Flaming Crescent Moon Photography

Macro Monday...

2010-07-04T23:03:00.002-04:00

Well here is my Macro Monday post! I was trying to capture a shot of a butterfly but this happened into my line of vision and I was hooked! :D Have a great Monday everyone!

Sunday Stills - Frame It

2010-07-04T01:26:00.004-04:00

Well Yes I realize that I have not done this is quite a while but I am back! And what better way to come back than to see my mother's garden frog! It is so darn cute surrounded by the stems of water plants and such! Come see :D I hope all you photographers are having a blast doing this! So I will try to participate as much as possible! :D

Good luck Linda with your ideas for future Sunday Stills!

Here's the blurb:

"
« Macro Monday-June 28, 2010
Sunday Stills-The Next Challenge-Frame It
Ed’s taking a break from posting challenges for a while so I’m taking a shot at it. He’s done an amazing job with close to 150 posts since the beginning way back in December of 2008. Thanks for that Ed.
For this next challenge I want you to take a photo that is “framed” by something. For example you might use some tree branches to frame the moon or a window to frame a child. Use your imagination and thanks in advance for participating!
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!
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Sunday Stills - Halloween...

2009-11-01T12:42:00.004-05:00

Well here is my Halloween photos from this year! We had a great time picking out pumpkins and later carving them!!!! Happy Halloween!!!!

Here's the blurb:

"Sunday Stills, the next challenge: HalloweenPosted in Sunday Stills Challenge of the Week, the next challenge on October 25, 2009 by Ed
Next week Saturday is halloween so I figure this will make a good challenge. This can be anything to do with Halloween, from costumes to decorations. So lets see what ya’ll can come up with, I’ll personally be lost on this one..:-))
Don’t forget to check out Wildblack’s photoshop tutorials on tuesday at http://wollreflections.wordpress.com/ they are easy and very fun..:-)
Lisa at Laughing Orca Ranch had a great idea, If you don’t have Halloween or don’t go for it, just post a scary thing or something Black or Orange..:-))"

Sunday Stills - Landscapes (Fall Foliage)

2009-10-24T10:34:00.003-04:00

Well here they are!!!! I have to say that the colors stayed a little longer than I thought! So here's to the Fall!!!

Here's the blurb:

"Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Landscapes (Fall Foliage)

By now most of the north has passed peak for the year but thats o.k there is still some left to be found out there somewhere, archives are fine this week. For those of ya’ll in the Southern Hemisphere spring landscapes are always welcome..:-))
And don’t forget to check out Wildblack’s photoshop Tips and tricks tutorial on Tuesday at http://wollreflections.wordpress.com/"

Happy photographing everyone! :D

Modest Sphinx Moths...

2009-10-19T13:04:00.003-04:00

First off, these are not my photos, they are my Dad and Stepmother Jane's photos, but I thought they were so neat I wanted to show them off!

I was having a hard time identifying theses moths so I looked around online and found a blog called, The Marvelous in Nature, by Seabrooke. Here's the web address:

http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/

She was very helpful in finding out what these moths are and here is what she said.

"Hi Jennifer,The moths on your dad's porch were Modest Sphinx, Pachysphinx modesta. You can read a bit more about them at this BugGuide.net page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/19817 They're a mating pair, something you don't often get a chance to see. What a neat encounter!Thanks for visiting the blog!Best,--Seabrooke"

So thanks Seabrooke for all your help!

I just wanted to post them on here for you all to see. I thought they were pretty awesome! They are bigger than any moth I usually see!!!!

Just out driving....

2009-10-18T19:38:00.003-04:00

I went out today, enjoying some alone time, and here is my photos! I had a good time seeing some of the fall colors and two hawks that were by our local airport. They were not happy to see me though and I only got this shot that was worth posting.

Macro Monday...

2009-10-18T14:35:00.002-04:00

Sunday Stills - A Collage of The last Five Sunday Stills

2009-10-18T11:32:00.003-04:00

Well you can go check out this blog if you want! lol

To See My Post you will have to go to my new blog at wordpress...this stupid thing wouldn't let me post any photos!
Sorry
Here's the address...
http://flamingcrescentmoon.wordpress.com/

Sunday Stills - A Collage of The last Five Sunday Stills

2009-10-18T10:53:00.009-04:00

Oh wow, I finally got the dang thang to work!!!! HAHAHA. This was driving me crazy!

