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Post by Petruchio - Good God on Oct 5, 2011 13:06:55 GMT
GE2 and LTMNRS.... Your pics are fab, really beautiful and awesome... Thx for sharing them...
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Post by zenina on Oct 6, 2011 16:18:47 GMT
I know I'm a rare guest these days, but believe me I'm lurking ;D Thanks for sharing all the beautiful pics, just wanted to share some of my two last hiking trips in the swiss alps.    We actually wanted to hike to the lake you can see in the pic above but were running out of time (after we had already crawled up a mountain). So we made another effort the following week from another point and walked along 4 mountain lakes - 2 of them you see in the following pictures.   This two pics above are from the second lake - the path to the 3rd lake was sometimes a bit - well see yourself   The 3rd lake was really lovely.    Of course we had to crawl up another mountain in the end  but it was a fantastic day - hope you enjoy the pics. |
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Post by kissmekate on Oct 6, 2011 17:06:08 GMT
Breathtaking views!  Great photos  |
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Post by lovethemanrs on Oct 6, 2011 17:43:09 GMT
Ohh zenina, these are beautiful shots from your hike. I especially love the lake 2 pair with the reflections....stunning.
As for lake 3!!! OMG it's so near the edge.
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Oct 6, 2011 19:53:52 GMT
Fabulous pics, Zenina - especially the last one. That mountain pathway is scary!
(I stayed at a beautiful place called Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies a few years ago - after the snow had melted following a heavy overnight fall, we hiked up one of the trails, not realising until slipping and sliding back down later that there was a virtual sheer drop into the lake only about a foot off the pathway, a couple of hundred feet up. Yikes!)
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Post by lassie on Oct 6, 2011 21:18:53 GMT
Gorgeous photos - it doesn't look real, so beautiful.
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Oct 9, 2011 13:11:29 GMT
My day out at Poole and Brownsea Island on 28 September doesn't compare with Zenina's hiking trip pics, but I thought you might want to see them anyway:  Poole Harbour has a very narrow entrance, and just past that and into Poole Bay is this little beach, on the right - I can't find an official name for it, but as it's at Shell Bay I suppose it must be Shell Beach!   I was shooting into the sun on this one and couldn't see the monitor, plus it was hazy, so I'm quite pleased it came out as well as it did. That's Old Harry Rocks with Ballard Down above. At the far left is Swanage Bay, where I was the previous Wednesday.  My second boat trip of the day was to Brownsea Island, a National Trust nature reserve in Poole Harbour.  Much of it is woodland, but the south side of the island has stunning views from the cliffs - that's the view to the harbour entrance with Poole Bay beyond. Shell Bay is top right.  And another view from further along the cliff - you can see here how narrow the harbour entrance is.  Some of the interior of Brownsea is landscaped, and there's a pretty little church there.  And peacocks everywhere! Many were just flopped on the ground, it was so warm that day. You can see the trees are just starting to change colour.  The peacocks allow people to get up really close - unortunately for me, they lose their magnificent tail feathers early in September, once the breeding season is over.  In fact, I saw very little wildlife there, it was so warm - but this jackdaw kindly posed for me as i was waiting for the boat back to the mainland. The main reason for visiting Brownsea was to see the red squirrels, which are an endangered species in the UK, having been wiped out by the introduced greys which carry a virus fatal to the reds. I went on a guided walk to find them and spent most of my visit deep in the woods looking for them. Saw loads, up in the tree canopy and on the ground, but they are half the size of the greys and move fast those, critters! So here is my only shot:  Yes! That blurry reddy-brown thing in the centre is a red squirrel!  I'll get a better pic next time......  |
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Post by stama on Oct 9, 2011 18:37:52 GMT
Zenina and GE2, beautiful photos!!!
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Post by nell on Oct 9, 2011 19:45:58 GMT
Great pics ladies. GE2 those red squirrels are fast movers aren't they?
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Post by kissmekate on Oct 10, 2011 8:07:17 GMT
Lovely pics again, GE2 (and of course that must be Shell Beach! ) That squirrel  |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Oct 10, 2011 17:21:02 GMT
Thanks, ladies. That last squirrel was actually photographed on Brownsea - just not by me!
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Post by anyother on Oct 10, 2011 18:13:36 GMT
Lovely pics, Zenina and GE2! Your pics are really professional as well - how do you do it?
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Post by Petruchio - Good God on Oct 17, 2011 17:53:53 GMT
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Post by kissmekate on Oct 17, 2011 17:55:19 GMT
What a Rufus feast your holiday must have been! Great shots! |
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Post by lovethemanrs on Oct 17, 2011 18:25:04 GMT
Beautiful puppy...and love the hummingbird
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but it was a fantastic day - hope you enjoy the pics.
Great photos 
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