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Won't you be my neighbor....

The before and after of a photograph undergoing digital manipulation.

I first flipped this photo horizontally, then went to work.

Using mostly photoshop brushes and light effects.

   before                          after

I was inspired for this by Robert Frost, and my favorite poem by him titled:

Come In

As I came to the edge of the woods,
Thrush music -- hark!
Now if it was dusk outside,
Inside it was dark.

Too dark in the woods for a bird
By sleight of wing
To better its perch for the night,
Though it still could sing.

The last of the light of the sun
That had died in the west
Still lived for one song more
In a thrush's breast.

Far in the pillared dark
Thrush music went --
Almost like a call to come in
To the dark and lament.

But no, I was out for stars;
I would not come in.
I meant not even if asked;
And I hadn't been.

~ Robert Frost

First I just want to say thank you for the fantastic challenge you presented this week.  It was very inspiring to me.

 I find that when you are in one place for a long time one often forgets the true beauty in the things surrounding them.  With that in mind, I went for a walk  as I often do, but this time I took my camera. However, before I could even get off the front lawn, I found this little guy. While he seemed quite content with the weather, I found a few other subjects already surrenduring to what lies ahead. Some were quite graceful, and others had already given up.  There were also a few however who refused to let go of the warm glow of the sun and held on with a thistle like grasp  I found many that had taken the day off of work to hang around , bask in the sunshine, and even one who took the day off to go swimming.

Just as a note, I have walked  & driven this path many times before, but never have I enjoyed the journey quite as much as I did today.  It was actually quite relaxing.

I haven't been to this bridge for almost a year and it just gets better and better. This bridge was used by Confederate soldiers on the way to the big brawl at Gettysburg. I met a woman there who claimed to be a "Spirit Reader".......says she sees the past and the future and she sees dead Civil War soldiers lying all around the bridge. I missed that part, all I saw was some damn nice scenery.

 Sach's Bridge From The East Bank 

 Sach's Bridge From Downstream 

 Sach's Bridge From Upstream 

 The Spillway 

Old feed store warehouse turned into Cemetery_rd_house.

This house has been vacant and boarded up since I was a kid Live_Oak_house__12_m  even then it was too far gone to save belongs to the city now Live_Oak_house

Coming out of the city park looking south Livengood gin

A couple blocks off of the square we find Big Dog Neon

This is also remained the same since I was a kid, mowed and weeded around,the neighbors yard Behind Dad's shop

For 20 years the city historical society along with the black community have been trying to determine if this is an actual "Roosevelt School" or not; but finally 5 years ago they raised enough money to partially restore the  Old Black School

A few more in b&w from bisti and the reason I say it looks like the moon:

The Rock Formations!

Well..... That's all from bisti for now.  I'll make sure to post my film shots as soon as I get them developed, printed and scanned in, but until then you guys will be entertained tomorrow with Arizona and Canyon de Chelley!

 oratory taken at Ave Maria Fla

 boca taken in Boca Raton Fla

 wpb taken in West Palm Beach Fl

I brought my camera! Apparently I'm the cat person in both my famlies. everyone else has dogs. Ok, to be fair, they have cats too, but she seems to like her canines better. here's  cj trying to get a few minutes of peace.

I suppose up here in MT,  baby bucks eating apples in your front yard is normal. Since this is only my 3rd visit here, the jury's still out.

Then there are the farm pets. Ty likes  bird watching so those pesky birds don't steal his food. And the  barn_cat , Patches, who is very useful at keeping tiny critters away.

Ahhh, country life!

I keep trying to do a slideshow...but to no avil.

So here are three more shots from my daughters photo shoot....the last one is with her best friend.

 Heads up 1

 Ahhhh

 Tomi and Josh

I thought trying to get my daughter to pose was a test....adding our dog was a interesting mix.

My camera club's challenge this month is: "In The Garden" ... I'm sure that this shot is not what they had in mind ... But what do you think? ... Is this image a ribbon winner?  Tombstone  ... Or should I start over?

The title of this image is: "Mid-Night in The Garden of Eternal Peace."

As always your comments are always very helpful and appreciated!! ... Thank you for looking!!

Or as I affectionately call them:  The BadAss Lands!  I loved this place!  It was so unreal and like another planet.  No seriously, as we were driving it's normal desert landscape then you turn down the road into the Bisti Wilderness and it's like you've just crossed a vortex onto the moon.  It's so crazy cool! 

And boy was our one night crazy.  Check out the crazy winds we had to endure all evening (starting about 5:30 pm) into the morning.  But the weather, although crazy produced some of my favorite images from the trip:

Storm a Brewin'

Dramatic Skies

Dramatic Skies B&W

 Part of me wished we had more than just an evening there, but then we woke up 7:30 am to blistering heat and we were thankful to leave that part behind.  I'm super stoked about my film shots from this place, but alas I won't know how they look until next week.
   A few more Bisti pictures tomorrow and then were moving on through to Canyon de Chelley.  Hope you guys are still enjoying this!

I too have some Arachnid shots. If you have arachnophobia it is probably best you stay away. ;)

This was taken at the Allegheny State Park. I started by taking a photo of this flower (not the best shot) whatIstoppedfor.

Then this caught my eye  Whats_this

It turned out to be this  Lunch_time

This Is the spider that lives in my garden  My garden spider  My he grew while I was gone.

Enjoy and don't forget that camera. ;)