Robert Swanson's photos with the keyword: lake

Taken from our back porch, after our first snow of the season. We went from 60+ degreesF, to 20F nearly overnight. The lovely yellow sunflowers finished their cycle, were covered with birds preparing for their flights south, and now are decorated with snow. Snow was still falling when I took this photo. Probably looks good on a black background. Image processed with GIMP.

Taken when we visited Zuerich in early 1992. We had a Eurrail Pass so could take the boating trip around Lake Zuerich. The sun was just poking through the clouds on this cold February day. I guess we have a goose and some mudhens near the boat dock. Image professionally scanned from print and modified with GIMP. Please take a look on a black background.

The shoreline of the lakes in Acadia are very scenic. Here we see a bit of the morning fog, and the large rocks that make up the shore. Image processed with GIMP.

Seen during our 2004 transit of the Panama Canal. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Seen from our transit of the Panama Canal in 2004. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Part of our transit of the Panama Canal in 2004. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Original buildings in the Panama Canal, seen during our transit in 2004. For the Sunday Challenge the building itself is a "street sign". Once you see the sign, you know where you are. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

They were next to us during our transit in 2004. They are locking down, soon to enter the Caribbean. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Pretty tight. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

We were visiting a state park near Haines, Alaska, when a crowd of people moved towards us rather rapidly. They said there was a brown bear walking along the lakeshore and they were getting out of the way. We set up our long telephoto lenses on our cameras, and took a look around. Indeed this bear was walking the shoreline, and we managed to get some interesting views. OK, now for the Sunday Challenge . I noted from the invitation that the subject could be an actual "sliding door" or some such object, or could be a moment in one's life where a simple decision could have a major effect. Of all the photos I've posted to Ipernity, this would be the nearest to a "sliding door" moment. We drove into the parking lot of the state park, and took our cameras out for some photo opportunities. I was first out, while Sandra gathered her equipment. I turned right, and walked to the hill overlooking the lake and river. There was the bear, and this is the photo. If I had turned left, I would have walked right into the path of this grizzly bear, and who can predict the outcome of that collision. On review, I consider many such "sliding door" experiences in my life, but I cannot immediately find any other photos that would express them. That is a bit ironic, since it seems like I had a camera around my neck for most of my youth, from 15 years old and onward.