Well sorry I haven’t been around! I have been doing a lot of school work and work! :} I have been taking the pictures though! And I had to create a new blog earlier for this post but I finally got it working, so here it is! So here is my collection of Sunday Stills for the past five challenges! The Color Purple, The Signs of Fall, Happiness, Photoshop, and all of these are brought to you by the lastest challenge, the Letter “C”!!!!Have a great day!

Here's the blurb for this weeks challenge

"Sunday Stills,the next challenge: The Letter “C”Posted in Sunday Stills, the next challenge with tags Sunday Stills Challenge on October 11, 2009 by Ed
So whatever you can find that begins with the letter C, either a thing or a situation will do. This should keep ya busy for the week..:-))"

Macro Monday

2009-09-13T19:43:00.002-04:00

Well here is my first successful Moon shot! Yay! It is a little fuzzy, cause I don't have a long enough lens and I did have to crop this some, but it works! Yay!!!!!!!

Sunday Stills - Mechanical Transportation

2009-09-13T09:39:00.008-04:00

Well the first three are my favorite transportation device, my Honda CRV! Then the others are from my trip to Ireland in 2008. The MrWhippy actually was a art and music van! They had music blasting from the tons of speakers they had inside it!

Here's the blurb:

"Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Mechanical Transportation
Well here it is, if it runs on fuel and can take two or more passengers lets see what ya’ll can come up with..:-)"

Messing around with Photoshop

2009-09-07T20:28:00.002-04:00

Well, thanks to WildBlack this is my first attempt at this in photoshop!!!! I am very excited he walked me through this and here is my first result! It's a little sloppy, I can see some green around some of the edges, but I was so happy I could do it I wanted to get it done to see the result! I will be doing some more of this in the future, but here is my newbie. Thanks again WildBlack!

Macro Monday

2009-09-06T19:39:00.000-04:00

Sunday Stills - The Rule of Thirds

2009-09-06T10:51:00.006-04:00

Well I don't really know that I have this challenge down, but here is what I got. Let me know what you think!

Here's the blurb:

"Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Rule of thirds
As any good photographer can tell you the subject, unless macro should be in the top or bottom third of your viewfinder or the right or left third. so this weeks challenge is to use the rule of thirds. Any subject will do, just make sure it is either in the top or bottom or left or right of the picture.
Example: if shooting the sky have the horizon at the bottom of the pic, if shooting a horse pic have it off to the right or left with a pasture filling the screen. It just takes practice since we all tend to center the subject.
Have a great week…Ed"

If you wondered...

2009-08-30T11:32:00.002-04:00

Well one of the reason's I haven't done my post for a long while is at first I was sick and didn't feel like getting out. I managed to post a couple of Sunday Stills and some Macro Mondays but them I lost the interest to even care. I then had to pull myself out of my depression from being sick for so long and I started a temporary job for a friend for 2 1/2 weeks. I am now at a new job and going to a new University for Biology. I never did find out what was wrong with me, and yes I am still having some problems, but I am going on. I guess that's what I get for having no insurance and being low on the totem pole when it comes to that. I couldn't hardly get my doctor to return my calls about the tests they had run. The good news is that I am feeling better and I am happy with my life again!
Happy photographing everyone!

Sunday Stills - Sounds

2009-08-30T10:58:00.007-04:00

Here's the blurb:

"Sunday Stills, the next challenge: SoundsPosted in Sunday Stills Challenge of the Week with tags Sunday Stills, the next challenge on August 23, 2009 by Ed
Yep you read right Sounds, it was once said a picture is worth a thousand words, well I believe its the same with sound.
So this weeks challenge is to take a pic that without description( no captions) conveys sound. It should be a pic that if you look at it you should hear whats going on. Here’s an example, the roaring of the water, the scream of a first time Kayaker going over Baby Falls."

Wordless Wednesday

2009-07-22T16:07:00.001-04:00

Macro Monday

2009-07-20T17:11:00.004-04:00

Here's my first Macro Monday!

Sunday Stills - Aww Nuts

2009-07-17T11:05:00.005-04:00

So this is my Aww Nuts moment! I decided to go with the expression "Aww Nuts!" for this one!

