For One Word Sunday. “Entwined” tree roots photo art created using Pixlr and PicsArt apps.
This week’s Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge is “Dense.” Now, dense has more than one meaning. The first being “stupid or foolish” which could be applied to my husband and I as we embarked down a never before explored (by us) gated path that displayed this sign at its start:
Turns out we didn’t get shot and the risk was worth it as we enjoyed some beautiful sunset views of “dense” brush, fields, and trees.
I know I said no more sunsets, but I just couldn’t help myself!
I feel like lately I have been editing my images on the safe side; not pushing the contrast or saturation a little more for greater depth and interest, for example. Somewhere along the way, I have lost the creative aspect of it all. Hoping to rediscover that soon.
These are some shots of the sunset in my neighborhood. I think I am finished with sunsets and sunrises; not that I have mastered them. Far from it! I just need a ND filter and a good spot to capture anything better than what I can get among suburban obstacles like houses, tree lines, power lines, etc., neither of which I have at the moment.
I am not sure what I am going to photograph in the meantime. I have a few more images to post here before I run out of unpublished ones. I would really love to do more portraits, but the opportunity hasn’t presented itself lately. I suppose I could rework some old images. I seem to be stuck. Any suggestions?
The temperatures sure are interesting around here. Yesterday it was 39F in the morning and warmed up to 77F by late afternoon. Even the foliage is showing signs of the dead winter and the buds of spring.
These trees were literally right next to one another!
It’s amazing how quickly the sun sets, or maybe just how fast time goes by when I am out walking and taking pictures. We went to a neighborhood trail last night and walked east which gave me a chance to turn back and take these shots of the setting sun backlighting the tree line.
What seemed like ten short minutes later, when we returned along the same path, the sun had disappeared.
The gnat clusters (I don’t know what else to call them!) were out in full force. If you look close, you can see them in the sunlight below. They were all along our walking path, so I felt like I had to keep my head down a lot.
All in all, it was a nice after-dinner outing. My daughter rode her bike; I got some decent shots (more to come), and my husband kept us both company.
I got a new camera a few months back and the remote shutter control from my old camera doesn’t fit on my new one, so this longer exposure shot of the sunrise through my backyard trees isn’t as sharp as it could have been.
Then my husband, who is not a photographer per se, reminded me I could have used the self-timer to avoid the camera shake and I just had to laugh at myself. Oh well! It was 6am and I hadn’t had my coffee yet. 🙂
50mm prime
f/4.5, 1/125, ISO 800
“The Edge…there is no honest way to explain it because
the only people who really know where it is are the ones
who have gone over.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson
50mm prime
f/11, 1/20, ISO 100
Back to school tomorrow. 😦
I was taking a picture of my tree and later, during post-processing, noticed the neighbor’s VW in the background, and decided to make it part of the composition. He usually doesn’t have it parked there. (Thanks, neighbor!) 🙂
I over-exposed this shot of tree branches creating a web-like display. Linking with The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Intricate.
This is for the Where’s My Backpack’s Travel Theme: Trees in honor of April 24th being the day that arborday.org chooses to celebrate trees. A different perspective as the branches hang down over the water’s edge of this pond at a local park.
Driving through Illinois this weekend, just snapping pictures of whatever.
While this boat may not float, most will, so hoping this counts for The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Afloat.
We went for a walk today, and it was windier and colder than I liked. I would have rather been in the gym, but then I would have missed the view.
This is for Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. I took these photos on a particularly warm day in December. Daddy and daughter walking down the path. How sweet! Love them!
