3rd Annual Great Variations Advent Calendar

[LIDiver]

Letchworth??

Yes it is!

Geneseo State!

 

[Stromer]

My dad was an aerial photographer for the US Navy back in the Korean War. He taught me as a kid how to develop B&W and I was still doing so, using his 50+ yrs enlarger and gear, up until 10 years ago.
I thank you for triggering fond memories.

I did the same all through high school and for a few years after when one of my teachers let sneak me into the lab every once in a while. Never tried any color processing.

 

[Stromer]

The water is only a foot deep with a super slow flow so it acts as a mirror. With a proper camera, tripod, and no one in the damn tour group pushing ya.. you can take an epic photo. This was the only angle my short self could get without any one else in the way.

I've tried to get some shots like that at some of the local caves, but the tours really don't allow the time needed to set up, and when you do get some extra time, somebody from the group is always in the way.

 

[MindYaBitness]

https://i.ibb.co/pr4YhP5/Puget-Sound.jpg
Puget Sound

 

[LIDiver]

Not a very exciting shot but it shows one of my absolute favorite things in the world. It’s what rain looks like from underwater.

 

[SWR101]

Not a very exciting shot but it shows one of my absolute favorite things in the world. It’s what rain looks like from underwater.

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That’s awesome!

 

[ck30101]

Not a very exciting shot but it shows one of my absolute favorite things in the world. It’s what rain looks like from underwater.

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I think that is pretty exciting. As someone that has not seen the rain from under anything but a swimming pool for 5 seconds, I find it to be a beautiful shot.

 

[Stromer]

Not a very exciting shot but it shows one of my absolute favorite things in the world. It’s what rain looks like from underwater.

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You're killing me. I always wanted to get scuba certified, but a severe inner ear infection as a kid did some damage to my left ear and I was never able to take the pressure much more than 10 feet deep. I love your pics, but sometimes a pic like this makes me hate your pics if you know what I mean.

Yes, I'm jealous.

 

[Stromer]

It's been a few years since I've been there, but we used to have an annual camping trip to Assateague Island where the wild ponies are. It's a special place for me.
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Same here for Mrs. Stromer and me. Her father worked for the National Park service in DC and she grew up spending a week every summer camping there. Her grandfather had a place on Wallops Island, so her kids grew up spending a week a year visiting the VA side of the island as well.
I discovered Assateague as a senior in High School. Instead of spending my spring break in Florida, drinking and doing what horney teens do, I went to a marine biology school on Wallaps Island, discovered Assateague, and have been going there since then, both with my ex and Mrs. Stromer.

Just a fun shot taken from our last visit to Assateague.

 

[barefootgirl69]

Mousehole harbour, Cornwall, England

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Do you know the book, "The Mousehole Cat"? Now I can put an image to the story! Thank you!

 

[barefootgirl69]

https://64.media.tumblr.com/3ba6452f436b9f33c45e339819dee113/ae901b2aaf4e7cc8-c3/s2048x3072/791761b54521826c6f764da7db4cf01eecc20bed.jpg


Looking back on San Diego.

 

[JustAnotherFlower]

Dripping cave water. The cave was rebuilding itself right before our eyes. Back in the first days of cave tours, people could pay for a memento...they would snap off a calcite formation to take home.

 

[LIDiver]

That’s awesome!

I think that is pretty exciting.

You're killing me.
Yes, I'm jealous.

Well you guys are quite flattering. I thank you!
This thread of Salty’s allows us to experience each other’s worlds, if just briefly, and that’s pretty fucking cool.
Cheers, friends- Diver

 

[lingus60]

Fountains Abbey water gardens, North Yorkshire, England

 

[lingus60]

A cliché feet over the water shot but in Iceland….
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Reminds me of the final scene in Vikings

 

[vagrantx]

Howth lighthouse, Ireland

 

[Deleted member 6607120]

I'd rather be on that vertical twisting thing over this ferris wheel death trap any day, but at least there is a pretty view.

 

[orangecurious]

https://i.ibb.co/Jx5SxB3/89120024.jpg

Bergen.. wet from above and below
Pentax SLR and the much under-rated Kodak Pro Image 100
(i did think the image was ruined by light on the frame, then realised it was just the cloud!)

 

[vagrantx]

Bergen.. wet from above and below
Pentax SLR and the much under-rated Kodak Pro Image 100
(i did think the image was ruined by light on the frame, then realised it was just the cloud!)

This is the type of lake from which ghost stories emerge

Don't swim in the lake by yourselves, children, or Näcken will steal you away...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Nokken_av_Theodor_Kittelsen.png
(Nordic mythical monster)

 

[orangecurious]

This is the type of lake from which ghost stories emerge

Don't swim in the lake by yourselves, children, or Näcken will steal you away...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Nokken_av_Theodor_Kittelsen.png
(Nordic mythical monster)

there was a mysterious duck! It swam over, saw i had no food and went away

 

[vagrantx]

there was a mysterious duck! It swam over, saw i had no food and went away

En elak and? Nei, en elak ånde!

 

[JustAnotherFlower]

Arachne's work.

 

[Biggalute]

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Recycling, as I always try to do with water.

 

[LIDiver]

Reminds me of the final scene in Vikings

Hey Lings, how about a spoiler alert!!!

 

[lingus60]

Hey Lings, how about a spoiler alert!!!

Where've you been? That last scene aired 4 years ago!!!