Puffin's Photo Nest

[Puffin]

When I went through my computer, I found some photos I took, mainly last summer. Thought about sharing them with you guys ;)

The pics I'm going to show you first were taken on a small island by Iceland. We borrowed a summerhouse there for a night, and a boat.

This (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20008.jpg) photo was taken on the boat, arriving to the island. You can see the house there ;)

A small "island" ('http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20009.jpg')

Sunset (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20010.jpg)

My family (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20011.jpg) walking around the island. Mom closest to the camera, then my cousin, then I think it's dad, that's disappearing there.

On the land (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20012.jpg) you see across the sea, is my uncle's farm. The little white dots ;)

What can I say? (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20013.jpg)

My dad, and puffins ;) (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20022.jpg)

Some landscape (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20023.jpg)

:max:

EDIT: Forgot to mention.. This island is called Sau?ey, which means sheep-island :w00t: Farmers used to sail there with their sheep, and make them eat grass there.

[TheVoid]

Originally posted by Puffin@Feb 8 2005, 03:35 PM

Sunset (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20010.jpg)


What can I say? (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20013.jpg)



Those two are indeed my favourites! I simply love the "What can I say?" one. :kosta:

Don't dare to post the roasted puffins, tho. :ranting:

[taikara]

!!!!

They're all so beautiful! :D

You have quite an eye. :ok:

I can't pick a favorite...

[Strobe]

they are all very "delicate"!!!

real eye-candy, you can be proud of living on a very beautiful part of earth!!

[Danny252]

Really nice Puffin! I half expected you te be in the water with your 'friends' ;) now, just for the rest to load :P

[Puffin]

Thank you, Void, Tai and Strobe!! :)

Here I have couple of pics that I kinda like. Maybe they're not everybody's cup of tea, but I like the "rawness" of them.

This one (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20063.jpg) is of my little sister. It is taken (like the next one) by our summerhouse. We have a little boat, and often go fishing. I actually dont' know what I find so special about it.. Her position, somehow, she's concentrating on the fish. And the huge gloves :D

I REALLY (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/Picture%20051.jpg) can't explain what I like about this one. It is of my sister and my dad. I guess I just like dead fish (when it's not on my dish :D ) :bleh:

Well... Like I said, maybe not everybody's cup of tea.. But deffinately mine ;)

[Fawfulhasfury]

Cool. A picture showing off actual Icelandic chores. I've gutted fish in my lifetime too. And you Icelandics think us Americans are cremepuffs. :bleh:

[Puffin]

Originally posted by Fawfulhasfury@Feb 8 2005, 09:09 PM
Cool. A picture showing off actual Icelandic chores. I've gutted fish in my lifetime too. And you Icelandics think us Americans are cremepuffs. :bleh:
Hmm I wouldn't really call it chores... more of a hobby ;)
Most people buy fish from fish-stores, but we never do that. My dad used to be a sailor all year around, but now he only sails in the summer. But we always get free fish, either get it ourselves or someone we know.

[off topic].. So.. Beanbean-kingdom is in America? interesting...

[Fawfulhasfury]

....Oh, darn. Too bad. I had hoped that those were traditional chore I had witnessed.

BTW the Bean-bean kingdom is just where my evil lair is.

[Puffin]

I'm pretty sure that "traditional chores" are just the same here as in the US ;) We don't live in iglos, nor in houses made of stones and grass anymore. ;)

[Fawfulhasfury]

LOL
I knew that. I was joking. I study about Iceland in Geography you know. Now about those supposed steam and hot water pools. :sneaky:

[Puffin]

hmm.. Steam and pools... I might have some photos of that somewhere...

But untill, I'm going to show you some photos I took in Switzerland and Germany, in 2003. Mostly landscape.

This one (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/Picture%20006.jpg) is taken from the airplane (obviously), near Frankfurt AM. I just love the way the fields split up, different colours, and the forests......

This (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/Picture%20059.jpg) was taken on Mt. Rigi, in Switzerland. That's a beautiful mountain, we took some "train" most of the way up (not sure what it's called...)
The lake is Luszern Lake, or something like that. It's huge!!
Imagine living in one of those houses! It's so cute :D

This (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/Picture%20064.jpg)is on that train/wagon/whateveritis. The cow is plastic!!! Placed up besides the trails! Then when we went higher, we saw some actual cows. (They weren't black and white :blink: )

Taken (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/Picture%20084.jpg) from the top of the mountain.
I remember standing there for a long time, staring. Breathtaking.

