bike trail

Some days, it feels like I'm on an island all alone, then I look around and notice there are others feeling the same way so I reach out, and suddenly I'm no longer alone.

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Reflecting

I was trying to shoot the night view from the 14th floor of our motel last week.  The first shot I took had this reflection of me and our room.  I did retake and get it with the reflection but I find this one way more interesting. :0)

On our way to new Orleans next month we are going to stop for a night at the Myrtles Plantation, supposedly the most haunted home in America!  Wonder if we'll sleep at all.  We also plan on seeing Oak Alley Plantation, you know the one often shown in movies, with all the huge live oaks lining the path to it.  It'll be SO much fun!  What else should we see?  Are you nearby?  Should we see you?

double exposure-like

I am complicated.  It is possible for me to feel many things at one time and to appear confused to others.

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I was shooting for the algae in the water and at first I was disappointed by the reflections, but the more I looked, the more I liked, it reminds me of the old double exposure possibilities with film cameras, and that in turn makes me think of my dad - he had a camera store when I was growing up called, Double Exposure. :0)

Tiny Reflections

reflection

It's good to look at things from different angles, but don't forget to look a little closer. If you look deeper than the raindrop on a branch, you can see a reflection of the whole bush, its leaves a flaming red delight.

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It has rained all day. :( This is the photo before I cropped it. Then I cropped in to just the droplet and flipped it.

The red bush sits at the corner of our house - you can see the house on the right, flaming bush with fake spiderwebs wrapped on it (grandkids helped me with that), the nearly all bare trees (really love those 2 yellow leaves sticking towards us from the naked tree), and I was very surprised to see that the gazebo in the backyard can be seen.

reflecting

Some people can answer right away with their favorite season and while I claim that winter is mine, I'm actually pretty thrilled with whatever season I happen to be in at the moment.  Watching the leaves begin to change, feeling the air begin to chill and smelling the fireplaces in the neighborhood ~ perfection.  Seems all of nature sighs with the happy exhaustion of a chaotic summer's end.
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roots

It was the perfect morning to go for a hike. My camera found many things to land upon and my brain was busy with fun, worry far away.
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7 years bad luck

It's been one of those days. Feeling like I'm running in circles and making no progress what-so-ever. . .maybe it has something to do with breaking that mirror first thing this morning? May tomorrow be better.

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This morning, husband started to back out the driveway for our morning trip to Starbucks when I reminded him the Rav4 was back there, as he maneuvered around it, the driver's side mirror found a tree - oops! Our house has been pretty chaotic since we brought the Fiat home. . .did I tell you guys we bought a 1979 Fiat Spider? Well, we did and we've spent the last week stripping all the paint off, now we're on to the pounding out dings and bond-o-ing low spots. . .pictures will come soon.

I need your help, which photo do you prefer? It was harder to do what I envisioned, than I thought it would be. I picked up pieces of mirror out of the yard and threw them away, then as the day went on, I was trying to find my shot - I saw a wren, but she flew too quick - I saw a deer and snapped one photo, too many leaves in the way before it snorted and fled - I snagged a great Monarch, but I've shared 2 butterflies in the last few days - bunny, hopped away - you get the idea. Other than that the day was filled with Fiat, sandpaper, bondo, hotness.

I dug the mirror out of the trash, washed them up (who else but a blogger would clean broken mirror headed for the trash?!), attached some pieces to some card stock and set about trying to get a great reflection. As you can see above, I could either get the mirror pieces in focus OR the reflection in focus, but not both.

Do you prefer PHOTO 1: mirror pieces in focus or PHOTO 2: reflection in focus?

Reflections of Love (Macro Monday)

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign Mr Linky. Don't forget to visit each other. :)

When we got home from shooting Khris and Ashley in the park I sat on the porch with them for a bit and put my macro lens on to snap photos of that ladybug on the mums. Ashley was sitting in front of us and I asked her to hold still while I got a close up of her eye.

At first I was upset when I saw Khris' bright red hat reflected there, then I decided to just go with it. . .

And I asked Khris to lean forward a bit and I got a little closer and voila. I really like this shot! Hope you do too.