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With Mother's Day coming up, I purchased some flowers for both mom and mom-in-law. They provided some good fodder for more pictures, and as we all know, they are black & white. So here are some shots of a rose and a sunflower; as always feedback is welcome...
Making New Into Old
I can up with this idea for creating old looking photos and here are the results. My way is probably nothing special, but I do like the end results...let me know what you think of these and what I can do to make them better. Thanks
Ok, I lied
I said I'd be back next week with the zoo shots... But I find myself with a day off, my car being worked on and I'm at the local coffee shop waiting for lunch with Michael. Might as well make a post since I'm here, right?
Right.
So today we'll look at the ring-tailed Lemurs. I haven't been able to get good shots of them the previous two times, cloudy days and too much movement. But not this day. They were posing and showing off and just having a good time.
Next week I'll finish up the zoo with some cats and a primate. Thanks for looking and have a fantastic weekend!
All He wanted was lunch!
- Someone put out oranges for me! Orioles_09
- Very good oranges at that! Oriole fledgling 2
- Beat it kid! Orioles_03
- This my table! Orioles_05
- Maybe he won't notice me...Orioles_08
- Wrong!!! Orioles_04
- I'm leaving! Orioles_06
Nature Wild...Working With Nature
Yesterday I Drove Down To Cape May, NJ To Help And Work With The NJ Audubon's Spring Shore Bird Migration Count. These Birds Have Just Arrived From South America Where They Spend The Winter Months. Cape May Is A Major Stop Over And Resting Place For These Birds. They Will Spend A Few Weeks Here Feeding And Resting Before Continuing On To Their Summer Breeding Grounds In The Arctic. These Birds Will Return To Cape May In Late Summer To Feed And Rest Once Again Before Flying Down To South America To Winter. It Was An Awesome Day Working With These Amazing Birds....NATURE RULES!!!
Semipalmated Sandpiper Being Measured And Checked
Semipalmated Sandpiper Being Released
Nature's Dartboard
Looks like little incoming darts, rather than soft, outgoing floaters.
Challenge: Bi- Weekly Challenge: Catch the Wind
I was so impressed with all the entries in lefteyeblind's BLUE challenge. There were a lot more entries than I can recollect in recent times, and they were all great. So great, that I thought I would just make the next challenge RED or BLACK but I guess I have decided to go with something a bit more abstract.
So the wind! I live in coastal NC where the wind shapes our lives from minute to minute. Like all coastal communities we have flags
that tell us what is going on. On this day I knew it was blowing from the NW @ 10-15 mph just by looking at the flag.
We have a lot of wind junkies
here. The unfeathered ones pay top dollar to feel our breezes.
The wind shapes
our buildings. Sometimes it just turns everything upside down
That stuff happens everywhere, right?
And there are tried and true methods of protection
becauselook out you might need it.
My question and challenge to you is how do you catch the wind? I mean with your camera... A lot of times I try to do this. I usually get stuff that looks like this
which is cool, but how to you capture the beauty of sound of the wind in the loblolly pines
So my challenge to you is to try to capture the wind. I have but one success...and here it is...my triumph
Catch the WIND!!! I know you can!
Next up: The lovely and talented, fresh off the rush of a 4.0... EMF
BLUE stream
Savannah, Georgia: Views of Daffin Park
- Daffin Park is over 100 years old. The walking distance around it is 1.5 miles. A lot of people walk here. The views I have added are just after sunrise.
More information about the Orton Effect can be found here.
Jacksonville Jaguars
That's right they must have a Jaguar display at the Jacksonville Zoo, Florida...... yeah (all you fans) ?
I had to try to blur out a chain link fence in most of the photos, I used a 18-200 mm Nikkor lens at 200mm of course.
The photos with the black jaguar were taken through thick glass-- however the cats were amusing even though bored or hungry!
Bi-Weekly Challenge: Blue ; )
Help Me Pick Four
I'm entering some of my prints in a local photo contest. I did pretty well last year as a first time amateur, but this year I have to move up to the "proficient" level where the competition is tougher. This competition is open to any subject as long as it's color print. I can only enter four color prints and I'm having a hard time picking four. I've looked at them too long and have lost all perspective :-(
I've narrowed down to these six and need your help. Which ones do you think you would enter?
Elys Mill Virginia Bluebells Owl Pyramid Lake Antelope CanyonLake OHara
Thanks in advance for your help!
Richard
The African Water Lily
I found these gorgeous floaters at the Jacksonville Florida Zoo & Gardens in the botanical section called Savanna Blooms.
Savanna Blooms is styled as a South African oasis and is one of many themed pocket gardens on site.
Blue View
I took this 2 years ago on Thanksgiving with my old Canon. Hope ya like.Royal Blue
Travel the Middle East
Saudi Arabia,western Asir province.
More Blue ...
A little fun test for you......
Can you find doug's cousin Billy hiding in this photo of doug and i by a California waterfall in the mountains....
It's been awhile.....
I got married this weekend, so I have my mind back! I have taken a few shots so I thought I would share. We took a bike ride on the beach and I came across this lady on the beach
When arriving at work a couple weeks ago, this little guy greeted meBeautiful Moth so I got up close and got his cute Face shot
This is apink azalea that I planted when I first moved to my house 8+ years ago and it is in full bloom now that I am moving out! Go figure!
Bored
This is what happens when you live in Michigan and get sick of snow snow and more snow like we woke up to yesterday.
Spring Is here!!!!!
spring birds 2008
Hope you enjoy the slide show and thank you for looking.
Battling the Winter Blahs
There are times when winter in Michigan starts to drive this old pirate a little daffy. When this starts to happen I hop in the car and make the 20 minute drive to the horticultural building at Michigan State University. There, I can usually find a Wizard (Coral Sumrise Coleus) that restores my sanity and keeps me from constantly seeing red.All references to wizards are strictly for entertainment purposes, and are not affiliated with All-tel cell phones.
(Seeing Red is intended for the macro challenge)
bi-weekly challenge- Macro Madness
Up close and personal with (grab a kleenex, pollen alert!) Nature Wild....Water
spring has sprung
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S-s-s-naake!!
This post was inspired by last weeks episode of ‘Two and a Half Men’. I kept cracking up when Jake (the half man) would shove his fist in Uncle Charlie’s face and yell “Snake”! So in honor of Jake, I proudly present:
London & The Baltic ...
Last September Mrs. B & I took a cruise to the Baltic with a stopover in London … Of course I didn’t take my DSLR :-( … But I did have my camcorder and these are a few shots taken from my camcorder … Any comments would be appreciated … Thanks for looking …The Tower Bridge on a busy day ... Tower_Bridge_Day
The Tower Bridge at Night ... Tower_Bridge_Night
Big Ben (of course we all know that Big Ben is not the clock!) ... Big_Ben_Clock
A Church in Tallin Estonia ... Church in Estonia
Sunset Leaving Stockholm, Sweden ... Stockholm_Sweden
Sunset leaving St. Petersburg, Russia (I have several hours of video from St Petersburg but no stills ... Boo Hiss!) ... St_PetersBurg_Russia
Wolf Spider - Macro Challenge
I got this shot today around noon. I would not expect a shot like this until August. Early for a Spider.