Water Droplets

Early in May we turned the sprinklers on but Mother Nature had different plans and decided to freeze that night.  It made for some fun photos though!  I love my lens also.  I won a contest last year (see post here) and was able to buy the AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D Lens!  I love it!

Weekly Photos

The Weekly Photos really fell by the way side didn't they ....???  So, I'm just going to post some pictures I took this month on a snowmobile trip we went on.  I hope you enjoy them.  I really think that I'm getting a little better at taking pictures.  I also Color Calibrated my monitor using the Datacolor Spyder4Express S4X100 and WHOA you wouldn't believe the difference.  Maybe that's why I think my photos are better.  They are actually the true color.

If you would like to see the full orientation of the two square pictures you can view them at my Facebook Page.

I also made a Color Bar from one of the photos just for fun!  You can get the Action at Coffee Shop's Blog.

Week 16 - Fire

I like taking pictures of fire!  :-)  I'm not a pyro, but like to take the pictures.  This picture was at 9:30 pm.  I thought my camera did a pretty good job.  Obviously if I was a pro I could have probably known the better settings to use ... but none the less ... I thought this picture was fun!

Week 7 - Bald Eagle

Ok, I can't take credit for taking this picture but I did edit it a few different ways.  Gary saw this bald eagle one night (January 14, 2011) and started snapping pictures.  I wish the composition was a little different but at the same time I like how the Eagle is framed by the trees and I felt if I cropped too much it took away from that.

Week 3 - Different Edits

Do you remember the post from last summer when Gary and I went to Kaycee, Wyoming?

Here are some more pictures that I was trying to practice my editing on. Let me know what you like or dislike about each one? I'd like to know.

This is SOOC (straight-out-of-camera).  I used my Canon PowerShot SX120 IS Point & Shoot Camera.

On this edit I adjusted the levels and boosted the contrast and colors a bit.

I just added some lightning to the boosted edit from above.  I thought it would be fun.  :)

I added a texture to this one which boosted the colors quite a bit.

Sad day for some ...

In a way fire can be a renewal, a fresh start ... Out with the old and in with the new. To some that is how they felt. To others it is sad to see something they love go. I think this house has a few of those emotions mixed together for a lot of us.

In photography it seems that old or vintage gives a lasting impression for photos. An emotion that is surreal and romantic. For this location, it is now one of the past and will be greatly missed.

Here is one link of pictures from this location by Paisley Studios:

Kelsie;

And here is a picture by Kayla Evans at Paisley Studios

Star Valley, WY

My dad said he built this 2x4 cabin.  I'm not sure exactly when and what it was used for because we got interrupted but I'm going to ask him again.  {grin}