CVPS Photo Walk

We shot wild flowers at the Hemlock loop trail in the Bedford Reservation of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Just acres of Virginia Bluebells. This photo is of Tinker's Creek.

April 24, 2009: Sootie Snoozing

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Vocation

Chuck was born to be an engineer. He loves figuring out how things work and making them work better; high powered computers; and a software package more incomprehensible than Photoshop...

Photo and a Song

Weeds

(Sung to the tune of “Eating Goober Peas”)

Weeds, weeds, weeds, weeds,
Pulling ugly weeds
Aren’t they so pernicious –
Pulling ugly weeds!

Just as I got outside to weed, it started to rain. Weeded anyway, but didn't take the after pictures to contrast with the neglected before.

P365 Layout March 5 - 11, 2009

P365, March 5 to 11, 2009 - Catching up, slowly but surely. Katie Pertiet Naturally Krafty #7 pp, web challenge brush; Dana Zarling Everyday pp, both Designer Digitals; Jen Wilson Defining Flowers pp; Fonts are Gigi and Ariel.

April 21, 2009: Stepping Stone

Way chillier than it needs to be tonight.

My friend Vickie gave me a set of turtle stepping stones a few years ago. They are now in the shade garden under my deck.

April 20, 2009: The View From My Yoga Mat

Nikon S550 P&S, no flash, high ISO. Tried it with flash and it was horrible - flat, sharp shadows, bad. In this case, a little bit of noise was a good trade.

April 18, 2009: First Trout Lily

Two shots and my camera battery died...

Cracker Barrel for Sunday Breakfast

Mike, Jody, and sprout at breakfast this morning. Nikon S550 P&S.

Supplies all from Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals: Krafty Paper #7, Chat Freebie Dot brush, Floral Edgers #2 brush. Font is Georgia.

Today, April 17, 2009: Daffodils

Ice Follies and a miniature whose name escapes me, in my front yard. I love Ice Follies and have planted them in the yard of every house I've owned.

April 16, 2009: Mater Dolorosa Cemetery

The gentleman whose grave this was died in 1889, at age 83. He must have been in his late 50's during the Civil War. I was shooting in a little cemetery next to Happy Days Conference Center. The Center is a log building in the Cuyahoga Valley built by the CCC in the 1930's. CVPS held a program last night on photo editing at Happy Days. Crop tight and don't cut off the arms and legs (unless you have to...).

April 15, 2009: Sex and the City

A Christmas gift from Chuck. Haven't started watching it yet due to a fear of being sucked into the TV vortex...

April 14, 2009: Attack!

Sootie, looking (relatively) innocent.
And, after deciding the camera strap was mocking him and must be subjugated!

Nikon S550 with flash.

April 13, 2009: Cool Calender

A very cool calender I found at Don Drumm's gallery close to the University of Akron. Screen printed, one image per month. Bought one of the frames that show one picture and store a bunch more. Took a while to figure our how to shoot this without flare on the glass. Definitely want a more flexible flash!

April 12, 2009: Easter Sunday and a Gorgeous Heron

Love this shot - the silver fish, gorgeous plumage, and water ripples blurring into to the background. We were at the North Chagrin Reservation of the Lake County MetroParks. This guy was in a relatively small pond by the Nature Center. Herons are normally quite shy, but he seemed completely unfazed by all the humans out for a post-Easter-dinner stroll. D60, 70-300mm Sigma telephoto. A longer telephoto is on my wishlist, along with a flash.

April 10 and 11: 'Picotee' Unfurling

Saturday, both are open, the second not quite fully. White balance on the photo below is incandescent, with evening light and an overhead. The one above is auto, in daylight. I prefer the gold cast below, though color in the top photo is truer. Interesting that the petals are softly rounded as they open, and become narrower and more pointed.

Friday evening. First blossom is not quite fully open and the second is still a bud.

April 9, 2009: Cookie at Panera

Panera's choco chip walnut cookie - MMmmmMMMm!!

(YAY!! I'm finally caught up on my Project 365 photos!)

April 1 to April 8

April 8 - The Beac and the last issue of Simple Scrapbooks, living room sofa.

April 7 - Tax time!

April 6 - Daffodils blooming and peony buds in my front yard.

April 5 - Tree trunk in the woods at Promised Land Farm.

April 4 - Chuck and I at Jason and Lauren's wedding reception at the Betram Inn.

April 3 - A handsome - and lucky - toad in my driveway. He was hanging out under Chuck's car, and fortunately did not get run over when Chuck pulled out.

April 1 - Upper Falls, Old Man's Cave Gorge, Hocking Hills, Ohio. Another lovely waterfall.

April 1 - Cedar Falls at Hocking Hills, right after a rainfall. Beautiful!

March 26 - March 31, 2009

March 31st, Hocking Hills

March 30th, Hocking Hills

March 29th, remains of m the birthday cake I made for my brother - excellent "death-by-chocolate" cake.

March 28th, bad photo day. This was the best of the lot. Motion blur problems.

March 27th, yah, that camera is heavy!

March 26th, My Honey at Panera.

March 20 - 24, 2009

Me. Nikon D60. 03 24 09.

Pines outside Summa Wellness Center. Nikon S550 P&S. 03 22 09.

Rock border for my garden - soon. Nikon D60. 03 21 09

My dining room. Nikon D60. 03 20 09.