Yes, another pink tulip, misted by God with morning dew.Or did the photographer use a spray bottle?
05-15-12 Life Star
I took exactly one photo of this flower, in part because I had ventured into my neighbor's back yard to look at her flowers. To get one photo, I had to step carefully into the middle of her garden and I felt awkward doing this - especially without her blessing. I need to go back.As for the title, the inspiration was the Star Wars Death Star. Somehow, a cheery purple spherical flower seemed to be the antithesis of the menacing structure in the movie.
05-14-12 Going To Seed
I've said before that a photographer can get you to look at things in new ways. Add a macro lens to the camera he/she is using and you really see things differently.It's hard to see a dandelion that's gone to seed as anything but beautiful when seen close up. But in a day or two, it will spread hundreds of seeds on the wind in an attempt to take over the defenseless grass in my yard. :-(
05-13-12 Wind Swept
This is an HDR photo I took on San Juan Island in Washington state.
05-12-12 My Favorite LATI Graduates
in people
From left to right, top to bottom, you are looking at Danine, Lexi, Sara, Kendra, Kaila, McKenzie, Ashley, Holly and Kelly. The were all students in our Photo/Media program at Lake Area Technical Institute. And, if you'll forgive me for saying it, they were my favorite nine graduates walking across the stage yesterday.Click here if you want to see more from the Lake Area Technical Institute graduation ceremony.
05-11-12 Pomp & Circumstance
in people
Having marched in, the Lake Area Technical Institute class of 2012 wait for the ceremony to begin.Canon 5DII 1/60s f/2.8 ISO1000 200mm
05-10-12 Singled Out
in Nature
05-09-12 Belgian Delicacies
in Travel
I'm not sure if lust makes the list of mortal or deadly sins. And I'm not sure that having a profound desire for real whipped cream and fresh cherries piled on top of a freshly cooked waffle right now constitutes lust. I suppose I could look all of this up but I don't want to know the answer.This delicious breakfast was served in a small cafe in the beautiful city of Brugge, Belgium. Deb and I were there a few years ago and I found this photo as I was working on cleaning up old, unnecessary things on my computer. But Belgian waffles are necessary and so is the photo.But, alas, my breakfast of oatmeal and skim milk is calling me. That's what I have almost every morning when I am home. Fidelity, of course, is no sin. It is a virtue. . . .Canon 5DII 1/200s f/2.5 ISO500 50mm (Canon 50mm 1.2L)
05-08-12 Picture-In-Picture
in people
I took this at Evie D's baptism back in February. I don't really have much else to say about it, though I suppose it is an example of how photographer's try to see and capture things that other people wouldn't.
05-07-12 Thick Frost
in South Dakota
I took this back in February and, no, I am not feeling nostalgic for winter. Incidentally, the tree in this post is the same tree in this one. Thanks to the bees, the flowers become little apples.
05-06-12 Warped Reality
in Nature
If this is too abstract, I'll tell you what you are seeing. These are water drops on the window that I look through when I am sitting at my computer. It was raining on Saturday and I was captivated by the look of the rain. I took several photos that focused on the rain drops but this photo is focused on the lens effect of the water drops.And, through the lens of the rain drops, you can see the mesh of the screen on the window and the grass and trees in our back yard. But it is all upside down because that's what lenses do. In fact, the lens of our eye turns the world upside down and then our brain turns it right side up again. The human body is a weird machine.Click here to see another version of the same subject with a different point of focus.
05-05-12 Sunken Garden
in Architecture, iPhone
Here's another quick shot taken with my iPhone and processed with Instagram. The location is the sunken garden at the Como Park Conservatory in St. Paul, Minnesota.