My House on the Lake, Seasonal of course.

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One of the better threads on the forum in a while! Here are my slices of this heaven that I rotate on my desktop. All original shots, no post-processing involved.

First taken November 15th, 2012. We had a week or so where every sunset was like this.

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Second and third, my favorite time of day, the early morning calm of a summer day.

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Last, the mist as the heat leaves the water late in the summer.

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I think you've been had....

my current work one
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My home one used to be from the top of a certain lighthouse, but dang windows 8 and "metro", the desk top is sort of an app, so a rarely ever see it now!

Install Classic Shell or something similar (there are several). You can download it for free here. It adds back the Start button and normal menus to Windows 8 and lets you startup in your desktop, instead of Metro. I use Windows 8 with Classic Shell and it works like Windows 7.

11/15/12 sunset, Buzzell Cove
 

A rare sky. Attachment 7412

Sal, same night I took mine. It WAS beautiful, all over the region.

Island on a lake on an island on a lake on an island
 

This has been my desktop background recently. I took this photo from my table at breakfast last June using my phone. Anyone know where it is?

So Hard to Choose!
 

I have mine rotating through a whole bunch! Drives Paul crazy. :laugh:
There are some really amazing shots in this thread! Thanks everyone for sharing your special pictures with us.

Timeless
 

Ya know...some of these shots are absolutely timeless. Kids on a dock? That could have been me decades ago. That's what I love about this lake. So many great memories, so many generations. The feeling of returning home (even if you don't live here year-round)

Phillipines?
 

Lake Taal, Philippines maybe???

Yep. Delicious Black Tilapia and rice that morning.

I borrowed someone else's great photo of Sunset Lake and rotate that with my daughter driving the Formula at night when she could barely see over the dash. That one's my favourite but it's oriented vertically and it doesn't fit on the screen properly.

Change them all the time but this one gets used a lot

Could that great photo of Sunset Lake be one of mine?

19 Mile Bay
 

YUP: Just kidding: :D That was about 125 nautical miles North West of Bermuda..June 1979. I was Solo. Later on that day..I took a "Knockdown", (During Cocktails yet...OH the Humanities) :look:.... with the mast in the water.

The boat popped back up and continued sailing under Wind Vane self steering.... while I sat in the cockpit Looking. The boat was a C&C 27. Great fun. :) NB

I'll have to look but yes, I think it is! You have quite a lot of great photos.

Love those old photos of summer on the Lake.

Rainbow
 

A decent rainbow

hopefully, this will upload
 

sunset pic from our yard - rattlesnake peninsula, sun setting behind diamond island. taken may 12, 2012. i miss the lake.

Snowmobiling
 

A lot of really great pictures. Here is another of my winter favorites.
Taken from a mountaintop at sunset.

I took this one of Opechee Bay in late November of 2010 from the parking lot of "O's" Restaurant in Laconia.

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Fall in the cove
 

Fall favorite

Just a few of mine...

Pic1 There are many beautiful spots on the lake, but I have to admit that I got a million dollar view.

Pic2 Summer time late afternoon cruise across the broads.

Pic3 Jefferson Notch Rd after a good dumping of snow

Pics 4&5, Jericho Mountain's new warming hut, and the view from inside. Awesome place to get off the trail, stoke up the wood stove and warm up a bit.

Chase
 

Chase Island this weekend

Pictures
 

One picture is more breath taking than the next! Thank you everyone.

Thanks for the picture DONZI!! Must have been quiet without two dogs barking a greeting. Waiting patientlly for soft water again.

Harvard Island from Blackey Cove. Lake Winnipesaukee 2006

Near Ragged Is.

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The pics are absolutely beautiful !!! I am enjoying each and every one. I also would like to share, but cannot figure out how to do it. When I send a photo via an email, I go to My Pictures and select, open and send. I do the same on Facebook with success. But here it asks for a "url". If somebody has the patience to explain how to post a photo, I would very much appreciate it. I have tried, no luck. But.......fabulous photos everyone. wow !!! thank you.

Posting a picture here is pretty easy. Proceed as you would to make a post. Type in the text you want as usual.

NOW scroll down below the text box and find "Manage Attachments". Push the button. A box will appear up to the left. Inside the top of the box is a button entitled "Browse". Click that and it should take you to the place on your computer where you keep your pictures. It may show you "Folders", or maybe "Thumbnails" of your collection. The most recent pictures should be at the bottom. Right click on the picture you want and Preview..good idea because the thumbnails are pretty small. When you decide if that's the correct picture, right click on the picture and "Select". The picture file number and location will show up in the earlier box to the left of the "Browse" button.

Now click "Upload". Then Wait. It may upload in a few seconds ..or it may take a minute or two. Patience here. When it's done uploading, the ID of the picture will show up again, BUT.. down and to the left a little with a little color icon next to it.

NOW look for the "Submit Reply"" button. It may be partially hidden underneath the lefthand box. If you left click OUTSIDE the lefthand box, it will disappear and expose the "Submit Reply" button. Click "Submit Reply".

That should do it. NB

PS: If you like the way that worked and want to ADD another picture to the finished and displayed post, just click EDIT as usual and do the whole procedure again with a new picture.

PPS: I like to go to where my pictures are on the computer...BEFORE I write my post, just to bring the pictures "To The Top" as it were. I think it helps the upload program find the pictures easier.

PPPS: With computers, nothing is absolute. :D

When you reply or quote look for manage attachments, that is where you can browse and look for your photo on your pc.

I am trying it...you guys are the best !!

this is great !!! ok...Meredith, Leavitte Park Beach. Yay !! thanks again.

Gona get wet
 

Gona get wet

October sunrise
 

Early, one October morning in 2011, a visual drama exploded over the rim of my coffee cup. I grabbed the camera...photos are cropped, but not enhanced in any way.

Just when I was thinking...."so many beautiful sunsets, we have just as beautiful sunrises" Sleepersbound posted a sunrise shot! Here's mine:

Sleepersbound
 

I was staying with one of your neigbors back in 2000. There was quite the evening storm with lighting and torential rain! That morning when the sun rise in back of Treasure Island, I got the same effect and I am looking for the picture. In fact my friend has a copy displayed in her cottage the last I knew. Since then I always enjoy my coffee with the sun rising over Alton.

Lots of simply amazing pictures in this thread. This place is absolutely beautiful when it comes right down to it. No place else I'd rather be.:D

This is my desktop on the home computer. It is kinda old so I should probably take a better one. Taken in Melvin Village...

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On my laptop.....
(Sunrise over Mirror Lake...By the narrows Tis!)

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:laugh::laugh: You remembered!!!