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 February 3, 2011 in Architecture, Landscape, Winter
This is the 3rd in my series of winter barn images taken about a month ago. How can you resist a red barn and white snow? I never seem to be here with my camera when the horses are out….hopefully someday!
Posted on January 24, 2011 in Architecture, Winter
Here’s the 2nd barn in my series from last weekend. I’ve seen this barn a few times from the highway but just never stopped to photograph it before. The property is for sale if anyone is interested. I’d say a new roof is in order!
Posted on January 15, 2011 in Architecture, Landscape, Winter
I had a whole list of errands to do today and my travels took me to an area that has 3 of my favorite barns to photograph…plus I found a new one! We were expecting snow showers beginning this afternoon but I didn’t see a flake even though the skies looked threatening. In this scene, I like that the remnants of the crops are poking up through the snow in the foreground to add interest. Every building on this property is painted red. Not only the barns, but the house and shed as well! Since Mother Nature didn’t provide any falling snow, I added some to the image below. 🙂
Posted on December 12, 2010 in Animals, Landscape, Nature, Painting Effect, Winter
In my neck of the woods there are a LOT of Christmas tree farms. In fact, the tree that graces the White House this year came from a nearby farm. Pretty impressive! Many of the farms offer more than just trees…some have gift shops, petting zoos, snack bars with hot cocoa, and this one has a horse drawn wagon to take folks out to select a tree. It was as quaint as quaint can be! The only thing missing was a bit of snow! Being at the tree farm made me think about the last time I had a live tree….as best as I can recall, it was 1971. Yes, that’s a long time ago! The scent of Blue Spruce took me back to my childhood because that’s the type of tree that my family always brought home for the holidays. The tree, the train, the lights, the glass ornaments…..the needles sticking in my socks…..ah the memories! 🙂