A Duotone for Thurs

An unusual bit of fog this a.m. due to some actual precipitation here in N California.

And always fun to play around in Lightroom.

Red Amarylis Photo

Big change in this bud in just one day.

Emerging Amarylis Photo 2014

I received an Amarylis bulb from my sis for my birthday in December and when I took the bulb out of the box it was already growing! Yesterday I noticed the red starting to show so decided to document the emerging bloom for this blog. It is so lovely and sculptural; I love nature's artwork! In the foreground is my 22 yr old grape ivy.

Available breakfast light Canon T3i w/ Canon 100 mm macro L 2.8 IS, edited in Lightroom 4.

Look at the Sky

Branches lace with sunset imminent behind, Lr edits.

Oh One, Oh Two!

The sky is fun to shoot, always different. And with winter's bare trees you get an additional dimension.

I used the 17-55 lens and spent some time on cropping this one; there were some distracting roof protrusions.  What I liked was the contrails framing the tree so I removed what wasn't that story. Hey, I found words for it!

Day One, Oh One

Yay! I took a photo and edited in Lightroom.

Just the top of that tree was in sunlight. I saw it as a nice warm and light contrast to the dark tangle below.