Where are you from? And fave local spot.

[sm-anderson]

<p>I'm in the southwest corner of Wyoming, where there is a lot of elbow room. 30 minutes to the Uinta mountains (I can see them from my house), 1 hour to Flaming Gorge, 2 1/2 hour to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone, and there is so much more.</p><div></div>

[becky_mcguire]

<p>I live in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. I love to go down to what we locals call the Channel and take pictures of London Bridge. </p><div></div>

[dianedh]

<p>What a wonderful thread! <br>

I'm from a little historic town in North Carolina - Salisbury. It's about an hourfrom Charlotte and Greensboro, about 3 hours from the mountains and 4 hours from the beaches. Just a perfect location! My favorite spot to take pictures in right here in Salisbury. Lots of historic buildings, wonderful gardens, creeks and rivers.</p><div></div>

[astral]

<p>A mile or so from my home in Nottinghamshire, in central England, is a row of seven trees which are silhouetted on the western horizon. Because sky looks different day by day, week by week, throughout the seasons, I've been photographing these same seven trees almost daily for almost two years - and never tired of doing so. My <em>favourite place</em>, with a greater photographic diversity, is Brugge (Bruges) in Belgium which I visit many times a year . . . but the trees are all mine!</p>

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[DickArnold]

I live in New Hampshire and have a choice between the mountains and the Coast. Nubble Light, York ME<div></div>

[DickArnold]

Now the Nubble Light<div></div>

[sketch_tbhotmail.com]

<p>Wow this thread was a great idea, very interesting places so far. I live in southern Vancouver, British Columbia although I'll be moving back to Ottawa, Ontario later this summer to be closer to family. I don't really have a favorite local spot as there's so many great ones around. That being said, I do spend a lot of time at Crescent Beach in White Rock because it's so close to my house.</p><div></div>

[mas-alaska]

<p>I live in Ketchikan, Alaska. This shot is from a beach where I often shoot. More photos of the area<a href="http://www.mitchseaver.com/sealaska"> here.</a><br /> <img src="http://www.mitchseaver.com/img/s4/v3/p174761115-5.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[johnw436]

<p>I live in Tampa, FL. I grew up down the road from Sarah Fox! LOL, actually I grew up about an hour away just south of Richmond.<br />My favorite places here in Florida... too many to mention. But here are a few spots within a half hour of me:</p>

<p>The Spongedocks, a Greek community founded (and still inhabited by) sponge fishermen.</p>

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<p>Pine Island Park (my local beach, ten minutes from the house)</p>

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<td>From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/john.jwphoto/2009PineIslandKids_K20d_inCamBW?authkey=Gv1sRgCNfT88Xzu4K6Jw&feat=embedwebsite">2009 Pine Island kids_K20d_in cam BW</a></td>

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<p>Crystal Springs (the source where Zephyrhills Spring Water is bottled from)</p>

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<td>From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/john.jwphoto/CrystalSprings?feat=embedwebsite">Crystal Springs</a></td>

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<p>and if you ever get to Tampa, don't miss Lowery Park Zoo</p>

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<td>From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/john.jwphoto/NatureSeries?feat=embedwebsite">Nature Series</a></td>

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[scott_ferris]

<p>Virgin Islands, not the USVI :-). This is from the road above my home. My favorite spot? That's difficult, but the only place I always take my camera here is Anegada, the very feint white line on the horizon.</p><div></div>

[pnital]

<p>I live in Israel in a small city( called Givatayim ( two hills) close to to Tel Aviv-Jaffa which borders the Mediterranean sea ( the same municipality), about 30 minutes drive.There are so many place that I like to photo, like the old city of the Tel Aviv ( dance center area), the art fairs, and markets, and traveling to the old city of Jerusalem( about an hour drive.)</p><div></div>

[pnital]

<p>Jerusalem has a very special architecture, with a special stone of houses. Here is an example</p><div></div>

[jim_j2]

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<p><a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=5923513">Jim Service</a> <a href="http://www.photo.net/member-status-icons"></a>, Jun 16, 2010; 03:50 p.m.</p>

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<p>Hey Jim,<br>

I spent a couple of years as a teenager living up Niles Canyon Rd. just out of Sunol. Unfortunately, I wasn't into photography yet!<br>

Yes, I do envy your location! Wish I could return for a couple of weeks with "camera in hand" to get some of the things I missed!<br>

Just the other day, I did the Google thing looking around Sunol, it's changed considerably in the past 30 years! Many memories from that area!<br>

Don't see anyone mention Sunol or Mt. Diablo often, so had to respond!<br>

Will be checking your Gallery often,</p>

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[wegner]

<p>I live in Moscow, Russia. I like to walk in the center of it though live next to the city borders.</p><div></div>

[wegner]

<p>The picture below had been taken near my dwelling place, just across the road.</p><div></div>

[wegner]

<p>Each look of Moscow has its own view.</p><div></div>

[jim_service]

<p>Mr Johnson<br>

..and Calaveras Rd and Mt Hamilton/San Antonio Valley...<br>

If you make it out this way, shoot me an email and I'll make some suggestions depending on the time of year.<br>

And, yes, Mt Diablo is an overlooked gem and only 30 miles away.</p><div></div>

[Brad_]

San Francisco<P>

 

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Favorite spot? The Mission District<P>

 

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[hjoseph7]

Arlington Virginia/Washington DC

[gabor_szabo3]

<p>Currently reside on a hilltop overlooking the New Jersey Meadowlands and the fabulous Manhattan Skyline. It's a great vantage point to watch exploding oil tankers , brush fires, planes crashing at Teterboro Airport, snarled traffic of the daily Rat Race, and a thousand other reasons why I love NJ.</p>

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[bob_bill]

<p>Folsom, CA, near Sacramento and right across the river from Johnny Cash's famous prison. One of my favorites is Yosemite, 4 hours from here. Have made 3 mid Februiary trips to try to capture the "Firefall" that was made famous by Galen Rowell. About a week on either side of Valentines day, if there has been enough snow on the ridge, it is warm enough for it to melt to form Horsetail falls and there are no clouds as the sun is setting, the falls and its mist turns cherry red for about 5 minutes once or twice a year. I'm 0 for 3 for this bucket list shot. I liked the geometry of this shot , right triangles, parallogram, but it needed a circle, so added a moon, also a tribute to Ancil and another Yosemite photographer, Ernst Hass who said he didnt want to photo new things, but things in a new way. I will bet, out of the millions of Yosemite photos out there, there are few with a Folsom moon in them.</p><div></div>

[cyanatic]

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[cyanatic]

<p>always nice when one's posting errors are displayed for the world to see... </p>

[cyanatic]

<p>Chicago. Fave spot? Anywhere in the city.</p>

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[charles_stobbs3]

Reading, Mass. The next county to the east has lots of conservation land and many walking paths. It's interesting how many of us prefer rural to city subjects.