Photography - Page 35

**Mari** · 12-03-2007, 07:10 PM

Here are some pics of my mountain in the clouds. In Japan I lived on top of a mountain at the universities dormitory. Because we were next to a bay, we often had these cloudy days.

Nautipus · 12-03-2007, 07:15 PM

Wow that is really pretty. My favorite is the one on top. That mist rolling in is very pretty. Oh, btw....How di you get your pics up?! I dont know how to do that and would love to post some pics!!

**Mari** · 12-03-2007, 07:19 PM

This is the same spot at sunrise.

I took this picture in Okinawa and it's one of my favorites. I use it as background when I'm in the mood for it

At a Japanese shrine.

I have a lot of pictures from Japan, but I won't throw them all at you. There must be around a 1000!

Nautipus · 12-03-2007, 07:20 PM

Holy Cow, Mari!! Those last three pics were beautiful. I actually am divided between the top and bottom ones. They are all gorgeus!!

**Mari** · 12-03-2007, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nautipus

Wow that is really pretty. My favorite is the one on top. That mist rolling in is very pretty. Oh, btw....How di you get your pics up?! I dont know how to do that and would love to post some pics!!

I just found out myself. hehe. You don't have myspace do you? Because I just right-clicked on the allready uploaded pictures, then went to properties and copied the http address it mentions at location and pasted it here in the box you get when clicking on insert image.
By the way, the real thing was waaaaaaay prettier.

Grey_Wolf · 12-03-2007, 07:22 PM

Beautiful pics Mari!

Nautipus · 12-03-2007, 07:31 PM

Here's a couple pics of a cottonmouth(a type of pit viper, for those who dont know) we found on a trip to the coast. Pic looks alot better on my computer, and I cant get those black bars to go away, but there they are.
Cottonmouth1
Cottonmouth2
Here's a tiny green snake we found.
Green Snake
I thought that this pic looked cool. It looks like the horses legs are on fire.
Horse
And here's a funny little pic of a Margarita snail and a tiny tube worm. This is in my tank.
Snail

***Earniel*** · 12-03-2007, 07:34 PM

That last picture looks great, Mari. I adore that sort of Japanese garden.

**Mari** · 12-03-2007, 07:35 PM

Where? I don't see anything?

Nautipus · 12-03-2007, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mari

Where? I don't see anything?

I accidentally posted too soon.

but they're up now.

**Mari** · 12-03-2007, 07:40 PM

Really? This is the most famous Zen-garden at the Ryouanji:

And a gate in a city in my backyard

Nearer:

Hmm, too bad there are people in it.

Nautipus · 12-03-2007, 07:42 PM

Mari, explain to me what the purpose of a Zen garden is. I really dont know.

**Mari** · 12-03-2007, 07:50 PM

So the monks maintaining it can get money from the entrancefees...

They were used for meditation and are thought off as symbols of enlightenment and showing the path to enlightenment. Also they are thought of as pure somehow.
Every garden has a different number of stones, but the placement of patterns is always the same.
I'm sorry, I don't know how to explain it well. They are different, but in a different way they are all the same.
Also sometimes it is said that the gravel represents water the moss islands and the rocks mountains.

***Earniel*** · 12-03-2007, 07:51 PM

Oh, those are so cool, thanks.

I definitely also like that wooden gate, with the inlaid stone floor. I have a thing for such structures for some reason. I dunno why but it strikes a chord with me.

**Mari** · 12-11-2007, 03:23 PM

The local hot springs

They are also called "the hell" and all of them have different colors.

Grey_Wolf · 12-11-2007, 04:46 PM

Nice pics, mari!

**Mari** · 12-11-2007, 05:20 PM

I love the top picture. It's hilarious!

In Japanese it doesn't say that you will be boiled, they only ask you not to enter the pond.

***Earniel*** · 12-11-2007, 06:57 PM

Cool looking. Have you been in there yourself, Mari? Did it smell or taste sulfur-y? I ask this not because of the nick-name ' the hell', mind you, just out of geological interest.

**Mari** · 12-12-2007, 04:28 AM

It depended a bit on the minerals mixed in with the water, but generally the whole area smelled like sulfur. The entire city was build on a volcano (or near, whatever) and especially in the Kannawa-district which is higher up the mountain, they have special manholes for the smoke to escape through. The entire district permanently smelled like it.
Sometimes when the wind was right, we would even smell it on top of our mountain.

Hot springs are really very nice

Especially the very hot ones. You burn off your outer nerves, but it feels great!

