Category: Travel
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Candid Shots
I love taking photos of people, here are few candid shoots from my travels.
School girls in Sri Lanka(top) Woman shopping in Thailand below
A Nun in Thailand
Soldiers in Paris …and an old man in Cyprus
Fisher in Sri Lanka and a couple enjoying sunset in the same place – below
An Artist in Finland
Heceta Head Lighthouse – Oregon
The Heceta Head Lighthouse and Light Keeper’s house are circa 1894. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The lighthouse is a working lighthouse. From a height of 205 feet above the ocean, its “first order” Fresnel lens, casts it’s beams some 21 miles out to sea. It is the brightest light on the Oregon coast. It is said to be the most photographed lighthouse in the United States.
The Heceta Head Keeper’s House is perched on a cliff with a magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean and the beach below. Paths from the Keeper’s House lead both to the beach and to the lighthouse.
more at:
Travel Photo Mondays #14 and tina´s wordless wednesday # 94
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Birds and Travel theme: Birds Birds
these two on the top are taken in In a bird sanctuary. These below are taken in BC Canada.
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These were spotted in Kirkkonummi Finland
the last picture is from San Diego Zoo
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Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Birds and
Travel theme: Birds
Cee’s Which Way Challenge: No. 9 – Bridges
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Different Point of View
I took photos of this old wooden barn – I have not taken one single shot of the whole building, but the parts that are about to be destroyed by time.
I do not once again know if this a different point of view… of what. But it is beautiful in its ugliness.
Yaquina Bay lighthouse
KOTI / HOME
This was the home of the Yaquina Bay lighthouse keeper
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea
Sea – here are photos of it photographed at Finland, Canada, Thailand and US
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Black and White Photo Challenge : Nature
These photos are from Oregon coastline
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Black and White Photo Challenge : Nature
A word a week challenge: Bisect and Sunday Stills: Motorcycles
I was sure that I would not have photos of these two topics, but going through archives I found out that the road is bisected to two equal parts ( a stretch, I know)- and motorcycles have been to seen on the road.
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A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – BISECT &
The Next Challenge: Motorcycles
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreshadow
foreshadow [fɔːˈʃædəʊ] vb (tr) to show, indicate, or suggest in advance;
Would this qualify – these suggest that a good meal is to be prepared…great produce, sea food, vegetables, flowers, hmm n…
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A piece of heaven
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Black and White Weekly Photo Challenge : Texture
This is a detail of a rusty screw – bolt in old wood pole.
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Black and White Weekly Photo Challenge : Texture
Las Vegas
Stanley Park – Vancouver
I Spent a day in Stanley Park In Vancouver – it is a beautiful park – living room of people in Vancouver? here are photos of it and from it…art, sports, boats, weddings, gardens and nature
Fort Langley B.C
Fort Langley, is a beautiful small town, in recent years, many of the village’s old buildings have been restored. The restorations, combined with its rural setting, access to the river and mountain vistas, and the old Fort itself, make it a thriving tourist center. Outdoor recreation includes canoeing, fishing, hiking . The town has served as a filming location for commercials, TV shows and movies, with its striking yellow community hall usually featured prominently.
Surrey, B.C
The old buildings and big yards are disappearing as townhouses are built at a good pace in Surrey. The old ones with big yards look so nostalgic and old.
Here are few shots taken this summer
Bald Eagle spotted in British Columbia.
I spotted these Bald Eagles Cultus Lake and Boundary Bay, British Columbia. I am so happy to have seen them and been able to take these shots
It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.
The Bald Eagle is an opportunistic feeder which subsists mainly on fish, which it swoops down and snatches from the water with its talons. It builds the largest nest of any North American bird and the largest tree nests ever recorded for any animal species, Sexual maturity is attained at the age of four to five years.
Bald Eagles are not actually bald; the name derives from an older meaning of “white-headed”. The adult is mainly brown with a white head and tail. The sexes are identical in plumage, but females are larger than males. The beak is large and hooked. The plumage of the immature is brown.
A small bond in Oregon
Linked to : Travel Photo Mondays #11
Lighthouse in Oregon
The Tall Ships Races
I spent an evening at The Tall Ships Races in Helsinki. Here are few photos from one of the – in my opinion most beautiful ship there
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ein stück himmel # 81
Pike’s Public Market – Seattle
Under five year old Bald Eagle in B.C Canada
I took these pictures of the under five-year old Bald Eagle in B.C Canada. It was sitting on an electricity pole near the sea. Usually It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting, this time also…
The Bald Eagle is an opportunistic feeder which subsists mainly on fish, which it swoops down and snatches from the water with its talons. It builds the largest nest of any North American bird and the largest tree nests ever recorded for any animal species, up to 4 meters (13 ft) deep, 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) wide, and one metric ton (1.1 tons) in weight. Sexual maturity is attained at the age of four to five years.
Gastown, Vancouver
The Beach!
I’m participating in LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s Challenge is: The Beach!
This is the beach from Negombo, Sri Lanka. The locals loved to spend their free time there with families.
Venice -few traditional shots
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