Bee

For hours, this bee was milling around the center of a sunflower in the yard. He'd get pissed when I brought the camera in too close, so he'd fly at me, make a circle and land back on the flower.

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Barnacle Bloom

While scrambling along the Maine coast, I came across these barnacles at different states of open and closure.

Descent

I'm particularly fond of the negative space between Kate and Jane, the tension that is created by their nearly touching hands, and the splashes of color intersperced between the rocks.

Blueberries

We were in Maine for the weekend and the blueberries are in season. While it can take hours to pick enough of these pea-sized berries to be useful (thanks Kate and Jane!), the pie that Kate's mom made for desert was beyond-words-good.

Steeple St.

This is my first attempt at doing anything with the HDR plug-in in CS2. I did all the processing on my other machine and thought it looked good. Now when I look at it on this machine, it looks a little washed out. I'd love feedback and opinions for how it looks on your screen and how I should change it (ie, more saturation, darker, more contrast, etc...) Thanks!

A little screwy

The blogger-bot seems to be a little screwy today.
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I'll get it up here a little later when things seem to have settled.

Bad Ass

This was another shot done while out on our stormy scooter ride. I'm particularly fond of the stormy clouds in the background, and the gradation from black tire and shadows up to white, almost squinty, clouds.

The View Home

While on a scooter ride, a huge, dark thunderhead came in between where we were and home. We waited it out and stayed dry, but returned home to find Providence soaked from massive downpours.

Deep Water Dig

Mark (seen here) pulls a hard right hand carve. Stay tuned for a gallery of images in coming days.

Self Indulgence

I promise I won't routinely be posting images of myself, but Paul got this great pic of me, and I was too excited not to post it.

3 Feet of Air

Paul (pictured), Mark and I spent the better part of Monday cruising up and down the Hudson River's near glassy conditions. It was so nice to finally be the people we routinely see from the bridge and look at with envy.

Grand Canyon

Damn!

Here's the Glen's Canyon Dam. It is much cooler and free-er than the Hoover Dam. So, to re-cap, if you are heading out west and want to see a dam, go to the Glen's Canyon Dam. Not the Hoover Dam. Unless, of course, you want to pay about 18 bucks a person to tour the dam.

Civilization

I DO NOT photoshop my pictures. The is exactly what it looked like when we hiked there.
Seriously. I am not lying. It really looked like this.
Okay, I'm lying. I was sorting through my craptacular pictures from that day and I couldn't really arrive at one I was happy with. So, I'm kinda happy with this now.

Arches Detail

While doing a late morning hike in Arches NP, I noticed sunlight piercing through openings in the sandstone.

Delicate Details

Yes, this is the arch. And yes, I have the picture you are supposed to take at the arch. But I thought this one was more interesting. If you'd like to see the other, let me know and I'll put it up somewhere.

Passage

The was the quality of light bouncing off of, and in between, the sandstone walls in Bryce.

Angels Landing

This was the site of Mom's first hike in the west. Her side of the conversation went something like this, "Where are we hiking?" "No..." "No, seriously..." "No, really?" "All the way up there???"

Driveway

When looking for the house we were staying in, the directions read, "Turn right onto dirt road, and continue for 3.2 miles." You can probably understand why we were feeling a little unsure of ourselves.

BeeBalm

I just noticed that the BeeBalm buds are beginning to mature. There's a weird, white, specular pollen (I'm guessing) on the center and inner leaves that make the photo look kind of pixellated, so please bear with that. I wasn't about to photoshop out hundreds of tiny white pollen spores, for the sake of a less specular photograph. Thanks for understanding!

MDM

Here's the last in the BlackJack series. I'd love feedback on this one. Personally, it makes me a little uneasy.