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Thanks Prim. Nice to be back, very, very nice. Well, here are some more pictures of spring where I live:

Aspens in Spring Greens

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Go Rest High on that Mountain

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Hiking through Aspens and Oaks
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Aspens and Pines
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Cross the Creek
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If you look at the ones I posted last year or of those I post in the fall you'll see some of the same images in different seasons and different years. We had a very wet year and very wet spring which tradition tells me should me a very bright and colorful fall. Enjoy, I did taking them.

Edit: Something I just realized taking these. I take other pictures in even more beautiful country around where I live (within 30 to 60 minutes of driving) yet I always come back to this little canyon. So I decided why? I've stated it before, it holds many links to me of places in LOTR. Also, and probably more importantly it is easy to do. Just change into the jeans and boots and work, stop on the drive home, pull out the day pack and a couple of hours later, head home. Easy and quick trip into nature. Do you have any quick and easy places in nature that you go that are nearby?
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Post by Voronwë the Faithful »

I do. The old growth Redwood Forest at Henry Cowell State Park is less than five miles from here. The old trees never fail to restore a sense of perspective in me.

Beautiful pics, AJ!
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Those are beautiful, AJ!

I do have some easy nature places. On a small scale, I can drive 5 minutes down the road to a park. If I want things a little wilder, I drive 30 minutes to either John Bryan State Park, Glen Helen, or Clifton Gorge. About 15 minutes gets me to Caesar Creek State Park. My favorite of all of those is Clifton Gorge because it reminds me of Lothlórien. :love:
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A crowded Oregon beach:

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And some woods Tolkien would probably have approved of:

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And, the view from the balcony of the condo. I have seen it in all seasons and weathers for more than fifteen years and can never imagine getting tired of it.

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Wonderful photos, AJ

I live less than a 30 minute walk from this beach:

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and a 10 minute drive from Cissbury Ring iron-age fort, on the South Downs:

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or 15 mins from Chanctonbury Ring:

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Stunning pics, Elen. :love:

Here are two photos I took on my holiday in North Wales at the end of May.

The view of the valley from our cottage:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39346072@N ... 510712973/

Green hill in the early morning sunlight:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39346072@N ... 510712973/
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Beautiful pics, all.
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Gorgeous, Di - I love the Welsh countryside - lots of happy holiday memories :love:
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What incredible pics, everyone. :)
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Baby bunnies in my backyard! :wooper:

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:love: awwww, so cute. When my youngest son wakes up I will show him - he adores rabbits and collects cuddly ones...he was born in the Chinese Year of the Rabbit, too!
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I've always loved rabbits, too. These guys are insanely cute, and they are making sweet, little squeaking noises. :love: It's hard to judge how small they are in that picture, but they are tiny--about the size of a small mouse (less than 10cm/4in).
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Some more of Rebecca's photo goodness...

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Very nice, Holbecca.
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Is that what we have to call them now? ;)

From the beach:

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Very nice! Did you do anything to the colors in the last pic?
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In all of them I used "Auto Contrast" in Picasa
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The colors are just so vivid. :)
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Lali, auto-contrast "corrects for exposure without modifying colors", but in some cases, like the third pic up there, I've found that colors become quite vivid.

Niagara:

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