There is a story behind this and I don't know if ya'll will find it funny but to us it was hilarious! This is my wonderful friend Terri. We went to her house for a cookout and of course, being the wonderful person that I am, I decided it would be funny to pour a whole glass of ice water down her back while she was otherwise occupied. Upon doing this she lets out this half scream/half sound that only dogs can hear and goes for the water hose she had been trying to roll up. Being the coward that I am, naturally, I run into the house laughing my butt off! After a few moments in the house laughing I decided it was safe and I went back outside to see her trying to roll up the hose again, only to have it go crazy and spray her in the face! So needless to say "Aww Nuts!" So this is my interpretation of the Aww Nuts for this weeks challenge! Terri my life would be dull without you!!!! :}

Here's the blurb:

"Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Aww Nuts!Posted in 1, Sunday Stills Challenge of the Week, the next challenge with tags Sunday Stills Challenge on July 12, 2009 by Ed

Time for a bit of fun, this is for creativity as well as photography, take this challenge as you will and have fun.
Since we have alot of folks in ranching here I think we may see some fuzzy subjects, so be it and if anyone is offended I advise ya don’t check ranch blogs next week . Me personally, I don’t mind and am not easily offended.
Also I would like to personally welcome all the new folks here, we are truely going global and this has me in awe, only last December we started this with only a handfull of folks and now well it is a true community and I’m proud to be part of it. THANKS!!!!!!
Hava great week……Ed"

Sunday Stills - Texture

2009-07-12T13:19:00.015-04:00

Cowboy Hat

Arm warmers

Dog toy

Blanket

River Shoes or Beach Shoes

Sea Star

Drift Wood

Finally here is my post for the Sunday Stills. Not much to say, its textures!

Here's the blurb:

"Sunday Stills, the next challenge: TexturesPosted in Sunday Stills Challenge of the Week, the next challenge with tags Sunday Stills Challenge on July 5, 2009 by Ed

I went to the bullpen for this one, it seemed alot of folks wanted to try this, so here ya go. This should be a challenge for me too.
Have fun…Ed"

Dragonfly...Oh My...

2009-07-11T09:17:00.006-04:00

I finally got some great shots of a dragonfly! These were taken in my back yard by my moms pond. I like how on the second to last one you can see its mouth piece! Awesome! See ya on the Sunday Stills all!

Sunday Stills - Wildflowers

2009-07-05T00:50:00.006-04:00

Well I didn't realize until I started uploaded that I got no oranges or reds! Oh well. Here are my top pics for the week! I think I have a problem with zooming in on my subjects! Maybe I need to challenge myself to focusing a little farther away and seeing what I come up with. I also got some really good shots of a butterfly. But I didn't want to take away from the wildflower challenge so I will post them later! Happy 4th everyone!

"Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Wildflowers

O.K. heres the challenge and it is a challenge. Grab your camera and find an open field, fence row, empty lot, and get some wildflowers. The challenge is no flower gardens, botanical gardens, hanging baskets, etc… I manage to find wildflowers in the most unusual places, you just have to look. Oh yeah, weeds are considered wildflowers. The only folks who get a pass this week are those of you who live in the Southern Hemisphere because its winter,so, whatever ya find thats cool.
Good Luck….Ed"

Sunday Stills - Things With Wings

2009-06-28T00:54:00.010-04:00

RED BULL GIVES YOU WINGS!!!!!!!

Well this weeks challenge was fun and there are so many different things to choose from! I added the Red Bull as a funny photo! They say it gives you wings, who knows?

Here's the blurb:
"Sunday Stills, The Next Challenge: Things With WingsPosted in Sunday Stills Challenge of the Week, the next challenge with tags Sunday Stills Challenge on June 21, 2009 by Ed

Who hoo, thanks to Laughing Orca Ranch for this weeks challenge. It needs no explanation and will challenge both me and you folks as well.
Have fun..Ed"

My beautiful girls...

2009-06-27T00:01:00.006-04:00

Baby Kenz, isn't she adorable?
Somehow Grace looks up to no good!!!

I thought this one of Chels turned out so good! She looks so grown up!

This is one of the best photos I have ever taken of Candice, even if she looks like she is advertising for Pepsi!

I know that Sis will not like this pic, as she doesn't like any of her, but I love this photo!

