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Something a bit different from my usual style but change is good!
Last week while in Las Vegas, Peter and I had the great fortune to meet up with some fellow photographers, Janelle and Katie. Just as the sun was setting we found this amazing rain-wash and spent a bit of time capturing portraits of each other.
I can't wait to show you more photos from my trip!
Something a bit different
A different Perspective
“Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat and worry with laughter at your predicaments, thus freeing your mind to think clearly toward the solution that is certain to come. Never take yourself too seriously.”
Og Mandino
Took the bit out of my horses mouth threw it over the saddle horn and noticed all the saliva on the bit and thought, huh, that looks kinda cool, I better take a pic.
New York City: Snow Day...
(from my book: bit.ly/newyorkbook)
The snow fell
onto New York City
like spun sugar,
stretched across
trees and houses
as hearts skipped a beat,
in the pause between moments
while the city streets wound
themselves through the snow
and we climbed right into
winter’s dream
propelling ourselves
into the city’s memory
while distant smokestacks
exhaled into a slumbering sky.
Day melted away
as evening waited patiently
to pull itself like a blanket
over a languid and dreaming afternoon,
and New York City slipped
over glazed rooftops
into the winter night.
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'Bits and Ripples', inspired by the 'Little Bits' quilt made by Joelle Hoverson in the book 'Last Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts', made & quilted by me in 2010/2011.
At Stitch Modern, the first East Bay MQG quilt show, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA
A bit late as always haha but this was my flickr year 2012 :D
so many incredible dolls so little time argh! hopefully 2013 will bring me more time for dolls and more pics! :P
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There is a bit of a story behind this image.
The weather forecast had been saying mist all week for the weekend, unusual in itself as the weather usually promises much then changes completely at the last minute. In addition to the promise of Misty weather there was also the opportunity to meet up with some Togs from the deep South west that had crossed the border of Cornwall and made their way up to the grim north.
Also another tog (Mike Dutson) had been tempted to leave his beloved Lancashire and meet us in the Peaks. The last member of our party travelled over from the photographic desert of Northamptonshire.
Geoff and I travelled up after work aiming to be on Mam Tor in the dark to get the light trails of the cars snaking up the pass in the mist. It was all going to plan, we arrived on schedule, the mist and fog was swirling around, we found our compositions and started to wait eagerly for the cars to go through the pass. We waited for three hours and not a single car went through the pass. We realised as 4am approached that we had arranged to meet the other togs at Hitter Hill for sunrise, so with much grumbling, moaning and a bit of swearing, we packed up and started to go back to the car. You guessed it! as soon as we moved a van went through the pass!!! So not the composition I had hoped for but at least it was something for the nights effort
My sweet Melody, is very expressive, calm, independent, and a bit....arrogant....And I love her Soo!!
this one is a bit taller, and I was wearing killer heels that day.
his dancing is questionable though, but then I might have been a distraction
very touchy feely this lad is,I thought I would never escape his embrace.
I didn't try to hard in all truth, playing up to the observers outside looking in at us taking the photos
A bit of a strange day, set out this morning and completely forgot to pack my flash diffuser DOH!!! Anyway decided to get some supplies for macro work, these included items to hold coloured cards as backgrounds, I will do a bit about these later if they work :o)
So later after I had been home I went looking under dock leaves and this is what I was after Apion frumentarium. This is a very striking Weevil that feeds on large Dock leaves, as we can see in this image, this individual was having a right old feast LOL :o)
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It was a bit misty morning, quite a calm and relaxing one. I was enjoying my walkabout with a camera, trying to make the most of the time the mist was drifting around.
