https://www.ipernity.com/tag/2543754/keyword/14907 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/200/8A/D0/2543754.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/2543754/keyword/14907 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 03:33:18 +0000 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 03:33:18 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53285970 tag:ipernity.com,2026-03-31,doc-53285970 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:32:39 +0000 2018-12-15T08:55:56-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53285970"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/59/70/53285970.01411af7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken in the desert near Casa Grande, Arizona. These markers are located close to the RV park where we spent many winters.<br /> <br /> The "target" is a group of concrete pads in that shape. There is a benchmark in the exact center. The operators of the spy satellites would take photos of these markers, and then check their locations against the exact positioning of the benchmark.<br /> <br /> This is a "circle in a square" for Sunday Challenge.<br /> <br /> Image taken with phone and processed with GIMP.</div> Spy Satellite Target Benchmark <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53285970"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/59/70/53285970.01411af7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken in the desert near Casa Grande, Arizona. These markers are located close to the RV park where we spent many winters.<br /> <br /> The "target" is a group of concrete pads in that shape. There is a benchmark in the exact center. The operators of the spy satellites would take photos of these markers, and then check their locations against the exact positioning of the benchmark.<br /> <br /> This is a "circle in a square" for Sunday Challenge.<br /> <br /> Image taken with phone and processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53352240 tag:ipernity.com,2026-06-16,doc-53352240 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:34:03 +0000 2026-06-16T10:34:03-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53352240"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/22/40/53352240.55371274.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken in the 1970's, when I lived in Southern California. I was riding my bike north of Claremont in the foothills, when I saw this stone "house". (I think that the building housed water pump machinery for the citrus groves located a few feet away.)<br /> <br /> Taken with a Stereo Realist. This image was one of the sides of the stereo pair; printed using an enlarger. The print was later scanned.<br /> <br /> Processed with GIMP.<br /> <br /> A bit more on this type of architecture: The foothills below Mt. San Antonio (Old Baldy) were mostly orange groves then, but I expect that it is all filled in by houses these days. Naturally, the area below that high mountain receives huge numbers and sizes of boulders as they wash down during the rains. Farmers realized that these stones could be cemented together to make the wall of a house. There are many "antique" houses in the Claremont and Upland area with this style of walls.</div> Stone House in Southern California (HWW) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53352240"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/22/40/53352240.55371274.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken in the 1970's, when I lived in Southern California. I was riding my bike north of Claremont in the foothills, when I saw this stone "house". (I think that the building housed water pump machinery for the citrus groves located a few feet away.)<br /> <br /> Taken with a Stereo Realist. This image was one of the sides of the stereo pair; printed using an enlarger. The print was later scanned.<br /> <br /> Processed with GIMP.<br /> <br /> A bit more on this type of architecture: The foothills below Mt. San Antonio (Old Baldy) were mostly orange groves then, but I expect that it is all filled in by houses these days. Naturally, the area below that high mountain receives huge numbers and sizes of boulders as they wash down during the rains. Farmers realized that these stones could be cemented together to make the wall of a house. There are many "antique" houses in the Claremont and Upland area with this style of walls.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53346806 tag:ipernity.com,2026-06-09,doc-53346806 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:46:04 +0000 2026-06-09T14:46:04-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53346806"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/68/06/53346806.d30b7c17.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken in 1967, while I was wandering around the older part of Boston. This was originally a color slide, professionally scanned.<br /> <br /> Here I tried a square crop and some attempt to tone the monochrome. Tried, but didn't like sharpening.<br /> <br /> Processed with GIMP.</div> Drain and Wall, Boston, 1967 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53346806"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/68/06/53346806.d30b7c17.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken in 1967, while I was wandering around the older part of Boston. This was originally a color slide, professionally scanned.<br /> <br /> Here I tried a square crop and some attempt to tone the monochrome. Tried, but didn't like sharpening.<br /> <br /> Processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53285998 tag:ipernity.com,2026-03-31,doc-53285998 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:50:27 +0000 2026-03-31T11:50:27-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53285998"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/59/98/53285998.3ab6c3ef.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Our cruise ship was tied up to a nice new dock system. This is one of the bollards holding a couple of lines from the ship.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Bollard and Fence, Belize <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53285998"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/59/98/53285998.3ab6c3ef.