Well I wanted to put up some pics that I absolutely love from us creekin on Sunday. I thought these turned out great!

Sunday Stills - Tri-Color

2009-06-21T00:15:00.009-04:00

Well okay. I'm back. I've been busy for awhile and couldn't find the time to do the challenges. But here is my effort this week! The top one is Dan being silly. I used some jewelry of mine for the second and the last photos and some photos from the Zoo for the middle photos! I can't wait to see all the great ideas everyone came up with!

Here's the blurb:
"This challenge needs a bit of explaining, simply the more colors in the shot the better. It would be pretty simple to shoot a landscape and have a bunch of different colors, but look beyond the ordinary, use some composition and creativity and get some unusual colors. Take a moment and set up the shot, use knick knacks, muliple types of flowers, just about anything your imagination can come up with. Just remember the more colors thew better.
Have fun and next week I’ll draw a challenge from the great suggestions from the discusion.
Later…Ed"

Sunday Stills - Powerlines and Landscapes

2009-05-30T23:05:00.002-04:00

Well isn't it always wonderful to see a beautiful sunset or sky and have powerlines and road signs and all manner of other things interrupt our photographs? Well here are my two top pics for this weeks challenge. By the way, I did absolutely no editing on either of these photos. I can't believe the color I captured in the first sunset!

Here's the blurb for this week:
"Sunday Stills the next challenge: Powerlines and Landscapes
I was attempting to photograph the sunrise this morning and would’nt ya know it the darn powerlines were everywhere, which brings us to the next challenge. If you can’t beat it use it, since power lines are a photographers worst nightmare lets use this to our advantage. So find a cool landscape, sunrise, that would look great except it needs the dreaded powerlines to mess it up, and throw in a bilboard too, they are just as bad..:-)
I’ll include a pic with this challenge so you get the idea.
Have fun…Ed"

Sunday Stills - Yellow

2009-05-23T23:14:00.003-04:00

Well as you can see the topic for this weeks challenge was the color yellow. I had many, many, many photos to choose from but these are the ones I liked best! The top flower and the Sun are from my sister's house. The bird and the other two flowers were taken at Germantown Nature Center on Friday evening. I hope you all had fun and enjoy!

Here's the blurb, short as it is ;}

"Sunday Stills the next Challenge: The color Yellow
This should be pretty easy, I have a headache today and a bad connection in Mississippi so I have to make this short .
Happy hunting..Ed"

Sunday Stills - EYES

2009-05-17T11:58:00.007-04:00

Well here's my take on eyes for this weeks challenge!!!! Hope you like them. The first three are my nieces. The next four are the family dogs and then my lizard and my dad's horse. If you look closely at the horse eye you can see me taking the picture!!!

Here's the blurb for this challenge:

"Sunday Stills, the next Challenge: EYES
Yep, ya read right eyes. Someone once said eyes were the window to the soul, lets find out.
Have fun, great turnout this week..:-)"

Sunday Stills - Flowers and Plants...

2009-05-02T20:13:00.002-04:00

Well of course I have lots of photos of some great flowers and plants!!! So here they are, old and new alike.

Sorry I haven't left comments on everyones photos from the Barn event, been super busy, but everyone did a fantastic job!!!

Here's the blurb for this weeks challenge:

"Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Flowers and Plants
April 26, 2009 by Ed
First off I’d like to thank everyone who participates in this challenge. I never thought we would have such a weekly turnout, there are many weekly challenges and I’m humbled that so many folks follow this one and we are picking up new folks every week from all over the world, not just the U.S. and Canada but now we have folks from Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands and England. I just hope I can keep coming up with interesting challenges to keep ya’ll occupied. So with that in mind THANK YOU all!!
Now on to business, by now there should be some greenery in just about everywhere, so lets shoot some flowers and plants for the folks without flowers…:-)
See ya’ll next week. I’m off to get a few pics ready for my Monday Macro post for tomorrow at Thoughts from the Road http://edprescott.wordpress.com/ if ya get a sec stop by and say hello.
Later….Ed"

Sunday Stills - Barns

2009-04-25T13:57:00.006-04:00

Well at first I wasn't sure what to do for this challenge. I live in the city so its hard to find barns and I have to drive a little to get to them. So I ended up pulling two, the top black and white ones, from my archives. The other two are the ones I ended up getting this week. The first two photos were taken with my 35mm with black and white film, no editing here, and they were at my Grandma's house in my hometown of Peebles. The third photo was an old barn around Germantown that we happened to pass and I liked the old light coming out from the side of the barn. The fourth photo is the one that gave me the greatest joy, because I was just turning around in someones driveway outside of Germantown when I looked into my side view mirror and I knew this was the shot I wanted.

