pretty? It was actually mostly drab and rainy, but it was still fun. TC is on Lake Michigan and has lots of nifty old buildings, interesting shops and good food. There are lots of places for sale up there right now, but we passed on anything for now (or ever). Jane, I loved those pictures, with the red, yellow and orange leaves. They were gorgeous! It's funny how drab and rainy turns into misty beauty. I have not been to Traverse City, so it was fun to see it. No need to buy something there. It sounds like you are good where you are.
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Post by BoatBabe on Nov 11, 2009 2:31:04 GMT -5
The greater Traverse City area is the only part of Michigan I know, and it is beautiful. Maybe if I win many tens of millions of dollars in the lottery, I'll buy one of those places that are for sale. I could rent it out very cheaply to someone who needed a place to live but couldn't afford market rates to buy or rent, and send them somewhere for a week every year while I visited. Boatbabe, the thing is, I'm not sure if I'll be doing any more photography with film. My Pentax camera that I bought in Tokyo on my first visit in about 1975 jammed when I was in Québec (its second time), so I switched to disposables. And I had learned that you can have them put your photos on a disc when you have them developed, so that's what I did. But since I have the digital, I don't think I need the disc — I thought I'd just put the pics directly on the computer and then upload them. Joe, I didn't realize it was film photos you were putting on discs. There really is no reason to keep doing that, with the digital thing. May I remind you though, that digital pictures need a disc backup, also. This is three computers that we had digital pictures stored on, and this marine environment will suddenly kill anything electronic. We didn't burn discs. We have lost years of digital pictures. Just a suggestion. The great thing about digital cameras is that you can take ALL the pictures you want without expense, and that ONE picture is Perfect. Erase all the others. Glad to see your pictures. They are so lovely.
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Post by BoatBabe on Nov 17, 2009 23:14:21 GMT -5
The Washington Memorial at Ohh-Dark-Thirty with DC cops hiding in the shadows, watching us being Tourons. Cool, eh?
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Post by BoatBabe on Nov 18, 2009 0:54:11 GMT -5
There were obelisks everywhere, these in the Confederate Cemetery in Fredricksberg (hope the spelling is correct) Virginia.
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Post by gailkate on Nov 20, 2009 0:11:31 GMT -5
Shoot, BB, I just found these. (I've got to do better on the mechanics of proboards.) That night shot in the rain is gorgeous. Really, you're very lucky it had rained. The cemetary, not so gorgeous, but very moving.
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Post by BoatBabe on Nov 20, 2009 1:32:35 GMT -5
Thanks, GK. Here is the obelisk base of George's Mom: I'll bet they had some good Mom/Son trips together.
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Post by BoatBabe on Nov 22, 2009 13:30:28 GMT -5
I loved this Confederate Cemetery Angel.
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Post by gailkate on Nov 22, 2009 19:41:48 GMT -5
She's very graceful - and the colorful trees in the background make the greys stand out. Who would think stone could look so varied - streaky and bleached and deep charcoal.
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Post by joew on Nov 22, 2009 21:31:03 GMT -5
Nice pics, bb.
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Post by joew on Nov 22, 2009 21:33:17 GMT -5
Finally refigured out how to make this work. Here are some pics (originally analog) from my trip to Québec City in August 2008. Finally got around to having them developed and diskified last month. View from my 18th floor room at the Château Frontenac. You can see a bit of the promenade adjacent to the hotel. Beyond the trees is some of the lower city. Inn and restaurant (Le Relais) across the square (Place d'Armes) from the hotel. I had breakfast in the sidewalk area both mornings I was there. Champlain Monument on the promenade (Terasse Dufferin). Champlain was the founder of the settlement. edited Nov. 23 to add: I just noticed that I captured the performer in the left foreground and the audience on the bleachers. I forget what he was doing: one guy had a dog act; another did things on bicycles; and there may have been gymnasts. But there were a couple of places with street performers. Basilique Notre-Dame, the cathedral of Québec. My first stop. Monument to Bishop Laval de Montmorency, the first bishop of Québec. Laval University is named for him. Sorry about the "fog" at the top, but I don't have a picture showing the monument so well without the fog. Enough for this post. More to follow soon, I hope. Street scenes, city hall. Also I just found another camera from the trip, and my old analog camera suddenly started working again when I put new batteries in it in the right directions. There are also pictures from this trip in it.
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Post by gailkate on Nov 23, 2009 0:35:31 GMT -5
Pesky poltergeists have been pestering Joe. Stealing cameras and switching batteries are favorite tricks, but Joe has endured their pranks with calm and dignity. It only took 18 months or so for them to give up and look for victims more easily provoked.
Did the cathedral have real bells that they ring daily?
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Post by Jane on Nov 23, 2009 7:29:17 GMT -5
Nice pictures, Joe. Makes me want to get up and go.
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Post by joew on Nov 23, 2009 12:08:58 GMT -5
I believe the cathedral bells rang, but I'm not 100% sure.
It really is a very attractive city.
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Post by jspnrvr on Nov 23, 2009 13:06:10 GMT -5
Good job joe. Knowing that someone took 18 months to get summer pictures up gives me comfort. I got some worth posting, folks, I really did. They'll be up here one of these days.
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Post by BoatBabe on Nov 24, 2009 10:37:12 GMT -5
Great pictures, JoeW. I have not been there. Looks fascinating.
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Post by doctork on Nov 24, 2009 17:44:23 GMT -5
Very French, I love it. Much closer too. I will add Quebec City to my list.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Nov 27, 2009 18:22:03 GMT -5
Very nice photos here. It's a skill I don't have. Testing.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Nov 27, 2009 18:22:49 GMT -5
Drat.
Clueless.
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Post by BoatBabe on Nov 27, 2009 22:50:27 GMT -5
We've all done that, Hart. Keep trying!
In fact, JoeW started a whole thread (I think it's called Testing) just for that, testing picture posts.
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Post by BoatBabe on Nov 27, 2009 22:54:41 GMT -5
No, it's called "Test," over on The Lives of The Chatterboxers.
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Post by BoatBabe on Nov 28, 2009 14:49:03 GMT -5
The large locks have been closed for maintenance, so we have had Huge ocean-going tugs tied to the outside of the public pier, waiting for the locks to reopen. This is them at low tide, rafted side-by-side, with a beautiful dawn.
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Post by BoatBabe on Dec 2, 2009 1:47:16 GMT -5
Still waiting for the locks to open, these are different ocean-going tugs tied to the same pier. The dawn was dark and threatening. High tide.
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Post by BoatBabe on Dec 21, 2009 9:52:08 GMT -5
Ya know, the differences between a low High and a high Low are weird. These pictures were taken out the side door instead of out on the aft deck, which is half-a-stroy higher.
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Post by gailkate on Dec 21, 2009 11:52:32 GMT -5
BB, you have so much changing around you - right in the middle of Mother nature's show.
I'm wondering if you're going to show us your boat lit up for Christmas.
And don't despair, Hart. Was that your own pic or one you found in photobucket? sometimes someone else's photo won't print.
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Post by BoatBabe on Dec 21, 2009 21:12:06 GMT -5
I'll try with the lit-up boat pix, gk. It's hard to hold still enough on the floating dock, taking pictures of a moving boat in the dark.
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Post by rogesgallery on Dec 21, 2009 23:14:43 GMT -5
So I am going to try to post this link to Youutube
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Post by rogesgallery on Dec 21, 2009 23:40:57 GMT -5
And here is the official Badlands 2009 Settlers video
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