I have to say that I love playing with Photoshop. It reminds me a bit of when I was young and coloring in coloring books. It was fun to shade certain areas of the picture, outline some things to make them stand out, etc. So, many of my photos have been “photoshopped”. But I am …
Monthly Archives: March 2011
More Signs of Spring
Spring has been coming in bits and spurts around here. It seems some years everything blooms at the same time. This year we’ve had things bloom and then when they are fading away something else starts to bloom. Right now I can see dogwoods, redbuds, blueberries, columbines, lenten roses and still some daffodils. Such a …
Landmarks
Our photography club’s competition this month was Landmarks. I submitted four of my photos and received an Honorable Mention on the above photo. Tommy and I found this old abandoned church on the side of Interstate 80 in Nebraska. Unfortunately I had to shoot this from the opposite side of 80. While not a landmark, …
The peonies are coming, the peonies are coming!
I’m always so excited to see the peony plants start poking their heads up in the Spring. They are my favorite flowers…..until the cone flowers start blooming….or the gerbera daisies start blooming….until the sunflowers start blooming…… The pear trees have been very pretty as well: Not to be outdone by the pear trees, the red …
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I went to the zoo.
A friend and I went to the zoo on Tuesday. She had recently purchased a new Nikon D7000 and wanted to get out and practice taking some pictures with it. So we decided to go to the zoo. I swear the gorillas knew I was there taking their pictures. Don’t they look like they’re posing …
26.2 and Ray Charles
I went with Sara and Hall to Albany on Friday so they could run the Snickers’ Marathon on Saturday. Before I share the pictures I took during the race, I’ll share one other. Did you know that Ray Charles was from Albany, Georgia? There is a life size statue of him sitting at a piano. …