Posted on July 7, 2010 in Abstract / Graphic
This is a scene of canoes docked at the lake with their reflection in the water. More than that, however, to me it’s a graphic image of lines and shapes and angles. At first I really had to look at this shot closely to remember what I photographed. Then I remembered walking along the dock and seeing this reflection tucked away between the boats.
Posted on July 6, 2010 in Abstract / Graphic, Flowers, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature
I’m not sure of the name of this flower, but it’s fiery orange and red colors are symbolic of the heat of summer! Wow – it was 101 degrees here today and I am thinking that I should be outside watering my flower beds. I will do that as soon as I finish this post. I photographed these little flowers at Stonehedge Gardens first with the Lensbaby Composer and Soft Focus Optic and then with my 100mm macro lens. This final image is a combination along with a painting filter added. I’ve been fiddling around with my watermark lately to try and come up with something that includes my logo as well as the copyright. While I don’t want to overpower the image, I do want it to be visible. What I have now can be moved around the image and the logo and text can be added independently from one another. Let’s see how long I stick with this one! 🙂
Posted on July 5, 2010 in Flowers, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature
Selecting a nice background is really important to an image. If I don’t plan to fill the frame with the subject, I try to make sure that I have a pleasing and uncluttered background. In this image, I really liked the soft greens, golds, and yellows of the flowers that were behind the subject. I used the Lensbaby Composer and soft focus optic with very shallow DOF and came away with what I had envisioned in my mind when taking this image.
Posted on July 4, 2010 in Animals, Pet Photography
Happy July 4th everyone! I’m a big fan of proudly displaying the American Flag. I have one flying in my front yard year round. For the patriotic holidays I’ve added 2 little red/white/blue banners to my garden fences. I must say, it looks very festive! It was much easier to decorate the yard than to get my cats to wear a red, white & blue bandana. Tara was more cooperative than Sebastian, so here are a few images of her looking very smart in her patriotic attire. If you are interested, I recently met the owners of a company that have really nice collars, leashes, bandanas, etc. This one that Tara is wearing reverses to Easter bunnies…CUTE! Here’s a link to their website: http://www.pawsforall.net/ Hope all have a safe & happy holiday. Please keep your pets home & safe tonight if they are afraid of fireworks like my cats are!
The image above was photographed with the Lensbaby 3G. The images below are (top to bottom): processed with Corel Paint It; photographed with the Lensbaby 3G; processed with Topaz Adjust 4.
Posted on July 3, 2010 in Flowers, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature
When I was a kid I remember seeing SO many fireflies on warm summer evenings. Now it’s a rarity to see one in my garden, but I just saw some a few nights ago and it was a real treat! This little ‘lightning bug’ was perched on a pink coneflower at Stonehedge Gardens as I was photographing with the Lensbaby and Soft Focus Optic. There are only a few bugs that I would deliberately get this close to – butterflies, ladybugs and fireflies are about it! 🙂