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Our cruise ship was tied up to a nice new dock system. This is one of the bollards holding a couple of lines from the ship.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53275326 tag:ipernity.com,2026-03-17,doc-53275326 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:55:45 +0000 2026-03-17T14:55:45-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53275326"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/53/26/53275326.338c1d91.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is taken through the front window. The handle seen here was used by the carman to operate this trolley car that used to run in the streets of Los Angeles. It, and some other units operate regularly on the streets of the museum compound.<br /> <br /> It currently is part of the collection of the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California.<br /> <br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> The Handle <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53275326"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/53/26/53275326.338c1d91.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is taken through the front window. The handle seen here was used by the carman to operate this trolley car that used to run in the streets of Los Angeles. It, and some other units operate regularly on the streets of the museum compound.<br /> <br /> It currently is part of the collection of the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California.<br /> <br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53264254 tag:ipernity.com,2026-03-06,doc-53264254 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:28:05 +0000 2010-06-06T14:28:05-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53264254"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/54/53264254.5a14a6fc.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken during our visit to Melk Abbey on our Danube River cruise in 2010.<br /> <br /> Taken with Nikon and processed with GIMP.</div> Telescope and Library, Melk Abbey <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53264254"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/54/53264254.5a14a6fc.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken during our visit to Melk Abbey on our Danube River cruise in 2010.<br /> <br /> Taken with Nikon and processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53266510 tag:ipernity.com,2026-03-09,doc-53266510 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:08:05 +0000 2026-03-09T14:08:05-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53266510"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/65/10/53266510.8e538c30.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken during our tour of the Bandia Nature Reserve, Senegal, 2018.<br /> <br /> If you squint just a little, you may fail to identify the giraffe among the trees.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Camouflage <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53266510"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/65/10/53266510.8e538c30.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken during our tour of the Bandia Nature Reserve, Senegal, 2018.<br /> <br /> If you squint just a little, you may fail to identify the giraffe among the trees.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53266508 tag:ipernity.com,2026-03-09,doc-53266508 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:08:00 +0000 2026-03-09T14:08:00-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53266508"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/65/08/53266508.fc66a9f9.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken during our tour of the Bandia Nature Reserve, Senegal, 2018.<br /> <br /> Got some online help, and identified this as a male Northern Red-Billed Hornbilll, which are quite common in this part of Africa. This would be a male, because of the red bill.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Male Northern Red-Billed Hornbill, Senegal <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53266508"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/65/08/53266508.fc66a9f9.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken during our tour of the Bandia Nature Reserve, Senegal, 2018.<br /> <br /> Got some online help, and identified this as a male Northern Red-Billed Hornbilll, which are quite common in this part of Africa. This would be a male, because of the red bill.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53169058 tag:ipernity.com,2025-12-07,doc-53169058 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 22:09:47 +0000 2025-12-07T16:09:47-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53169058"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/90/58/53169058.1cb06eaf.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken during our 2016 cruise. This is the St. John Bastion (or "Fort", a section of the city walls that guard the Old Port).<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.historytools.org/stories/st-john-fort-a-bastion-of-dubrovniks-history-and-culture" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.historytools.org/stories/st-john-fort-a-bastion-of-dubrovniks-history-and-culture</a><br /> <br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Old Harbor, Dubrovnik (HBM) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53169058"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/90/58/53169058.1cb06eaf.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken during our 2016 cruise. This is the St. John Bastion (or "Fort", a section of the city walls that guard the Old Port).<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.historytools.org/stories/st-john-fort-a-bastion-of-dubrovniks-history-and-culture" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.historytools.org/stories/st-john-fort-a-bastion-of-dubrovniks-history-and-culture</a><br /> <br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53144926 tag:ipernity.com,2025-11-10,doc-53144926 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:25:40 +0000 2011-05-24T11:25:40-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53144926"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/49/26/53144926.484867e6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This huge mass of concrete is the counterweight for the Mystic Bridge (Connecticut). See PiP.