Nice! I know I don't have any flowers left in my yard this year, but I did take a bunch of pictures this summer. I have them on myspace yet, so this should be easy to post them.
Well, I'm happy to hear that someone else kills cacti. Within my family, I am famous for that talent. How can you kill a cactus, they ask. I don't know, but I had absolutely no difficulty. ;-)
BTW, Blue, the critter pictures are stunning...they didn't show up the first time I looked at your pics, but now that I can see them...wow! And the lupine leaves--what a great shot. I can never seem to get the winged creatures with their wings open. Those are terrific photos.
Well, I'm happy to hear that someone else kills cacti. Within my family, I am famous for that talent. How can you kill a cactus, they ask. I don't know, but I had absolutely no difficulty. ;-)
I can never seem to get the watering right. Either it's too much or not enough. I have to replace some every year. My livingroom is a southwest theme, so I have lots of cactuses. I had a really tall one that my husband managed to knock over and now it's half the height. The top broke off.
BTW, Blue, the critter pictures are stunning...they didn't show up the first time I looked at your pics, but now that I can see them...wow! And the lupine leaves--what a great shot. I can never seem to get the winged creatures with their wings open. Those are terrific photos.
I try to take good pictures, but I just have an ordinary camera, not a really nice one. I am kind of limited on how close I can get to stuff. I can adjust certain settings on the camera, but I don't fully understand that either. I did have to take a photography class as part of my degree, but it was only studio photography. I didn't get much out of it and the teacher wasn't much help. I was hoping to learn more.
The cameras we used in class were big heavy ones that felt like wearing a bowling ball around my neck. We also used this big Sinar camera that was attached to a post it was so big. It was hooked up to a computer and that's how you controlled it. It's not like most of us are going to use such a camera in real life, so I don't know why they didn't stick more with the hand-held ones. That camera cost around $54,000 (yes, that's 3 zeros).
Let's just say the class was a big disappointment.
The Fonz's pants are actually blue but I had to crop the picture to fit it to my avatar. The statue was smaller than I thought it would be. That's one reason I stood behind it, otherwise I would look too big compared to it.
I really don't see what the fuss was about, the statue is off to the side on the riverwalk. In fact, we almost walked by it. If you pose by it, you can send your picture to the Fonz online.
The Fonz's pants are actually blue but I had to crop the picture to fit it to my avatar. The statue was smaller than I thought it would be. That's one reason I stood behind it, otherwise I would look too big compared to it.
I really don't see what the fuss was about, the statue is off to the side on the riverwalk. In fact, we almost walked by it. If you pose by it, you can send your picture to the Fonz online.
I'm one post below ya now
Is it my eyes or does the Fonz have one very long thumb?
I've heard of what your hand can reveal but what does a thumb that long mean?
I try to take good pictures, but I just have an ordinary camera, not a really nice one. I am kind of limited on how close I can get to stuff. I can adjust certain settings on the camera, but I don't fully understand that either. I did have to take a photography class as part of my degree, but it was only studio photography. I didn't get much out of it and the teacher wasn't much help. I was hoping to learn more.
The cameras we used in class were big heavy ones that felt like wearing a bowling ball around my neck. We also used this big Sinar camera that was attached to a post it was so big. It was hooked up to a computer and that's how you controlled it. It's not like most of us are going to use such a camera in real life, so I don't know why they didn't stick more with the hand-held ones. That camera cost around $54,000 (yes, that's 3 zeros).
Let's just say the class was a big disappointment.
Well, you might have been disappointed with the class, but you must have gotten something out of it. Do you have a degree in the arts? You have a keen eye.
A great camera helps, but the eye is much more important, IMHO. As my dad would say, "It ain't the arrow; it's the Indian." (He is native, so he can say stuff like that.)
I have a decent amateur camera...I tried out a friend's professional camera for a few months and pulled all the tendons in my elbow by lugging it around at the end of my arm for a few long (12-hour) days. It really is like carrying a bowling ball around. That was 6 months ago and I'm still working on getting those tendons healed. No more pro cameras for me unless they're on a tripod.
My degree is in graphic design, so it's art related in a way. You have to be a visual person to do design.
The photography class I took was studio. Basically, you set items on a table and took pictures. I prefer to take pictures of nature or everyday things that you see when walking around. I know the reason I was required to learn studio photography. It's used in advertising and that's part of design.
I wanted to understand more about lighting and adjusting the camera settings just right, but that teacher was too busy wandering the hallways to be of much help. I wasn't the only student that was getting frustrated. The teacher was a good photographer, but didn't know how to teach it.
I thought you must have some sort of art degree...like I said, you have a keen eye. Good for you for developing your talents.
I hear you on the frustration with the teacher. Just because you know how to do a thing, doesn't mean you know how to teach a thing. I run into those sorts of teachers in my line of work, too. The worst thing is, they can turn their students off to whatever they are teaching. Glad you didn't give up on the photography!
Friday morning I went outside when it was probably only 40 some degrees out, with wet hair and no jacket. Yeah, it was cold, but I got a few pics of my yard.
Beautiful! Amazing what you can find when you look, isn't it? We'll have to do this again in the middle of winter. Just to prove to ourselves that it isn't ALL bad. Better not do it with wet hair, though. ;-)
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