Archive for the ‘Photos’ Category

Turtle Thursday – Turtle and Green Heron – Photography

07/23/2015

Everyone shares the log in this pond.

Turtle and Green Heron Log

Turtle and Green Heron Log

Monochrome Mallard – Photography

07/20/2015
Monochrome Mallard

Monochrome Mallard

Weekly Photo Challenge – Pickerelweed – Half and Half – Photography

07/18/2015

Left half flowers, right half not?  I don’t know.  I just liked the out of focus background.

Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata

Pickerelweed
Pontederia Chordata

To see what the other half found, click here.

Turtle Thursday – Kermit And Turtle – Photography

07/16/2015

I was fortunate to find Kermit sitting on a lily pad watching the dragonflies, hoping one would come close enough for dinner, when his friend, Mr. Turtle, decided to pop up and photobomb both.

Kermit and Turtle

Kermit and Turtle

Weekly Photo Challenge – Laughing Buddha (Budai) – Symbol – Photography

07/14/2015

The figure of the Laughing Buddha (Budai) is a  “. . . representation of contentment” often also associated with “. . . happiness, plenitude, . . .”

Laughing Buddha (Budai)

Laughing Buddha (Budai)

For other symbols, click here.

Weekly Photo Challenge – [Symbol(s) = -$$$] – Photography

07/13/2015
Symbols = -$$$

=  -$$$

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Turtle Thursday – Turtle – Photography

07/09/2015

I’ll run out of turtle pictures pretty quickly.  So not to worry!

Turtle

Turtle

Pine Cone – Photography

07/08/2015
Pine Cone

Pine Cone

Another encounter with the GIMP editor and two more four letter words.

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Doors – Photography

07/05/2015

Cheating again?  I think not this time.  Perhaps the best known doors in the world.  Musical, theatrical, poetic, colorful, creative, aged and timeless, these doors have opened the way for many people.

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Doors

Doors

Bouquet and Bee (Gaillardia) – Photography

07/03/2015

Went out yesterday looking for my Blue Heron which walked on water.  Didn’t find him, but found these pretty flowers shot from 19 feet away with a 300mm lens (that’s all I had with me).   Added the vignette through GIMP which was so painful (probably would’ve been just as painful for me in any editing software) I had to stop in the middle, go out, climb a ladder and clean my rain gutters.  Some day I’ll learn the software and happily watch the rain overflow my gutters.

The flower?  My best guess is some sort of Gaillardia (Joe Bell Flower), also known in Sweden as Flower Thingy.

Bouquet and Bee

Bouquet and Bee