<br /> <br /> The bridge was built in 1922.<br /> <br /> Taken with the phone and processed with GIMP.</div> Counterweight <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53144926"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/49/26/53144926.484867e6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This huge mass of concrete is the counterweight for the Mystic Bridge (Connecticut). See PiP.<br /> <br /> The bridge was built in 1922.<br /> <br /> Taken with the phone and processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53140668 tag:ipernity.com,2025-11-08,doc-53140668 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:21:35 +0000 2016-12-14T11:21:35-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53140668"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/06/68/53140668.4016758c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Lamb from the spit. Taken at the Night Market, Melbourne, Australia. Beer was involved.<br /> <br /> See PiP for the cooking process.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Our Dinner (HTT) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53140668"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/06/68/53140668.4016758c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Lamb from the spit. Taken at the Night Market, Melbourne, Australia. Beer was involved.<br /> <br /> See PiP for the cooking process.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53124646 tag:ipernity.com,2025-10-27,doc-53124646 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:28:17 +0000 2025-10-27T10:28:17-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53124646"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/46/46/53124646.b344d120.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">We were "gifted" some home-raised pumpins. They will become pie, in due time.<br /> <br /> Taken with my (recent) purchased macro lens on the Panasonic GX85 (GX80) micro 4/3. Processed with GIMP.<br /> <br /> Sunday Challenge wished Thanksgiving-themed images, so here is one.<br /> <br /> Enjoy viewing on a black background.</div> Pre-Preparation Closeup <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53124646"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/46/46/53124646.b344d120.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">We were "gifted" some home-raised pumpins. They will become pie, in due time.<br /> <br /> Taken with my (recent) purchased macro lens on the Panasonic GX85 (GX80) micro 4/3. Processed with GIMP.<br /> <br /> Sunday Challenge wished Thanksgiving-themed images, so here is one.<br /> <br /> Enjoy viewing on a black background.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53117502 tag:ipernity.com,2025-10-24,doc-53117502 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:03:42 +0000 2025-10-24T10:03:42-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53117502"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/75/02/53117502.4beb0050.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken this week in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. These trees are just starting to turn.<br /> <br /> I like the low sun and shadows.<br /> <br /> Image taken with phone and processed with GIMP.</div> Fall is Coming (H.A.N.W.E.) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53117502"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/75/02/53117502.4beb0050.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Taken this week in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. These trees are just starting to turn.<br /> <br /> I like the low sun and shadows.<br /> <br /> Image taken with phone and processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53114926 tag:ipernity.com,2025-10-21,doc-53114926 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:18:29 +0000 2025-10-21T11:18:29-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53114926"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/49/26/53114926.ed9f960e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This beautifully weathered door leads into the main church of a historic mission in San Antonio, Texas.<br /> <br /> We were taking a private tour of San Antonio that included the historic missions.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Door at Mission, San Antonio, Texas <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53114926"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/49/26/53114926.ed9f960e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This beautifully weathered door leads into the main church of a historic mission in San Antonio, Texas.<br /> <br /> We were taking a private tour of San Antonio that included the historic missions.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53071146 tag:ipernity.com,2025-09-08,doc-53071146 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:12:12 +0000 2025-09-08T16:12:12-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53071146"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/46/53071146.4fe45ba6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">There is an agricultural display at the local Fair. The "benches" are in the shape of farm animals. This, of course, is a cow.<br /> <br /> The informational display behind the bench is extolling the greatness of the soybean.<br /> <br /> Not sure how "crazy" this is, but it may meet the standards of the Sunday Challenge.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Cow Bench (HBM) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53071146"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/46/53071146.4fe45ba6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">There is an agricultural display at the local Fair. The "benches" are in the shape of farm animals. This, of course, is a cow.<br /> <br /> The informational display behind the bench is extolling the greatness of the soybean.