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Project 365
Friday • October 1, 2010
As you can see, I made it to the beach. I know I've already posted a fence shot for today so this will be Part 2; and it is special because for the first time in a long time; I actually took it today!! I really want to kick off my 365 in October the right way.
I was bummed that I missed the sunrise on the lake. It seems that today is Recruit Graduation Day at Great Lakes and I didn't figure that into my timeline. I was, however, blinded by the hugest ball of fire as i was driving straight into the sunrise. *heavy sigh*
Since I had Rachel (my recovering patient) waiting 'patiently' in the car I jogged down to the beach and grabbed a few shots. This was taken at "Sunrise Park" and there were benches ringing the bluff overlooking the park and the lake. The homes were just gorgeous and I can only imagine how much it would cost to live in Lake Bluff! I will definitely be returning here for that sunrise I missed!
I met a very kind gentleman on the boardwalk and inquired about the best breakfast cafe in town. He directed me to Bluffington's. Rachel and I had a wonderful breakfast together. I told him any recommendation would work since everything on the planet is pretty much better than galley food!
Again, Happy Fence Friday and First Day of October!
It is quite obvious that I slid all sliders to the max for this image. It started out as an HDR but I didn't like what it did to the image so I dialed down the HDR effect and completely flipped the colors. I was going for a dreamy, surreal look.
The title is from a favorite song from my youth ... I realize that this really dates me :-) I chose this title because, to my delight, when I first loaded up this image, I discovered that the sailboat on the right in the foreground carries the name "Dreamboat Annie!" That just tickled me to no end! I love surprises like that!
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♫ ♥ Heart – Dreamboat Annie ♥ ♫
Heading out this morning into the sun
Riding on the diamond waves, little darlin' one
Warm wind caress her
Her lover it seems
Oh, Annie
Dreamboat Annie my little ship of dreams
Going down the city sidewalk alone in the crowd
No one knows the lonely one whose head's in the clouds
Sad faces painted over with those magazine smiles
Heading out to somewhere won't be back for a while
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Happy Sliders Sunday!
Project 365
Friday • July 30, 2010
Very busy with preparations for a graduation party / family reunion tomorrow. Tossing together a pasta chicken salad and a huge bucket of sand pudding (served in a sand bucket with a shovel)! So, I pulled this from my archives; it seemed appropriate for today.
Happy Fence Friday Everyone and Have a Great Weekend! :D
A favorite spot of mine in downtown San Jose, where the palm trees sit between the two towers of the high rise buildings. A great spot for catching airplanes landing at the nearby airport as well as some pretty colorful sunsets.
Desecho Valley is immense. As the sun sets, the shadow of the mountains travels rapidly up the valley floor. For a short time, the horses followed the light, moving further and further away from our camp. More distant cows, goats and horses appeared as tiny specs moving here and there over the slopes, and sometimes disappearing into the background. This valley is a tricky space that stretches so far into the distance, it's difficult to know how far away, or how big anything actually is.
Project 365
Sunday • December 5, 2010
Just a little bit of sliding rendered a taupe colored pond into a beautiful blue pond! The sunrise just out of frame 'exploded' across the pond so brilliantly (that part really happened)!! And the worm laid out on the ground (safely out of goose range) to get this shot through the dried out weeds (it was also about 20°)!!
I am so sorry I haven't been by to comment the last couple of days ... I did get a few in before my router failed yesterday. Ran out and bought a new one ... and now the connection is as slow as molasses, keeps timing out ... dropping the connection, etc. I post a comment and it just sits there spinning endlessly ... So if any of my comments look weird or are repeated, that is why! If I can't troubleshoot this today; I am going to return the router and get a different brand. Computers are awesome ... when they are working! Been trying to post this since early morning ...
Happy Slider and Happy Worms-eye View Sunday!! :D
Converted an image of passing storm clouds to B&W. I thought that B&W would make the storm clouds more omnious.
Used one of the storm cloud images and the BW_Sampler9 image from the bonus files.
Camera - Canon 600D
Lens - Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Edited in Lightroom 5 with VSCO Film pack 4.
