anyone got any new black and whites they'd like to share

[blueraven95]

I'm kind of in the mood to see some. :hi:


Oh, and the flu slowed me up for a week, but emails to calender winners will go out hopefully by this weekend.

[a la izquierda]

1. Here's one

From Real de Catorce, in the state of San Luis Potosi, MX

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. Kind of new

[blueraven95]

11. pretty

I like the movement :hi:

[blueraven95]

9. what an interesting image

is that an electric tower in the distance? kind of an interesting parallel if it is.

[a la izquierda]

31. It sure is...

This is an extremely rural area, and most people got around by horse or donkey as opposed to cars (on account that the streets are too narrow).

[Mira]

19. It's fascinating. The heavy crosses just seem so....well....heavy. It feels very eery.

[a la izquierda]

32. The day I was there was and wasn't

It was bright and sunny, so it couldn't be too eery. But the fact that you couldn't read most of the crosses, due to age, really says something.

That, and then inside the church there were lots of graves in the floor. That was really odd.

[Mira]

3. Walk in the forest in May

[alfredo]

5. That tree trunk Wow!

[blueraven95]

10. I agree-

that trunk is :wow:

[alfredo]

4. Just finished this one

[blueraven95]

12. very cool

something almost spiritual about that one.

:hi:

[alfredo]

22. Thanks. The flare from the sun became an element in the image.

[Mira]

20. I am really taken with it. It is very spiritual to me as well. What are we looking at

if you don't mind telling?

[alfredo]

21. It's a fountain at a local mall.

Here's the mall. The top floor is a bookstore, and about half of the bottom floor is the children's section.

http://themallatlexingtongreen.com/

[apaflo]

6. The Arctic Ocean coast line.

Front window view from a cabin built by the late Noah Itta (whose son Edward Itta is the current mayor of the North Slope Borough). It is located on the Arctic Ocean coast about 18 miles southwest of Barrow Alaska.

[blueraven95]

13. brrr

it looks almost alien - like they'd film alien landscapes there.

[Mira]

17. Really neat. Makes me cold. Very very special.

[apaflo]

29. Another view, from the outside.

I left the color in this image because it does lose something without it. That is the Arctic Ocean on the left side. There is a lagoon, newly frozen over, between the camera and the cabin. That is a meat drying rack up on the tundra.



Of course, now you can all see exactly why everyone here on the North Slope of Alaska washes clothes in Tide.

(It's so cold out tide.)

[blueraven95]

33. It's hard to imagine people living there

it just looks so inhospitable.


But beautiful.

[apaflo]

36. True, but the effects are interesting...

It is both beautiful and inhospitable.

That makes for a very adventurous place to live, and it is indeed an all day adventure every day! But it's also a place where a single human cannot survive alone. It requires community. People here work together. Everyone, even your worst enemy, is your neighbor.

It's like Noah's cabin... no lock, a bit of food, everything it takes to stay alive and comfortable for 3-4 days, and there is a paper plate hung up on the wall inside with a message written on it, something to the effect of "Welcome -- enjoy our cabin, please keep it clean. The Itta Family".

[Stevenmarc]

7. Film isn't such a bad thing

a recent moment where I felt like grabbing the the old SRT-101, shot with 100Tmax

[blueraven95]

14. :-)

I love film - it's still distinctive.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

25. film... the universal RAW file

may it be around forever!

so says my nikon F, F2, F3, F4, F100, and 8008

think i have too many cameras?

[alfredo]

8. Ice

[blueraven95]

15. I particularly like the top one

ethereal

[alfredo]

23. The sunlight was perfect that day.

[Mira]

16. LOVE these - cannot pick a favorite

[alfredo]

24. Thanks. That tree didn't survive the ice storm.

[HappyCynic]

26. Both fantastic

Both of the ice shots are fantastic. I especially like the detail on the second one.

[alfredo]

28. How can something so beautiful as ice be so destructive. We lost four trees.

[Mira]

18. Couple more - so glad you asked

The Hemingway House - Key West



Parked outside

[JeffR]

27. I'd hoped these would find some friends:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=280x61147

Hope you're feeling better!

[blueraven95]

35. they're great JeffR!

and I am feeling better, thanks for asking.

[Johnny Noshoes]

30. Yosemite Falls

This was origially shot on Kodachrome. It was taken in the summer of 1996.

[blueraven95]

34. that's wonderful

awe inspiring. :hi:

[Johnny Noshoes]

38. Thanks

You know photos don't even come close to showing the beauty of Yosemite.

[Mira]

37. Let's keep it going a while longer - these are great - 2 more from me

[ConsAreLiars]

40. Wow! Hard to say more,

But among the range of things that make me say "wow!" both get a double-triple shout. But the first is just a total Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! ....

[Mira]

43. I just found this comment from you. Thank you so much

for your enthusiasm. Wish I had seen it sooner, it was a rough day.

[Stevenmarc]

39. Some more from the same roll

[alfredo]

41. Check out some 3D images I made.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=280x61321

[Mira]

42. OK - last one - because I like it