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Wordless Weds. 24/52 Make a Wish!

June 14, 2017June 12, 2017Posted in Fine Art, Images with Textures, Macro Photography, Nikon, Photography, Wildflowers, Wordless WednesdayTagged Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Dandelions, Fine Art, Images with Textures, Macro photography, Nikon, Textures, Textures by Boccacino, Weeds are Flowers Too!, Wildflowers26 Comments

Danelion

Nikon D300s| Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D macro lens| Lexar Digital Film| PS CC 2017| Texture by: Boccacino

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Flowers and Knee Update

May 26, 2017May 26, 2017Posted in Blur, Cultivated Flowers, Flowers, LensBaby Composer Pro II, Nikon, PhotographyTagged Artistic, Blur, Cultivated Flowers, Fine Art, Flowers, I love blur, Lensbaby, Nikon, Photography, Purple, Swirly Blur45 Comments

While taking it easy and resting my knee from last Fridays fall while hiking I’ve been going through flower images from this Spring, and having a lot of fun photographing the bouquets my daughter and I received for our birthdays, and Mother’s Day.

I took one big blossom…I’m not sure what it is; a Dahlia? Anyway, I took it out in backyard and stuck it in my little Asters one afternoon and photographed it with my LensBaby Composer Pro and Soft Focus Optic.

Flower with LensBaby

I love this swirly blur!

My knee is still tender, and a little swollen, but the limp is nearly gone. It’s time to go to the fabric store to find a knee patch for my hiking pants. I haven’t had a knee patch since I was a girl, but I hate to give up a favorite pair of hiking pants for a little rip in the knee.

I also signed up for two online watercolor classes. I’m previewing the classes now so I can purchase any materials I don’t have but will need, and have a look at what I’ve taken on. I’m planning to do these during summer so will start them in June. One class is on birds, and the other landscapes.

Big Baby Boy and his Dark Haired Beauty are coming home for the long week-end. We’re going to have Baby Girl’s Birthday Dinner since we missed that this year because she and #1 Grandson were on vacation. I’m pretty sure she’s chosen Mexican food, and we’re planning to BBQ on Monday. He-Man bought Tri-tip and burgers.

I’m off to get my photography, and art stuff put away and tidy up the retreat for Big Baby Boy, and Dark Haired Beauty then do the rest of the grocery shopping for the week-end. I’ll be mostly offline over the week-end, but will catch up with you all next week!

I wish you all a wonderful, and safe week-end!

Nikon D810| LensBaby Composer Pro w/Soft Focus Optic @f/5.6| Hoodman Digital Film|PS CC 2017

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A Single Drop

January 15, 2016Posted in Grasses, Macro, Macro Photography, Photography, Plants, Poetry, QuotesTagged blade of grass, Bokeh, Dew Drop, Fine Art, Fine Art Photography, Kahlil Gibran, Macro photography, Nature, Nikon, Poetry, Prose, Quotes, Rain drop18 Comments

“I have left my bed and walked upon the grass and the night dew has wet my feet and the hem of my garment. Here I stand under the blossoms of the almond tree, heeding the call of your spirit. ”
~Kahlil Gibran, Communion of Spirits, The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran

Went I laid in the grass to photograph the dew and rain drops in the grass yesterday morning I thought of these lines from Kahlil Gibran’s prose Communion of Spirits.

Dew Drop

I hope you all have a sunny Friday and week-end both in your spirits and weather!

Nikon Df| Nikkor 105mm macro lens| Hoodman Digital Film| PS CC 2015| Hand-held

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MM2:3 Self Portrait

March 22, 2015March 24, 2015Posted in Black and White Photography, Fine Art, Introspective, Monochrome Madness, Self PortraitTagged Black and White Photography, Fine Art, Introspective, Monochrome Madness, Monochrome Photography, Self Portrait18 Comments

For Week 3 of Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness I have chosen to submit an image that I made this week that was really hard for me to make for another challenge. A Self Portrait. Although I’m a very vain woman making images of myself isn’t something I do. I am very self-conscious and awkward in front of the camera. I feel like I’m not photogenic. But, I’m a stubborn gal and once committed I will do what I can to fulfill the commitment even if I don’t post the work.

With time running out already in March I decided I had to pull up my boots, straighten my collar and get to work! So, while out-of-town photographing wild flowers I made several self portraits nearly killing myself tripping over the Basalt Lava rocks on Table Mountain to beat the 10 second timer then while at home on Sunday I thought I’d make a more formal type self-portrait.

Straightening my collar and gettin’ her done. 🙂 So, Hello! It’s me. Wrinkles, an all.

Nikon Df| AF-D Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 Micro @f10| SB910@ 1/4pwr through Shoot Through Umbrella High Camera Right| SB600 @ 1/16th pwr camera left front mid section bounced off back wall| Triggered w/Nikon SU800

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NikonDf; AFD Nikkor 105mm

“Logic can get you from A to B; imagination can get you everywhere.”~ Albert Einstein

October 19, 2014October 19, 2014Posted in 5-Day Black & White Challenge, Black and White Photography, Candid Portraits, Fine Art, Kids at PlayTagged 5-Day Black and White Photography Challenge, Baby Boy, Black and White Photography, Candid Portraits, Fine Art, Kids at Play, Toddlers4 Comments

#Day 2 of the 5-Day Black and White Photography Challenge

Egg Noodles

September 19, 2014Posted in DEDPXL, Fine Art, Food Photography, Still LifeTagged dedpxl06, Fine Art, Food Photography, Foodie, Still Life, Strobist1 Comment

Nikon D700| AF-S 50mm f1.8g| SB910 camera left bounced off ceiling 45º, white reflector subject right, triggered via SU-800, Lexar Professional Digital Film

UPDATE on the RUFF! I read a sad report on a birding forum that the Ruff was seen on the shore in its favorite corner of the salt pond this afternoon, but it has been wounded! The writer said blood was showing on both legs, and when it lifted its wings there was a wound under the wing. Speculation is the Falcon or Harrier that was seen there yesterday and this morning may have nicked it, his opinion is that the wound is fatal! Hoping that it will be rescued and nursed back to health.

Nature can be so cruel!

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Daybreak in Santa Clara Valley

September 3, 2014September 3, 2014Posted in California, Fine Art, Landscapes, Photography, SunrisesTagged Blue Period Imaging, Daybreak, Fine Art, Lonely Trees, Photography, San Jose California Nature Photographer, Santa Clara Valley, Sunrises5 Comments

I woke up wide awake just before 4AM and before I could talk myself out of a morning “stretch my legs” hike I got up, dressed, ate, and left the house and headed to my lonely tree on the “Steep Hill” overlooking Santa Clara Valley.

Once I got to the top of the hill I set up my camera and took a few images of Blue Period and the little bit of color that was in the sky looking East, and then I heard to my right an Owl Hooting its morning greeting. It wasn’t too long after that the Blue Jays, and Sparrows started their morning songs, and two ladies came up over the top of the hill stretching their legs too with an early morning hike. We chatted a few minutes then they continued up the hill.

I waited for the Sun to crest the Diablo Mountain Range, but just before it did and during the Sun’s rise the colors grew in intensity, and splendor. All the while the Owl and birds continued their morning salutations. It was glorious!
Just a few minutes after this the colors began to fade so, I packed up my gear and hiked up to the tippy top of the hill then headed home for another cup-a-tea.

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