Colin Woods Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Thanks to everyone who voted for the picture of me and my wife playing with the clear air and perspective in the gorgeous Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. This months' subject is a nice, easy open subject - My Favourite Place. Its summer, holiday and travel time for many people, so send in shots of that special place where you feel really at home. It might be just down the road or it may be half the globe away. Its a very easy subject and everyone has a favourite place. New members, join in and send in your shots, and any members who haven't entered for a while (yup, I'm talking to you Philippe) can also post something. Rules are as usual, no more than three pics per person, you must (of course) be the owner of the pictures and the closing date is 31st July. I will then pick the top 8 and you will vote. Simple enough. To get you all started, three from my favourite places Glorious Berlin, the eye of the storm of 20th century history and home to great nights out, great beer and some of the most easy going, polite and friendly people around. Go there after spending some time in aggressive England and be pleasantly surprised by the difference. Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. Just stunning, it was love at first sight for me. If you find yourself in this corner of the world be sure to go there, and don't be fobbed off by those who say that the north of Chile is just as good. Its not. Just don't go at the height of the tourist season. The Alps. An enduring romance for me, high peaks and deep valleys, long tiring days out in thin air, defeat and victory on the ridges and faces and beers back in town after. Grand days out that do fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds' worth of distance run. Happy posting all and I look forward to seeing you favourite places, and if they are Berlin, Bolivia or the Alps, I'll see you there. Cheers Col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 A fun subject. First, one of my favourite places - the back of a horse The Toronto Zoo And the Serengeti in Africa. I have only gone once but crave to go again. It changed my whole perspective on life itself and how I live mine. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Santa Barbara... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York Photographer Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Vastervik Sweden, just got back, and can't wait to go again! (not yet on alamy, but will be soon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I have some favourite places but no images of them. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I have some favourite places but no images of them. Allan Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reimar Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I have some favourite places but no images of them. Allan Ditto Well, there's an assignment for you guys. Me, I'm having trouble picking only three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Todd Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I have some favourite places but no images of them. Allan Ditto Well, there's an assignment for you guys. Me, I'm having trouble picking only three. I think Allan was alluding to the fact his wife won't let him photograph his 'favourite' places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 The beautiful Spanish colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, is one of my favourite places. Have to admit, though, that I liked it better before everyone else discovered it. So please don't go. ... and, yes, they now even have a Starbucks to be continued... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Fun concept for the challenge! I spent a fair amount of time in the Caribbean and here are a couple of my fave places and then a shot close to home. One of the prettiest beaches I have every seen, this one is on Anguilla Nevis is the island that I went to most over the years and my very first tropical island experience, back in the mid 80's\ Ten minutes from my home in Maryland (USA), sometimes it is easy to forget that home can be beautiful too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 My favorite OUTDOORS spot is Norman J. Levy Park & Preserve - a reclaimed garbage dump in wetlands of Merrick, South Shore of Long Island, New York: DPE9Y2: Norman J. Levy Park & Preserve Manhattan's a close runner up, and among my favorite memories of spots are: Catskills mountain lake in New York during thunderstorm Castle in Loire Valley, France during a Son et Lumiere fun topic, Colin! - Ann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I have some favourite places but no images of them. Allan Ditto Well, there's an assignment for you guys. Me, I'm having trouble picking only three. I think Allan was alluding to the fact his wife won't let him photograph his 'favourite' places ...and I would like to clearly state here and now that I wasn't ! Anyhoo, I might be able to scrape up one or two from old scans of slides/negs (so forgive the poor quality). Going to be literal here, as this subject is just too huge to begin thinking laterally. Many, many places I've travelled in the past that I'd love to return to, (can't see it happening, though ) among them being: #1 Hsinbyume Paya, Mingun, Sagaing, Burma #2 Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe, Burma #3 New York, NY, USA (1980! - from the World Trade Centre) Sorry about the watermarks - lost the original scans and .jpgs in a hard drive crash a number of years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winstainforth Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I went to Ko Phi Phi last year, although I was told it had been ruined the north of the island still has some untouched beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Palmer Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 It's true, you don't have to travel across the globe to find profound beauty. Here are two spots I've found in just the last year within driving distance of home. Last Fall I stole a weekend and drove north into the Mountains of North Carolina and found Gorges State Park. The walk back to Rainbow Falls took me over an hour (I'm sure others do it faster) but was well worth the effort. I so want to go back when I have more time. Near Fernandina Beach and just a little north of Jacksonville, Florida I found this little creek that the business highway passes over. Because of the color you might mistake this for an autumn shot but it's actually early Spring and the color is from the buds and new leaves. I so wish I'd had a kayak or