Sunsets, sunrises, and the moon
65Today a new hubber, Frieda Babbley (welcome Frieda!), posted a comment in my hub Simply marvelous encouraging more photo hubs. I replied that I may be tempted if I came across another wonderful, spectacular and marvelous subject matter.
Of course, I realize now, that was like tempting the devil. Antsy little me got to thinking about whatever could be move spectacular than that incredible snow day in Madrid city... As I said, like tempting the devil!
I've spent the afternoon digging my photo albums, even the oldest that contain only scanned in oldie paper photos, in search of some wonderfulness and marvelousness (spectacularity, too, but that I didn't even find in the dictionary!), and of course she who seeks will find.
The quality of some of the photos isn't so great –my scanner looks like it belongs in an antique shop, it was manufactured circa 1990, so give it a break, I beg you on its behalf, the poor thing did its business back in the days when USB may have been the acronym for a steroid. Or something.
So, without further ado, lets bring 'em up!
Sunsets
The moon
Moonset. Have you ever seen such a thing?
Eclipse
Added on March 8, 2009
And this is the end of the spectacularity! Even though the word can't be found in the dictionary, I hope you'll find it in your mind's eye and maybe also in your heart! I hope you enjoyed the show!
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No way that you got those eclipse photos! How cool is that! Amazing. See, I knew you've been coveting! Thanks for sharing, Elena. Beautiful. My favorite is the Palace Hotel moon photo. I want to stay there! On the top floor. Wonder if you could touch the moon from there. I suppose it's worth a shot, yes?
Cheers, Teresa! You're welcome to visit any time :-) And thanks for "glorious", that one I know for sure comes up in the dictionary! Laugh!
Notice the "cheers" in there and then go take a look at a very nice hub: http://hubpages.com/hub/UK-based-Hubbers
And then come back and enjoy the views! Besos!
Hi Frieda! We meet again, and this hub is all your fault! :-)
I'll say, you've got good taste! The Palace hotel is one of the best in the city, I live close by, physically speaking, but oh so far when it comes to everything else ... namely money!! Laugh!
Eclipse photos are all my doing, yep! The view from my terrace or living room window affords the best shots AND the most unusual opportunities! Thanks for the visit!
There is something so calming about these pictures. I don't think you can ever see the same sunrise/sunset sky twice. Or the same color combination. such a beautiful topic.
I am glad you did this one!
Hi Elena! I love the photo's, especially the moons, but I've always been a moon guy. And like Freida, I love the hotel shot! Maybe if we all pool our money we can get a room for one night and have a party! Tapas and vino de verano! Woo hoo!
Some cool pics. What beach was that at in Costa Rica?
Real Tomato -- You're so right about never quite seeing the same sky! I should know, as often as I see them! These images do have a calming effect on me, too, that kind of beauty always gets to me in a good way. I'm very glad you enjoyed the hub!
Christoph - That sounds like a plan, just the tapas and tinto de verano and Palace hotel don't go too well together, but of course can be attempted separately... the straight backed doorman doesn't really need to know where we're coming from! ;-)
GT - Let me fetch the name for you, can't remember off the top of my head, but was up north I seem to recall -- back pronto with the name!
GT -- Playa Coco! A resort around there!
I was at manual antonio a few years back, the rock/island in the background looked a little like it, thought maybe you played with the monkeys too.
I was visiting the Manuel Antonio park! We did pretty much the whole country on a rented car, ended up with a few day's rest of the warrior, so to speak, up there in the north Pacific coast. Wonderful county, I loved it! Wonder if we were there the same year!! I was indeed that monkey look alike hanging from a branch!
jeez, I think I was there four years ago now. We travelled the country too, and had quite an adventue, it was pretty much my last bachelor trip. The sadness come over me.
The hotel shot was awesome, and the moon photos were very relaxing. Life does indeed have much beauty to offer. This is what I needed to look at right now, as I was starting to get concerned about a monetary issue with our business, and worrying won't get me anywhere, so thanks for this! :)
My pleasure, VioletSun! You're welcome to relax and enjoy the views here, it's got to beat worrying about money for sure! Speaking of which, the hotel takes all the praise so far, and I'm really not surprised, it's a wonderful place, specially all "dressed up" for a night out on the town! :-)
GT - It was a "been married forever but I still love to travel together" trip for me ;-)
Hi Leni! I hate you SO, and you are such a B*TCH! How many times do I need to tell you not to rub it in? Take your views and.... oh nevermind! Next time I'm in town your buying a night at the Palace! LOL
Keep dreamin' babe! But you're welcome to a beer or twenty and SOME views, next time you're in town! Besos!
I think i'm gonna do a Frieda Babbley - more more more!