Nerdanel · 12-12-2007, 07:06 PM

I miss taking pictures.. I found some month-old ones on my camera today, they're taken in the reptile house here in Helsinki.. Beautiful animals.

I have to admit that I can't remember what bird this was..

Green mamba (Dendroaspis)

Same as above

Can't remember the name of this one either.. >.<

This beauty is a carpet python, Morelia spilota

12-03-2007, 07:10 PM	#681
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Here are some pics of my mountain in the clouds. In Japan I lived on top of a mountain at the universities dormitory. Because we were next to a bay, we often had these cloudy days. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-03-2007, 07:15 PM	#682
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	Wow that is really pretty. My favorite is the one on top. That mist rolling in is very pretty. Oh, btw....How di you get your pics up?! I dont know how to do that and would love to post some pics!! __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

12-03-2007, 07:19 PM	#683
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	This is the same spot at sunrise. I took this picture in Okinawa and it's one of my favorites. I use it as background when I'm in the mood for it At a Japanese shrine. I have a lot of pictures from Japan, but I won't throw them all at you. There must be around a 1000! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-03-2007, 07:20 PM	#684
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	Holy Cow, Mari!! Those last three pics were beautiful. I actually am divided between the top and bottom ones. They are all gorgeus!! __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

12-03-2007, 07:31 PM	#687
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	Here's a couple pics of a cottonmouth(a type of pit viper, for those who dont know) we found on a trip to the coast. Pic looks alot better on my computer, and I cant get those black bars to go away, but there they are. Cottonmouth1 Cottonmouth2 Here's a tiny green snake we found. Green Snake I thought that this pic looked cool. It looks like the horses legs are on fire. Horse And here's a funny little pic of a Margarita snail and a tiny tube worm. This is in my tank. Snail __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there Last edited by Nautipus : 12-03-2007 at 07:36 PM.

12-03-2007, 07:22 PM	#686
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Beautiful pics Mari!

12-03-2007, 07:34 PM	#688
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	That last picture looks great, Mari. I adore that sort of Japanese garden. __________________ We are not things.

12-03-2007, 07:35 PM	#689
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Where? I don't see anything? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-03-2007, 07:40 PM	#691
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Really? This is the most famous Zen-garden at the Ryouanji: And a gate in a city in my backyard Nearer: Hmm, too bad there are people in it. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-03-2007, 07:42 PM	#692
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	Mari, explain to me what the purpose of a Zen garden is. I really dont know. __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

12-03-2007, 07:50 PM	#693
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	So the monks maintaining it can get money from the entrancefees... They were used for meditation and are thought off as symbols of enlightenment and showing the path to enlightenment. Also they are thought of as pure somehow. Every garden has a different number of stones, but the placement of patterns is always the same. I'm sorry, I don't know how to explain it well. They are different, but in a different way they are all the same. Also sometimes it is said that the gravel represents water the moss islands and the rocks mountains. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"... Last edited by Mari : 12-03-2007 at 07:52 PM.

12-03-2007, 07:51 PM	#694
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Oh, those are so cool, thanks. I definitely also like that wooden gate, with the inlaid stone floor. I have a thing for such structures for some reason. I dunno why but it strikes a chord with me. __________________ We are not things.

12-11-2007, 03:23 PM	#695
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	The local hot springs They are also called "the hell" and all of them have different colors. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-11-2007, 04:46 PM	#696
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Nice pics, mari!

12-11-2007, 05:20 PM	#697
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	I love the top picture. It's hilarious! In Japanese it doesn't say that you will be boiled, they only ask you not to enter the pond. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-11-2007, 06:57 PM	#698
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Cool looking. Have you been in there yourself, Mari? Did it smell or taste sulfur-y? I ask this not because of the nick-name ' the hell', mind you, just out of geological interest. __________________ We are not things.

12-12-2007, 04:28 AM	#699
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	It depended a bit on the minerals mixed in with the water, but generally the whole area smelled like sulfur. The entire city was build on a volcano (or near, whatever) and especially in the Kannawa-district which is higher up the mountain, they have special manholes for the smoke to escape through. The entire district permanently smelled like it. Sometimes when the wind was right, we would even smell it on top of our mountain. Hot springs are really very nice Especially the very hot ones. You burn off your outer nerves, but it feels great! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-12-2007, 07:06 PM	#700
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	I miss taking pictures.. I found some month-old ones on my camera today, they're taken in the reptile house here in Helsinki.. Beautiful animals. I have to admit that I can't remember what bird this was.. Green mamba (Dendroaspis) Same as above Can't remember the name of this one either.. >.< This beauty is a carpet python, Morelia spilota __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

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