Here's the blurb from this weeks challenge:

"Sunday Stills: The next Challenge: Barns
April 19, 2009 by Ed
For this challenge try to look beyond the typical barn shot, if possible get inside, get different angles, things in barns etc… Did I just hear a cheer go up???
Have fun and see ya next Sunday…Ed"

Here's some new photos from the camera

2009-04-23T13:46:00.001-04:00

The first one was taken in my back yard and the second shot is on our front porch. Pretty cool.

Germantown MetroPark and Cox Arboretum

2009-04-19T13:46:00.005-04:00

Well I have certainly taken my camera out for a spin the last few days. Here are some of the photos I got. I got tons of flower ones too, but I figured everyone has seen those to death since it's spring :}. I am pretty proud of my photos and I love my new camera! The last one was taken farther away than what I wanted but when Tony tried to get closer it ran up the tree and we really couldn't get a better photo. Oh well I got some good shots!!

Sunday Stills - Religion

2009-04-18T20:33:00.003-04:00

The figure in the first photo drew me in because it looks like she's crying. I added the second one just so you can see it better. It was very moving to me. The third photo is just another one that I liked.

Here's the blurb for this challenge:

"Sunday Stills Challenge: The next Challenge..Religion
April 12, 2009 by Ed
This has no particular faith involved in this one, it can be churches or icons. Mostly its for the architecture of churches, I’ve seen some beautiful old churches, stained glass,etc…. So let your mind wander and see what ya can come up with.
Happy Easter!!!!"

New Camera!!!

2009-04-18T00:10:00.001-04:00

Isn't this so cool? Great color and detail! Love it!

Bugs and Flowers, oh my!

2009-04-16T23:59:00.005-04:00

Well I dragged out my old 35mm today and I am not sure if I am satisfied with the results or not. This camera has been through a lot with me and I have really done some great shots with it. But after seeing a DSLR I just can't seem to get over how great the colors are with it. I have a 70-300mm lens on it and I just can't tell if I like the colors and what not. I am hoping to start my new job in the next couple of weeks and after that I may just break down and get a DSLR. Thinking about the Nikon D90 with a 18-105mm and a 70-300mm lens. I am also looking at a macro lens from Sigma that cost about half the amount of the Nikkor lens. Will have to see how the money pans out, but I will end up with a DSLR one day! Out of this set, I have to say that I like the tulips the best.

Just Messing Around...

2009-04-13T15:07:00.001-04:00

Sunday Stills - The Color Red

2009-04-11T13:34:00.003-04:00

This is a banner that hangs up at my future University, Wittenberg.

Well this weeks challenge was the color red. When I went out it seemed like everywhere I looked there was something red! I had a hard time choosing just one so I ended up with six different photos! Believe me I have tons more! LOL These are all new photos this week, no archives!!!!! Thanks for looking and good luck to all this week!

Here's the blurb for this week's challenge:

"Sunday Stills the next Challenge: The Color Red
April 6, 2009 by Ed
This should get y'all looking, and something to please us city folks…:-)
Good hunting…Ed"

Some great shots I got on Sunday...

2009-04-06T17:13:00.004-04:00

I was at my grandparents on Sunday and I took a lot of photos but these are some of the better ones. It was hard choosing which ones to put here and which ones to put on my other blog. So go see my other blog if you want to see some more! Or visit my facebook and myspace accounts to see them all!

Sunday Stills - Animal Husbandry

2009-04-04T19:23:00.006-04:00

Well sorry guys but I haven't had time to go out and look for animals of husbandry round here in the city!!!! LOL But I didn't want to miss another Sunday Stills so here is some I pulled from the archives.

This is my fathers horse Dynamite, with his mother Dixie, when he was born in Sept 2003. The last picture was taken in June 2005. Sadly my dad got rid of this beautiful horse, but he has a very good owner so we are okay with it.

