Pine Tree Geography

The frigid cold came back yesterday and was still around today. I originally told most of the people that I do work for that I would not be available this weekend because my wife is in California. I wanted to be available for Evan. But I did wind up working for a couple of hours today. It's ok, I sure can use the money, I think the oil burner has been running for the past two days.

Yep, it time for father and son bonding! My wife left me a list of things I should make sure Evan takes care of before her return Monday night. Yea, not much fun in that. I did buy a package of bacon for breakfast and diner tonight was just a starch and a protein, no veggie. Hey, it's just a weekend. I'm making spinach with tomorrow's meal. Don't tell him...it's in the soup ,-)

Today's photo is a couple of day's old. It's a close-up view of a Black Pine Tree. The bark has this topography to it that looks like and ariel view of a mountain range in Afghanistan, especially in Black and White. Hey, just having a little fun.

This was make using the Canon G10 and processed with Photoshop.

Purple seed pods

I came across these seed pods on a walk last week. I've seen them before, maybe they're some kind of plant in the milk weed family.

This time I stopped to get a good, close look. I especially love the way they drape down and their color. This group had a seed or two still in one of the pods. It also had the remains of a spiders web around the top.

I used the Canon G10 in macro mode and processed it with ACR.

 

The Bee

I'm using OpenOffice.org Writer program to write today's post. My son Adam introduced me to it a while ago, and like many old dogs.... I've learned a new trick.

The look and feel of it is much the same as the big MS version, it has spell check, and a grammar feature. I like the big tool bar at the top, much easier to read that MS. I guess the best feature is it's free and it works on a Mac. That's big, at least to me. I've used Mac's for years and you hardly ever find a good freeware.

Today's photo is a bee on the Butterfly Bush, a dead bee I afraid. Sunday, on our way to church, I saw this little fellow on one of the last flowers. He was still there when we returned. So I made a picture of him. Later in the day, he was gone. Anyway, I used the Canon G10 in the macro mode and processed it with Canon's Digital Photo Professional and Photoshop.

Chasing Butterflies

It’s that time of year when butterflies and yellow jackets are abundant. I went chasing butterflies twice this week and both times I wasn’t successful in my quest for a photo. I guess I need to get up and out earlier.

Today’s post is of another Gazania in the yard. I really lucked out when I found these at Lynch’s Garden Center in town.

This is a straight photo from the Canon G10. I tried to fiddle with the color in Photomatix, but nothing looked better than it God given color.

Habanero Peppers

I was given some pepper plants this spring from an acquaintance and four of the plants turned out to be habaneros. I am going to attempt to make a habanero pepper sauce. If nothing else, I was able to get a nice photo.

This image was made with the macro mode on the G10. It was processed with Canon Digital Photo Professional.

Windshield Rain Drops

I had a fun assignment today photographing an improv troop. It’s a whole lot different from politics and elected people. After I process them. I post one or two.

Today’s photo is of water on my windshield. I took the liberty of processing it with canon’s Digital Photo Professional and Photomix Tone Mapping programs.

Gin Lane, Southampton

Across Gin Lane form Agawam Beach is Agawam Lake. Most people know this lake from the village side. There’s a park and a large lawn where the Cultural Center holds concerts in the summer and the tree lighting for Christmas. I don’t know what this plant is but there’s a few of them at the south end of the lake. They make it look like a tropical island somewhere.

I processed this image with Canon Digital Photo Professional and Photomatix, Tone Mapping. It was made with the Canon G10.

Today we’re having the family and friends over for a barbeque to say goodbye to Adam and Brian. Tuesday we take Adam up to Norwich University in Vermont for his first semester in college. A week for today, Brian go back to start his third year at SUNY Potsdam. …my money…I don’t know where that’s going it’s just not staying with me!

52

Usually in the past I’ve used numbers for post titles only when I had a photo to match. Today, I turned 52 years old.
Today’s post has nothing to do with my birthday or the number 52. This plant is next to our back door. One morning this past week I made this photo as the morning dew covered the grass plant.
This photo was processed with Canon Digital Photo Professional and Photomatix Tone Mapping programs.

July 15, 2008

Sad news on the Basking Shark, it died on the beach. Marine researchers will determine what the cause of death is in the next few days.
Today’s picture post is a composite of two images, one focused and the other deliberately out of focus. I used to do this with Kodachrome 25 by making a double exposure in the camera. This is the first attempt at the same effect with digital.
It’s easier to control with the computer that it was with camera exposure alone.

Lily

Today’s photo is of a Lily my wife planted in our flower box. I used the G10 again in the macro setting and processed the image with Photomatix Tonal pro. I can’t believe the sharpness in that little camera.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Busy day today. I’m taking a civil service test for a medical photography position with the county and then it off to do campaign photos for the Islip Town board slate.
The weather forecast was partly sunny but I’m calling it overcast. Twice this week people were talking about how depressed they are feeling due to the constant rain and overcast days. I’m not seeing the weather as such a depressant, I’ve worked hard to make my lawn look good, and the cooler weather and the rain has made my lawn look fantastic.
Today’s photo is a small mushroom I found on a walk I took yesterday. Possibly Astraeus pteridis, but I’m not sure. I don’t have a macro lens for my 5D, so I made this in the macro mode on the G10, not bad. I used Photomatix, Tonal mapping to process this image.