My Mosaics.....

I liked the 13 frame best, so I did two :) The first one captures the fun family moments. The second one many of my experiments.

Under the weather....

I have felt slightly bad all day. So, all I did was read and sleep by the fireplace. I read this entire book today, East...it is like Beauty and the Beast meets the Snow Queen. I am going to seriously recommend it to my all girl literature group.

Together....

I rarely have the two of them in one room together anymore. No one has plans we are all just hanging out tonight, together.

Textures

I have actual shot this piece of wood a few other times, but until I found the LT exposure setting on my camera I didn't like any of the shots. This one I do like. I like the layers and textures. I think I kept going back to it because it fasinates me how even though the life of the tree is over, it continues to shelter and nurture other life very different than its own.

Also I posted some student work over on Musings. The kids are getting very excited again. I think it was seeing me work in B&W and Sepia that inspired them. The work was all shot here in and around the house over the last three days. I think you will really enjoy it.

Playing...

Ok, this afternoon the birds were going wild again. I tried to get good pictures, most were awful. This one is a small piece of a larger picture. I was able to sharpen it up while playing in photoshop today.

This is the stone from my fireplace. I was playing with long exposures and b&w again. It is shot in b&w, but I was able to put a blue wash on it in photoshop. A long time ago, I went through a 'blue period' and I over used the blue washes. It was a lot of fun to play around, it was like being in the darkroom without the smell :)

More playing....

I was too busy to play with photoshop today, but I did play with exposures all day. This one I just did came out best. I set the camera on the van and had the exposure set on 4 sec. I tried to take quite a few of the Big Dipper and the Milky Way, but 4 secs on my little camera just isn't long enough.

Cabbage

I final have photoshop to play with. When I was cutting purple cabbage tonight I loved the lines. I took my normal photo, but then in photoshop I just rendered on cotton paper which is what I used to print my B&W prints on. I really liked how it turned out. I was actually hoping we would have a snow day tomorrow so I would have time to play, but I don't think I will get my wish.