Some of my favorite photos
This week’s topic is animals in nature. Here is a bunny with what looks like multiple ticks on it’s ears.
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This week Ann-Christine has invited us to share pictures of shade and shadows. I have chosen 3 for the topic.
The first one is a picture of a shell on the windowsill. I think I took this for a Flickr macro group I belong to.
The next photo was taken in Rincon, Puerto Rico several years ago. Some of the beaches have palm trees not too far from the water’s edge. I was able to take this from a little higher vantage point.
The last photo is yours truly 🙂
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Here are some variations of daisy photos for this week’s “yellow” challenge.
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This week Dianne of the blog Rambling Ranger encourages us to share photos of nature untouched by humans or without help from humans. I am sharing 2 photos that are special to me.
First up is a deer from Skyline Drive in Virginia. I could see one every day and never tire of seeing them so they are a real treat when we do get a chance to see one.
The second photo is also from Skyline Drive. My husband and I have been visiting that area every fall for over 40 years and we rarely see bear. This photo is from one of those rare occasions.
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Lisa of Our Eyes Open has asked us to use the editing technique of selective color. Since Lightroom Classic is my “go to” for editing – that is what I used. The process is pretty easy with the HSL Panel (hue, saturation, luminance). I played with the saturation sliders until I got the look I wanted. Here are a cardinal, mallards and bluebird using this technique.
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How about a Grackle!!
This week Lisa of Our Eyes Open is asking us to share photos of birds that start with the letter “G”. Here’s a grackle, goose and goldfinch. The goldfinch is changing from it’s duller winter color to it’s summer yellow.
If you would like to join in – you can find the info here – https://oureyesopen.blog/2021/05/21/bird-weekly-photo-challenge-birds-beginning-with-a-g-in-the-title/
This week Cee presented a photo that has many options to choose. I decided to go with a window. This is a fern leaf in front of a window with blinds.
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This week’s challenge is comparing photos that are color and converted to black and white. The first 2 photos were taken at the beach last month. I am a fan of beach photos in b/w or sepia.
The next ones are of a plant. My preference on this one is the color but the b/w brings out the detail nicely.
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Our house is sold and we are staying with family until we can move into the apartment we are renting while we build. We’ve done a little travelling and enjoying ourselves during this in-between phase. This week Ann Christine has asked us to share photos of our interpretation of spots and dots. Here are a few that I have.
One of the “spots” we went to on our travels was Flora-Bama. It is definitely a t-shirt and shorts type of place. It’s a couple of run down beach buildings with music in 6 different areas. If you go – be prepared for a “dive” like atmosphere with good music.
Also in Florida, I spent some time trying to “spot” lizards that seem to be everywhere. This one blends in nicely with it’s surroundings.
Lastly, today we went for a walk on the beach and saw what was left of this spotted sea animal that had washed up on the shore. I would love to have seen what it looked like alive.
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