PHOTO THREAD.

[Behold]

Here is a path that leads to the Sea of Galilee.
You can see it in the distance.
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[Yehren]

This pic is taken in the Old City - Jerusalem - not far from the Wailing wall.

It's a wonderful portrait. The exposure is just perfect. I'm guessing afternoon light, unless you warmed up the image a bit. Her relaxed posture and friendly smile contrast strongly with the lethal weapon she cradles in her lap. It nicely illustrates your text. Well done.

I would have cropped a bit off the sides to make her face and posture more prominent in the composition, and to move her slightly out of the center of the image. But even as it is, it's one of those images I wish I had taken.

 

[Josho]

Here is a path that leads to the Sea of Galilee.
You can see it in the distance.
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That looks awesome.

 

[Behold]

That looks awesome.

Israel is a beautiful place.
Come amd see it.
You'll love it.

 

[Josho]

Israel is a beautiful place.
Come amd see it.
You'll love it.

Ah you live there? Nice

 

[Brakelite]

That's just amazing. Looks unreal. I gather it's a domesticated strain of some kind of fox. The only "fire fox" I was aware of, is this:

Not my shot, BTW. Red Panda or 火狐 (fire fox).

Saw a family of these in Auckland zoo.

 

[Josho]

I had never seen this beautiful creature until today.
A Fire Fox , one the rarest animals on the planet.

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Oh so the fire fox is actually real?! And not just some web browser.

 

[Helen]

Oh so the fire fox is actually real?! And not just some web browser.

I pulled it up..there is one, but not like that fabulous photo I posted , which was not real ...I should have googled it first LOL
Whenever we think something looks too good to be true...it usually IS!
I got taken...the real fire fox is nothing as flashy.

 

[Mike Waters]

The only benefit I'm drawing from lockdown is an increase in my stock of paintings that no one will want to buy until I'm a dead and gone artist.
The latest is of my home town shopping on a rainy winter's evening.

 

[Angelina]

Wow! that is beautiful @Mike Waters. I love it! ♥

 

[Josho]

The only benefit I'm drawing from lockdown is an increase in my stock of paintings that no one will want to buy until I'm a dead and gone artist.
The latest is of my home town shopping on a rainy winter's evening.

Great work, it's so hard selling stuff sometimes, I know the feeling lolz, I need to clear some stuff from my workshop.

 

[Josho]

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A spider? I saw one of those big huntsman spiders yesterday morning! As I opened the car door, I got a stick and I flicked it off onto the ground.

It then went behind my front tire, I then got into the car and reversed, I don't know if it moved away before then.

 

[Josho]

Knew I had another, far and few between, the good ones that is

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Do you use like a 15 second shutter speed setting for this?

 

[mjrhealth]

Do you use like a 15 second shutter speed setting for this?

Manual remote

 

[Yehren]

Because of its age our car, in spite of its immaculate condition, was uninsurable.

In those days, they built cars to last. Heavy steel frames and sheet metal that could take a hit without crumpling like foil. But not all modern cars are junk. When my daughter wanted a smart car, I was concerned about safety. I shouldn't have been. I found a video where the company ran an unmanned smart car into a masonry wall at 60 miles an hour.

Most of the car flew off in a cloud of broken parts. Except the passenger compartment, which was intact. You could even open the doors. And that satisfied me.

 

[Yehren]

What I did on my summer vacation...

Mrs. Yehren wanted a small seating area in the corner of the yard by the gate. I decided to extend the patio to another level.

 

[Brakelite]

A spider? I saw one of those big huntsman spiders yesterday morning! As I opened the car door, I got a stick and I flicked it off onto the ground.

It then went behind my front tire, I then got into the car and reversed, I don't know if it moved away before then.

I suppose we could all offer some stories about the huntsman. My wife and I were traveling along Mt Dandenong road, and pulled up at the lights. A massive huntsman detached itself from wherever it was hiding and wandered aimlessly across the passenger side window 3 inches from the wife's left cheek. That it was on the outside made no difference to my wife's reaction... Which was horror... And it decided to curl up behind the rear view mirror on the left door pillar. My wife was not happy. But the people in the car next to us found the entire event totally hilarious and made their day I'm sure.
Situations like that call for a calm relaxed demeanor on the part of the driver... Me... Husband and skillful diplomat... Empathy... And an innate talent for hiding a total meltdown of uncontrollable laughter under the guise of compassion and a sincere promise to deal with the issue as soon as practicable.
What made it all worse was that it was the very same spider that crawled across the windscreen as we were departing our own driveway 15 minutes before hand and my heartfelt reassurance that said spider would fall off as we accelerated down the road. Clearly said arachnid had different intentions.

 

[amadeus]

In those days, they built cars to last. Heavy steel frames and sheet metal that could take a hit without crumpling like foil. But not all modern cars are junk. When my daughter wanted a smart car, I was concerned about safety. I shouldn't have been. I found a video where the company ran an unmanned smart car into a masonry wall at 60 miles an hour.

Most of the car flew off in a cloud of broken parts. Except the passenger compartment, which was intact. You could even open the doors. And that satisfied me.

My best friend offline who died 3-1-2020 bought a new Smart car several years ago. He was attracted like you to that strong passenger compartment. Against his wife's objections to the tiny car he bought it. I wish I could say he and his car lived happily ever after. On the contrary, he had continuous trouble with it. It was all covered under warranty, but he had to take to the car to a dealer about 50 miles away for each episode. If it were once it would not have been bad. It was an ever repeating sequence [I lost track of the times] for which he finally ran out of patience got rid of the car.

 

[Helen]

What I did on my summer vacation...

Mrs. Yehren wanted a small seating area in the corner of the yard by the gate. I decided to extend the patio to another level.

Awesome! My husband is not a handy man.
Anytime you want to visit Canada come on up and bring your tools!

 

[Yehren]

Awesome! My husband is not a handy man.
Anytime you want to visit Canada come on up and bring your tools!

Until my late 60s, I wasn't very handy, either. Then I just started trying to do stuff. Eventually, one learns. And a hint:
No matter what it is you want to do, someone has done it and put it on You Tube. It's been a genuine education for me.