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A few days ago my sister and I noticed the petals of her flowers and the leaves, along with her lawn chairs, and everything else was covered with a golden dusting of pollen. Excitedly I grabbed the little G12 and crawled around in her yard. First over here the over there. I didn’t really care if I got any keepers, and I didn’t, but I was having fun, feeling like a little kid.
We really did have a great day venturing around Seattle on Memorial Day. Near Pike Place Market is a small park called, Victor Steinbrueck Park, where people were enjoying the sunny day, something people in Seattle get out to enjoy. I just had to get this couples photo as her eye contact and focus were so intense.
We were in Seattle on Memorial Day and arrived early enough to attend a Mariners ball game. It’s been a few years since I attended a baseball game. In the above image, Mark Reynolds of the Baltimore Orioles is connecting on a home run in the third inning of the game. It also shows how I’m not used to the shutter lag on this camera. We left in the 7th inning and headed for Pikes Market for some people watching, shopping and seafood. 🙂 It was a great day!
I’m off to the skies today. Hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend! Maybe even go to a ball game. 🙂
Here is another one of those plants we so often place in the weed category. We usually find it in an area that is not properly cared as it does not grow in barren ground. However, it is also know for its medicinal purposes, and when processed properly can be used for fodder for cows and horses. The seeds can used to make oil. And, the leaves are edible for those adventurous enough to try. I use them for images.
It’s been a while since I mentioned anything about the Canon G12 so here is a bit of an update. There has been a learning curve and I think it’s affected my photography. I say that because I have been so focused on learning the mechanics of the camera that my vision has suffered. The more comfortable I become as a craftsman with this tool, the better I see the world around me.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend.
Looks like someone took a hammer to these large nails that once protruded from this telephone pole. A year and a half ago I posted an image of two nails protruding from a telephone pole. This past week I was in the same area and while on a walk looked for this same telephone pole. I found it and also discovered these two bent nails. Strange how I missed it the first time I was there.
“The answers are ambiguous – the image needs to be complex but not to a point of clutter, or it needs to be simple but not to a point of being too literal. It needs to have a message yet without the message being too obvious… or too obscure. Confused? If so, you have just learned an important lesson – art does not follow hard and fast rules, and thus transcends any attempt at a ubiquitous definition.” – Guy Tal
The wind was blowing when I tried to get an image of these leaves. Strange how this blurred effect seemed better than if I’d kept them in focus. I liked the shapes and lines and was trying to present that.