Well, the actual guardhouse is a little further to the right of this scene. Maybe this is just a sewage lift station.
Friday, December 29, 2006
Marigolds and Guardhouse
Well, the actual guardhouse is a little further to the right of this scene. Maybe this is just a sewage lift station.
St. John's River
This photo is taken looking south in the headwaters area/watershed of the St. John's River. This is out east of the Orlando area, the river runs north, exiting into the Atlantic Ocean at Jacksonville, Florida. It differs only slightly from the one I posted earlier taken at the same spot, I just wanted to see if viewers liked it better as a horizontal rendition.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Numerology
This number has incredible significance.Why else would this quote from Finley Peter Dunne appear on page 116 of The Great Thoughts by George Seldes: "A man can be right an' president, but he can't be both at th' same time"?
Or this from p. 116 of the Encarta Book of Quotations: "I stopped believing in Santa Claus at an early age, Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked me for my autograph." (Shirley Temple)
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Birthday flowers
HA! I finally have something to take a picture of! we don't have much to look at around here in the winter but I got this bouquet of flowers from my sister for my birthday.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Quick photo session
When I don't go anywhere with the camera for the day, I have to look for subjects close to home. This usually ends up being flowers, because they are pretty, easy to photograph, and out in my yard. So today I thought I would show people thinking "maybe I can do this photo a day thing, maybe I can't, I don't know" just how simple it is. I took all these photos in 9 minutes. Click for a bigger pic.
So this was just a quick take some pics to get it done today shoot, and there's probably photos there that I could use for a few days. It depends on what rules you have set for yourself with this photo a day.
I tend to put aside extras for days when I don't get a chance to take pics. Sometimes it happens, you know? Life happens. For me it's about using the camera, trying shots in another way, using a manual setting instead of automatic to experiment with what I get, stuff like that.
I have some photography aims for next year.
- I'd like to take some photos of cows. How one does this, I am not sure. I don't know how I feel about just walking up to Farmer Bob's field and snapping like a paparrazi. I might have to go to a sale day at the cow yard, or a show day, something like that.
- I would like to find the perfect cow face. It's got to be the image I have in my mind. I then want to photoshop that cow into other pics.
- I'd like to take a photo of a road at night time, with a moon rising above it, and then shop a cow into the middle of the road. But this might be tricky with lighting. It'd be good without the cow anyway
- more night photography
- time lapse images
- the moon and waves shot. I want to make my own version. I know this is two pics shopped together, it is actually not possible to take this photograph, but I think I can make something similar which I'm happy with.
So this was just a quick take some pics to get it done today shoot, and there's probably photos there that I could use for a few days. It depends on what rules you have set for yourself with this photo a day.I tend to put aside extras for days when I don't get a chance to take pics. Sometimes it happens, you know? Life happens. For me it's about using the camera, trying shots in another way, using a manual setting instead of automatic to experiment with what I get, stuff like that.
I have some photography aims for next year.
- I'd like to take some photos of cows. How one does this, I am not sure. I don't know how I feel about just walking up to Farmer Bob's field and snapping like a paparrazi. I might have to go to a sale day at the cow yard, or a show day, something like that.
- I would like to find the perfect cow face. It's got to be the image I have in my mind. I then want to photoshop that cow into other pics.
- I'd like to take a photo of a road at night time, with a moon rising above it, and then shop a cow into the middle of the road. But this might be tricky with lighting. It'd be good without the cow anyway
- more night photography
- time lapse images
- the moon and waves shot. I want to make my own version. I know this is two pics shopped together, it is actually not possible to take this photograph, but I think I can make something similar which I'm happy with.
Monday, December 11, 2006
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11th December 2006 - The sand looks golden but from the previous pics you can see it is very multicoloured. It is pristine and quite unspoilt, if you go at the right time of day.
People are not supposed to let their dogs off the leash here. They do, of course. This is a bird nesting area, and also a place where migratory birds visit, even all the way from Siberia. The dogs often disturb the nests, and the birds who are resting after such a long trip. I want the job of fining the dog owners. I won't even ask for pay.
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10th December 2006 - The Other Half thought I was nuts when I got on my knees in wet sand to take this photo. I could see the colors in the mother of pearl and I wanted to get the shot. I got wet knees but they dried fairly quickly, this photo will last forever..
Sometimes as a photographer you just need to get the shot, and you know it.. Though if I could, I'd go back and take this shell to the water, wet it and wash the sand off, and try it again, it would have been a little more colorful. Maybe another day
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9th December 2006 - How can you tell if a jellyfish stings? There's always plenty of these gorgeous colored jellyfish washed up on the beaches around here and it makes me cautious about swimming. It's not only sharks that can hurt you. It's so pretty, though.
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8th December 2006 - This shell was so pretty, I wanted to pick it up and take it home, but we don't do that, else I would have a house full of shells and there would be none left on the beach.
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7th December 2006 - Rained on sand, Seven Mile Beach NSW. There are not very many shells washed up on this beach, it's quite rare to see them. What you do find is usually quite broken up. Take only photographs, leave only footprints.
Saturday, December 9, 2006
Two Cypresses at Lake Monroe
Lake Monroe is a wide spot in the St. Johns River at Sanford. This river flows north.
Lily Pads and Dark Water
This was just off the Wekiva River, close to where I live. This river flows north.
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
The best things in life
My daughters favorite thing in the whole world is the tag on her blankie. Simple Pleasures.
Monday, December 4, 2006
1st December
I'm somewhat cheating with the idea of a photo a day, because this is actually a composition of three separate photos of differing exposure times - 30, 10, and 2 seconds.
Saturday, December 2, 2006
Headwaters of the St. Johns
Out in the vast wetlands between Sanford and I-95. This river flows north to Jacksonville and the deep blue sea.
Friday, December 1, 2006
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