Thanks for sharing these cool photographs - and i'm partial to the moon images. :D
Oh, I want to be back in Madrid, looking out over the rooftops at the moon. Eating a tortilla sandwich. drinking an orange fanta.
Elena, The spectacularity of these photo-essences is truly absolutemeous. Excellentitude a-plenty!
Some very nice shots! I particularly like the first one in the series.
Isn't if great what pollution does for sunsets?
I can't help it. I'm just a born cynic.
Several of your pics remind me of a collection of work my father did when he was a little younger. After they retired he and my mother were fortunate enough to do some rather extensive travelling. He has quite an amazing collection of sunsets.
Ooh, I'm noticing hubs that mix photos and texts are becoming my favourite (to read and publish). These are great. I can never seem to take pictures of the moon. All I get is black screen. Also, really amazing variety, you seem to have been everywhere.
Thanks for sharing the pics. I love the building in The White Night. Madrid looks beautiful.
Great shots, Elena. Whenever I've tried photographs of the moon it comes out oval because of the long time exposure. You must have been using pretty high ISO.
I live in the campo, on a low gradient of the sierra overlooking the village of Jalón (Xaló), Valencia, and with having no light interferience, sometimes moonlight is spectacular.
Cris – You're very welcome! I think between my hub and your comment we just coined a new expression, a Freida Babbley, indeed!! Laugh. The moon seems to be the favorite in the house. Pity full moons only happen every four weeks!
Teresa – You have got to be an English teacher, aren't you! You know a LOT more NON WORDS than I do!!! :-) Tortilla sandwich is as Madrileño as bullfighting! I LOVE that you know this city!
CWB – Your comment reminds me, sunsets are a lot more popular than sunrises, and I guess it's just because people are a lot more around to witness them! I takes getting up really EARLY to capture wonderful sunrises, except in the dead of winter!
The first in the series is as cleaaaaaan as one can hope to find in the whole wide world, San Jose sits smack in the middle of Cabo de Gata, a very protected National Park!
Freeze – I could never get clear moon shots before the Sony Cybershot, but this little tiny nothing of a camera just seems to be able to do anything! Haven't been everywhere YET, but getting there! I also enjoy hubs that combine photos and text, I thought I might as well jump into the wagon! :-)
Benjimester – The Palace Hotel and the moon are quite a pair, yes! I didn't anticipate such a wild success for that particular photo, but now that everyone comments on it, it makes perfect sense – it's beautiful! Thanks for stopping by!
Anthony – Would you believe me if I told you I don't even know what ISO is? BLUSHING Actually, I know what it is, I'm just pretty useless to manipulate it to my advantage in most cases! I seem to recall twitching a setting in the camera for the eclipse photos, but I never stayed more than the time it takes to click to "expose" the image.
I know what you mean with having no light interference, those are the "perfect shots"! I wondered where in Spain you were :-) You must have some views, overlooking the sierra!
What a wonderful collection! Especially like the moonset series - spectacular! Now I *really* have to remember to take my camera everywhere. Mostly to get a shot of the sun rising over the bend in the river I cross every morning.
Ack! My eyes! My eyes! Those eclipse pictures are incredible even if they did cause renal, I mean, retinal damage. ;)
Seriously, all of these pictures are incredible! The moon set pictures in particular are so surreal. I've never seen the moon set before, so these were very special.
Thank you for sharing! :)
JamaG – Remember not only to take the camera, but also to get up at the right time of morning –or night as the case may be! Laugh! Oh, and I hope it's a tiny bit of a camera like mine that fits in your pocket! Thanks for the nice comment!
Pam – You're too funny! :-) The moon set is a show that every breathing person should see once in their lifetime, I don't have words to describe the wonder of it. I swear, I feel like calling people to rush to my place when I see the moon is preparing for it! I've only seen in summer – I guess it's all that Galileic placement of the sun and the Earth and what not, eh? I don't care about science those times, I just hang around the window and oh and ahhhh :-)
wow elena....great hub.....what a photgraphy...i think you should make an exibishion of your photos.....it should come out for public to view because they are amazing......the most one i liked is the eclipse one....great job done..keep it up....have a look for this one ...will be as flashy as your pictures....i am sure you will love it.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Worlds-most-costliest-phon
thanx...hav a great time
Hi, really amazing photos. wow that are so beautiful. I wuould like to be at Pacific coast of Costa Rica one day. It is looking so beautiful. Thanks to you Elena n Freida both.
Thank you, Britney! The eclipse is pretty, indeed! :) No exhibitions for me though, the photos are pretty but not all that good :-)
Amelie – Thanks! Costa Rica is a wonderful country, both the coast and the interior regions! And yes, Frieda's little and gentle push and shove made me do this, so thanks to her too :-)
Absolutely gorgeous. Love the captions, too. A good photo always speaks for itself, but I enjoy hearing a little about it as well. What a lovely way for me to spend some of a Sunday morning.
