Hiking/Photography

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  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    10 miles. Woot! I think the bath I took last night after was the best idea I've ever had tho. :laugh: Legs are SORE today but not as bad as I thought they would be.
  • Chrizzle21
    Chrizzle21 Posts: 95 Member
    I live in the Northern Shenandoah Valley (VA) so hiking is at my finger tips at all times, but I love the trails in GW National Forest the best - free with beautiful overlooks. I also love Harpers Ferry WV.
    My ex is from WV... not sure I would hike out there. Have you SEEN Wrong Turn? :laugh:

    Haha! Yes I have seen it and believe me there are plenty areas in WV that I refuse to get out of the car in, but Harper's Ferry is a National Historic Park so it's relatively safe from inbreds. Hahaha!
  • Chrizzle21
    Chrizzle21 Posts: 95 Member
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Schloss

    I got in this one this weekend...It's also one of my favorites. My friends and I brought a bottle of bubbly for the overlook - good times.
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Schloss

    I got in this one this weekend...It's also one of my favorites. My friends and I brought a bottle of bubbly for the overlook - good times.

    Very nice! Looks beautiful.
  • Chrizzle21
    Chrizzle21 Posts: 95 Member
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    Here's my own picture. I love it here!
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    Crap. Can't see it at work, have to check it out when I get home!
  • DJH3
    DJH3 Posts: 243
    That's awesome (and adorable) Chrizzle.

    I got some new pics up on my deviant art page from my 10 mile hike on Sat. Not that I'm trying to advertise. I hurt today but I love it.
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    Love the pic Chrizzle! That looks like an incredible place to hike to. :happy:
  • Chrizzle21
    Chrizzle21 Posts: 95 Member
    Thanks! :-)

    I'm getting ready to take a trip to Asheville, NC so I know I'll be getting some good hiking in there too! Can't wait!!

    Let's see pics of your terrain.
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    Actually have a couple of pics in my profile from a winter hike we did in January, which was in the same general area that I was in last weekend. The pics are from a landmark down in Hocking (Old Man's Cave, mostly) and I was in one of the parks just north of the area last weekend.
  • Chrizzle21
    Chrizzle21 Posts: 95 Member
    You both have great pictures! Ahhhhh...the great outdoors.
  • mfkfoster
    mfkfoster Posts: 331 Member
    I love photography! I even shot a wedding once! But my favorite things to photograph are lansscapes and city scapes. I do love taking pictures of my children, but usually I think people tend to clutter up the surroundings and make it look untidy! :blushing:

    My favorite place to hike use to be at Bear Mountain in New York but I live in Florida now so any State park will do now. But now nearly as much fun as mountains! :sad:
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    You both have great pictures! Ahhhhh...the great outdoors.
    Thanks! I get my new camera this week, can't wait to get out and wander around taking pictures. :happy:
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    I love photography! I even shot a wedding once! But my favorite things to photograph are lansscapes and city scapes. I do love taking pictures of my children, but usually I think people tend to clutter up the surroundings and make it look untidy! :blushing:

    My favorite place to hike use to be at Bear Mountain in New York but I live in Florida now so any State park will do now. But now nearly as much fun as mountains! :sad:
    Lol. I'm not so great at taking pictures of people, at least not posed or anything. I'm decent at spontaneous pictures of people, but I definitely tend more towards nature and architecture. I love macro and fun detail and texture in photos.

    I know how you feel, I'm in Ohio and there aren't too many places to go beyond the state parks. There are some pretty nice ones but I've been spoiled ever since spending a couple of weeks in the summer in Colorado near Estes Park a few years as a teenager.
  • Sam_Hain
    Sam_Hain Posts: 68 Member
    Looks like I'll be hiking Yosemite in a couple weeks!
  • Levedi
    Levedi Posts: 290 Member
    That pic was taken at Old Man's Cave in Hocking Hills, OH. Was really cool fun but a bit slick. Reminds me, I should put a couple more pics form out there up.

    Aw, that makes me homesick for Ohio again. I live in LA and hike in the Glendora Mts. I like to take pics of my cats being silly and of the mountains.
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    I just got a new camera last week and I LOVE it. Taking it on vacation with me in two weeks, gonna get some great pics I think. :bigsmile:
  • UpToAnyCool
    UpToAnyCool Posts: 1,673
    Looks like I'll be hiking Yosemite in a couple weeks!

    Time for y'all to channel your inner Ansel!
  • BlindFaith
    BlindFaith Posts: 45
    I'm a photography nut!

    Usually I "specialize" in landscape, nature and animal photography; although I do have a few portraits in my gallery as well.

    I have a public garden near me that I tend to take my camera to; as well as being fairly close to the beach and the central gardens where I tend to bride the local wildlife (squirrels, mainly) to pose for me :laugh:
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    I'm a photography nut!

    Usually I "specialize" in landscape, nature and animal photography; although I do have a few portraits in my gallery as well.

