Thematic Scenics and 'Scapes

**WPRESTO** · 12-31-2020, 05:42 AM

View from the lip of Kilauea caldera. The currently active Halemaumau is the almost circular depression out there in the floor of this much larger depression, with a little steam rising from it. SCAN

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scratchpaddy · 12-31-2020, 11:36 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by taks

creek along Talapus Lake Trail

Excellent winter scenes! I enjoy being able to see them, instead of feel them. Our weather is a little cooler than normal right now. High of only 61° today. Plenty cold enough for us, thanks.

From yesterday's walk in the park:

**paulh** · 12-31-2020, 11:46 AM - **1 Like**

My wife took this phone shot on a windy evening at flooded Lake Grapevine TX

**taks** · 12-31-2020, 01:32 PM

Originally posted by scratchpaddy

Excellent winter scenes! I enjoy being able to see them, instead of feel them.

Thank you. Its impressive how a bit of snow makes things so pretty

**ramseybuckeye** · 12-31-2020, 04:32 PM - **3 Likes**

I don't think I've posted is early morning shot in the forum

Aaron28 · 01-01-2021, 08:33 PM - **2 Likes**

this evening's sky! decatur, alabama

industar 50-2 50/f3.5 M42 @f5.6.....K-50

**paulh** · 01-02-2021, 11:06 AM - **1 Like**

Jeannie staying in the shadows - Grapevine TX

**WPRESTO** · 01-02-2021, 03:03 PM - **3 Likes**

Three views taken from a tour bus en route to Neuschwanstein castle. The combination of overcast skies, occasional snow, and tinted windows made for a strange color cast, so I converted all the images to B&W.

**paulh** · 01-03-2021, 11:26 AM - **1 Like**

Another phone snap from the trails at Camarillo Grove park - that's the 101 freeway along the top of the ridge...

**taks** · 01-05-2021, 09:43 AM - **4 Likes**

Snoqualmie River

**WPRESTO** · 01-05-2021, 10:29 AM - **3 Likes**

Is it necessary to name the city?

dbs · 01-05-2021, 02:59 PM

Umm ... yes

I have seen that bridge design in other countries around the world, ... just not as big

scratchpaddy · 01-05-2021, 06:22 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Is it necessary to name the city?

I'm not well traveled, so I gave up and saw you had the answer in the filename. I was helpless without the Opera House in the frame.

I had fun looking at the map to see where you were, exactly. The InterContinental hotel?

**WPRESTO** · 01-06-2021, 06:05 AM

Originally posted by scratchpaddy

I'm not well traveled, so I gave up and saw you had the answer in the filename. I was helpless without the Opera House in the frame.

I had fun looking at the map to see where you were, exactly. The InterContinental hotel?

Yes. Accommodations arranged by an agent who booked all our tours, several of them to see all we wanted to see. With one exception, the hotels were far more upscale than we would have considered if we were making the bookings ourselves, but, as usual, the agent was able to get far better prices that we could have obtained directly. The place we stayed in Melbourne was especially upscale, but we weren't able to enjoy it much. The breakfast room was spectacular = high up in the building with an all-glass outer wall overlooking the city, and the buffet was outstanding, but every morning we had a street-side pickup for a tour, sometimes several blocks away from the hotel, within 30 minutes of when breakfast started. So it was mostly gulp-it-down-fast and move out as quickly as possible. Both of us were frustrated with that, as a leisurely breakfast in that room would have been a fine thing.

BTW: I have already posted, but will re-post today, a view from our room but swung to the right where you can see the Sidney Opera House which is even more interesting up close and inside than from a distance..

**WPRESTO** · 01-06-2021, 12:06 PM - **1 Like**

A WA view from our room in Sidney.

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12-31-2020, 11:36 AM - 3 Likes	#2522
scratchpaddy Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Phoenix Posts: 3,361	Originally posted by taks creek along Talapus Lake Trail Excellent winter scenes! I enjoy being able to see them, instead of feel them. Our weather is a little cooler than normal right now. High of only 61° today. Plenty cold enough for us, thanks. From yesterday's walk in the park:

12-31-2020, 11:46 AM - 1 Like	#2523
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,262 Original Poster	My wife took this phone shot on a windy evening at flooded Lake Grapevine TX

12-31-2020, 01:32 PM	#2524
taks Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,778	Originally posted by scratchpaddy Excellent winter scenes! I enjoy being able to see them, instead of feel them. Thank you. Its impressive how a bit of snow makes things so pretty

12-31-2020, 04:32 PM - 3 Likes	#2525
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,291	I don't think I've posted is early morning shot in the forum

01-01-2021, 08:33 PM - 2 Likes	#2526
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	this evening's sky! decatur, alabama industar 50-2 50/f3.5 M42 @f5.6.....K-50

01-02-2021, 11:06 AM - 1 Like	#2527
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,262 Original Poster	Jeannie staying in the shadows - Grapevine TX

01-03-2021, 11:26 AM - 1 Like	#2529
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,262 Original Poster	Another phone snap from the trails at Camarillo Grove park - that's the 101 freeway along the top of the ridge...

01-05-2021, 09:43 AM - 4 Likes	#2530
taks Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,778	Snoqualmie River

01-05-2021, 02:59 PM	#2532
dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,563	Umm ... yes I have seen that bridge design in other countries around the world, ... just not as big

01-05-2021, 06:22 PM	#2533
scratchpaddy Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Phoenix Posts: 3,361	Originally posted by WPRESTO Is it necessary to name the city? I'm not well traveled, so I gave up and saw you had the answer in the filename. I was helpless without the Opera House in the frame. I had fun looking at the map to see where you were, exactly. The InterContinental hotel?

01-06-2021, 06:05 AM	#2534
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,104	Originally posted by scratchpaddy I'm not well traveled, so I gave up and saw you had the answer in the filename. I was helpless without the Opera House in the frame. I had fun looking at the map to see where you were, exactly. The InterContinental hotel? Yes. Accommodations arranged by an agent who booked all our tours, several of them to see all we wanted to see. With one exception, the hotels were far more upscale than we would have considered if we were making the bookings ourselves, but, as usual, the agent was able to get far better prices that we could have obtained directly. The place we stayed in Melbourne was especially upscale, but we weren't able to enjoy it much. The breakfast room was spectacular = high up in the building with an all-glass outer wall overlooking the city, and the buffet was outstanding, but every morning we had a street-side pickup for a tour, sometimes several blocks away from the hotel, within 30 minutes of when breakfast started. So it was mostly gulp-it-down-fast and move out as quickly as possible. Both of us were frustrated with that, as a leisurely breakfast in that room would have been a fine thing. BTW: I have already posted, but will re-post today, a view from our room but swung to the right where you can see the Sidney Opera House which is even more interesting up close and inside than from a distance..