The colors in the web are what attracted me to this photo. I was trying to quickly find some colored leaves this morning for a macro shot, but noticed the web. I added a texture because. . .well, the photo needed rescuing! There were blown highlights I couldn’t recover- so I filled them in with texture. I love Photoshop!
I ventured no farther than my back deck today to take this closeup of my wind chimes. I then had fun with Aperture and Photoshop changing things up a bit- creating a black and white image with textures and pink tones.
Not sure what this is- bee? hoverfly? But there were a bunch in the camellias today.
f/5.6, 1/200, ISO200, 85mm
Hadn’t done my photo yet, husband comes home wanting us to go to the gym, want to get a photo quickly, go outside, watch birds and squirrels, then come across THIS!
I know I’ve done webs and “fairies” before- but WOW- look at that bokeh! There was just ivy and a fence behind it, no water drops, no colored lights- no clue where all that bokeh came from. It is amazing to me the things you see when you LOOK! And now- off to the gym! 🙂
Awhile ago, I joined a Flickr group called Bokeh Wednesday and haven’t participated. I like having a topic to fall back on for those days when my photography mind is blank (uh. . . that would be most days. . .). A busy day is ahead of me, so I considered my options, grabbed my zoom lens, and went outside early this morning in search of BOKEH.
Of course, there has to be an interesting foreground subject as well- a little difficult in my backyard these days. After zooming in on boring green or bare branches for awhile, I finally settled on the few colored leaves that are way up high in our oak tree. And thank goodness there is a small degree of bokeh-ness in the photo as well- nothing to submit to the group, but the topic got me started today.
f/5.6, 1/100, ISO 320, 200mm
Since I didn’t participate in Texture Tuesday this week, here is a textured treatment of a photo I took today of the fruit of the magnolia tree (looks like a pinecone). I split-toned the image in ACR and added Kim’s bent edges– my favorite of all her textures.
I took a morning walk today, determined to get out of my rut of taking photos in our backyard. I spent some time on shots of our neighbor’s Japanese maple, as well as pampas grass, fences, bees, flowers etc. in the neighborhood. As I returned home, I liked the way the plantings on the edge of our front yard look like a forest, so I took a few shots. And those are the ones that I ended up using. No apologies, no excuses- I just like this photo best!
Texture Tuesday’s theme is LOVE this week. Since I LOVE autumn (my favorite season), I went outside, looked down and snapped this quick photo. Why did I look down? None of our autumn colored leaves seem to stay on the trees in our yard- they just immediately fall off. . .
I textured this photo with two layers of Kim’s autumn burst and 2 layers of fall in. Follow the link on the right to Kim’s Cafe some beautiful textured photos.
TGIMM!
(Thank God It’s Macro Monday)!
I seem to be drawn more to the details than the big picture, so it’s a big relief to me when Macro Monday rolls around. I always forget to link to Lisa’s Chaos, where Macro Monday resides- so this week I’m not! If you have time, follow the links on that page to some beautiful macro photos.
The drooping branches of my favorite Maytens tree often provide beautiful bokeh backgrounds for photos taken in our backyard. Today, I decided to use them as the foreground to go along with the theme for my ODC Flickr group- Starts with B.
So- now presenting Black and White Branches with Bokeh!
Project 365 2011 is 100 Days away from completion! I am feeling such a sense of satisfaction from having honored my commitment to take a photo every day and post it, while improving my camera skills! I’m celebrating Day 265 by changing the look of my blog (or not. . .). I’m experimenting with WordPress themes, so not all my links are showing up. Bear with me as I play with this!
Today I am using the topic from Our Daily Challenge on Flickr- From Ground Level. I took a beach towel and lay on our lower patio, aiming the lens one of the leaves that is starting to litter our grass. Definitely a bug’s eye view!
My constant backyard visitor. . .
Yes, I know I have photographed these webs before- but our yard is SHROUDED with them, and the spiders are HUGE! I feel like I am in a science fiction movie.
Today is Texture Tuesday, so I added one layer of Kim’s tattered texture using the color burn mode. This was the first time I had used color burn, which I thought did a nice job of adding some interest in the non-bokeh part of the photo (I masked off some of the texture in the rest of the image).
I spotted this yesterday in the bushes by our driveway. I think it’s supposed to be a sign- good things to come? an angel nearby? Anyway, it made me smile, so here is my macro shot for today-
f/3.8, 1/200, ISO200, 85mm
I seem to have a yard full of spiders- there are webs and BIG spiders everywhere! I was very glad to spot this little guy, who was eyeing me as I was eyeing him! FYI, WordPress thinks eyeing is misspelled- but dictionary.com says eying and eyeing are both correct. Just so you know. . .
f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 200, 85mm
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