05/20/2006

"Ché en Masque": The daughter of one my co-workers at our company picnic. The child LOVES to have her picture taken. The camera likes her as well.

05/19/2006

"Firewheel": Well now....this was almost an entry into the heat challenge....but I thought better of putting a flower in. What I went with....welll, it's not a flower....but the flower might have done better....it would be hard for it to do worse...trust me. LOL!

05/18/2006

"Only a Sneak in a Guilded Cage": Don't ask...the title is from an old song....the image is of a Puma store display. They're getting pretty imaginative at that store and the display just changed. I did not look at it but I will soon.

05/17/2006

"Marriott Courtyard": Took this on one of my walks home from work at night. I tried to process the lights rest of the image from the row of lights but I used the wrong selection and they just got brighter than I wanted. OH well....back to the PS drawing board.

05/16/2006

"Osteospermum": I like these flowers a lot. You see them in gardens and flower boxes around the city. But never as a cut flower, guess cause the stems are not very long. So I bought a plant and took this in color and converted it to BW.

"Medusa": So I was rummaging the CDs for some pictures and found this one that I had not processed. Saw it and said, "Medusa!" So I processed it and here it is. No what could I possibly come up with for Scylla and Charybdis? Hmmmmm.....LOL!

"Agapanthus": Not real exciting, I know. But I finally shot something in raw and processed it so here you go. Love the detail. Just have some problems dealing with where the picures are when they are done! Oy! 

"Linear Refractions": No Noise at all!!!!!!! LOL! Happy! But where is my noise!. 

"Peony": THERE"S NO NOISE....where is the Noise....I need noise...I love noise....What AM i GOING to do WITHout NOISE!!!!!.....LOL!....Sorry, I go a new camera and I just cannot get over the fact that....THERE's No NoIsE!!!! OK...I'm still working with it...got off of Auto 'bout as fast as I could. Tried aperture priority to get some bearings and then went to manual. Only shot in studio so far and I've yet to take it (Nikon D70s, BTW) for a walk....but I like it very much...so far. 

"Brown Eyed Susans": Display from the 2006 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show. 

05/10/2006

"Blues and Greens in 3/4": Entry from the Rhythm II Challenge.

"Delphinium Elatum": When I saw this flower at Pure Design I new I had to have it. Love the color.  

"Golden Curves": Ceiling lamp in the hallway outside my apartment. Shot with the camera white balance on cloudy. 

"Scabiosa and Palms": Thought the straight lines of the Lion Palms would be an interesting contrast to the flowers and their curved stems. Love anything purple and green. 

"Tulip Abstract" 

"Ribbons, Grain, Birds and Baubles": Tiffany and Company of Philadelphia store window display. Shot this earlier in the week on of my walks home from work. 

"Trois" and "Orange Sherbert": I was looking for "Trois" on my CD's and came across the Dahlia image. I never really liked the crop and processing of the dahlia image, way too much blow out of the whites. So I left the crop full and reprocessed it and renamed it as well....it was Orange Creamcicle....don't ask....some concoction Jack and Jill Ice cream made when I was a kid.

05/03/2006

"A Bouquet of Reds and Yellows": Shot this at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church last week and did some DA stuff on it. Like the contrasts of the bright colors of the bouquet against the neutrals of the wall behind.

05/02/2006

"Daisies and Delphinium": OK...the they're "Crazy Daisies" which means they are dyed mums. But they were the most orangey thing I could find to go with the blues of the delphinium. And since the delphinium gradient includes some purple hues, there was just enough yellow in the mums, er ...daisies, to complement that as well. From the Complementary Colors III Challenge.

"Lux Aeterna": Shadows of a stained glass window at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church. 

04/30/2006

"KCRC Distortions"
Distorted reflections of one of the dorm halls in the windows of the Kimmel Cancer Research Center on the campus of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

04/29/2006

"Locust Cruiser"
Reflections of Locust Street in the rear of a PT Cruiser. Of course that guy in the lower right might have been cruising as well, not sure. Didn't really notice. Could have been.

04/28/2006

"Really Tall Iris"
Time flies when your behind at work at the end of the month and you have big concert that is being rehearsed and performed all at the same time. I am frazzled and something had to give so this was put on the back burner. Better to play catch up on this. So what do I have for Friday....hmmmm...lets see....well what little I shot on Friday was for an upcoming challenge so...lets see....Ok Saturday....well....this would be it. Tallest dang Iris I have ever scene. Pretty colors too....saving my Iris macros for my trip to Elaines Garden this year...hope it is soon.