Foggy weather in the Woods

Foggy weather in the Woods
Originally uploaded by krisshcv.

Just cannot believe SanFrancisco looked like this on June 3 2007. It was
all foggy. Cold and windy too. We expected a clear view of Oakland downtown from the hill but we did not see the golden gate even.

Sky n Tree Merge here

Fresh leaves - Spring
Originally uploaded by krisshcv.

If you see the background of this shot you can see the blue and green merge. Its the sky and the tree line respectively.

You can enjoy this more thru a lens than with a naked eye.

A Test for your patience

Sparrow
Originally uploaded by krisshcv.

If you can click a shot of a sparrow then you are either lucky or patient or both. It took me 3 days. a good amount of bird feed and quick focussing to click this shot. May be give it a try. You will realize. A slight noise, movement of any sort will make them fly off.

Finally I got this shot. I enjoyed the whole episode.

My signature shot

My signature shot
Originally uploaded by krisshcv.

A fun shot. Enjoyed making this one. This was shot in dark with me signing in front of camera with a small torch light ( a pen torch). Yes, the actual photo was a flipped version of this image, a reflected image. I had to flip it to bring to this form else it will look like seeing urself on a mirror.

Swan and Mythology

Swan Golden Water and Reflection
Originally uploaded by krisshcv.

Swans feature strongly in mythology. In Greek mythology, the story of Leda and the Swan recounts that Helen of Troy was conceived in a union of Zeus disguised as a swan and Leda, Queen of Sparta. The Irish legend of the Children of Lir is about a mother transforming her children into swans for 900 years. Myths also exist about swans themselves. It was once believed that upon death, the otherwise silent Mute swan would sing beautifully - hence the phrase swan song. In Norse mythology, there are two swans that drink from the sacred Well of Urd in the realm of Asgard, home of the gods. According to the Prose Edda, the water of this well is so pure and holy that all things that touch it turn white, including this original pair of swans and all others descended from them. In the Finnish epic Kalevala, a swan lives in the Tuoni river, the river of Tuonela, place of death. According to the story, whoever shot a swan, would perish as well. Jean Sibelius composed the Lemminkäinen Suite based on Kalevala, with the second piece titled The Swan of Tuonela (Tuonelan joutsen). Today five flying swans are the symbol of the Nordic Countries and the whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) is the national bird of Finland.

Source: Wikipedia

Mystical Golden Gate

Mystical Golden Gate
Originally uploaded by krisshcv.

Carries - 6 lanes of US 101/CA 1, pedestrians and bicycles
Crosses - Golden Gate
Locale - San Francisco and Marin County
Maintained by Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
Design - Suspension, truss arch & truss causeways
Longest span - 4,200 feet (1,280 m)
Total length - 8,991 feet (2,740 m)
Width - 90 feet (27 m)
Height - 760 feet (232 m)
Vertical clearance - 14 feet (4.3 m) at toll gates, higher truck loads possible
Clearance below - 220 feet (67 m) at mean higher high water
AADT 100,000
Opening date - May 27, 1937
Toll (as on the date of posting) - $5.00 (southbound) ($4.00 with FasTrak)

Source: Wikipedia

Colorful Dawn n Dusk...

Colorful Sky
Originally uploaded by krisshcv.

At sunrise or sunset, the sky turns red, orange or yellow because sunlight is traveling through more air when the sun is low in the sky. The long path through the air means most of the blue and other colors with shorter wavelengths have been scattered out in different directions. Few reach your eye. You see the yellow, orange, and red colors which pass more freely through the air. The most vivid sunrises and sunsets, however, are brought by volcanoes and forest fires. This is because the expelled particles are just the right size to scatter light in the red end of spectrum.

Source: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/otx/outreach/ttalk/colors.php