Sometimes, when I’m out taking images, I overdrive myself in walking, taking shots, looking for compositions… I do it in every possible way. I’m afraid I will regret not taking some shots if the conditions are favourable, so-called FOMO (fear of missing out). And then I come home completely exhausted in that way that I don’t have the energy the whole day, sometimes, to even transport my images to the computer and have a glance at them. I do that the next day. Then I became overwhelmed with the amount of photos I’ve got. It happens every time…
Because of that, I’m now looking to save energy as much as I can. If there is not a thick, dense fog I evaluate the scene I see in front of me or in the distance. Should I go there, maybe I should get back around, that sort of thinking. All those locations where I’m going I pretty much know by now so I can rely on that. And if there is a thick, dense fog, well, I totally pressure myself. I can’t help it then. It is stronger than me. My brain is working fast, I’m sweating like it’s mid-summer and so on…
Anyway, to get back on this shot. The mist was clearing away and I stood on the part of the forest where I observed the surroundings. At one point I was at the shore of the river looking if there was some atmosphere in the part of the forest across, on the other side of the river. I didn’t see any, but I noticed this lovely glow in the air, as some moisture was obviously still there. It was just at the time some light hit out the trees across. I decided to not go any further, but maybe there was an actual shot from where I was standing, I thought. I’ve never shot this composition before, so it’s always fun when you find something new in a familiar location. I took a few images and after seeing them on my computer screen back home, they looked decent to me.
I like the interaction among the trees here, and how the main subject tree is a bit twisty. Colours and light are lovely. The only downside is that blue patch on the up left that I could not be bothered to cover in the post. All in all, a fine morning well spent with a camera among the trees.
My mother told me babies were brought into the world by storks. I learned differently. But then I went to Spain and saw that storks must be the most religious birds in the world--they love to nest on high places, most especially church steeples and bell towers. So perhaps they do have a special connection to the divine:)). Texture thanks to Lenabem-Anna.
Years ago, I had a wonderful spring trip to the Okanagan. There I saw some special birds who all had a little blue to their color display.
Bit of fall color on the the cypress and tupelo tree lined banks of Hickson Lake, in the Dagmar Wildlife Management Area in eastern Arkansas.
I've spent quite a bit of time over the years seeking out landscape photography locations in Utah. Even so, world-class vistas like this one have managed to slip under my radar.
I first saw an image of this amazing spot earlier this year thanks to my Flickr friend John Mumaw in a photo he called "Desert Island."
This a 'rincon' which is a river meander (like Horseshoe Bend" but the river has changed course leaving the riverbed dry. It's one of those things you have to see to believe.
There seem to be a lot of names for this spot: Jackson Hole Rincon, Dry Bayou, Crater Butte...but whatever you call it, you will likely be alone. It is isolated and well off the beaten path near the Valley of the Gods Utah
I got a chance to visit in April and took John's advice to bring my drone. I was lucky to get some nice clouds right before sunrise.
This is a multi-frame, exposure bracketed image consisting of 12 different shots and the final product was nearly 13,000 pixels across (I had to reduce the size to fit on Flickr). Needed every bit of that resolution to do justice to this expansive view.
Seeing places like this for the first time is one of the things I love about photography. It sure keeps me young.
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Jeff
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brrrrr problem is with older houses they are a bit drafty .
I am getting a cold chill around my backside coming from somewhere.
Last one from this set for while their is only so many polka dots people can take.
Bit breezy today and took this one hand held using the 600mm lens as they were in a fenced off part of the pond. Not sure i would have done much better even if i could of used the macro.
The universe seems to revolve around Tsé Bit A'í ( Navajo Name ) or Shiprock as it is more commonly known.
Shiprock or ( Tsé Bit A'í ) is a volcanic plug that rises 1583 feet above the desert floor. It was formed thousands of feet below the earths surface some 27 million years ago, but erosion has exposed it after millions of years.
Tsé Bit A'í the Navajo name means "rock with wings" or "winged rock" refers to the legend of the great bird that brought the Navajo from the north to their present lands. The name "Shiprock" or Shiprock Peak or Ship Rock derives from the peak's resemblance to an enormous 19th-century clipper ship
Shiprock and the surrounding land have religious and historical significance to the Navajo people. It is mentioned in many of their myths and legends. Foremost is the peak's role as the agent that brought the Navajo to the southwest
This was taken during a workshop with a Navajo Guide and permit.
The North Star is situated just above the peak of shiprock. The North Star will stay stationary while all the other stars appear to rotate around it.
Sony A7R5 w/ Sony FE 12-24mm F/2.8 GM
Sky 134 stacked images at:
ISO 2000, 20mm, F/2.8, 30 seconds each
Blended with a foreground image at
ISO 800, 20mm, f/4, 181 seconds of exposure.