Here are bunch of pictures

Hey all!

I was going through the hard drive trying to make room and rediscovered an old folder entitled Blog Posts! So here are some that have been sitting around for a bit.

I may have posted this one before, but I really like it. I think I used a polarizing filter for the first time. I got lucky.

I worked pretty hard to get this image. It is an acrylic frog and I wanted to get a glow under  the bottom. How do you think I do you think l did?

I went to  one of the early drum circles this year and saw this really cool study in color!

 I have started a project photographing various old things I found around the house.

I think this is a female Eastern Bluebird. At any rate, I call this image "WHAT what???"

And then there are Humming birds

I have been trying to stop the wings from being blurry. They beat so fast. Well, even though the fasted shutter speed is 1/8000th of a second that is not fast enough. I did a little research and learned that if i used a flash unit, I could freeze those wings.

It turns out that a flash unit sends a set amount of light per flash. The difference is how long the light stays on. Well, my flash sends a beam of light at 1/32000 of a send. This is strong enough to over shadow the ambient light and mostly freeze those wings. 

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

Pretty Lady at Beaver Lake

I had just gotten a new lens and I wanted to try it out. And a friend may want me to take some pics of her and her boyfriend. I decided to to go to Beaver Lake at sunset. While walking around I saw this lady and asked her if she would mind if I took a couple of pics of her. Graciously she said, "Yes."

Pretty and Nice! Pretty nice!

Yeah I know, that is so Junior High school. But those who know me...

At any rate, here she is. And thank you mystery woman!

Later all! olc

Drum Circle Happiness

          Last night I went to the Drum Circle in Asheville. There were a few drummers there but, I think the fresh air and beautiful day took many people off guard. The open area where most gather to dance to the rhythms was pretty empty until a brave soul started to pull people up. That was all it took. I captured more images than this one---I just wanted to get it up now.

 I guess I am calling it Bright Toes a' Dancing.

         So, what do you think?

olc

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