<br /> <br /> Not sure how "crazy" this is, but it may meet the standards of the Sunday Challenge.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53048916 tag:ipernity.com,2025-08-15,doc-53048916 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:19:26 +0000 2025-08-15T15:19:26-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53048916"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/89/16/53048916.e7e50883.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Didn't take much to crop in on the photo of the river reflection at Devils Gulch, South Dakota. An otherwise "nature" image becomes an abstract (per Sunday Challenge).<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Devils Gulch (Abstract) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53048916"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/89/16/53048916.e7e50883.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Didn't take much to crop in on the photo of the river reflection at Devils Gulch, South Dakota. An otherwise "nature" image becomes an abstract (per Sunday Challenge).<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53043832 tag:ipernity.com,2025-08-09,doc-53043832 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 16:07:46 +0000 2025-08-09T11:07:46-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53043832"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/38/32/53043832.91ee3fcd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> Image professionally scanned from print and modified with GIMP.<br /> <br /> Please take a look on a black background.</div> Water Birds Zuerich (H.A.N.W.E.) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/53043832"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/38/32/53043832.91ee3fcd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> Image professionally scanned from print and modified with GIMP.<br /> <br /> Please take a look on a black background.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/52872646 tag:ipernity.com,2025-04-13,doc-52872646 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 21:22:50 +0000 2025-04-13T16:22:50-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/52872646"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/26/46/52872646.1a9d7273.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">These benches were outside an automobile-themed restaurant. They took the tailgates of pickup trucks, and attached them to the wood frame of the bench.<br /> <br /> Seems like #10 Diagonals for the composition subject.<br /> <br /> Taken with phone and processed with GIMP.</div> &#039;Chevrolet&#039; Bench (HBM, H.A.N.W.E.) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/52872646"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/26/46/52872646.1a9d7273.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">These benches were outside an automobile-themed restaurant. They took the tailgates of pickup trucks, and attached them to the wood frame of the bench.<br /> <br /> Seems like #10 Diagonals for the composition subject.<br /> <br /> Taken with phone and processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/52799240 tag:ipernity.com,2025-03-06,doc-52799240 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:54:57 +0000 2024-10-16T18:17:14-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/52799240"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/92/40/52799240.1329c1d9.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A view of one of the natural bridges in Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah.<br /> <br /> You can see the "bridge" just to the right of the center of the image.<br /> <br /> Oh yes, there is a fence, too.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Natural Bridge (HFF) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/52799240"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/92/40/52799240.1329c1d9.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A view of one of the natural bridges in Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah.<br /> <br /> You can see the "bridge" just to the right of the center of the image.<br /> <br /> Oh yes, there is a fence, too.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP.</div> Robert Swanson https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/52727092 tag:ipernity.com,2024-12-20,doc-52727092 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:32:29 +0000 2024-10-09T15:20:31+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/52727092"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/70/92/52727092.fbd4dfe3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Switchman throwing the switch at the Union Pacific Bailey Yard. He is helping to move locomotives around between the repair and storage areas.<br /> <br /> The Bailey Yard, located in North Platte, Nebraska, is the largest railroad yard in the world.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP. Oh yes, 600mm equivalent zoom telephoto, taken from the observation deck of the Golden Spike Tower (viewing area).<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.visitnorthplatte.com/listing/union-pacific-bailey-yard/147/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.visitnorthplatte.com/listing/union-pacific-bailey-yard/147</a></div> Switching <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/2543754">Robert Swanson</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/2543754/52727092"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/70/92/52727092.fbd4dfe3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Switchman throwing the switch at the Union Pacific Bailey Yard. He is helping to move locomotives around between the repair and storage areas.<br /> <br /> The Bailey Yard, located in North Platte, Nebraska, is the largest railroad yard in the world.<br /> <br /> Image processed with GIMP. Oh yes, 600mm equivalent zoom telephoto, taken from the observation deck of the Golden Spike Tower (viewing area).<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.visitnorthplatte.com/listing/union-pacific-bailey-yard/147/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.visitnorthplatte.com/listing/union-pacific-bailey-yard/147</a></div> Robert Swanson