Okey, (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/Picture%20027.jpg) this one is different. But it's taken in Switzerland, nevertheless :whistle:
It's (quite obviously) a seat in a bus. We were in some tunnels, driving through a mountain. Pretty cool, in my opinion!

[Sean]

They all look so cold.... dont you take holidays in warmer places?

[Danny252]

no it looks like some swiss rack train. it's amazing what speeds swiss trains can achieve.. 90 kmh?? I suppose that is the Albula tunnel...
but nice stuff anyway puffin ;) you are good.

[Sean]

Agreed, very nice photographs despite the fact they make me cold!

My favourite picture that is related to you is probabaly the halloween one or that one of you in class with the pencil!

Hows things puffs haven't spoke to you in a long while.

[Puffin]

Cold? :blink:
The average heat in Switzerland while I was there was about 30-35°c!!
But those pics were taken in the mountains ;) Bit colder there than in the town I stayed in.

And the pics I posted earlier, from the Westfjords, yeah, it's pretty cold there. By the Greenland-ocean ;)

[Strobe]

i can't agree. those pics don't look "cold" to me...
i like the one with the cow most!!! it has something very special to it! :D

[Puffin]

Hmm.. I'm draining up my photo album :blink:
Just found some pics I took last spring. Me, my former boyfriend and my family went to my old town for couple of days, and travelled a bit around.

Svínavatn. (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/patreksfj%f6r%f0ur%20(185).JPG) Isn't close to my hometown, but about 200 km's away from the city. Svínavatn = Pig's-lake.

My sister. (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/patreksfj%f6r%f0ur%20(57).JPG) This is our (oh so fancy) boat, Litli Rau?ur (Little Red). Me and my friend put my sister in it, and took the oars away, and pushed her on the sea. The boat was tied to the ground, but she couldn't see it, as the roap was underwater. Then we walked away :sneaky:

The "river" ('http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/patreksfj%f6r%f0ur%20(7).JPG') by our house. I kinda like this one. There's actually nothing so special about it, but I dunno...

Next day, (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/patreksfj%f6r%f0ur%20(85).JPG) few minutes drive from our house. Doesn't look much like Iceland, does it?

Seen from Látrabjarg. (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/patreksfj%f6r%f0ur%20(90).JPG) Látrabjarg is the Westest point of Europe. Most of the puffins in the world live there, or in Vestmannaeyjar (one of my favourite places in Iceland :D ).

At Látrabjarg. (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/patreksfj%f6r%f0ur%20(123).JPG) If you look carefully, you can actually see one really small fishing boat there :D


This one (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/DSC02995.JPG) has absolutely nothing to do with my hometown. It's taken on the south-west corner of Iceland. Me and couple of friends rented a car, to try to find puffins. But we didn't find any in this trip :(
I don't remember what this place is called, and maybe it just doesn't matter..

[taikara]

Puffin, you really do take incredible photos.

You must have an amazing sense of timing and natural beauty.

All your pictures are just amazing :ok:

[Puffin]

Thank you ^^
I appreciate it!

*takes up the camera to try to take photos of the snow outside*
me loves snow :D

Now I'm working on an album of friends and family. It's a part of my application to become an exchange student, need to send my foster-family an album...

[bohor]

these photos are amazing!! OMG

[Black angel]

Yes, they are. It's beautiful there...

[Puffin]

Thanks guys ^^

I took some photos at school today, bored in history class :whistle:
I'll upload them asap (probably not untill sunday... busy weekend :whistle: :whistle: )

Stay tuned ;)

[Puffin]

Here's one of the pic I took in this boring history class. Man, that teacher can spend hours talking about nothing.
This pic is of my baseball. My very own baseball. The baseball I love oh so dearly.

When I think of it, I may have a bit weird taste when it comes to photography... :blink:

[Strobe]

hehehe, your "very own baseball". nice to be introduced to it! it doesn't seem to
be used actively, though.... do you play baseball?

