Photos, videos and docs of Robert Swanson, with the keywords: "lake"

Back Porch View (Snow on Sunflowers)

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:16:54 +0000

Taken from our back porch, after our first snow of the season. We went from 60+ degreesF, to 20F nearly overnight.

The lovely yellow sunflowers finished their cycle, were covered with birds preparing for their flights south, and now are decorated with snow. Snow was still falling when I took this photo.

Probably looks good on a black background.

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Water Birds Zuerich (H.A.N.W.E.)

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 16:07:46 +0000

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Taken when we visited Zuerich in early 1992. We had a Eurrail Pass so could take the boating trip around Lake Zuerich. The sun was just poking through the clouds on this cold February day. I guess we have a goose and some mudhens near the boat dock.

Image professionally scanned from print and modified with GIMP.

Please take a look on a black background.

Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park, Maine

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 20:04:11 +0000

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The shoreline of the lakes in Acadia are very scenic. Here we see a bit of the morning fog, and the large rocks that make up the shore.

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Ship Ahead is Leaving the Gatun Locks, Heading for the Caribbean

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 05 May 2020 21:09:22 +0000

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Seen during our 2004 transit of the Panama Canal.

More photos at:

swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Gatun Lock Building

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 05 May 2020 21:09:35 +0000

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Seen from our transit of the Panama Canal in 2004.

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swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

The Gaillard Cut Required Blasting Through Mountains

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 05 May 2020 21:09:32 +0000

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Part of our transit of the Panama Canal in 2004.

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swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Pedro Miguel Lock Building (1913)

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 05 May 2020 21:09:29 +0000

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Original buildings in the Panama Canal, seen during our transit in 2004.

For the Sunday Challenge the building itself is a "street sign". Once you see the sign, you know where you are.

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swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Container Ship in Gatun Locks

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 05 May 2020 21:09:27 +0000

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They were next to us during our transit in 2004. They are locking down, soon to enter the Caribbean.

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swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Crowded in the Gatun Locks

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 05 May 2020 21:09:25 +0000

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Pretty tight.

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swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Brown Bear, Haines, Alaska (See Sunday Challenge narrative)

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 21:02:08 +0000

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We were visiting a state park near Haines, Alaska, when a crowd of people moved towards us rather rapidly. They said there was a brown bear walking along the lakeshore and they were getting out of the way.

We set up our long telephoto lenses on our cameras, and took a look around. Indeed this bear was walking the shoreline, and we managed to get some interesting views.

OK, now for the Sunday Challenge. I noted from the invitation that the subject could be an actual "sliding door" or some such object, or could be a moment in one's life where a simple decision could have a major effect.

Of all the photos I've posted to Ipernity, this would be the nearest to a "sliding door" moment. We drove into the parking lot of the state park, and took our cameras out for some photo opportunities. I was first out, while Sandra gathered her equipment. I turned right, and walked to the hill overlooking the lake and river. There was the bear, and this is the photo. If I had turned left, I would have walked right into the path of this grizzly bear, and who can predict the outcome of that collision.

On review, I consider many such "sliding door" experiences in my life, but I cannot immediately find any other photos that would express them. That is a bit ironic, since it seems like I had a camera around my neck for most of my youth, from 15 years old and onward.