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| Planting Vegetables |
On what proved to be an incredibly hot and sticky day, Chris plants vegetables in the garden at the farm. Tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, and more. All went in the ground in spite of the uncomfortable humidity. What did I do? I watched and recorded Chris' work of course. It's good to be the photographer.
Yesterday, I made the trip back from Atlanta. It’s been a wonderfully relaxing week. Plenty of time with my family and son. We told stories and made some new ones that will be used in future tellings. My niece, Katie, graduated from college, my sister-in-law got a new truck, and my son and his fiancée bought a new home. It was a nice week. I say that in the way my mother would say “that’s a nice old dog”.
We had two really interesting photo outings. I’ll share those with you later this week, once I’ve had the time to sort them all out. Meanwhile, I hope all of you have a great weekend. Thank you for sticking with me during my down time.
Tim.
I was tickled to see that this heating grate was painted to match the wall. Because, now it’s camouflaged and you can’t see it. Can you? These walls are treated vwith a mixture of paraffin and sand that was tinted in earth tones. Pretty interesting process.
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| Schoolhouse on the Ohio back roads. |
This early one room schoolhouse was found one Saturday morning as I desperately searched for a break in the clouds. I really wanted to capture a farmscape. However, I’m very happy I found the school instead. We have a lot of these schools here in Ohio. Usually they’ve been converted into a small home, are being used as a storage building, or are just falling down. This is the first example that I have seen withe the belfry still in place. It might be crooked, but it’s still there.
No windows, it must have been dark and oppressive inside. Still, I am certain that many thousands of children received a solid, no frills, education while attending here.
Have a great Saturday.
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| Winter Grain Silo |
The weekend before last, the sun peeked through the clouds for a few hours and then return to its winter hibernation. I loaded the car with gear and headed out for a drive and managed a couple good shots,
However, see that offending dark spot way up at the top? Dust on the mirror. Evidently, I was in too big of a hurry. This happens to the best of us. Slow down, check your equipment!
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| Leopard Print |
The more I looked at these wonderful orchid blooms, the more I became enamored by their beauty. Especially close up.
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| Droplets |
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| Hello Gorgeous |
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| Petalicious |
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| My Cup Runneth Over |
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. I promise that my next picture of a flower will be in full and spectacular color.
Happy Valentines Day to all of you.
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| Breaking Wave |
I recently visited an orchid show at the Franklin Park Conservatory, in Columbus OH, with a local photo group. The goal was to capture the gorgeous and colorful blooms.
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| Come Hither Look |
The shoot was a lot of fun and I think it was a success. My problem was that in post processing, I kept wanting to see the flowers in black and white. Forget the color, I was fascinated with the gray tones.
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| Pinwheel |
And so, you my viewer, are stuck with my vision of gray when you could just as easily be looking at spectacular colors. Sorry folks. This is my photo blog and you have to play by my rules. Sometimes life is unfair. Sorry.
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| Hello Gorgeous |
Still, are you really suffering so much?
Tim
His royalness, Prince Jacky, rules over his domain in our living room. This is his throne. Nothing is allowed on top of this table except for himself and his “throne”. If you place anything else on his throne, he will get a bit of an attitude and knock it onto the floor. No wallets, keys, lamps or phones.
Petting is allowed and encouraged.
You might remember a post from a week or so back, in which I looked for examples of blur in my post photographs. The result was that I discovered that, by far, most of the blur that I place in my images is in the form of motion blur.
Last weekend, as I was out and about, I looked for opportunities to include other non-motion blurs in my photos. You can see the results in these images. The first was created by shooting through the condensation on a window pane. The second was achieved by shooting the reflection in a glass block.
The greatest result was proving that you can teach this old dog a few new tricks.
Have a grea tweak folks. Try to pick up a new trick of your own.
Tim
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| Steps, Franklin park |
I’ve always liked this sentence stenciled above a stair case at the Franklin Park Conservatory. Makes me want to hug a tree and everyone standing near it.
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