Heres to 3000 posts....a contest

Well, I'll get in on this then. Sorry, but it's hard for me to pic one favorite photo, or one photo that means the most to me. A lot of them have there own special meaning to me.

These first three pics are special to me because they embody one of my favorite places in the world, the beach, specifically my grandfathers beach house:
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These next one means a lot to me because it was the first real hike my wife and I went on. It was a 3 mile hike that climbed over 2,000 ft. to the peak. And, well, she means everything to me, and the fact that she is willing to stand by me, and take interest in my hobbies, is more than I could have ever asked for in a wife.
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And again, these next two pictures embody my absolute favorite place in the world to be, the mountains. I could go through the worst tragedy in the world, come up here, and I would not have a care in the world.
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Tony and everyone else,

Thank you.

There are many nice pictures, here. I won't be surprised if I don't win.

Stingray,

Aptos?
 
I've lived most of my adult life around Santa Cruz. Currently, I live in Las Vegas and Palo Alto... sort of.
 
One of my favorite pics that I've taken so far. Its up in Stanley, ID - shows a bit of the devastation caused by beetle kill, as well as some unexpected colors!

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Last year a friend of mine named Joe invited me to backpack the Grand Canyon with him to celebrate his retirement. Joe had just turned 60 and I was 63 at the time. I trained for six months and we began our descent to the floor of the canyon at South Kaibab trailhead on Nov. 5, 2007.

I took many pics, but two, not necessarily the most spectacular, have become my favorites. I call the first one "Around the Bend":

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I like this one because it best depicts the adventure of our trek, where every turn in the trail brought stunning vistas that we had never seen before and would never forget.

The second pic is called "Edward Abbey Landscape". Back in the 80s I spent five years in a hospital bed in my living room following a skiing accident. My wife divorced me during the first year, and two subsequent spinal operations only aggravated the original injury. It was not clear whether I would ever regain enough mobility to return to my office, so I worked at home over a modem. I could see the Sangre de Christo mountains north of Santa Fe from my hospital bed, and, oddly enough, that view stimulated me to begin reading everything I could find about trekking. My favorite authors were Colin Fletcher and Edward Abbey.

Years later (decades really), while descending the South Kaibab with Joe, I spotted a patch of terrain that reminded me of my favorite passage in Abbey's "Desert Solitaire". Here's the pic I took:

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And here's the passage from "Desert Solitaire":

Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparcity of the flora and fauna: life not crowded upon life as in other places but scattered abroad in spareness and simplicity, with a generous gift of space for each herb and bush and tree, each stem of grass, so that the living organism stands out bold and brave and vivid against the lifeless sand and barren rock. The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life-forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.
 
Curse said:
One of my favorite pics that I've taken so far. Its up in Stanley, ID - shows a bit of the devastation caused by beetle kill, as well as some unexpected colors!

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Wow! Now that is a beautiful use of composition and very interesting (yes, in a good way) use of color.:thumbup:
 
HighDesertWalker said:
Last year a friend of mine named Joe invited me to backpack the Grand Canyon with him to celebrate his retirement. Joe had just turned 60 and I was 63 at the time. I trained for six months and we began our descent to the floor of the canyon at South Kaibab trailhead on Nov. 5, 2007.

I took many pics, but two, not necessarily the most spectacular, have become my favorites. I call the first one "Around the Bend":

AroundtheBend.jpg


I like this one because it best depicts the adventure of our trek, where every turn in the trail brought stunning vistas that we had never seen before and would never forget.

The second pic is called "Edward Abbey Landscape". Back in the 80s I spent five years in a hospital bed in my living room following a skiing accident. My wife divorced me during the first year, and two subsequent spinal operations only aggravated the original injury. It was not clear whether I would ever regain enough mobility to return to my office, so I worked at home over a modem. I could see the Sangre de Christo mountains north of Santa Fe from my hospital bed, and, oddly enough, that view stimulated me to begin reading everything I could find about trekking. My favorite authors were Colin Fletcher and Edward Abbey.

Years later (decades really), while descending the South Kaibab with Joe, I spotted a patch of terrain that reminded me of my favorite passage in Abbey's "Desert Solitaire". Here's the pic I took:

AbbeyLandscape.jpg


And here's the passage from "Desert Solitaire":

Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparcity of the flora and fauna: life not crowded upon life as in other places but scattered abroad in spareness and simplicity, with a generous gift of space for each herb and bush and tree, each stem of grass, so that the living organism stands out bold and brave and vivid against the lifeless sand and barren rock. The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life-forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.
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Great post bill!!!!

Man, she is gonna pull her hair out pickin through these tommarow. I dont wanna see this one end. I have really enjoyed your pics guys!!
 
This is one I did of Wynoochee River, WA, back when I shot a lot of Infrared Black and White.
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Thomas_J said:
I've been at that very same spot. Beautiful canyons. Really a shame though the state that the reservation is in and all the trash.
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First thing I thought when I saw the pic was ' wow can you imagine standing on the top of that !!!' I'd guess that you get people base jumping from it but just to stand on top would be awesome !!!!:thumbup:
 
Man I love picture contest!!
Makes me want to go buy a DSLR and get into photography. My little point and shoot just can't keep up with these shots.
 
pitdog said:
First thing I thought when I saw the pic was ' wow can you imagine standing on the top of that !!!' I'd guess that you get people base jumping from it but just to stand on top would be awesome !!!!:thumbup:
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Non-tribesmen are not actually allowed down in the canyon except for a few short trails on the rim and one that goes to the bottom. There are a few truck/horse back tours given by locals, that's the road you see in that picture, but otherwise the access is limited to the tribe, and where you are allowed to walk there are old women and men selling trinkets to the tourists. There are signs in the parking lots warning of vehicle break-ins. I've already mentioned the trash. Overall its pretty sad.
 
This is a picture of me holding my 25 day old son and experiencing his first snowfall together. He just loves to be outside all of the time now. This was taken in our backyard in Delaware back in January 2005.


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