prairie dog framed Watchers Pachyderm

GIRAFFE PIG Snake and A beautiful face..Abbi.. my granddaughter

Cold front moving in tonight...so here's to spring curvy rose pink rose yellow rose different and finally bridge

Some simple shots of an old share cropper's cabin in NC. outside enter here alternate enter here thumb

Thumb is shot of the Homestead in Virginia and the rest are from the ride to and from.blue ridge curve PS curve looking rather bare. little blue ridge creek

path through the cacti.patio succulent

Had some fun putting this together..cacti . These next 2 are all about DOF and focus, let me know which one is best and why one two . Thanks for the feedback, critiques etc etc.

I revamped the earlier bee shot bee shot Is the lighting any better?
Warning PS and I finally got a  dragonfly

here's the buzz, not really, just a cute kitten and a colorful catapiller , is this a monarch baby?  
Ok, let me have it.. what can I do to make these better.. and why. What is good about these and why?  Thanks

I had the priviledge of spending time in Europe this summer, saw a lot of neat things, but visiting the Needle in Berlin brought me to my knees..Originally the Needle was a beautiful gothic church, but only a portion of the shell remains dome  window The inside has a small gift shop, you do get a feel for the proportion and majesty of the original.There are a few original statues left.  close up The survivors, instead of giving up built another church next to the Needle. I was overwhelmed with emotion.. it is awesome and such a tribute to survival, human spirit and all that is good. new church. Peace.

 I had some PS fun with Virginia state fair shots.  view from ferris wheel and something different and the crowd and finally thinking out of the box

It's 12 noon and all is quiet on the Piankatank River...when 1 2 3 4 quiet again

This is a unique city,,,red light district, legalized marijuana, canals etc etc...lots of bridges bridge 2 city square one of hundreds of narrow, crowded alleys We didn't get to the red light district, much to my husband's chagrin. Would have been a neat photographic opportunity!

I am the administrator for a dialysis center. We filter the blood for those folks who have kidney failure. Treatments are 3 times a week lasting up to 4.5 hours. We use 2 15 gauge needles heparin to thin the blood. And filtering in progress 1 2 Finally a little PS, all the same shot just different filters.

Sunrise near a tiny farming town in NC.sunrise 1 sunrise 2, its supposed to look grainy sunrise 3 surprise