[Puffin]

Nope, we don't have baseball in Iceland :( :(

Hmm I haven't actually taken many photos lately, but tomorrow there are starting Theme-days at my school... should be able to find something interesting there :whistle:
They have a photography-competition.. I know I'm not as good as many others, but I might give it a try ;)

[taikara]

I don't know what to say about the baseball... it's round? :D

Still an interesting picture though!

I can't wait to see what kind of theme days they have in Iceland, whee! :ok:

[Puffin]

Hmm the theme is "The Wild West". But no photos for you from there :(

I was going through my stuff on my mother's computer, and I found photos I took in Vestmannaeyjar couple of years ago, and I found this. (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo2/Vestmannaeyjar%20(40).jpg) My old band went there, on the Sailor's day (first Sunday in June).
In Vestmannaeyjar (small island south of Iceland), there is this tradition of sailing inside of caves, in some of the islands, and play trumpet. This is a teacher I used to play with. He played Amazing Grace, and it was so beautiful, I can't describe it.
This photo isn't exactly art, but I love how the light in it :bleh:

[Strobe]

hey, that's cool! it looks almost like a paper cutout! you really hit the trigger of
your cam in the right moment! amongst all of your pics this is one of my favourite!!!

very beautiful, puffin! :kosta:

[Puffin]

Thanks, Strobe!! ^_^

I took couple of pics this morning, on my way to school.
This (http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/sunriseB.jpg) one I like really much. I've been doodeling with it in Photoshop, but this is the original one. I always make it too bright or too dark <_<
My Photoshop skills suck!!
Anyways, the original (this one) is the best version I've got of it (so far) ;)


Tonight I'm probably going to the beach in a town nearby and take some pics of the sunset!! :w00t:

[Maerlyn]

Originally posted by Fawfulhasfury@Feb 8 2005, 09:09 PM
And you Icelandics think us Americans are cremepuffs. :bleh:
Its not just them that think it.

[taikara]

I like cremepuffs. They're yummy! :D

[Maerlyn]

Puffin, thanks for sharing your photos, i didnt realise you had your own thread here.

[troop18546]

Nice pictures, Puffin. Some remind me of FarCry...

[Strobe]

ahhh, another islandic dreamscape banned on pixels....!

a-m-a-z-i-n-g..! :w00t:

the atmosphere you've caught with your cam is really incredible!
if you see such sceneries often on your way to school, then it must be
very easy for you to get out of bed...only to spectate this beauty!

[Puffin]

Thanks, guys, you make me blush! :wub:
There are days, Strobe, when the sun makes everything look so purty and nice. But usually we just have clouds and everything looks moulded ;)

I haven't been to the beach yet, something came up.. So I'm just waiting for next nice day to arrive, then I'll try to get some nice sunset-pics ;)

[Lizard]

Excelent! :w00t: :w00t:
You have very good eye and timing... :ok:
I even start wishing to go to Iceland sometimes... :whistle:

[taikara]

It goes on forever and ever :w00t:

I can't say this enough: You really do have an eye for seeing the potential beauty in situations. :ok:

[Puffin]

Thanks, Lizard and Tai!!!!!! *blush*

:cheers:

[wendymaree]

Oo-wee! The photo of the sunrise was glorious. *note to self...must get a digital camera so I can take photos like this*

[Puffin]

Thanks, Wendy! ^_^

I don't have anything to post at the moment, not anything worth posting, anyways.
But I just got a "new" camera today!! Canon AE1.
http://www.grampianstars.com.au/jpg.pics/gif.pics/canon-ae1.gif
I simply LOVE it!! My dad gave it to me. He bought it sometimes in 1976-1980, not sure, but he hasn't used it much since he got a digital camera. So he gave it to his little freak ^_^

*runs off to take more photos*

[TaloN]

wow you have queit an eye puffin!

some of those are very professional, especially the last one.

fantastic, :kosta:

[Strobe]

hey puffin!

what a nice gift from your dad!
several years ago, my dad gave me his old cam, too! it's a pentax super A.
although i have to admit, that digital cams are much more comfortable in a way,
the pictures which i have taken with this oldtimer-device are nearly unbeatable!

its lens is by far more sensitive to light and colours than any of the two digi cams
i own. the quality of the pictures shot with the pentax are easily balancing out the
fact that its pictures still have to be "generated" in a photo lab...

for example, the grasshopper photography i've put into the photo-thread has
been taken with the pentax.

