Posted on April 27, 2011 in Flowers, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature, Painting Effect, Soft Focus, Spring
It seems that all of our flowering Spring trees are several weeks behind schedule this year due to the never-ending winter. I was expecting to find Cherry Blossoms in bloom at one of my favorite parks when I visited last weekend, but they weren’t even close. We’ve had some warm temperatures this week, so I’m sure that has helped to hurry them along a bit. Plan B was to pull out my Lensbaby Composer with the Soft Focus Optic and photograph the Weeping Cherry trees. I had to hold the soft willowy branches still in order to photograph due to breezy conditions. I love the soft pinks of these pretty flowers.
Posted on March 23, 2011 in Flowers, Landscape, Lensbaby, Nature, Painting Effect, Soft Focus, Winter
Dang groundhog….early Spring my foot!! Here it is, March 23rd, and we have snow on the ground yet again! The snow definitely did “drop” today….and it dropped on my cute little “Snow Drop” flowers that finally came to life in the garden last week. The image above is a scene from my back yard that shows the various stages of tree growth. I have some beautiful evergreens that are full and lush, and then some that have totally lost all of their needles. Some of my giant Oak trees are still hanging onto their leaves from last year, adding some color to the landscape. All of them were blanketed with a wet heavy snow today so I had to take a few minutes and go out with my camera. The image above was taken with the Lensbaby Composer and soft focus optic then processed with an oil painting effect. The image below is one of my Snow Drop flowers, still wet from the snow and rain. It was taken with my 100mm macro lens and processed with a watercolor effect. Looks like more snow is on the way tonight…..good grief! 🙁
Posted on January 16, 2011 in Animals, Lensbaby, Pet Photography
Who says cats can’t wear bows in their hair? Tara didn’t seem to mind at all!
Posted on December 13, 2010 in Flowers, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature
It’s been a year since I visited Longwood Gardens. I bought a membership last December and only used it once…up until today. I thought I’d at least get one more visit in before the membership expires later this week. As much as I have always loved Longwood, I was a bit disappointed today. I’ve been to their holiday display many times and this year was lacking some of the creativity that I have seen in years past, at least in my opinion. I was actually having trouble finding things to photograph. Maybe I’ve just visited too many times and my interests have changed. I must admit, I did spend a bit of time trying to find some of the Longwood cats to photograph when I was really getting bored! The blog image is a Gerbera Daisy photographed with the Lensbaby Composer and macro attachment. I think I’ll go back to photographing dogs and cats – much more fun!
Posted on November 19, 2010 in Lensbaby, Painting Effect
Back in the summer I spent a day at the Fair photographing mostly with my Lensbaby. When I think of a Fair, my mind sees ‘movement’. There are moving rides, lots of people moving along the midway, games of chance, and just all kinds of activities that keep your eyes darting from one scene to another. I thought that the Lensbaby was a perfect compliment for depicting images that portray movement. In this image I captured the top of the merry-go-round alongside the flying swings with a ferris wheel in the background. Yes, it’s a busy scene but using the Lensbaby and processing with painting software has given it the softer and more impressionistic feeling that I was trying to achieve.