A few days ago I did a blog on a pincushion protea. While shopping again today, at the same store, they had a different variety of protea. I looked it up in my "protea encyclopedia", i.e. the internet - I think it's a Rose Mink Protea. These are the protea that I remember from Hawaii. …
Day 83 – Down by the River
After a week of snow and rain, the sun finally came out today. It was one of those days when the sky is incredibly blue with just a few beauty clouds to enhance it. I went down to an area of the river I haven't been in several years. People were out walking their dogs, …
Day 82 – Red Pincushion Protea
While at the grocery store today, I spotted some Protea flowers and I just had to pick them up. I haven't seen a Protea since I left Hawaii 13 years ago. There are many different types of protea flowers - these are Red Pincushion Protea. The Protea flower originated in South Africa. Ancestors of the …
Day 81 – Experimenting with Orchids
Today I decided to do some experimenting in Photoshop and NIK software using one of my orchids as the subject. I took several different photos using different exposures, a couple of different lenses, a shallow depth of field, and various white balance settings. The background was a muted yellow and the walls in the room …
Day 73 – Old Toys
When we moved into our "new" office seven years ago, there were a number of things that needed fixing up. The building had been a family residence back in the mid-20th century, when Bend was just a small town of about 10,000 people (it is now 85,000). The house has since transitioned into an office …
Through My Lens 