Here's the blurb for this weeks challenge:

"This will be easy for most but a challenge for some of us…:-) For a real challenge how about 3 or more animals in the pic?? Or 2 or more different animals in the pic??
Have fun…Ed"

In response to Ed's response. I didn't even think to put this in! Sorry! My father has actually had several of these color horses come out of Dixie. He now has the newest addition, Sunny and the one before him, a female and I can't remember her name, in his possession.

Actually this horse is the color called Cremello. Here's a definition. Cremello is a horse coat color consisting of a cream colored body with a cream or white mane and tail. It occurs when a horse is homozygous for a dilution gene sometimes called the cream gene acting on a red (chestnut) base coat. Such horses have pink skin, blue eyes, and are a light cream or gold color when born, but sometimes fade to almost white as an adult.

He's beautiful isn't he?

Wait five minutes...

2009-04-02T19:36:00.003-04:00

Well the old adage is true "If you wait five minutes the weather will change." This top picture was taken mere hours ago before I left for school.

Not just five minutes ago this storm is rolling in and this is what we get! Lightening and thunder oh, my!!!

Beautiful though.

Ah, the beautiful colors of spring...

2009-04-01T19:47:00.004-04:00

If you look closely you can see the half moon above the trees.

I was sitting outside reading my history chapter and couldn't get over how beautiful the sky looked. So I ran inside and got my camera and snapped about fifty shots and these are the three that turned out the best! Just love the color.

Sunday Stills - Landscapes

2009-03-28T21:15:00.007-04:00

This is out at Germantown MetroPark. A storm was coming in on one side and the sun had just appeared to light up the whole area on the other side.

You can see the dark clouds starting to roll in, but the sun was making everything else illuminated. Very neat looking to me.

This is still in the Germantown MetroPark, this is the Germantown Dam.

Here's the blurb for this weeks challenge:

"Time to go back outside, this will be fun. Cameras wide open, no use for a zoom on this challenge, have fun and see ya next week…Ed"

Sorry I haven't been around the last two challenges but I have been busy with finals and new jobs. So I am back now.

Sunday Stills - Self Portrait

2009-03-08T12:32:00.005-04:00

Well this weeks challenge was to do a self portrait and here are the two that I liked best. I took the first one by putting the camera in the v of our tree trunk out back and the second one is me leaning on our deck.

Here's the blurb:

"O.K. If I’m willing to take a pic of my ugly mug….. The challenge, no cameras in front of the face, and no archive pics. If you choose not to participate this week its O.K. But it will be fun.
Later…Ed"

Sunday Stills - Motion

2009-02-28T22:38:00.006-05:00

I did post this picture earlier in my blog, but not for the Sunday Stills. Its Daniel throwing a snowball at me.

This was taken a while back at my Dad's, Shadow catching his Frisbee.

John in Florida acting crazy!

This one was taken on Christmas weekend down at my Dad's house, using my Grandma's camera. I love how the camera caught Lucy's tongue licking at Grandma's face.

Here's the blurb for this weeks challenge:

"No more slacking, time for a real challenge…MOTION. This can be anything that conveys motion. I did a post here awhile back on shooting action, this may help if you need any. From what I have seen on your blogs you should’nt have too much trouble with this one."

Sunday Stills - Architecture

2009-02-22T08:36:00.009-05:00

This is nature's own Architecture, this is off the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland. My sister and I dubbed this the Mermaid's Chair. This is my favorite picture.

This is turrets off of Blarney Castle in Ireland.

Riding a double-decker bus in Dublin Ireland we kept passing all of these buildings and they all had flowers in the windows. It was very beautiful.

Ballyseede Castle in Ireland. We meet two of the most comical dogs here. They also said that this castle was haunted, but after much looking I never found her!

Most of the houses in Ireland are like this with the thatch roofs.

I had to throw this one in! It is from Disney World Florida.

Well this weeks challenge was architecture and I knew right away that I would look at the photos from our trip to Ireland last year! I also had to do Mickey's hat from Disney World.

Sunday Stills - Moon...

