OT: Favorite Non Cruise Photograph

[Travelight]

Everyone's photos are so awesome!! This is my most "treasured" photo. I do need to explain it though. I was on a short-term mission trip to Haiti and we traveled north to the island of Tortuga. The poverty there is beyond words. We took a group of children into a building to play and have crafts, etc. However, a very hard lesson to learn in places such as Haiti is the fact that you cannot help EVERYONE. These children learn at a very young age that there is just not enough to go around.

While playing with the ones inside, I looked toward the back of the building where there was a hole in the concrete wall. There I saw the faces of these children watching us! I snapped that picture in a split second...before I had a chance to really think about it. When I reflect on that picture, I am reminded of the impovershed people in the world, not just in Haiti, but everywhere.

I hope this picture is not too much of a "downer" for this thread. I think it really reflects how the camera does not take the picture, but the eye of the person does.

 

Janet

 

 

This touches my heart. Thanks for sharing. Linda

[Travelight]

Took this at the Memphis Zoo.....anybody know who belongs to this eye?

 

 

 

 

Alligator?:confused: I'm dying to know!!!!

[dforeigner]

Alligator?:confused: I'm dying to know!!!!

 

My uneducated guess would be a Komodo dragon.

[Travelight]

This is probably not my all time favorite, but I like the colors and the bird's attitude. Plus it is probably one of the best shots I've taken with my new camera.

[Kween Karen]

My grandson with a wonderful treat!

[hogwildcruzers]

My uneducated guess would be a Komodo dragon.

 

You guessed it.....they are pretty cool animals up close.

[dforeigner]

You guessed it.....they are pretty cool animals up close.

 

As long as there is a barrier between you and the dragon. :eek:

[FinelyCruising]

Its has a very interesting eye.

[Cruiser Forever]

This is probably not my all time favorite, but I like the colors and the bird's attitude. Plus it is probably one of the best shots I've taken with my new camera.

 

I really like this one. Beautiful colors thanks for sharing.:D

[Cruiser Forever]

Let me share one that my DH took recently near our community.

 

 

 

 

 

And of course the famous Brooklyn Bridge.

 

 

 

[pierces]

I originally shot this for the front of an anniversary card for my wife.

I ended up printing it and keeping a copy on my desk at work.

The title is "She Loves Me!"

 

 

 

Dave

[dforeigner]

Its has a very interesting eye.

 

Maybe there was some hunger involved. :D

[cunarderqm2]

F4U corsair prop

 

Chimps

 

 

Don't post too often as I don't have too many cruise photos, but I like to shoot.

 

Tim

[travel girl23]

These are two of my favorite photos. Both were taken on Maui, Hawaii. The first is a picture I took last October at Mount Haleakala and the second is a photo I snapped on a whale watch just off Kaanapali Beach on Maui. That is the island of Lanai in the background.

 

[Travelight]

Let me share one that my DH took recently near our community.

 

 

 

 

 

And of course the famous Brooklyn Bridge.

 

 

 

 

You are so lucky! New York has everything - nature and history! Hope to visit one day. Nice shots, thanks!

[Travelight]

My grandson with a wonderful treat!

 

Kween Karen:

 

Here is what I do to make my pictures show up larger: Go to webshots.com. Sign up - it's free. download the pictures you want to use. Then go to my albums on webshots. Double click on the picture you want to use. Scroll down on the page. On the bottom right is a section that says "link to this picture." Click on the 600 pixel size. Then highlight the "post in a forum" address. Then right click and copy. Go to what you are writing in cruisecritic and right click and "paste" the address. Preview your post to be sure your picture is showing up correctly.

 

Hope this helps! Linda

[mnbruce]

Wow, there are some great shots in this thread!

 

A friend in D.C. this spring

 

 

Fall in Minnesota

 

[Cruiser Forever]

You are so lucky! New York has everything - nature and history! Hope to visit one day. Nice shots, thanks!

 

Thanks, I am so glad to live in NYC there is so much to see and do. I hope you do get to visit very soon.

 

Here is one more hope you like this one too.

 

 

 

BTW, pierces love the single petal photo. Very nice.:D

[Cruiser Forever]

Wow, there are some great shots in this thread!

 

A friend in D.C. this spring

 

 

Fall in Minnesota

 

 

 

 

Very nice especially the Fall in Minnesota. :)

[FinelyCruising]

I have to go and take more pictures!!!:D

[mnbruce]

Very nice especially the Fall in Minnesota. :)

 

Thank you!

[Cruiser Forever]

I have to go and take more pictures!!!:D

 

 

Looking forward to your non cruise photos and can't wait till you share with us.:) I'm sure you will find someone or something that catches your eye and speaks to you.

 

In the meantime I'll share a few more.

 

 

Lincoln Center at night

 

 

 

 

 

Empire State Building

[pluto20_2]

Here is one of my favorite pictures. Dillon State Park, Nashport Ohio

[R. Wethereyet]

Not sure, but that eye might belong to a friend of this fellow ... :eek:

 

 

This was taken at the Woodland Zoo in Seattle, WA - Komodo Dragon. I'm just glad there was plate glass between him and me :D

 

 

 

Took this at the Memphis Zoo.....anybody know who belongs to this eye?

 

 

[Cruiser Forever]

In honor of autumn.