Picture-A-Week 2023 - Week 51

[pierces]

Pictures taken between Monday, December 18 and Sunday, December 24.

 

Week 51. The end is near...er! (Again, the end of 2023. No asteroids expected.)

 

Holiday madness is everywhere! Be a journalist! Show us what's going on around you!

 

 

Rules: See above

That's it. This isn't a contest.

All photos taken this week are welcome (not just cruising).

Prizes will not be awarded. Discovering the joy of photography is the prize.

The idea is to get folks out using their cameras for more than vacations and toddler birthdays.

Post one. Post many. Up to you.

Have fun with your camera and share your fun with others!

[boeckli]

Cruise ship fusion 😉 ??

 

 

Virgin's Resilient Lady making way for us (Majestic Princess)  in Hobart,  Tasmania 

 

 

 

 

 

[pierces]

Sometimes nature gives you a gift. Late Friday afternoon, Kim and I were driving up to our favorite Mexican restaurant for an early dinner when I glimpsed a splash of color through the trees. It was a rainbow but appeared as a colored spike due to the rain falling from a very low cloud cover near the mountains and the low angle of the sun shining from a clear western horizon. There was nowhere to pull off to get a better view and the glimpses we got showed it fading away. As we neared the small airport on our route, the rain ahead of us started up again and the colors came back brighter than before. I pulled into the airport parking lot, jumped out and caught this odd example of nature’s beauty before it had a chance to fade away again.  

 

Rainspike

 

 

 

 

Dave

[boeckli]

20 minutes ago, pierces said:

Sometimes nature gives you a gift. Late Friday afternoon, Kim and I were driving up to our favorite Mexican restaurant for an early dinner when I glimpsed a splash of color through the trees. It was a rainbow but appeared as a colored spike due to the rain falling from a very low cloud cover near the mountains and the low angle of the sun shining from a clear western horizon. There was nowhere to pull off to get a better view and the glimpses we got showed it fading away. As we neared the small airport on our route, the rain ahead of us started up again and the colors came back brighter than before. I pulled into the airport parking lot, jumped out and caught this odd example of nature’s beauty before it had a chance to fade away again.  

 

Rainspike

 

 

 

 

Dave

 

Just WOW!! Thanks for catching and sharing 😀 

[TLCOhio]

Out in Kansas for Christmas.  Got snow yesterday morning and more snow coming today.   Cheating in with one pix from Dec. 25 together with most of them from a couple days prior.  Nice to have a White Christmas!!  See visual below as proof.  On our way here, spent a couple days in Kansas City, including at the historic Raphael Hotel overlooking the charming Country Club Plaza area.  

 

THANKS!  Enjoy!  Terry in Ohio

 

Sydney to NZ/Auckland Adventure, live/blog 2014 sampling/details with many exciting visuals and key highlights.  On page 23, post #571, see a complete index for all of the pictures, postings.  Now at 247,560 views.

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/1896175-solstice-live-australianzhawaii-many-pix’s-jan-20-feb-3/

 

YES, we had a "White Christmas" in Kansas near Fort Riley and the Manhattan campus of Kansas State University.:

(Open your screen/viewer wider to see these visuals larger/better!)

 

The lighted buildings in Kansas City's Country Club Plaza are wonderfully inspiring for this holiday period.:

 

 

 

To get ready for exploring India's Golden Triangle in February before boarding the Silver Moon in Mumbai, I visited the Kansas City Nelson-Atkins Museum with a nice collection of art from India and South Asia as shown below.:

 

[Tahitianbigkahuna]

Yesterday I played with my Christmas present to myself ... a Zeiss 25mm F/2 lens ...

 

The 2 dog pictures were taken at: 1/320, F/5.6, ISO4000

 

Sunset shots: 1/125, F/8, ISO100

[Tahitianbigkahuna]

We turned 40 head of goats loose into the pasture ... lawn mowers for fire protection. 

 

Sony RX10IV

600mm, 1/500, F/5.6, ISO500

[dileep]

Seville

[dileep]

Valencia