2014/11/22 Hultsfred - Sweden
Morning light at Serón
[This is a series of photos that I took while backpacking Torres del Paine. I tried to take as many photos as possible, but it rained so much more than I had ever anticipated, so it was not possible. It was extremely windy, so a combination of both rain and wind made it difficult to shoot while actually hiking.]
The morning of Day 2 began with light sprinkles. But it eventually stopped at the almost reverent morning light that I have ever seen. What was slowly seeped through the cracks in the blanket of clouds that hovered over us eventually flooded across the snow capped mountains that dominated the north skyline of Serón.
Completely awestruck, I just stood there, not being able to take my eyes off of it.
Serón Campground, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
For it being one of my first times shooting this late. I was able to get some pretty good photos. The experience was also very nice.
Best view of the surfers: up on the pier
Best view of the spectators: down on the beach
Just a minimal mocha / orange slide for Sunday!
Happy Sliders Sunday!
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A great zeal and the want to edit has been pushed back further & further...
The torment of sitting today for a few hours was so painful, I have to stretch my legs often so that the pain eases up. I have to try even with the utmost difficulty, being sick is not fun at all.
Dont know when I will feel better but all I know is I have to surround myself with dreamers & the doers around here, especially my photographer friends, to surround myself with the believers and the thinkers, but most of all to surround myself with friends who see the greatness in within me, even if I do not see it myself.
That is not to be afraid but to focus on where I want to go and not on where I am currently are, it's not easy not to be able to walk but the battle has begun, I have to stand strong, to trust in myself to be able to chase my dreams...
Whenever I find myself doubting on how far I can go, I have to remember how far I have come. To remember everything I have faced, all the battles I have won, and all the fears I have overcome.
I am writing this hoping I can inspire those who are suffering in pain like me. Not to tell you the magnitude of pain I have but to remind you how great God's blessings are.
When people put you down and treat you poorly, keep being you.
Your value doesn't decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth.
We are all beautiful and unique, to be beautiful means to be yourself, don't let how you feel make you forget what you deserve.
Dont wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.
Live life the fullest, BELIEVE!
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I haven't done a bench shot in awhile ... so when I'm with the girls, I always try to grab a few for later! I had a lot of fun chauffeuring Rachel around San Diego and surrounding hamlets ... showing her what she could do, where she go, etc.
At sunset, our path put us near Carlsbad State Beach. We hopped up on the sea wall and enjoyed a gorgeous sunset ... and of course this bench shot! Loved the couple walking together, hand-in-hand and the fabulous sun flare! This looks much better in the lightbox!!
Happy Bench Monday!
DAY 5 - MORMON ROCKS AT SUNSET
Mormon Rocks at sunset
After enjoying another quiet morning at the camp in Mojave desert, I left for the city. However, I wasn’t returning to civilization right away. I had a bit of time, and my eyes were set on Mormon Rocks.
When I arrived at Mormon Rocks, it was still quite early. So, I drove around the area scouting a few spots. It was kind of a pain in the neck driving up and down both I-15 and the state highway getting on and off, but I eventually found some spots to catch the sunset as well as do astrophotography later on.
When the sun was dropping close to the mountain ridge line far west, I headed back out to one of the spots that I had scouted earlier. One of the cool things about Mormon Rocks is that there are so many different shapes and sizes of rock formations. They truly looked out of this world.
I loved the perfect timing that the rocks planted slanted glowed in soft light while the hills and mountains in the background all painted in vivid orange. All I had to do was just step in the frame.
Hope everyone is enjoying their post Christmas recovery. Now it's time to plan the New Year celebrations!!
Happy Thursday!
♫ Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun ♫
Even though this is the lake, doesn't that fiery sun make you feel hot? That you are "blistering in the sun?" With a heat dome hovering over the Plains and the Midwest, everyone will be sweltering in triple digit temperatures and extreme humidity this week.
The last time we had a heat wave like this, we were camping in Upper Peninsula, Michigan. It was nice & cool up there on Lake Superior. When we came home, we discovered that all of our poor fish had died! *Many Tears* The house was an oven and smelled awful. We had forgotten to turn the A/C on (it worked back then).
Speaking of A/C, this morning I broke down and called the A/C man. We really don't want to end up like our fish!
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Happy "HOT" Soundtrack Monday and Keep Cool Everyone!