canoe available to take a little trip up this backwater creek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I have thought about using images from three different places because I have had the wonderful good fortune to be able to go to Africa twice, to Alaska twice and to the Svalbard Archipelago where our Russian captain got our ship all the way into the ice to see polar bear moms and their cubs. I've decided to just do Kenya. A very long time ago I read a book called "Raising Daisy Rothschild" about a British couple who raised a Rothschild giraffe at their manor in an effort to save that particular kind of giraffe in that part of Kenya. When they let her go free to join the Masai giraffes that visited their property she just wanted to go into the house with them. Not possible, of course, but she would stick her head in the windows. It is a hotel now and when I realized that it is in Nairobi where my first Africa trip was beginning I decided to spend the extra money to stay a couple of nights there and fulfill a dream. The giraffes do stick their heads into the windows and I got giraffe slobber all over my hands as i fed them. Absolute heaven and I was in tears when I had to leave... D5P2CH Giraffe Manor Also in Nairobi is the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage where elephant babies are brought up together until they can be moved to a large park and be integrated with wild elephants. They wear blankets to protect their skin because when they are with their mothers they are in the shade of her body... D6D07H Orphan elephant baby blowing bubbles... Then I went on to the Masai Mara where on my very first game drive we came upon a cheetah lying on a termite mound. So beautiful… CNM1M5 Cheetah... Kenya is a very special place. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Born and raised in Co. Durham, love to travel but always happy to come home. Durham cathedral and castle reflected in the river Wear. View from Lanchester railway walk Autumn colours Durham City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I have some favourite places but no images of them. Allan Ditto Well, there's an assignment for you guys. Me, I'm having trouble picking only three. I think Allan was alluding to the fact his wife won't let him photograph his 'favourite' places Unfortunately THOSE places were taken from me in 2000. No, I was referring to other places and if I had the time I would go and get some images to load to Alamy for this comp but not telling you were in case you beat me to them. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Autumn colours Durham City. I like this image, it is so good I think you ought to enter it in a competition. Oh! You have. Allan (another Co. Durham born and bred. Give my regards to Sunderland.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Todd Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I have some favourite places but no images of them. Allan Ditto Well, there's an assignment for you guys. Me, I'm having trouble picking only three. I think Allan was alluding to the fact his wife won't let him photograph his 'favourite' places Unfortunately THOSE places were taken from me in 2000. No, I was referring to other places and if I had the time I would go and get some images to load to Alamy for this comp but not telling you were in case you beat me to them. Allan Sorry Allan. I should think sometimes before posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I have some favourite places but no images of them. Allan Ditto Well, there's an assignment for you guys. Me, I'm having trouble picking only three. I think Allan was alluding to the fact his wife won't let him photograph his 'favourite' places Unfortunately THOSE places were taken from me in 2000. No, I was referring to other places and if I had the time I would go and get some images to load to Alamy for this comp but not telling you were in case you beat me to them. Allan Sorry Allan. I should think sometimes before posting Please don't worry Alex, you were not to know and I took it in the spirit that it was meant. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 There's a certain theme here, but there we are. Behind a pint in the curry house where OH and I had our first date Behind a glass of Bernkasteler Doctor riesling on the Mosel Behind a round of late-night (or if you prefer early-morning) cocktails, Campo San Giacomo di Rialto, Venice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reimar Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I was seriously thinking of just picking my best shots (whatever that is) from around the world, because I love all the places I've traveled to. I even had some contenders from my home city of Toronto. But in my heart of hearts, what I really love are the Rocky Mountains, Banff in particular. So my three selections are basically of the same place - Vermillion Lakes near Banff with Mount Rundle, Sulfur Mountain at sunrise, and evenings. Panorama of red sunrise over Second Vermillion Lake in Banff Alberta Evening light on third Vermillion Lake with Mount Rundle and Sulphur Mountain Sulfur mountain yellow evening breakthrough light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York Photographer Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Vastervik Sweden again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Elliott Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I was seriously thinking of just picking my best shots (whatever that is) from around the world, because I love all the places I've traveled to. I even had some contenders from my home city of Toronto. But in my heart of hearts, what I really love are the Rocky Mountains, Banff in particular. So my three selections are basically of the same place - Vermillion Lakes near Banff with Mount Rundle, Sulfur Mountain at sunrise, and evenings. Panorama of red sunrise over Second Vermillion Lake in Banff Alberta Evening light on third Vermillion Lake with Mount Rundle and Sulphur Mountain Sulfur mountain yellow evening breakthrough light Nice! I am hoping to be able to get there next year. i certainly have the airmiles just need to make sure the funds for the rest of it are there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 My favourite place in the whole world is underwater, especially when I get the chance to swim with and photograph large numbers of sharks If I can't be underwater, spending time in a bat colony is probably my favourite "above" place And when I'm travelling, visiting the Hindu temples of Bali is my favourite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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