John Holbrook
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Thursday’s Task: Twin elements in the landscape.
My examples below:
Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO
Picture Rocks, Saguaro National Park, AZ
Navajo Twins, Bluff, UT
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Thursday’s Task
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Thursday’s Task: Twin elements in the landscape.
My examples below:
Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO
Picture Rocks, Saguaro National Park, AZ
Navajo Twins, Bluff, UT
AlanLichty
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Good topic choice John - and as always some great examples to inspire us 
This one is going to make me search a bit for contributions.
This one is going to make me search a bit for contributions.
AlanLichty
Moderator
No way I was thinking about this theme when I took these shots but I think they fit.
The Wedding Tree in Grand Teton National Park:
Twin firs overlooking Lake Josephine with Mt. Grinnell in the distance:
A gravel garden at the Portland Japanese Gardens:
Twin Clouds above Harris Beach State Park in Oregon:
A sunrise at Harris Beach:
A pair of crows in my neighborhood:
The Wedding Tree in Grand Teton National Park:
Twin firs overlooking Lake Josephine with Mt. Grinnell in the distance:
A gravel garden at the Portland Japanese Gardens:
Twin Clouds above Harris Beach State Park in Oregon:
A sunrise at Harris Beach:
A pair of crows in my neighborhood:
John Holbrook
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Alan, you shared a variety of “twins”—great results too! I especially favor the twin firs at Lake Josephine—beautiful landscape image and the twin clouds above Harris Beach image as well. And I love the Harris Beach sunrise with the two prominent rock formations near the horizon—nice! Interesting name and image of the “Wedding Tree” too—is this the tree on the left or does it apply to both? I like the pair of crows too—seems like they are always up to something!
AlanLichty
Moderator
Thanks John - I didn't come up with the name Wedding Tree and never even heard of it prior to shooting this area with Ben, Jim, and Rick back in the fall of 2018. Ben was enthusiastic about stopping there just off the Gros Ventre road and we stopped there to wander a bit and shoot. Images from this site being used for wedding ceremonies can be found with a quick web search. I have no clue which tree is The Tree(TM) or if its both but I like using it as a frame for the smoky view of the Teton peaks in the distance.
I believe the crows are mother and offspring as baby crows stick close to Mom(TM) for seemingly months after they start flying. The young ones are very vocal about getting fed.
I had to do some archive digging with not a lot of time to do it. So here are a couple that might work for this week's task.
Sparks Lake, OR
Oregon Coast
Sparks Lake, OR
Oregon Coast
dan swiger
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My favorite twins, the sea st acks at Garapatta
A private pair of Dogwoods
OK, I cheated
Its a cloud scape with a P40 & a P51
My last Reno Air Races (Its in Roswell now)
A private pair of Dogwoods
OK, I cheated
Its a cloud scape with a P40 & a P51
My last Reno Air Races (Its in Roswell now)
Ken Rennie
Well-Known Member
Not a landscape but.....
John Holbrook
Well-Known Member
Jameel, great “twins” images—I especially love the Sparks Lake incredible image—a perfect landscape! The Oregon Coast image is also well seen and captured—beautiful sky, and its reflection along with the of rocky ”twins” below. Very nice. Thank you for sharing.
John Holbrook
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Dan, I also love your favorite—the twin sea stacks, especially with your choice of the fast shutter speed capturing the waves crashing on them adding another element to the capture. I also enjoyed the white dogwood blossoms against the black and blues of the background. Nice. I also like the very interesting “cloudscape” with the large metal birds! It’s nice to see these aircraft “classics” roaring through the skies. See any other “unusual” aircraft at Roswell? And thank you for sharing your images.
John Holbrook
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Ken, I love the waterfowl “taking off”—I like the water trail they create in the process. Nice capture and thank you sharing.
Ken Rennie
Well-Known Member
John these are Coots, they are incredibly aggresive, they run across the water surface without taking off chasing off other Coots.
John Holbrook
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Thank you for the identification! I think I've been called an "old coot" before, now I know that there isn't much resemblance!
