And went away hungry.  He didn't like our birdseed.

Sorry about that white streak on the right.  Just as I snapped the shot, a flag started to get in the frame.  Taken from inside the house through a cracked open door, bird is about fifteen feet away.

this is for the challenge diagonal and day 38 of a photo a day in B&W

Barbed Wire  td213131 

5 - square, taken on one of my outings

Have a Happy Valentine's Day

day 36, this is one of my favorite stitches for knitting an afghan  td212131 

day 37, got a new smart phone yesterday and am still learning it but did take this picture of Andy this morning on our walk with it.  td212132 

a couple of color pictures, Joshua Trees, td212133   td212134 

One of the issues I have with my local zoo is that they didn't upgrade their exhibits when they should have and now they are playing catchup.  That means many of the animals are in less than perfect environments.  This image shows that situation and I think the impact of those archaic conditions on the animals in better shown in B&W than color.

 Red Panda (Original) --->> Red Panda (Edited) also named 'Help Me'

12 - outside,  one of the research labs

also here is today's shot of the day in B&W #35, the Colorado Bell Casino in Laughlin NV  td210131 

Andy says all he is is a prop when I made him pose for this one for the challenge  td210132  and another Andy framed  td219133 

 Quartermaster House Interior (Original) --->> Quartermaster House Interior (Edited)

 Quartermaster House Outside (Original) --->>  Quartermaster House (Edited) 

Images taken at Fort Scott National Monument, Fort Scott KS

 Big clover looking plant

 Leafy plant  Missed the focus on this one, but I still kinda like it.

Flower  Berries 

Saw this line of bricks and thought it looked interesting. Not sure which I like better.  Bricks  Bricks 2 

This was just captured yesterday.   We had around 10 inches of new snow the day before.

 Winter in Black and White 

 Winter in color 

going to be a contrast in pictures I post today

Day 34 in B&W, woke up this morning to snow falling here in the high desert (elevation 3,350 feet)  td29131 

wildflower pictures from the other day  td29132 

 td29133  this is to give you an idea of how small it is  td29134 

the only place I see these growing are on a sand dune in Havasu National Wildlife Refuge  td29135 

Thought that going forward I will try to post both the original image, that is out-of-camera, along with the final edited image.  If you think it would be helpful I could also include the setup used to take the shot.  That said you probably need some additional info.  Because I use a Nikon D40X my raw images are 12 bit and Photoshop Elements 9 will only read 8 and 12.  This means when I import a file into Elements it comes in as a 8 bit image with a resulting loss of colors.  That means I don't use Elements a lot.  Instead I use Nikon Capture NX2.  All that explanation means that any questions about editing steps may not get the answers you can use.

This image is from Ft. Osage looking out the General Store window.

 Window Framing Flag (original)  --->>  Window Framing Flag (edited) 

Okay, I have a stab at the scavenger hunt. I know it's a lot of shots, but I wanted to get them all in at once.

Rule of Thirds - Rosie O'Grady's tables and stools, Pensacola

Monochrome - Cypress trees on cloudy day, Morrison Springs, Ponce de Leon

Black and White - Previously posted father and son on dock, Navarre

Centered - A previously posted shot of a fall tree on Lake Mono, CA

Square - Clock in "square" by train station, DeFuniak Springs (note times)

Internal Frame - A previously posted shot of lady in hat, Fort Pickens

Diagonal - Hallway outside Rosie O'Grady's, Pensacola

Flash - Rosie O'Grady's bar, Pensacola

Closeup - A butterfly having lunch

Texture - A previously posted shot of pampas grass, my backyard

Inside - Stained glass window, Christ Episcopal Church, Pensacola

Outside - Christ Episcopal Church, Pensacola

Been  awhile, just stopped in to say hi.

 Barnyard Beauties 

I felt the need to take some non-baby pictures for a change...so I went to Massee Lane Camellia Gardens.  It was a bit cold out...but all the  Flowers were in  bloom!  Pink   Red 

I sure do wish I had a macro lens!

was cold and windy today so all we did was go to Safeway to get a couple of things, so this is my photo of the day in B&W td28131 

a couple of days ago it was beautiful and warm so we went down to lower elevation by the Colorado River and found some of the wildflowers starting to bloom and yes I did have my macro lens with me.

 td28132   td28133   td28134   td28135 

The Textures in Wood - - - -

 Texture 1 

 Texture 2 

 Texture 3 

3 - Black and White - Floor tile in the machine room

Tile has holes in it to allow cooled air from below to enter into the room and cool the machines.
(Don't stare at the picture too long, it'll drive you crazy.  Or at least it does me.)