I have a secret

Tasty Treat

Oreo likes her rawhide chew.

Hairstyle Trendsetter

You can only wish your hair looked this good.  Chloe should be in Vogue magazine.

Peak

Stupid Asian Beetles

No matter how many I get rid of, there are always more!  I thought they would go away once winter arrived, but they seem to have taken up residence in our house.   Yuck!

Nickel and Dime

Techie Corner
Most of my object close-ups in 2015-2016, including this one, are hand-held with a zoom lens instead of a macro lens.  Macro lenses take more time to set up.

The rest of the setup includes: on-camera flash bounced off a low ceiling, an old-fashioned slide light box for the surface and a yellow file folder for the background.  You don't need anything fancy to take these kinds of images.

Carrier

Good Boy

Paw

Stained Color

Tired

#tbt Back to the 80s and college days and photography classes and FILM cameras.

Pumped

Extra Options

Don't Blink

Angel

We adopted a lovely little girl yesterday from Last Hope, Inc. during their adoption day at Petco in Apple Valley.

Scratchy

Repetition

Thirsty

Stick 'Em Up

Negative from the 1930s scanned with my Epson V600.

I'm Watching You

We've had a cold snap the last few days.  Even my kitty is hunkering down to keep warm.

Inspection

Red is inspecting my camera gear.

Just a Little Prick

Nestled in the Snowy Depths

Another image from my impromptu photo shoot yesterday morning.

Flocked Depot

I took 2 1/2 minutes out of my morning commute today to take a few pics.

While snow isn't always the most pleasant to drive through, especially during rush hours, it does make for a beautiful landscape.

On the Move

#tbt 2009

Rocky Mountain

This isn't the first time I've blogged the piece of Amethyst that I dug out of the tailings pile of the Amethyst mine in Thunder Bay, Ontario.  But I think it's so pretty that it can use a fresh perspective now and then.

Getting a Handle on Things

In other news, today marks my 600th consecutive blog post.

Communion

Contemplation Kitty

Man's Best Friend

Melon Moon

Yeah, yeah.  I know it's been stylized so far that it doesn't even look like a photograph anymore.  Sometimes I like to push it over the top, just because.  Also, I've been thinking lately that the moon looks like a giant melon.  This image accentuates the "meloness."



Techie Corner
I had someone ask how I did this, so I'm adding some techie notes and a progression image.

1.  out of camera - it was a foggy night 12/27/2015 and I thought it would look cool.  Didn’t turn out as good as I had hoped.

2.  Lightroom - shadow, highlight and tone adjustments.  added extra clarity to the moon.

3.  Perfect Effects 9 - I honestly don’t remember what all I did in here.  lol

4.  Cropping.

5.  Photoshop - filter > stylize > find edges