"old" cameras can deliver great results!

have fun with yours!!!

[Puffin]

Thanks, Talon and Strobe!!!

I just found a pic I took last year. I'm pretty sure I haven't posted it here before :whistle:

http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/photo3/longandwindingroad.jpg

Taken in Hvalfjör?ur, close to Iceland, on a digital camera.
God I hate that date on it <_<

[Fawfulhasfury]

Really nice pictures puffin. I'm learning a lot about Iceland from these. :)

[troop18546]

Iceland looks so peaceful, relaxing and holds a magical secret... :wub:
Hope my country will look like that someday...(in 1 million years.)

[Lizard]

And again beutiful picture Puffin :ok:

[TaloN]

i removed the date for u.,

[Puffin]

Thanks Talon!!!!! :D :D

And thanks, everybody!! :wub:

[Puffin]

Muahhahaha doubleposting..... *'evil'*

I took some photos yesterday, of friends of mine, a couple. They're so cute together ^_^
Those are pretty different than my older pics.. that is, not landscape :bleh:

http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/alissaanna/AlissaAnnaBW.JPG

~~~

http://www.abandonia.com/~puffin/photo/alissaanna/locker1.jpg

Those are my favourites of the ones I took on a digital camera. I haven't printed out the ones I took on film yet.

But the thing is.. I'm not sure I like them because of personal reasons, or because they're (possibly) any good. That's why I need your help ;) Whaddayathink?

EDIT: I know of few buggy things about them. Alissa's temple is fukcedup because of her glasses, the window on the top left is pretty distracting, Alissa's glasses are cut off on the right, etc. Please try to overlook that ;)
And I messed up when removing the date stamp on the second one.... :tomato:

[troop18546]

Theyre beautiful... :wub:

[Strobe]

i think the buggy things you've mentioned about the photos are not distracting
the aesthetic value in any way.

the displayed content has a great expression, and the b/w nature of these shots
even intensify their appearance, imo!

i like them!!

[dragonLancer]

Well..... I..... its...... all i can say is "wow" good photo's :OMG:

[Puffin]

Thanks you all ^_^
:wub:

[taikara]

Puffin, as I said, I love these pictures. The look on their faces in the first one are perfectly captured, and the second one is sweet as can be. :)

Just wanted to make sure to reiterate that here :ok:

[Data]

Those black and white pictures are nice. I like the second one best because the look on the face of the lowest girl is ...

[troop18546]

If you have any nice (woof woof) friends, send some more photos... :whistle:

[Lizard]

Originally posted by troop18546@Mar 7 2005, 09:27 PM
If you have any nice (woof woof) friends, send some more photos... :whistle:
I dont think it would work.At least until you will live on iceland... :bleh:

[troop18546]

You thought :eeeeeh: ughh... hmmm. :whistle: ... aaa... :rolleyes:...where ever did you get that idea?.. :whistle: :runs away embarassed:

[Puffin]

Uhm... Right.

Well, I've been REALLY busy, and I haven't had much time to check out the new photos I have. So they're not ready yet ;)

Hopefully they turned out well :crazy:

And troop, stop dreaming, unless you're a girl. Those two friends of mine are gay. ;)

[Kon-Tiki]

Which explains the expression on the bottom one's face in the second pic. "Cought you! :bleh: "

[troop18546]

Originally posted by Puffin@Mar 8 2005, 07:43 AM
Uhm... Right.

Well, I've been REALLY busy, and I haven't had much time to check out the new photos I have. So they're not ready yet ;)

Hopefully they turned out well :crazy:

And troop, stop dreaming, unless you're a girl. Those two friends of mine are gay. ;)
Oh F***... :rolleyes:

[FreeFreddy]

Well, pal, her friends there are almost all gay, so no much interest for you there. ;)

[troop18546]

Not the thing I expected actually... :rolleyes:

[Doc Adrian]

The outside photos make me want to visit my family in Norway again, I know its not norway but its been a long time since I have seen the water and the rocks like that :)

thanks for sharing with us, the photos are lovely :)