The world as I see it
This blog I owe to Viveka at http://mygulitypleasures.wordpress.com/. She sent me a video on macro photography that inspired me (click here). I thought it would be fun to experiment with some of the colors. I didn't have a lot of time to work with it and I don't have a light box (still working on getting …
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I picked up a couple of hazelnuts off the sidewalk today and thought they would be a good subject to practice with my new macro lens. These nuts were about the size of a dime and I was happy to see how well the macro lens picked up the detail on such a small subject. …
Friday we had a few hours to spare before our granddaughter's gymnastics competition was to begin. So we spent a few hours at the Japanese Garden in Washington Park in Portland. I'd heard a lot about the gardens and have wanted to see them. I wasn't disappointed. I loved it there. Portland gets a fair …
During the transition from Spring to Summer, all the spring flowers (and weeds) start dying off. They can leave some interesting remnants. The dandelion was in my yard (I had many samples to choose from). The other flowers were outside my doctor's office. I had seem them last week while I was there but didn't …
We had a variety of weather today. . . rain, sleet, sun, clouds, cold. The sun came out just long enough for me to get some photos down by the river. I'm ready for the weekend. The weather is supposed to improve and it should be a good weekend for getting out and taking photos. …
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