Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 13

The mission: get out with the camera!

This is a discussion on The mission: get out with the camera! within the Show your photo (Color) - Landscape & Nature (flowers, mountains, storms etc.) forums, part of the Photography & Fine art photography category; Work's wild ride continues. It was my turn to run the month end processing Friday. There had been some changes ...

  1. #1
    QuietOne is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Nampa, Idaho, USA
    Posts
    2,735
    My Photos
    Please ask before editing my photos

    Default The mission: get out with the camera!

    Work's wild ride continues. It was my turn to run the month end processing Friday. There had been some changes to one type of account (adding rate tiers) and upper management wanted me to stop early on so they could go over some reporting with a fine toothed comb. An hour later I got to continue. Got out of work at 10:30pm. It was time to grab the camera and go. I figured if I got anything even remotely decent it would be a bonus.

    Starting down Map Rock Road. The whole area has some really nice views, but much of the road has no shoulder at all. So it's difficult, once you're past about here, to get anything.
    Name:  Road 3.jpg
Views: 291
Size:  141.8 KB

    The Snake River
    Name:  Snake River 1.jpg
Views: 332
Size:  162.6 KB

    Another view along the Snake
    Name:  Snake River 5.jpg
Views: 298
Size:  97.2 KB

    Of course, you could go up Pump Road
    Name:  Road 4.jpg
Views: 297
Size:  132.3 KB

    That gives you a whole different view of the Snake (I, of course, chose the wrong time of day to be shooting from there - sun in an inconvenient place, and the afternoons are really dusty)
    Name:  Snake River 9.jpg
Views: 280
Size:  111.2 KB

  2. #2
    QuietOne is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Nampa, Idaho, USA
    Posts
    2,735
    My Photos
    Please ask before editing my photos

    Default

    You can get details, though.
    Name:  Milkweed 1.jpg
Views: 299
Size:  161.9 KBxxxxxName:  Milkweed 2.jpg
Views: 304
Size:  130.6 KB

    I finished the drive going around Lake Lowell. It's more properly a reservoir, with a dam at each end. There are a number of parking areas all around it, with easy access to the shore, bird blinds, trails, and the national wildlife refuge. The sun was pretty much down by the time I stopped in one of the lots.
    Name:  Lake Lowell 1.jpg
Views: 318
Size:  59.0 KB

    The road I'm on runs along the top of the dam. It's a popular stretch to fish along.
    Name:  Lake Lowell 4.jpg
Views: 326
Size:  72.9 KB

    There are farms and orchards all around the immediate area, and despite the way this looks, I'm very close to town, and home.
    Name:  Road 5.jpg
Views: 290
Size:  122.4 KB

  3. #3
    Hillbillygirl is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Muskoka, Ontario
    Posts
    5,612
    My Photos
    Please do NOT edit my photos
    Critiques
    Only critique photos posted in the critique forum

    Default

    Thanks for taking us on your Journey QuietOne, and really love the views of the valley out Pump Rd. especially.
    Reality is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there!

  4. #4
    Barefoot's Avatar
    Barefoot is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    Aiken, SC
    Posts
    2,401
    My Photos
    Please do NOT edit my photos
    Critiques
    Critique my photos anywhere in the forum

    Default

    Some real nice ones there, QO. I haven't seen any milk weed around here in years.
    We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. -Anaïs Nin

    http://barefoot.pixu.com/

  5. #5
    mbrager's Avatar
    mbrager is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    Calgary, Canada
    Posts
    1,657
    My Photos
    Please feel free to edit my photos
    Critiques
    Critique my photos anywhere in the forum

    Default

    Great landscapes. Particularly like the shot with moon and the shot with the bird on the water. Beautiful colors.
    Existence has no goal. It is pure journey. The journey in life is so beautiful, who bothers for the destination. B. Rajneesh
    Flickr

  6. #6
    Matt K.'s Avatar
    Matt K. is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Location
    Calgary, AB
    Posts
    3,547
    My Photos
    Please ask before editing my photos
    Critiques
    Critique my photos anywhere in the forum

    Default

    Very interesting and informative set. For me, "going up pump road" is a winner. Love the minimalistic approach on that one.
    ~~ Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder ~~

  7. #7
    Iguanasan's Avatar
    Iguanasan is offline Moderator
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    Halifax, NS
    Posts
    10,917
    My Photos
    Please feel free to edit my photos
    Critiques
    Critique my photos anywhere in the forum

    Default

    Thanks for the tour. Did I misread your post? Did you actually start the drive at 10:30pm? Only the last shot looks like it was that late. A very nice set though.
    “If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.” – Jay Maisel
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Feel free to edit my shots ONLY for use on this forum and critique my shots in ANY discussion area.
    Flickr | Blog | Google+

  8. #8
    QuietOne is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Nampa, Idaho, USA
    Posts
    2,735
    My Photos
    Please ask before editing my photos

    Default

    Thank you, all. Iguanasan, I guess I shouldn't be typing in the wee hours of the morning! I actually did the drive Saturday afternoon and early evening, simply because I had to get out of the house and do something! Work's been hard on just about everyone. Add that I haven't really been out much with the camera this spring and summer, and I figured it was simply time to change that.

    Barefoot, we got milkweed. Want some?

    I really should look at planning a drive along the Snake in the mid-morning some time, and trying to get to Lake Lowell a little earlier for sunsets. We'll see if I have the energy, the way things have been going.

  9. #9
    Runmonty's Avatar
    Runmonty is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Adelaide, South Australia
    Posts
    4,095
    My Photos
    Please do NOT edit my photos
    Critiques
    Critique my photos anywhere in the forum

    Default

    Nice set with a lot of variety. I do like Pump Road and those seed pods.
    I welcome all critique and comments on any of my photos

    Links to other places you can also find me :


  10. #10
    Marko's Avatar
    Marko is offline Administrator
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Montreal, QC. Canada
    Posts
    14,870
    My Photos
    Please do NOT edit my photos
    Critiques
    Critique my photos anywhere in the forum

    Default

    Nice variety and journey here QO - thanks for the ride
    - Please connect with me further
    Photo tours of Montreal - Private photography courses
    - Join the new Photography.ca Facebook page
    - Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/markokulik
    - Follow me on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/111159185852360398018/posts
    - Check out the photography podcast


    "You have to milk the cow quite a lot, and get plenty of milk to get a little cheese." Henri Cartier-Bresson from The Decisive Moment.

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36