Lying under the shade of palm trees is not something I do very often. But on a recent "retreat" to Mexico with my family I was; and when I looked up from my beach chair, I noticed the interesting curls of the tips of the palm leaves above me and so I took a few photos.
This scene is fairly monochrome except for the pale brown of the cabin. And I was snow bound. 18" of wet snow fell during the night before this photo was taken. It was a beautiful place to be marooned.
Canon Powershot G1 1/500s f/4.5 7mm
What can I say? They saw my camera and posed. I had to take the photo! Of course, if I had had a little more time I could have done this one right. But this will have to do. At least the exposure is good.
By Scott Shephard
I know the title is lurid. But so are the flowers - it's all about attraction.
By Scott Shephard
This is a long shot of the famous Prague bridge.
By Scott Shephard
I was hot tubbing at Bill Zubke's in a SD blizzard. What possessed me to run from the steaming hot tub and jump in the snow? Stupidity. I hope this photo isn't too disturbing for younger viewers. I know it disturbs me.
HDR is a hot thing in photography right now. HDR stands for "high dynamic range" and the technique uses layering in Photoshop to get a photo that sometimes looks a little unreal. This scene required two layers and was taken at sunrise in Mexico a few years ago.
This is a spot I have photographed often. I blame Photoshop for the somewhat surreal look this photo has.
A photo of students looking at a painting of a photo. Did you follow that? This was taken on a AP European History field trip to the Minneapolis Institute of Art a few years ago. The painting is by Chuck Close.
I'll admit that using "big seeds" in a blog title is decidedly un-glamorous. But the use of "window wonderland" must compensate a little bit. :-) So my trivia question today is: "What is the biggest seed?" Having asked that, I know that a pine cone is really a bunch of seeds.
My own answer to the question is avocado. Can anyone think of something that has a bigger seed?
