red bicycle

morning bus

corrugated palm

I've been working some long days and some double shifts here lately.  The days blend and blur as the hours burn away and leave minutes of the night to sleep.  And these are the days...

This shot is of the aluminum roof on my carport.  I looked up and saw a frond hanging over my head.  I little "posterization" and color tweak too the weathered edge off of it.  It isn't much... but it is what I have tonight.

Sleep well. Hang tight. Smile tomorrow when you wake up.

It's always a new day.

united colours III

united colours II

united colours

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American Strong

above the hype and beside the drama...

I stand proud to be an American

with my own rationale and convictions.

...lest we never forget.

wet rockaways

I could see this image in my head differently over the few days I worked on it.  Setting up the scene I took a few more shots, tweaked it out like I envisioned and taaddaaaahh.  It is now hanging as a 20" x 30" print in the art store.  You can look back onto the original post of this last week to some subtle differences I made in the image.  Enjoy.

mother goose

After shooting kids several weeks ago I found myself on a frontage road heading back toward the highway. ( i might should have had a quicker getaway ;)   I used the parking lot of a FleetPride store to turn around in during my convoluted escape.  As I rolled into the gravel lot I was nearly accosted by a large male Canada Goose.  I mean it got tall, raised feathers and hissed with extreme prejudice.  That startled me even though I was in my Jeep three feet off the ground.  Then I noticed this wicked goose was lounging in a pothole turned mud puddle.  What?  I had to investigate this one.  So I backed into a slot and watched the goose.  He never took his eye off of me.  I turned off my engine to "blend in" and not disturb him.  He took offense and hissed louder and flapped wings at me.  Now understand that I was about 50-60 feet away from him.  We've all been at the park 6 feet from geese and they barely pay attention to you.  He wanted me gone and my engine turning off meant I wasn't... he knew that.  I looked around and saw mother goose nested in the tall grasses.  Ahh Haaaaa. ding- light bulb bingo.  They were another 50-60 feet apart from each other.  I must have been 80-90 feet from her.  He surely was on guard and performing his sentry duties flawlessly.  Brave dad of fourteen pounds taking on every on comer in the lot,  fantasies of prize fighters swirling in his head.  Another car pulled in and past him at this point.  He stood tall, spread his wings and hissed vigorously for the 7 seconds it took for the car to pass and park down the way.  

It was a beautiful sight and a testament to family values and the responsibilities of the Dad.  Mom was napping and he snuck over to a puddle to get his goose swim on.  A small remembrance of larger ponds gone by for the time being...  but he never left his post.

silly goose

Oh yes... there is a story here.  Care to take a guess?

I'll bring the rest of it tomorrow.

B52 remix

I'm on holiday for Easter. Be back in a few days. Please come back soon. :)

redstar rising

rockaway the days

Brenda Photo Challenge: Spring.

Here sits this pair of rocking chairs on my front porch.  The intent was too sit out there and enjoy coffee in the mornings or a cold glass of sweet iced tea in the evenings.  This past week was busy and consuming.  The hours flew by and the miles added up.  I fired off about some 1100 portraits in the last five days.  Maybe tomorrow I can take one of these rockaways for a test drive. Thats the kind of mileage I want this weekend.

shadowette

50mm f5.6 1/640s ISO:400

We recently moved into a new home. An old new home if you will, built in 1924.  The afternoon sun pours in through the front windows bringing heavy warm light.  On moving day, I sat for a breather after carrying in mountains of boxes.  There I felt that warmth swell over me and cast my likeness onto the old plaster walls.  The wavy glass, like water, rippled and bent the light.  I reached straight for the camera.