Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot: Black and Blue

Carly said show me something black or blue, or black and blue! Chance should require Union Scale by now, but he is happy with some praise and a few extras treats..he loves posing! :)

Question of the week. What is your favorite color and why? How does color affect your choices when it comes to photography?

My favorite color is red, because it is cheerful and bright! Given the choice I would photograph something red, before something pink. I tend to photograph only a few colors at a time..I like simple colors, and simple photography..it is in my comfort zone. I need to work on my colorfulness:)

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot: Playing in the Water

Carly assigned playing in the water, something that Chance enjoys! It was a lovely evening, on June 2oth when went down to the lake. The Loons were calling, and a Great Blue Heron was fishing. Chance splashed along the shoreline, and ventured out and tried to bite a lily pad. It moved in the water, so he backed off, seeking the safety of the shore. The water is still cold...I noticed this when Chance shook droplets of water all over me. The evening air was heavy with the smell of dead fish, a smell very familiar to me. I used to patrol this very shoreline, every morning in the summer for dead floating fish that would eventually be washed ashore for my dogs to roll in...:)

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot # 41: Clouds

Carly wants clouds! Easy, I love clouds and photograph them all the time. This photo was taken June 03, 2009 we were out for an evening drive:)

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #36: A Walk In The Park

Carly at Ellipsis said "Show me a walk in a park." This is a local park, the local Lions Club bought this piece of property about fifteen years ago, they built the covered picnic shelter. We stopped by to take this photo on May 08, 2009. The dandelions just started blooming this week. Chance was off leash....we were the only people there:)
This weeks question: How often do you add special effects from your photo editing program to your photos? My response, not often, when converting a photo to black and white or sepia, and when I am working on my photo headers...how about you?

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #33: Close Up

Carly at Ellipsis asked for a close up of something..perhaps something you never thought about photographing before. This fish net covers about one third of our grain bin..it is there for vines to crawl up. We spent the better part of a day fishing it out of the sand in a private Gulf of Mexico Beach about ten years ago. The net has some coral attached to it. I had never thought about photographing it before.

Question of the week: What kind of camera do you use most often? I use a Point and Shoot:)

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #32: Spring Holidays

Carly at Ellipsis said ..show me something from Easter or a spring holiday. I chose Easter and that always includes Easter Lilies! Happy Easter to all on Sunday, April 12, 2009. :)

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #31: Footprints

How much longer must I wear my snow boots?

Here are my footprint photos, I took them in the Walmart parking lot on Wednesday April 01, 2009. Yes, some are slushy..some are snowy..it was no April Fools Joke either. Thank you Carly at Ellipsis for hosting this challenge. The question this week: Which do you find more challenging to photograph..children or animals. Animals..especially wild ones..I try my best. Kids I can usually bribe with cookies! :)

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #30: Things That Float

Carly wanted us to photograph things that were floating. I found a few this week. It was a watery kind of week.

Ice chunks floating on the Shell River on Friday, March 27.

Some boats floating with the high water on Monday, March 23.

Some foam floating on the Shell River today, March 27.

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot : Winter meets Spring

Winter meets Spring..that is a good thought! I took this photo on March 17, 2009. Shell River is flowing out of Shell Lake. The ice is melting..I say Yahoo! Bring on Spring..faster please! Thanks to Carly over at Ellipsis for hosting this challenge. You should be able to click on the photo to enlarge it! :)