1,2,3 Which Do You Like?

First Photo- Exactly as I saw it


Second Photo- Blk/Wht with a infrared filter

Third Photo- Super Saturated and Contrast

There is a place, on my way to the gym, that seems to be setting out a new "old car" every few weeks to sell. I have photographed two of these vehicles so far. Thank you to those people! They have no idea how much help I am getting for this photo-blog contest. Also, I'm learning to wake up early because by 11 the sun is gone! Soon I will be photographing boats! Have a good day!

Don't Push My Buttons!

My mini-assignment for Thursday is to photograph buttons. Well I found ONE button in an old drawer!
I decided early on that I would create modern art with the theme of buttons. In the background is a photo
of what appears to be many buttons of various sizes. That is a trick of multiple exposure and zooming in and out to
generate different sizes. On top of that background are various photos that I took with that same button. Here I used
filters of various types including cloning, bubble wrap, swirling and texture. I'm sure I won't win an award with my
concept; however, with one button, I think I did pretty well. I look forward to seeing what the other photo-group
participants came up with!

Flower Power- Part 1

As I stated with the other flowers, below this post, I really like these. I'd love your feedback.

Flower Power

I'm so excited about these! I hope you all like.

Cemetery Art

One Must Have Sunshine And Freedom

Above, I tried to place the butterfly in the corner to take advantage of the shape of a butterfly's wings. Not bad, considering how quickly I had to snap the shutter! Not sure if I'm explaining myself well or if you can see what I tried to do? Below I inverted the butterfly on Photoshop. I think this trick works well with metallic objects and black and white photos; however, I like this image nonetheless.



Finally, I chose to create an image of the entire butterfly with no alteration whatsoever. I had so many other ideas but wouldn't you know the butterfly had better things to do! I took about twenty five images in 30 seconds. I also would have preferred if the butterfly had landed on a flower or something more attractive but again the subject doesn't always cooperate! An unlikely find at Walgreens, this butterfly was flying around a construction area. Who cares that all those workers wondered what the hell I was doing...get back to work!


The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ~Rabindranath Tagore

Waterfalls Galore!

A beautiful hike today near Duanesburg. A "short" hike and reasonably flat, this was enjoyable. All I did with the photo above and below is to slow the shutter speed a bit. With no tripod, getting the photos sharp took some patience as I braced the camera on rocks, logs, etc.

The photo above shows the larger of the two falls. Beyond that log is a swimming hole which was being enjoyed by a woman who wouldn't have appreciated me taking her photo. I had to get down low and photograph with the log in my view. It is such a small space I doubt that I would have been able to get the entire waterfall had I moved closer, so it all worked out.

The falls above and below are the same; however, I added a glow filter to the image below.

I love days like today! These memories are what I cling to in order to make it through the winter!

Fill' Er Up!

I came across this old-fashioned gas pump today. Is there a better subject to convert to Sepia, adding texture as well?

Early Morning In The Garden