2009-02-14T16:24:00.003-05:00

Here's our task this week:

"I figure ya’ll needed a tough challenge for next week and since there is a full moon or mostly full the next few days this could be the biggest challenge to date. Now don’t despair, you don’t have to have a crystal clear moon to be interesting. I have found out the last few weeks we have some very creative folks who participate here and I can’t wait to see the results next week.
Good luck and happy shooting….Ed
Hint: The best times to take the pic is at moonrise or moonset, this is when the moon is at its closest to the earth and not so washed out by the sun during its highest zenith.
I put up some examples of moon pics I shot, two were with my trusty point and shoot.."

Well I have to say that my point and shoot Kodak Easy Share is not very good at taking moon pictures. I tried my best and here are the ones that I like the best. Maybe one day I will actually go out and buy a battery for my 35mm SLR camera. :)

Sunday Stills - Reflections...

2009-02-08T09:40:00.006-05:00

Here is the trees on the side of a melting river reflecting on the ice.

The sign reflecting in the street from a closed down Bar.

Bicycle sign reflecting.

And of course the tree's shadow reflecting off the snow!

Here's the blurb for this weeks task!

"Once again I’m drawing ideas from the posters, I like the input. So this weeks subject is reflections, it should be interesting to say the least. Good turnout this week and got all kinds of angle pics, good job everyone and see ya next week….Ed"

Well with everything being covered in ice, snow, and salt dredge its been one hard task to complete, but I did it!!! So here our my week's reflections!

Sunday Stills - Go High,Go Low

2009-01-31T14:12:00.009-05:00

Looking down at CheyChey

Looking up at the ice

If you look closely you can see the ice

I thought this one looked more dramatic with it in black and white than color

Here's the blurb on what we had to do this week:

"There were some great suggestions for this week and thanks for all of them. But I like the concept of the perspective of the shooter. So with that in mind, try a pic that is’nt dead on to put mildly, go high, go low is the mantra for this week. It should be interesting to see the results. Just keep one thing in mind when shooting from a low angle, watch the sky, during midday the sky tends to get washed out and white. The only remedy for this is a polarizer filter and point and shoot cameras cannot be fitted with one. So, good luck.
Till next time, have fun and keep snappin’"

I took a lot of photos and this is what I ended up liking the best out of all of them. So let me know what you think!!!

Winter wonderland...

2009-01-31T01:04:00.009-05:00

My little brother playing in the snow!!!

Drops off of the bird bath

Fast action snow ball!

Snow and ice glinting in the afternoon sun

I just loved how the sun was shimmering on the ice!!!!

Ice shinning in the sun off the branches of the trees

These photos were me just enjoying the winter wonderland around us. I was and still am fascinated by the ice gleaming in the sun. I wish I had more time and gotten some better pics, but these will have to do. I will be posting some great photos for the Sunday Stills in a couple of days! So make sure to come back and check them out.

Just messing around

2009-01-27T15:54:00.005-05:00

I got out today and took some photos for the Sunday Stills, and here are some that don't pertain to the topic for this week. So here they are. The one above is the original and then when I got home I took and puts some effects on it.

Sunday Stills - Nature awaiting rebirth...

2009-01-25T08:25:00.004-05:00

Well with school and work and everything else that comes from life, I haven't had time to break out the old school camera. So I had to take these with my digital Kodak EasyShare C875. Its 8.0 mega pixels with a 37 - 185mm optical zoom. It doesn't do too bad, but I like my pictures from when I used my SLR. So I will have to start using film again, until I can afford to buy a digital SLR. That would be nice. Anyway these are my pictures for this week. All around me I can see nature in that waiting stage of life. The cold is set in and the flowers are just quivering with the need to be reborn. The trees are reaching towards a small break in the clouds, trying to suck some color back into themselves.

Previous pics I have taken...

2009-01-19T21:23:00.001-05:00

This was taken while on vacation in Florida.

So I am joining this group called the Sunday Stills and I wanted to create a separate blog for this so here is some of my earlier work that I am proud of. I will be posting more so check back often! I hope to get back into photography as I have really neglected it the last couple of years!

This was taken while on vacation in Ireland last July.

I can't even remember when I took this but I know it was at my grandmothers house. It could have been closer.
This was last year my sister, her husband, and I were kayaking out at Caesar Creek. It was cold but worth it. I just love this picture.
This was taken last summer, my niece and my grandmother, it would have been a lot better if it had been closer, but it's still cute!