This week’s Foto Friday Fun features 7 images chosen by readers from my photo archives. Our meme number for this week is 9247. Please link in any day this week by digging into your archives and sharing a photo and story on your blog. Plus check out the other posts linked to the Foto Friday Fun meme.
Jenn chose #9247 and then shared a photo of a bat she’d forgotten about with that index number. I really hadn’t forgotten about this puddle on Moon Rock because the day before it poured while hiking at Augrabies Falls National Park in South Africa.
Shane chose #8120, quaking aspens contrasted against the evergreen firs seen this last fall in the Kaibab National Forest.
Sherry chose #9374. Seems appropriate as last year at this time I celebrated 60 at Augrabies Falls.
Sallie forgot her number for this week, totally out of character, in fact that’s 299 characters in her last comment. More fall colors, this time at the entrance station to the North Rim. But also notice the snow on that October 8th, 2011 day. Winter can come early at 8300 feet.
Yogi chose #229 in sequence with his last week’s number so now we look back down the Bright Angel trail. Having already hiked about 5 miles from the bottom of Grand Canyon I stopped frequently to take photos, and catch my breath. And this was only half way.
Diane chose #9007, 1 of 4 in a panorama of salt pans along the R360 north of Upington, South Africa taken 3/22/14. This area contains some of the largest salt-pans in the world so even a pano doesn’t do it justice.
My choice this week shows the beginnings of sunset at my last camp in the desert this month. I’ve been working on hand-held (because I’m too lazy to carry the tripod) bracketing (several shots of the same scene with different exposures) followed by merging of multiple images in PhotoShop for an HDR look. Really have to be careful not to overdo the processing and this one might be just over the edge. But I like it anyway.
Please join in by:
1) Sharing a #9247 photo index number from your photo archives in a post on your blog with a story that goes with the photo. Then add the URL from that post to Mr. Linky below along with your name (Gaelyn, AZ), and link back to Foto Friday Fun 103 (https://geogypsytraveler.com/2015/03/17/foto-friday-fun-103/) in your post so others may read and join in.
2) Because next week is my birthday, please leave a number between 1954 – 2015 to help me celebrate the 61 years of my life.
3) One or both of the above.
4) Spread the word!
First commenter will chose next week’s photo index number.
Do you have a favorite from this week?
I’m just going to be honest here: I don’t understand the instructions from #1, but I understand how to pick a # between 1954 and 2015….so I’ll pick my own year: 1957.
Hi Cindy. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to better explain how to join in to Foto Friday Fun. If you take photos they are each identified by a number from your camera. Search for the week’s number in whatever photo filing system you use. Then create a post on your blog using that photo and share a story to go with it. In your post also link back to my Foto Friday Fun post using the post’s URL, and at the bottom of my post where Mr Linky is add your name and the URL from your post. Hopefully, it’s a way to get more readers to your blog and share some of your photos and stories. Let me know if that makes more sense. In the meantime, I have you down for #1957 for next week. Thanks for following along.
OK…thanks Gaelyn. That does make more sense. And wow…what a great way to get more exposure for everyone’s blogs!
However, all my pics are from my phone’s camera…they are assigned a date, rather than a number. I then upload them to my laptop with a name.
Any suggestions for that?
I used to number my photos when I labeled them, but that’s a lot of work. No other suggestions.
Wow, I love the waterfall shot and your shot is spectacular. I love experimenting with photo effects and I don’t think it is over processed at all. Of course I cheat a lot and I would hate to see you following my bad example. Not that I think you follow anybody, you are a trailblazer in my mind.
Happy Birthday coming up. My number is 1955 since that is the year I was born. My birthday is in April and I have already started celebrating. I got 60 days of pre-Birthday, the day, and then 60 days of post-Birthday. 121 days in all. Far too much fun to cram into one day.
Take care!!
Thanks Yogi. I love what you do with photos but am going for a little more realistic in most cases myself.
I need to start following your birthday example and celebrate for more days. Wait, I already do.
Have you down for #1955.
That waterfall shot is pretty intense. So much angry water.
I always struggle with how much processing is too much. I’m definitely going for a natural look. I added a little vignetting to the edges of the photo I posted today on my blog and it ended up being a big moral debate going on in my head about whether it was OK or not. So silly. I kept it, the picture needed the help.
Anyway, #1967 for me this week.
Augrabies Falls was at high flow when I visited due to all the rain.
Post processing is so tricky, especially when what I see on my screen doesn’t look the same on my blog or FB. Oh well, practice makes better.
Have you down for #1967.
Happy Birthday Gaelyn and Many Happy Returns. to come. My numbers for You are # 1977 .and #1997.the Years of New Beginings…For You.
.You set Yourself Free to Explore this Beautiful Earth in all it’s Glory. and Sharing Your experiences with us ..though Your eyes. I can’t Thank You enough for Your Awesome Photographs and the work You do as a Park Ranger.
There’s no other way for an Aries to truly live than on Wheels. 🙂
PS; Dan has a Blog on his Etsy Site that features Your site
Thank you Cindy. I feel like a free bird most of the time. Have you down for #1977 & 1997. Please thank Dan for his support.
Now I have driven by Upington, many times and did not know it was one of the worlds largest salt pans! It takes you to give me information on my own country 🙂 Love the shot of Augrabies Falls, but as always lovely photos. 1963 next week to celebrate our 10th year of living in Rhodesia. Happy Birthday for next week in case I forget! Diane
If you’d been driving with Joan she would have told you, like me, when we stopped to look at the salt pans. Have you down for #1963.
Wish you were here for your birthday this year too. Miss you!!
Next year. Miss you too.
Those falls are fantastic and so is the Bright Angel trail photo. I wonder if I could hike rim to rim? I’ll take 2010, the year I finally retired to live my dream.
With all the hiking you do, yes, you could hike rim to rim. Just takes a lot of pre-planning, and a permit of course to stay overnight in the canyon. 3-5 days min recommended.
Have you down for #2010.
I like the work you did on your desert shot. The sky is really highlighted and makes for a lovely photo. The reality is what we see with our eyes doesn’t always come through in a photo, and a bit of editing can make a big difference. It’s fun to play around and get different effects, kind of like wearing rose-colored glasses. I’ll choose 2000 for next week.
Thank you Elaine. I do enjoy post processing photos to make them look more like what I actually saw. But I know it’s easy to over do it. Have you down for #2000.
Happy birthday a bit early. I’ll choose 1958 which is the year my oldest son was born. So I am almost old enough to be your mother (except that I wasn’t really even old enough to be his!). If that’s already taken, pick from my other kids’ birthday years? 1960, 1962, 1963. (We were busy.) whew, now that I’ve got that out of my way before I uncharacteristically forget again ….
I love em all and don’t feel like the last is over processed at all. It looks great. Also thanks for the reminder to practice more on my panorama shots; I forget about that option.
Thank you Sallie, you always say the nicest things about my photos. I’ve been taking panorama shots since my earliest cameras and taping together prints. Sure is easier with the push of a button. Plus my composition has improved.
Have you down for #1958.
Are any of us ever old enough to be mothers?
The variety of photos this week is beautiful. Love the roaring Augrabies, the entrance to the park with the snow, the Grand Canyon photo and then the very last one.
Wishing you a happy birthday for tomorrow. My choice of number is 2013, the year we got to meet face to face for the first time.
Thanks again. A good choice for our first meeting so have you down for #2013.