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A scene from Botswana.
It was playing in the mud/water, or may be it waking a bath. It tried to 'hide' as our boat approached. I thought that was very cute =)
She has been out of town for over a week, so I thought I would post one of us together. Thankfully, she will be home soon.
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#EXPLORE/Aug 20, 2010 ✗163
You can find other my photos in Explore:
* Butterflies,
* Buon Natale / Merry Christmas / Feliz Navidad / Joyeux Noël / Frohe Weihnachten,
* sunrise
Naomi's new bantam chicks checking out my flower bed. It was a whole new world for them. In the last shot three of them are staring intently at a leaf stem. They were just too hilarious!
I haven't been out for photos since my hip replacement surgery early this month, but I wanted to stop by to wish a warm holiday season to all, and a very Merry Christmas to those who are celebrating this week. This shot was taken a couple of years ago in the historic village of Long Grove, Illinois.
I am definitely on the mend following the surgery. I'm walking well without a cane now, and continuing my post operative exercises in a vigorous fashion. I'll likely be off and on Flickr for a while yet during the holiday season, but I'm planning to be back on a more routine basis again soon.
Explore # 316 February 23, 2012
Love Quote of the Day
The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Regards,
Sunny
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In explore at #343
This was one of those evenings where there was mist and fog around. I was hoping for a nice clear sunset but it all turned a bit muddy. I suppose on the plus side, it gave some interest in the sky. The sun glowed orange as it set behind a bank of fog. Shot vertical to include some of the blue sky above the fog. 3 bracketed shots taken on a tripod for this. Merged in CS6. You could say this shot has that painterly feel to it.
One of my photographic goals has been to take pictures of individual snowflakes. This has been a particularly difficult goal to achieve due to a number of reasons. First, the temperature and weather conditions need to be JUST right to create visible snowflakes, worthy of photographing (this is not often). Second, it doesn't snow every day (even if it has snowed often). And third, most of the times it has snowed, it was during a time that I could not get out with my camera. Either it was night time, during school hours, when I had an appointment, or when I was sick (and I was sick for six weeks straight this year, so this was often). I figured I would just have to wait until next year to get the shots I so desired. But winter wasn't done with us yet, even if it was the first day of spring! (After all, I was born in a blizzard at the end of March!) A friend of mine out in West Jersey posted a picture on Facebook of an individual snowflake which got me ALL EXCITED!!! I saw her picture during the school day and could not WAIT to get home to my camera and these snowflakes that seemed to be so well-formed! I just had to hope the temperature and conditions were the same by me, after school. I finally got home, and was THRILLED to see they were! My sister and I had a great time looking at and photographing these snowflakes! I'm sure we looked ridiculous sitting in the snow on our front lawn with blankets and towels. I was using a macro lens. The lens has a VERY narrow depth of field. So, if the flakes weren't completely flat and parallel with my lens, only part of the flake would be in focus. This was frustrating. And despite using a macro lens, it was still very difficult to get the flakes in focus. These that I am posting were the best of the crop. More pictures to come! I'll post a few each day. I'm not thrilled with the red background, but maybe someday I can figure out how to change the color in Lightroom.
Explorer #338
Dedicated to my friend Sandra D. who wrote such a great and kind testimonial to me. Thanks Sandra !
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