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This week's prompt is "Tall."
You're encouraged to describe your photo--where you shot it, details of what you were doing or what was going on, etc.
A trite idea perhaps, but I just had to.... Chicago. Iconic buildings, tall indeed. A study in geometry. Softened by landscaped tall grass prairie in Millenium Park. Linda
Posts: 934 | Location: Outlying area of Chicago | Registered: 15 September 2004
Peeking through the clouds in the background, it the top of Denali/Mt. McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, taken in July 2005.
Of all the times I have driven up to Denali since my family moved to Anchorage in 1972, I have only seen the mountain clearly 2 times. It has usually been covered by clouds every other time I have been there. So to be able to see even the top of the mountain was a real treat (and it was the first time my husband had ever been able to see it too).
Tery
Posts: 250 | Location: Mission Viejo, CA, USA | Registered: 18 May 2003
A tall wall surrounds a private tasting area at the Bonny Doon Vineyard tasting room in Santa Cruz (from L to R, David, our daughters Sarah & Rachel, Rachel's boyfriend Addison and our son Matthew. Sarah was our designated driver, she has the vintage bottle of acqua):
Here is a view from one end of the Mile-High Bridge on Grandfather Mt. in western NC, right off the Blue Ridge Parkway. I took this shot so as to get a perspective of both the bridge and what you can see from it. It's fun (to me) walking across the bridge and exciting as well, on a (relatively) clear day to see the views from the bridge.
We took this one about two years ago on one of the twice-a-year local special admission days. Yes, those little figures on the cliff in the distance are real people! That I wouldn't do.
Getting ready to toss a tall pole at the International Festival in St. Louis' Tower Grove Park. August 2008.
Deborah Horn In a previous life I was an Umbrian sunflower farmer. I want to do a past life regression and stay there. ----------------------------------- www.petsburg.com My blog: Old Shoes - New Trip
Posts: 5590 | Location: St. Louis, MO | Registered: 04 September 2001
The sheer canyon walls of Santa Elena Canyon at Big Bend National Park rise from the Rio Grande River vertically for 1000-1500 feet. (My pictures are all pre-digital) but here is a link to some pictures of Santa Elena Canyon.
I have never seen any photo that really captures the dramatic narrowness and height of the canyon walls at Santa Elena Canyon. By the way, Big Bend National Park in one of those places that you planned go to or you were TERRIBLY lost when you got there....another way of saying it's not on the way to anywhere.
The St. Louis Gateway Arch - you can't tell from this picture, but it is the tallest monument (630 feet high) in the United States! Deborah and Dan took me here, and lots of other cool places in St. Louis, Missouri.
I don't think this photo requires much of an explaination. This is my husband in the zocalo in Valladolid. Suffice it to say, in the Yucatan, we don't blend.
These two tall buildings are recent additions to the Boston Harbor skyline. (Taken from the Boston Harborwalk, a strongly recommended path if you visit Boston.)
A local tall favorite - the Space Needle as seen from Kerry Park on Queen Anne. It towers over the tall buildings of downtown Seattle from this view point. The blue/silver and red globs at the bottom are the EMP building by Gehry.
Posts: 9585 | Location: Edmonds, WA | Registered: 25 October 2001
Taken last week in the Saguaro National Forest in Tucson, AZ. Some of the saguaros were over 200 years old! We had fun talking about all the changes in the US since they'd started growing ...
Posts: 16049 | Location: The Beautiful San Francisco Bay Area | Registered: 06 August 2001
This Joshua Tree certainly seemed tall in the desert... and I sure felt tall standing next to colleenk!
Taken in Joshua Tree National Park near Palm Springs, CA, October 2008. The photo was taken by teaberry. The three of us roomed together at the "Palma Desert" GTG.
Everyone feels tall next to me Kathy! What a great day that was and a beautiful National Park.
