@Twelvebit: thank you for commenting, to answer your question, I should ask another question! Is photography more difficult for women than men in US?

vu@granby from Granby, Québec, Canada

I like your landscape pictures, bright and colourfull.
vu@granby - Gilles Martineau

10 Feb 2008 6:12pm

lidia from Barcelona, Spain

beautiful how like this river.

10 Feb 2008 6:27pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Nice composition and I like what the shadows have done to the background mountainside; yet still providing peeks of sun.

10 Feb 2008 6:41pm

Ras from Plano, United States

Very beautiful. I love it.

10 Feb 2008 6:54pm

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Georgous scenery, a wonderfully composed shot.

10 Feb 2008 8:28pm

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

Very nice composition. What a magnificent view! I like the lighting

10 Feb 2008 9:05pm

Steven from Montreal, Canada

Breathtaking!

10 Feb 2008 9:38pm

Rags from Plano, United States

Helma, this is a really pretty image and place. Keep up the good work.

10 Feb 2008 11:18pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Is it more difficult for a woman to take photos in the US than for a man? As a man, that is hard for me to say. But I'd guess that there are times when it is easier to take photos as a woman and times when it is easier to take photos as a man. For instance, I generally do not take photos of children --too dangerous as your motives are likely to be questioned and arouse suspicion. A woman might find it easier to take photos of children because her motives are probably less likely to be questioned.

On the other hand, it might be more dangerous for a woman out taking photos by herself, especially at night. I know I would be worried about my wife's safety if she was out by herself at night taking photos.. Again though, when it comes to photographing people, women photographers may be perceived by some as less "threatening" than male photographers.

I'm pretty careful, and In this supposedly "free" country I get stopped all the time and questioned about my picture taking. Sometimes the questions are innocent and friendly or motivated by curiosity; and sometimes the questions, and attitude of those asking them, are hostile and threatening. If I was young and dark-skinned and foreign looking I think I would have a lot harder time taking photos in public. Depending on where she was taking photos, and what of, I'd say a young "foreign" looking woman --especially someone the typical American might associate with the Middle East-- would have more problems taking photos than I do, though she might well have fewer problems than her male counterpart.

Photographers can have their difficulties everywhere. When I was young I didn't notice so many difficulties here as I do today. This country is slowly developing attitudes about public photography that we used to scoff at in other countries when I was a kid --like the old USSR. So, I'm curious about the social and political constraints on photographers in other countries.

11 Feb 2008 4:12pm