Nature designed the world geometrically. We just build on that natural geometry. However, Nature doesn't use very many absolutely straight lines, so one way to spot a man-made structure is to check for straight lines. Just a few weeks ago, on one of our day trips up to the Skagit Valley, I happened upon a …
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My readers will have seen my previous posts on trips to Uwajimaya, our local Asian grocery store. On previous trips, I just took photos of the vegetables, which the store arranges meticulously so they are very photogenic. Just today, my husband needed to restock his Udon noodles, so I went along to get a change …
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Life is full of Special Moments, if you will only open your eyes and notice. It's all in how you look at things. Just this past week, I was in my computer room, writing a post for this blog. When I write, I am pretty much oblivious to most of what's going on around me, …
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This week's challenge allows us amateur photographers without all that fancy indoor lighting setup to shine. Literally! Living in a place surrounded by bodies of water lends itself to taking pictures of sunlight glinting off the water. I have always liked the sparkles generated by the Sun on moving water. It almost makes the water …
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Aaahhhhh... Soft. Brings to mind something my hero used to call himself...just a lovable little fuzzball. Well, it just so happens that I am owned by a lovable little Fuzzball. Her name is Kikyo, and her fur is the softest. When she is in the same room, I just can't help but pick her up …
So..... In a month characterized by a nationwide Snow Storm, that left Streets Slippery with Snow and ice, where do we begin? How about with a triple-S photo: Song Sparrow in the Snow, taken just last week. And how about his Snow-buddy, our Squirrel? From a prior year, a Snowy Street, right in front of …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 136: Subjects starting with the Letter “S”
Yippee! Snow!! Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have been hearing for a couple of weeks that snow was in the forecast. They kept pushing the date back, however, which is pretty normal around here. Last night, around midnight, it did start to snow, and we awoke this morning to see the white stuff falling …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #135: A glimpse into my (snowy) world!
These pictures are a perfect demonstration of how wonderful it is to have a camera with you wherever you go, just to capture spur-of-the moment images. Yesterday, I took my husband to the ambulatory surgery center, to have a minor procedure, and I had three hours to kill while I waited for him to be …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Challenge #134: From forgettable to favorite.
I guess I'd have to say I've always been a lazy photographer. When I was married to my first husband, who was an excellent photographer, besides being an engineer; I had an SLR film camera (this was back in the olden days before digital photography), but I had trouble mastering all its ins and outs, …
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The Stripes and Checks in my suburban backyard are a bit smaller and less-exotic than Tina's zebras; but they are also less dangerous, and I can get closer to them to take their pictures. And I sure don't have to go most of the way around the world to see them! They show up now …
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