My first shot at the festival  This is the first thing I saw when we walked in.

Feathered head gear  I loved this shop

Feathers  Beyond my price range.  But I could make these....

Statue?  I never did get to go up close and get a better shot...dang it

Everyone comes out  

Musicians  

Ded Bob with zombie #1  As he was getting ready to "bonk" her.  Which he followed up with saying "I could bonk you all night long."  It was the only show that said "PG-13" on the program.

Not much here  No really....  (notice he is pushing a stroler.  Should wear more then a loin cloth and you won't have babies"

Leather and feathers   For the guys

One hot knight..... ;0)   For the girls

My favorite act of the day.  If anyone has the chance to see them don't miss it! 

 Daphne begging for beer from the pub thats roof she is on. 

  The Stage  

Everyone LOL  

Daphne loves Guinness  

They LOVE beer  

Winnies trick. She was so proud.  

Funny  

Winnies hair makes a great handle  

Licking someones glass  

Measuring up  

Winnie takes....  ...control of...  ...her MAN!  

Sorry so long it was supposed to be a slideshow that wouldn't work.

 Since I have been doing remodelling.  I decided to make some new silk arrangements in my house to decorate.  Well I finally got the silk flowers.  I still had them in a box and noticed they look like they have been eaten.  Which is weird.  Here is one of the suspects Napping    He looks pretty harmless in this pose Mr. Moddest   Then here his is with his  brothers   another possible suspect.  They try to look all innocent...clever.     But then it wasn't long and Mystery solved.    

Bonus shots:    Hollyhock   Wild flower mix 

 This was supposed to be a slideshow but it wouldn't work.

Male Oriole  

In my flower bed  

My failing attempt with a humming bird  

Fly  

B&W Rose  

Mist  

Romance 

Elegance  

My favorite  

My favorite B&W 

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 A little texture  

A little grunge  

A little something for B&W fans 

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No more spiders!  These are for the challenge

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Snapshot  

Change the background  

Get up closer  

Convert to B&W  

Move your feet  

Move your body  

Go low  

Move move move..... 

When all else fails and you can not get out to shoot find one subject and take different shots of it.

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 No PSing  

Grunged up and textured  

Grunged up, textured, desaturated and hit with the history brush 

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These were not taken with the macro lens

 You can photograph the same subject and make it look different (more interesting) from one time to the next.  Move around change your focal point.   It is interesting to see how different this same little flower looks from one shot  the next.  The bloom is about 2 inches across.  

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Why it is called a "Balloon flower" is before it opens... 

 Edgey  

Fire   Inside  

Fire Star  

Elegance  

Standing tall  

Grace  

Firey  

For the B&W lovers here B&W 1  B&W 2 

 Double   Mini Calla 

As I was uploading these shots I was watching my Orioles at my feeder.  Until this year I had never seen the whole oriole family at my feeder at one time.  I had the male & female and three juveniles on it at one time.  I couldn't get my camera quick enough to get a shot....dang it....  But here are some shots of a baby on the feeder.  It was funny watching them come to the feeder for the first time.  They weren't quite sure how it worked.  1   2   3   4  

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Now this shot I know is not great by any means but I thought it was funny.  This little guy was sooooo tiny and it just looked funny to me.  So here it is....

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The next shots were so gross for me to take but I had to do it.  Had to use the macro on something small.....here it is:

Nasty   teeny  tiny  creatures........yuck!! (that is how addictive photography is)

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