Another Pretty Lady in Asheville

So, here is another in the series I am building for portrait backgrounds. I took this one day after I was at Beaver Lake, with the new Tamron lens. I was walking around downtown Avl looking for interesting locations when this very nice lady asked me if I had gotten any interesting photos. I said it is easy to take fun and good pics here. Then I went onto talk about my friends' pending portrait shoot and how I wanted get used to this lens and how it reacts in different situations.

In this pic, I used my 24-105 Canon lens. I like the way the background is blurred, while the subject nicely tack sharp.

What do you think?

Later, olc

Sebastian (or I hope I remembered his name right!!!)

         I was sitting at the park Plane Spotting, trying to get an image with the new Sigma 100-440(way cool zoom), when Sebastian came tumbling out his peoples truck and Barked and Waved his hello to me. All he wanted to do was run around and play ball. He sure is a good looking guy, though I am not sure what he is!

        It turns out his people were going to the local Brewery for a tour and a taste and wanted that furry bundle to run a bit before hand.

         Now this dogs one smart cookie. When his man threw the ball too far, this great furry beast started to to go after it. But stopped dead in his tracks and turned back to his guy with a WTF look in his eye!

         Well, I am still new to this lens and trying to understand its ways. These images could be better(Sharper). If you wanna set up a time for a more formal shoot, let me know!

olc 

Wanna get this out there fast---there will be more

Sometimes something so unexpected comes along and changes the whole days(Day's) perception. This shot is one of those times.

The first of meny from Mardi Gras 2017

I was very lucky to sit on a curl and get stepped on by some one, so I got a picture of her.

I will get some more up tomorrow, but now it is time for this old guy to go to bed!

L8tr! olc

Beware the cat

I had some difficulty getting this shot. The wall I had to shot around was pretty walling, it blocked a whole lot of angles, but I think it came out OK. The sun was getting a little high in the sky, but I still wanted this shot. What do you think?

olc

New Years thought

Maybe we all should take this a little more seriously.

olc

A thought on New Years morning

I wonder if this is a sign for the new year

olc

A statue 0n New Years Day morning

I think I was walking around Wall Street in Downtown Asheville when I saw this.

olc

Call me Cooldawg

He knew I watching him and posed for me.

olc

What you lookin at?

This just a handsome dog. He was alert and patient.

olc

New Years '16

I took this shot around 8 A.M., on the first day of 2016. It is kind of a tradition for me to walk around and take a few shots of the aftermath from the evening before. I like this...I am not sure why, maybe I wonder what happened to the glass that held the ice. I'm not sure, but he colours and shapes of the ice cubes work for me. Maybe I wonder why these pieces of ice are where they are and how did they make it so long after being spilled?

After math

What's the story here?

Sunset on Lexington Ave

Sunset on Lexington

I did a little post on this, just to enhance the colors as I saw them.

olc

More in the Dog Park series. Murphy, I the name.

This is Murphy. He seems to a local celebrity.

A local Bar-beer shop

As far as I can tell, they really sell beer while you get your hair cut. What a hair raising idea!

olc

Around Sunset in AVL

I got this shot about 15 seconds after the sun slide below the horizon. I did do a little post processing here, but for the most part it is straight out of the camera.

olc

Chess at Pack Sqaure

I like they way this photo Captures the moment of a decisive move in the game, yet holds the thought of the players. All the while, the bike in the background is speeding by.

I show ed this to some friends on a photo site and they had a few suggestions...gonna have to try them.

olc

A little puppy

This little guy was so cute and looked so safe with his people

But I need to work on this image a little, maybe crop it some more.

olc

Pack Square and the AYC

Can you miss her? Mine the one with BRIGHT red hair. The Asheville Youth Choir had a cameo at Pack Square. The Runtyun and her friend where there.

Their music makes angels smile.

olc

A storm is afoot.

A storm is coming!

olc