Thursday, April 30, 2009

120: #189 Moving


The Akron Zoo has a jellyfish exhibit.
This was shot at 1.3 sec and not recognizable as a jellyfish
but I like the abstract swirl of the image.

The one below had a 1 second exposure and you can see that it's jellyfish.

I did it again! I meant to post this for tomorrow!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

119: #293 Solitary


The park where I shot this doesn't have fields of trillium -- just single solitary flowers every now and then.

Monday, April 27, 2009

118: #005 Abandoned


Usually when a gas station closes around here it's torn down.
And usually there's a new business that's built on the site.
This one has been an empty shell for a long time.

Oops, I meant to schedule this for tomorrow morning.

117: #296 Song Lyrics


Anybody remember the Alan Parsons Project?

Just fiddling around with cloud pictures in Photoshop...
and Kayla's eye.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

116: #185 Minimalism

Bare sunlit branches in a cloudless blue sky.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

115: #132 Growing


From the shade of the towpath trail on a sunny, breezy day
a view of new shoots beginning to grow in the canal.

Friday, April 24, 2009

114: #157 In My Neighborhood


All kinds of critters in my neighborhood -- I live in a National Park!

Thursday, April 23, 2009

113: #209 On the Water


Pretty bird in the canal on the way to the marsh.
I like how the camera captured the sparkle of a drop of water on his beak.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

112: #332 Tools of the Trade


I had the air conditioner serviced this morning.
It needed a new "capacitor" -- I think that's what he called it...

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

111: #014 Artificial


Not a real bug on my window screen...but you knew that didn't you!

Monday, April 20, 2009

109: #150 Holes


Chocolate donut holes with powdered sugar.

Yaaayyy! I caught up! 110 posts on the 110th day of 2009!

108: #151 Home Is Where the Heart Is


"Hi Honey! I'm home!"
But he didn't bring dinner...

107: #037 Building


Bringing a twig for building their nest.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

106: #173 Living the Green Life


A neighbor about a mile away is "living the green life"

Saturday, April 18, 2009

105: #035 Bridges


I was using my 75-300 lens and couldn't get the whole footbridge in one shot, so this is a Photoshopped panorama.

I'm almost caught up!

104: #261 Risky

This could have been "boys will be boys". They ran off on their own, off the trail and down a steep slope to the creek below. Their mothers were standing at the top of the embankment shouting at them to stay out of the creek and come back up RIGHT NOW.

Faces blurred for privacy.

Camouflage explained


Am I the only one who spotted him?

Friday, April 17, 2009

102: #213 Orange


What're YOU looking at shorty? Haven't you ever seen a white goose with an orange broken toe before?

101: #321 The Good Old Days


I didn't try it to see if it's a working pump, but it's a display by the Towpath Trail.

I remember that my great-aunt's farmhouse had a pump like this. Close to the pump they had a spring bubbling out of the ground with a small shed over it. That was where they kept perishables like milk from their cows and the butter they churned. And in the good old days the air was so clear there that you could see a million more stars at night than you saw in the city.

Cropped and vignetted in LR2.

100: #004 A Pair of...


A pair of swallows at the marsh. They fly so fast that I can't catch them in flight, but they were resting and posing for me this morning.

Cropped and vignetted in LR2.

099: Free #06 Camouflage


A hunter in the woods? His camouflage is perfect! You'd think he was a tree stump.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

098: #024 Bent


I considered using another freebie and calling it "ruffled"

097: #274 Selective Focus


The little tulip in the middle is peeking out at me.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

096: Free #05 Fragrant


The sweet scent of hyacinth

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

095: #235 Places of Worship


I've fallen behind! I'll be trying to catch up this week.

094: #019 Backlighting


Easter lilies - backlit by the sunshine coming through the window early this morning.

Monday, April 13, 2009

093: #281 Show Us Your Bokeh


Focus on the daffodils -- the other flowers blurred.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

092: #045 Chair

Gregory's wheelchair.
He likes to play the bat-the-balloon game, too...

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

091: #319 The Games We Play


Kids, God bless 'em, usually love simple games like batting a balloon back and forth.
But when the balloon got stepped on it popped and scared Kayla half to death!

Sunday, April 5, 2009

090: #351 Warnings


New sign at the marsh.
I'm running out of steam here. Somebody feed me, please...

Saturday, April 4, 2009

089: #223 Pair

Original shot

Playing with filters (sketch>bas relief) and layers' blend modes.
Tutorial by Deborah -- elements village -- creative #73

Friday, April 3, 2009

088: #286 Skeletal


On the wall at the podiatrist's office.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

087: #299 Sport


Hurdles -- I guess I could have used "jumping..." for this shot.
It was a bright sunny windy day!
Faces blurred for privacy.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

086: #007 Accessories


Hair bows and sunglasses