    I have a public garden near me that I tend to take my camera to; as well as being fairly close to the beach and the central gardens where I tend to bride the local wildlife (squirrels, mainly) to pose for me :laugh:

    I love going on random walks with my camera and just shooting whatever catches my eye. I love nature and hiking with my camera, but I also love the challenge of finding hidden beauty in urban landscapes. :happy:
  • BlindFaith
    BlindFaith Posts: 45
    finding hidden beauty in urban landscapes. :happy:

    THIS.

    My husband told me once that I can make beauty out of nothing which was a huge compliment :happy:
    My camera pretty much comes everywhere with me, just in case I spot something from a mile away that needs me to take about 50 photos of it from every conceivable angle!!

    I need inspiration for my digital art though, I'm lacking :indifferent:
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    My husband told me once that I can make beauty out of nothing which was a huge compliment :happy:
    My camera pretty much comes everywhere with me, just in case I spot something from a mile away that needs me to take about 50 photos of it from every conceivable angle!!

    I need inspiration for my digital art though, I'm lacking :indifferent:
    I take so many pictures it's insane. Lol. Then I end up picking 2 or 3 for every 20 I take that I actually like. My digital SLR is the best thing that ever happened to me, I used to spend so much money developing film. :P

    I used to use anything from my own photos to books and images around me for my digital art. Was an illustration major that used primarily computer programs as my medium.
  • BlindFaith
    BlindFaith Posts: 45
    I take so many pictures it's insane. Lol. Then I end up picking 2 or 3 for every 20 I take that I actually like. My digital SLR is the best thing that ever happened to me, I used to spend so much money developing film. :P

    I used to use anything from my own photos to books and images around me for my digital art. Was an illustration major that used primarily computer programs as my medium.

    Same here, lol
    I'd love an SLR camera (and a WACOM tablet as well!)
    I went out on Wednesday for a killer walk (literally killer, I felt like I was gonna die :laugh: ) and took about 60 photos.
    About a dozen got kept.
    There were a lot of squirrel butts :laugh:

    My digital art is dark/fantasy/Gothic styled. I love Photoshop though, I'm an addict!
    Sometimes I get inspired by music; but for about a month I've just not been able to put anything together.
  • UpToAnyCool
    UpToAnyCool Posts: 1,673
    About a dozen got kept.
    There were a lot of squirrel butts :laugh:

    :laugh: Nice.
  • Sam_Hain
    Sam_Hain Posts: 68 Member
    I'm so overly critical of my photography it's a bit ridiculous. Some pictures I liked before I look at now and think. I could have done better.
  • BlindFaith
    BlindFaith Posts: 45
    ^ oh how I know how you feel.

    If there's one teeny tiny thing wrong with a photo I've taken or a digital piece I made I WILL find it and either make it right or scrap the whole thing.

    My own worst critic; but then I think that's a good thing because to my mind it means nobody else can criticize me worse than I do already :laugh:
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    Same here, lol
    I'd love an SLR camera (and a WACOM tablet as well!)
    I went out on Wednesday for a killer walk (literally killer, I felt like I was gonna die :laugh: ) and took about 60 photos.
    About a dozen got kept.
    There were a lot of squirrel butts :laugh:

    My digital art is dark/fantasy/Gothic styled. I love Photoshop though, I'm an addict!
    Sometimes I get inspired by music; but for about a month I've just not been able to put anything together.
    *sigh* I miss my WACOM tablet so much. Lol. I had one when I worked in a photo studio. I love Photoshop too and Painter.

    :laugh: @ squirrel butts.
  • BlindFaith
    BlindFaith Posts: 45
    *sigh* I miss my WACOM tablet so much. Lol. I had one when I worked in a photo studio. I love Photoshop too and Painter.

    :laugh: @ squirrel butts.

    Lucky you - I'm jealous!!
    I so so want a WACOM, but my poor little camera is on it's last legs (serious overuse over the last 3 years!) and I need that before anything else!

    Lmao, the squirrel butts were cute (well, as cute as a fuzzy butt can be!) but really not what I was trying to get in the shot!
    I did manage a couple of awesome shots that I was pretty happy with, though so I won't complain about the butts too much, lol.
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    Lucky you - I'm jealous!!
    I so so want a WACOM, but my poor little camera is on it's last legs (serious overuse over the last 3 years!) and I need that before anything else!

    Lmao, the squirrel butts were cute (well, as cute as a fuzzy butt can be!) but really not what I was trying to get in the shot!
    I did manage a couple of awesome shots that I was pretty happy with, though so I won't complain about the butts too much, lol.

    Unfortunately it was for work, so I don't have it anymore. I have a dream list of computer supplies for setting up my digital studio when I make my millions. :tongue: I actually just bought a new camera, I got a Canon XSi. I LOVE IT!

    That's half the battle, take 50 and hope for 5 great ones. :happy:
  • UpToAnyCool
    UpToAnyCool Posts: 1,673
    Morning folks...thought you might find this interesting, an article on 'Cloud Collecting'...there's a teaser slide show too.
    Enjoy!

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/science/29clouds.html?ref=science
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