Sunday Stills : Bokeh

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was bokeh.   Simply stated bokeh is the out of focus part of a photo.

This was my best shot outside..the wind was howling like a banshee again yesterday.

How about some summer shots? 

Liatris and a bee in August of 2011.

Lupine with Veronica Blue Bouquet providing the bokeh.   Did you know that bokeh and bouquet are pronounced the same..BOH- kay.

Sometimes I get accidental bokeh.  Like this photo taken in September of 2011.

Sometimes  I get Chance bokeh! 

Have a great week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: Portraits

The challenge this week was to take a portrait.  Ok.

I tried..and I mean tried to capture my Granddaughters cat. This is my best shot.

Skittles November 15, 2011  He belongs to Miss Paige.

This morning I attempted a photo of Chance..sometimes he is just a pain, he yawns and blinks his eyes.

Chance on November 20, 2011

Yes we have snow here..it has spit snow all week..I think winter might be here.  Have a good week everyone:)

Macro Monday: Frosty Raspberry Foliage

I love the early morning frosts.

Check out more Monday Macros here:)

Sunday Stills: Potluck with a purpose

I delete lots of photos too..I only keep the best ones.  Well what I think are the best ones.  This week the Sunday Stills Challenge was to critique your own photo.

A big problem I have is the horizon line..in landscape photos.  Especially if I just grab my camera for one quick photo.

I took this photo this week.

As you can see my horizon line is off.  In order to save this photo I have to take it into my photo program and straighten it up.

Like this…same photo

Gotta love technology!  However it wastes valuable time..and unless it is a photo I am smitten with..I will delete it instead of fix it.

Another problem I have is patience.  On Wednesday we were out and about.  The moon was up and almost full.

Yes the moon is there..but you have to search for it.

This photo taken 20 minutes later was much better.

Horizons and patience both things I could improve on.  Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: In the Dark

The challenge this week for Sunday Stills was to take a photo in the dark.   Chance and I ventured out.  He was on lead..because a few weeks ago we had a skunk in our yard after dark.

This is Chance and the Bluestem that is on the east side of the house.

I got some of those solar lights and a scarecrow to scare off the skunk.  Chance will remain on lead after dark until it snows and the skunks go into hibernation.  We don’t need our Border Collie herding anymore skunks:)

Sunday Stills : Vanishing Point

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was to take a photo that has a vanishing point.

This is a center vanishing point.  The highway nearby that heads to the west. I took this photo on October 07, 2011.

Multiple vanishing points on the left.  This was Bass Lake earlier this week on October 03, 2011.

A vanishing point to the right.  This is the creek that runs out of Round Lake.  I took this photo Saturday October 08, 2011.  Most of the leaves are gone from the trees.

We have to go back to September 29, 2011 to get real good Fall Color and a vanishing point. This was taken on the Hanna Ore Trail, one of my favorite roads to meander along in the fall.

Have a great week everyone! :)

Sunday Stills: Water Droplets

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was Water Droplets.

Here are some drops on my lawn ornament that is made from silverware.  It didn’t rain..I had to take a squirt bottle outside with me.  We need rain desperately. I took this photo today.

I have a few watery shots from my archives.

Chance loves to play in the water!

In September I took this photo of a Gull taking off.  This was our last day out on the pontoon for the year.

I got a little wild and crazy with this watery shot!

Have a great week everyone:)