My wife is one of those 'chosen ones' who has chronic migraines. When it comes to migraine headaches cool and dark is best!  
 Sheree stayin' cool

Our Doxie, Amber, takes really good care of her when she is dealin' with the pain.
Sheree with Amber

"Good dog,
Good Dog!"

These were shot with the night vision mode of my digital camera.

I just thought I share this with ya all. I pulled together two photos with Photoshop Elements.Sunset

Have a good weekend everybody and all dad's have a good day!!!

My wife and I work out almost every morning. We do an in-chair aerobics work out and our pets join in on the exercise. Julius smeezer is our flame point Siamese and Amber is our long haired Doxie. There is a lot more action going on, on the floor and under the furniture than there is in the chairs!
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This is a use of a different form of available light, infrared.
I was running into problem taking pictures of a friend of ours' child in a dimly lit restaurant. I didn't want him to avoid the camera or get testy (and quite possibly noisy) while shooting pictures of him in the restaurant booth. So after shooting several frames at slow shutter speeds in available light I switched over to the night shot function on my Sony F828, Cybershot. I later tweaked it in Photoshop Elements and got a nice skin tone on the little boy. When printed out it looks like a hand tinted photograph! Porcelain Baby  

It is spring in our garden and I have seen a few of these guys already.  A Bug's Lunch     Moth on Red Flower These are actually from previous summers. I'll be stalking some more as the weather continues to warm up. I thought I'd include one of
Amber napping with her best friend, Julius Smeezer. A and J  Maybe I should use it as a holiday card, Peace on earth and all that.

We had just adopted this kitten from the local SPCA and after the first day home he was really sick. Here is my wife, Sheree, comfoting him at the Vet's.Sheree and Julius Note the I. V. line and bandage on his little paw.

This is my first posting. I have been enjoying all of your postings for a while now. So I guess that it is about time I "put myself out there" and start contributing and commenting. I look forward to your comments and advice.

Most of the photos I am taking now are within a small radius of where I live. I am constantly looking for photo ops while walking our Doxie, Amber Amber on leash
 She is one of those dogs that has to stop often and check her "mail" so there is time to take photos while she is busy. She is a very alert dog and really enjoys her walks in the little park near our house. Amber at the Park

I got turned on to macro-photography back in the Jurassic age while I was taking a photo class in college, so now I can do all this great digital macro work on the flowers and critters I find while the dog and I are out on our walks. Dew on Lantana
Tulip tree Blossom
Iris in B&W

Some of the critters I take pics of are a little icky-creepy Spider on Hose  and some are rather humorous House Boating  

As I said earlier, I look forward to all of you folks' critiques.

Thanks,
Jeff52