Yes, please, more Babbleys!
Hi Sally! I'm glad you like the photos, the response to this hub makes it more than worth the time I spent digging them out :-) Makes is worth my time to have been up at the very crack of dawn to have some of them taken, too!! :-)
"A babbley" is officially coined now! Laugh! I'll have to tell Frieda, but I don't think she'll object, considering!
No, I don't mind at all. It's quite humorous really. My name has never been coined before. However, in the event that I were to be coined, I have prepared a nice simple little speach. (Let me clear my throat first, one moment please. And some water, I tend to be long winded, one moment...) Now where was I. Oh, yes.
But seriously. I do have to say it was Elena who came up with the concept as this is the second, not first, of these fabulous photo hubs of hers. And I must say it was she who inspired me to inspire her to make another.
So Elena, any more "Babbley's" up your sleeve?
Babbley, the woman herself!!! You forgot to take a bow after your speech!! :-P
For now I don't have any more photos whose SPECTACULARITY grants a hub, but of course I'm again tempted to search for them in my folders. You'll be the first to know about any new Babbley's!
Now, shall we go patent the name before someone snatches it from under our noses? Laugh!
(Bow. Bow. Bow. Curtsey.) (Catching bouquet of roses now.) Thank you. Thank you. Oh, your too kind. Thank you. (Blow kisses) (Catch some more roses) (Oh, a rose BUSH!..) How thoughtful. (Bow wihile backing up) (Bow while backing up.) (Prick from rose thorns, don't show pain, smile instead, bow while backing up, make a run for it.)
=)
Yes, Elena, I think when the copywrite offices open tomorrow we should be first in line.
Thanks for sharing the pics very nice hub
Cheers, Lgali.
These are just lovely! Thank you! :)
Hey Suzanne! You're very welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed!
This week's "Spring" hubmob had me thinking about a new Babbley.... "Spring in me terrace"! I just didn't have the time to compile photos yet ... maybe it'll be too late and the week will be over when I do! Whoops! :-)
Okay, Elena. Cross off Tuscany. Add Spain. Well, maybe not cross OFF Tuscany. But definitely add Spain.
Actually, I don't have a passport, and I suspect never will. So I'll live vicariously through your photos and the movie "Under the Tuscan Sun".
Laughing Mom, for sure you want to add Spain, but you don't want to cross off Tuscany!! I'm going to fetch you a hub I read a while ago on some Tuscany towns, that ought to renew your interst :-) Or, it'll help you live vicariously, too :-)
And what's the deal with passports for you American folks? I mean, you're the land of the free and what not, right? How come it's so complicated to get a ticket outta town? Ohhhh forget I ever asked, I'm not sure I want to know! I know one thing for sure, I mean this as a joke and I don't want to get hate mail on account of this crack :-) Laugh
Here you go, Laughing Mom: http://hubpages.com/hub/Italian-Cities, by happyexplorer!
I don't even have a clue how to go about getting a passport, to be completely honest. I've only been to Juarez at a little bitty kid when someone decided to go to a dog race or something. I don't really remember it. My husband tried to sell his sister there once, though. Actually, he was just kidding, but someone tried to take him up on the offer. She beat the snot out of him (my husband) right there in the street!
So there's my worldly experience for you. Las Cruces, El Paso and a few other Texas border towns are about as close to getting out of here as I've ever been. Oh, and Niagra Falls.
So where's the hub? And anyone who sends hate mail isn't worth the time it takes to read it anyway......
Sorry, we posted at the same time.
I'm off to Tuscany!!
Lovely hub, Elena - I love the moon in all its guises.
Would love to visit Spain one day - it looks beautiful. These photos have whetted the appetite!
Thanks, Sufi! Some parts of Spain aren't that different from those photos of Greece in your hub :-) Then again, the sun and the moon are quite pretty everywhere, aren't they :-)
You've got to be kidding me!! I get all excited for these pictures of Tuscany, and BOOM!!! "Hub does not exist"!!!
My mistake, LM, let's take the comma outta the picture and see where it takes you... to plenty of wunneful Italian cities:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Italian-Cities
Now it is only natural that I would like this one. I loved the moonset the most.
Hello, PM! Of course, makes sense you'd like your name sake :) Never mind the fact that this was inspired by none other than Ms Babbley!
Attention and heads up all rolled up in one: Next new moon, beginning of August, has potential for "setting". Watch out for the show!
Nice photo collection I really like the sunset pictures
Glad you enjoyed, Coolmon!
Teresa McGurk says:
11 months ago
glorious! I'll be back in a while to comment again, as I'm supposed to be working at the moment, but couldn't resist a look. . .