thirdsun: your pic of the child is very beautiful. thanks.

thanks, dlish, for the additional photos of the Yemeni boys. That's a really nice set with some awesome subjects.

thanks, girldetective, for the photo compliment!

going some through some older stuff...

this was taken with a film camera using b/w film and a yellow filter...it's still one of my favorites
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/3...c828bc8d_o.jpg

a few more...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2351/...29917a8a_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/...40cb71b924.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/...4613ed019d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/...7b42fa00cc.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/...9230585ed7.jpg

I didn't realize until today that I have, in fact, (conceivably) two dead people in my collection of shots.

Father and Daughter at the Fountain
 

Taken in the Jardines Reales Alcazares - Sevilla, Spain

Spanish men are known for their devotion to family, especially their daughters. I thought this image really captured that sentiment.

Shot during the tea-party rally in Washington DC, Sept. 12


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/...ecdc49c1_o.jpg

We took the boo to a Halloween event yesterday. She didn't wear her costume because it was too hot (scorching hot & no shade; I felt really bad for some of these kids) but I did manage to get a few shots of the costume contests that I liked.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/...70db3a3fc3.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2497/...1b21f8be1e.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2545/...f241324b1b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3510/...097a2d13ae.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/...b1e9e56d05.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/...02296ba818.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2612/...72b11140b8.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2460/...4283ff288b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2509/...2b49e42bd3.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2691/...9a0f6d332f.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3491/...f2b9980135.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2634/...83d243030d.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/...7052bda22c.jpg

i went to a night organised for cultural understanding between the east and west.

managed to snap this one. an emirati man giving and english woman kahwa (arabic coffee)

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/IMG_7657.jpg

These ladies are tea pickers, in the highlands of Sri Lanka. I'm not sure if they were joking about me wearing a sarong, or that I had just walked past them and they were surprised. I like the slice of life shot:

http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/u...teapickers.jpg

Over the past year and a half there have been monumental changes in lives of my sister and I...some of which led to misunderstandings and hurt feelings. Her unhappy marriage and depression was the root of it all. These pictures were taken last month during a weekend get away to help get over it all. We have different ways of seeing life's events, but we're finally on track with each other again. I love her.

I took this of her...

http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/s...0710Medium.jpg

...and she took this of me.

http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/s...0706Medium.jpg

Was it intentional that she is gazing upon dark clouds and you upon light clouds?

excellent, seamaiden. thank you for sharing those, and your story.

No...nothing like that was going through my mind when I took her photo, can't say for sure what she was thinking, but to me they do symbolize our different ways of looking at things. Good interpretation on your part, though.

I liked how this photo captured her hands and facial expression, echoing the religious iconography of the saints. She was the annual Swamp Buggy Queen, a long-standing tradition and highly-esteemed honor in Naples, on a scale as revered as any royalty or goddess or saint. She presided over the swamp buggy races all day in the hot sun. Taken on October 25, 2009 with a Sigma 50-500mm lens.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2526/...24aab42f_b.jpg

These pictures are amazing. As much as I like the quiet or here where I live, a part of me really misses all the people and happenings of the city.

This thread makes me long to go back. Sigh.

A night out with my lover...

http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/s...433_296609.jpg:hearts:

now that is some fun tongue........:thumbsup:

My sister. Christmas morning. We both got cameras, opened them and took pictures of eachother taking pictures of eachother.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h9...conite/001.jpg

This is one of my best friends. We took a roadtrip to the next town over for lunch, got a flat tire, and ended up sitting on the sit of the road for an hour waiting for her mother to come rescue us. I love this picture.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h9...conite/015.jpg

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._5353958_n.jpg

Bear Cub and I.

Nice to see this thread is being kept alive with so many lovely contributions. Don't stop.

LBC, if you're gonna lock lips with that hooligan then I hope your life insurance is paid up.

Ensenada-1989:
I'll post some more recent ones soon.
I have troubles leaving the house sometimes.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...ile0008-19.jpg

"Party"
http://i45.tinypic.com/20z1uop.jpg

for a second i thought i was in 'post your portrait thread...

phew..thought MSD was looking a bit different!

A quick one of starkizzer with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS that I have for a bit.

Portrait artist Laurel Boeck doing a live demonstration. Her agent/publicist is going to be using this on her website and for publicity.
http://i49.tinypic.com/2lm5oas.jpg

These are excellent pictures. I hope to do as well soon. Bought my first digital camera last month. Had $20,000 worth of old equipment I sold for a five hundred dollar digital.
Whatever?
Jim Davis

The Steve
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs471...._2136741_n.jpg

my friend jessica, shot with a sony-cybershot of some sort.

I got a new lens today. :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/...3186a6dc_b.jpg

wow, that is pretty incredible to look at :)