as the saying goes...snails and shells and puppy dog tails...
well,
sometimes little girls are too!
love,
d
evilsqueendee
It's Toooo Hot Here!!
Member Since: October 9, 2004
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you know what little boys are made of, right?
here...
I learned something new this weekend
i saw something impressive at the art fair this weekend and was inspired to figure out how they did it.
i'm not very good at photoshop. i don't have a very good program, mostly. and, i don't really know how to use the one i have.
so, i took some time to sit down and learn how to use at least some of it.
i just couldn't quite recreate what i saw, but, here's what i did come up with.
it's just something different and i kinda like it.
love,
d
Two for the challenge and a few extras!
technically, i live in a barn, but, since i also park my car in the same barn...i'm calling it a garage for this challenge. here's a couple of pieces of art in my garage. we call them wall hangers.
now for the extras:
stalled roadside...two huge wind turbine blades on a double length trailer.
ordinarily, i love birds, but, this mall bird really gave me the creeps.
i also love bugs, but, this is one weird little beetle bug. it freaked me out when i picked him up on a plank to photograph him better and he "died". or so i thought, but, when i put him back on the ground, he put down his legs and scurried away. see ya!!!!!!!!
so, do any of you recognize this black and white, possom playin', beetle-type bug? i've never seen one before.
love,
d
Grammas' Farm Rules
we often get a lot of kids and grandkids at the farm all at once, and for clarity the
farm rules are posted on the back door of the big house.
any infractions will get you a time-out in the naughty spot!
any questions?
love,
gramma d
My lunch date
nearly every day at lunchtime my red dragonfly friend comes back to hang out while i water my plants.
his favorite roost is a tall spiky sanseveria (mother-in-laws-tongue) overlooking the water trough.
today, he and his ladyfriend were both there. she was busy flicking the water with her tail laying her eggs in the reeds, and, wanting nothing to do with my interruption she promptly flew away.
but, him, i swear he was smiling.
love,
d
to get this picture...
first, i had to find it. i was in the dining room moving boxes and trying to make my way through to the christmas tree room. since we started to remodel the old farm house, it seems everything ended up in the dining room.
i picked up an old book and blew the dust off the cover. then i thumbed through the pages making a mental note to remember this book for another time when i had more time to check it out. that's when the old phot fell out. dog eared and torn no telling how long it had been there in that book waiting for someone to find it again.
i showed it to my mom who determined that it was indeed some of the firsts. by that i mean, i am the fifth generation to live here on this land. my children are sixes and theirs' are sevens. these people in the photos are firsts.
apparently, my great great grandpa otto and family are out on the lawn enjoying a picnic or lemonade. we're not real sure.
i made an attempt in photshop to fix the right side. most of it was gone, but, at least we have a copy now that will last even longer.
as for the photo? i put it back in the book it had been in all this time...along with a note to the next finder of who they were and where the location of the photo was taken.
Challenge: what did you do to get the shot?
we spent this weekend at the temple harley party drags. some of the things i saw inspired this challenge...what would do you do to get a photograph?
for instance, i was willing to sit in creaky old wooden bleachers, packed with hot sweaty spectators, next to a hot asphalt racetrack in 100 degree heat and 90% humidity for nearly three hours to take pictures of top fuel drag bikes.
i could taste the smell of the nitro in the air and the roar of the top fuelers was ear- popping thunder. however, patience rewarded me with a couple of shots i really liked.
i also had to shoot in a different mode than i was used to, so, i learned a couple of new tricks to using my camera.
as i was sitting there asking myself "why are you here instead of home in the comfort of an air conditioner?" ...i started to notice a lot of photographers , they were .everywhere (check out the background behind the smoke!)
some were closer to the action than i was willing to get. i have to admit i had lens envy when i saw this.
why were they here? what would they do to get their shot, THE one they were looking for. i had to wonder, is it the rush you get when you get just the shot you wanted? something else? i wanted to ask them, but, we were all absorbed in our cameras. looking. waiting. hoping!
so, i was thinking for the challenge you could get out of your comfort zone and shoot something you've never shot before. use a different setting on your camera than you normally do.
shoot a subject you've not tried. try an effect or even a photoshopped creation you just learned how to do. just try something new. get out the book that came with your camera and re-read it.
just remember to be safe, be current, and to tell us what you did to get the shot.
love,
d
thanks to obvious troll for passing the challenge to me. i hope you enjoy it.
Elusive
i've been trying to shoot a bumblebee for the longest time.
they don't co-operate well and they aren't always around like my honey bee friends.
they were so interested in these blooms that this time they didn't seem to mind my intrusion. i don't think they even knew i was there.
love,
d
ps... oops, i almost missed the shot. i forgot my camera when i went outside. i had to go upstairs to retrieve it. i hurried, but, i didn't really think the bee would still be there by the time i could get back. he was so, thanks mr. bee!
Oil painting effect
i took this picture the other day and was a bit dissappointed. i had my camera zoomed to the max, so everything was a little soft, but, i still liked it.
i'm not too good at photoshopping, but, i thought i'd give it a try. i mean, i couldn't make it worse...i hoped!
so, i played around a bit and ended up with this oil painting effect.
it just so happens that i have a shower curtain with nearly the same picture on it. i'm thinking of printing this picture out and decoupaging it to an old piece of barn wood?
i think it will make a cool accessory for the bathroom wall.
what do you think?
ttfn,
love,
d
last weeks' hodge podge of pictures...
pushme-pullyou or ...duh! uh, which way did he go?
cool blue high and dry on the outside
curious mistake reminds me of a white dove, any idea as to what this is ?
ancient wellspring thousands of gallons of fresh water flow daily, the rocks on the bottom are nearly four feet under the crystal clear water. and it's icy cold, even in the 104 degree heat yesterday!!!!!
impromptu jam when they show up, it doesn't take long to get one going.
love,
d
...as LUCK would have it.
every other week i provide photos for a local newspaper columnist.
as LUCK would have it...this week happens to be "bee week". i've been putting it off because you see, i'm somewhat allergic to bees.
hoping to stave off that assignement just a little longer, i checked this site for the challenge this morning and saw it was flowers. hmmm? as LUCK would have it...they are my favorite thing to photograph.
cool. so, having a mission, i set off in search of one or the other. ...as LUCK would have it...i think i found both.
this may be the only post i get to make on this challenge. you see...as LUCK would have it... most of my flowers look like this.
when i can find a blossom, i like to shoot in super macro so i can look inside.
it's hot here already today and now in the middle of a drought, in the center of texas. ...as LUCK would have it... i have a tropical storm making a beeline towards me.
...as LUCK would have it...i gotta go.
love,
d
