Tuesday, July 13, 2010

05 26 2010 - What is in focus?

Dandelions are a favorite weed of mine to take photos of. I layed in my yard to get to ground level to try to get a different view. I got one dandelion in focus, which made the photo a little different and to me more interesting. They are blurry cotton balls, with one sharp flower in focus.
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05 25 2010 - Turtle Power

This is my favorite nightlight. It sits on an entertainment center in my bedroom and I love the ambient light it gives off. I took this photo with my point and shoot camera and did a touch of color adjustment (keeping the light portion and fading the rest to black and white) to make the light pop. I love to keep a point and shoot camera in my bag so I can catch images like this one at any time.
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Monday, July 12, 2010

05 24 2010 - Old Truck

Need I say more? It's an old truck :)
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05 23 2010 My Hydrangeas

My favorite flowers in the whole wide world to grow are hydrangeas. They are easy they are colorful and they are reliable. No matter what they seem to come back year after year. I love to watch them throughout the season to see what they will look like each year.
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05 22 2010 Baby Birds


These little mocking birds were hungry and looking for some grub (probably literally...grub). I got dive bombed by there protective mother when I was taking this photo. I quickly got out of there so they could finish their dinner.
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05 21 2010 Purple Sky

I took this photo outside of my house. The sky was a pretty shade, and I thought it was a peaceful moment.
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Friday, June 4, 2010

The Brown Pelican

I have always enjoyed watching pelicans at the beach. They are funny birds with big appetites. I never thought about these birds being coated in oil and fighting for their lives before the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, the images on the news are breaking my heart. There are some places were the large birds are coated with thick mucky oil. I don't think I will ever look at these birds as being funny again. I will look at them as survivors and as majestic.

I send special thanks to all the veterinarians and volunteers that are helping clean the animals affected by the oil spill.
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05 20 2010 The Break of Dawn

While training at my new day job, I had the chance to work overnight for a week. In the mornings when I headed home there were some amazing sunrises. I would think about how many people don't get up in time to see the sunrise let alone go to bed with it. One day though, this particular sunrise caught my attention. I doubled back towards where I had left in search of a clear shot of it. I could not find such an area in the city, but I noticed the appealing lamp post. The combo worked out well and I was able to capture an image of the sun in all of its glory.
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05 19 2010 Go The Distance

Go The Distance - Look to the horizon and see just how far you can go. That is what I think when I look at this photo. I got it by standing on a hill at the top of a housing development, looking toward the North.
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

05 18 2010 - Reach for the Top

Reach for the Top, no matter how high it may be.
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05 17 2010 My Hydrangeas


I know summer is on the way when my hydrangeas start to bloom. This one will turn bright blue like the one flower already has when it is bloomed out. It is fun to photograph flowers and they can be great lighting and reflection subjects to practice on.
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05 16 2010 - Crazy Stretch

Is there anything I can say?
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

05 15 2010 Sea Ray Parking Only

This is a gag sign at the boat docks where my boat is kept. It happens that the only boats on the row are Sea Ray brand, and my Brother-in-law commented on how he could not believe the marina was being so mean by placing such a sign! I thought it was hilarious, especially when I told him I hung it as a joke!

On the photography side, I used a wide open aperture and a very fast shutter speed to blur out the background. The shutter speed had to be real fast because it was so bright outside that the large aperture could have blown out the photo with too much light.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

05 14 2010 - Retro Cat

Here is Callie. I played with the filtering of the picture to make it look darker and more retro. It changed the feel of the photo.
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Saturday, May 15, 2010

05 13 2010 - Last Pics from the Gulf


Here are a couple of photos from my last day on the beach. The beach was clean and pretty, with the exception of these blue jellyfish washing up.
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05 12 2010 - Cross on the Beach

This cross looked like it was fixed from driftwood on Orange Beach. See it yourself at the State Park in Orange Beach, AL.
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05 11 2010 - Getting Dark on the Gulf

I went to the beach after the sun when down and took these photos. I set up on a tripod so I could keep the camera still.






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05 10 2010 - Back to the Gulf

The beaches in Gulf Shores were still pretty this past week. 




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05 09 2010 Mother's Day

Thank you to my Mother for being the best. She is a Super Mom!
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05 08 2010 The Ceiling Fan

I know, this is a stretch. I was tired though and had forgotten to snap a photo for the day so I took this picture of my ceiling fan and then mixed it up with Photoshop. A little odd, but fun.
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