Seagull in flight. I processed this into black and white using a very strong red...

There are times where you happen across something that is wonderful, resonates within you, and makes you feel a certain positive way even though that something is simple and possibly meaningless to everyone else.  Having played the violin for so many years has tuned my ear to music with...

Man I love how much thought I put into my titles. Also, I am loving the macro capabilities of my tx9. I swear my expensive lenses can’t compare to some of the stuff this little guy captures. Oh, and yay! This is my 300th post! :) I think I might have finally gotten over losing the data in...

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The bushes in front of my house are putting out beautiful new leaves.  I’m working with my kit lens at 55mm f/8 again. This weekend I might visit the botanical gardens again since their tulips are in bloom....

I’m seeing a lot of lavenders and pinks this flowering season. I caught this while taking a walk in my neighborhood the other day. The little veins in the petals are mesmerizing. I’m also learning to shoot at f/8 on the 55m end of my kit lens. I almost never use my kit lens because the...

One of my favorte memes is Paranoid Parrot if only because I have honestly done quite a lot of the things it describes as being paranoid.  Here are a few that definitely applied to me or I have done at least once in my life. All images are linked from one of my favorite meme repositories,...

The Platycodon grandiflorus, also known as the Chinese bellflower, has recently decided to sprout in one of my little garden beds again. Last year I tried playing the role of the homeowner and planted a few of these knowing only that I loved their cute balloon shaped buds that eventually...

I was making a small landscape in a pot using mosses and other items from the lawn and other green places. This small plant was so cute!...

I love bridges. Something about their symbolism really attracts a soul like...

So I lost my 50mm to a rogue parking lot last weekend. ….and I already miss the supersmooth bokeh it...

I like to think you can never really know a city until you’ve experienced its architecture and mood at night.  Savannah is a great example of this principle of experience. During the day, the city is bright with laid back people and good southern cooking. The wispy Spanish moss sways airily...

Savannah has two types of birds. The ones from the Alfred Hitchcock movie by the same name, and these lazy...

We went to Savannah to celebrate our friend Moe’s 31st birthday.  We hit the beach the 2nd day we were there. Good times. My friend Paz, on the reeds. He’s looking at the ground because it’s full of spiny seeds that love sticking to your feet. Further down the dune was an old tree and...

My friends and I took a short trip to Savannah this weekend. It was fun for the most part....

It’s been a ride already down here in Savannah.  We took a ghost tour and it definitely sparked the paranormal photographer in me. Here’s a statue in one of the squares, which were built over burial grounds.   If Savannah is a lesson to anyone it’s a) ghost are real enough for...

A helicopter flies over a beach near Ft. Myers. Military stuff has always intrigued...

Am I ready for summer to return? How many times am I allowed to say...

So.. it takes about 130 proof alcohol to burn  awesomely.  I’m a big fat sissy so this was blown out about 20 seconds after it was lit. I was able to successfully light a cored strawberry filled with rum on a cupcake and it burned for quite a while. I was able to get a quick low blue...

I’ve always had a thing for custom avatars so when I discovered that the creators of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World had released a scott pilgrim themed avatar maker, I had to make mine.  I’d like to see a version of everyone! Make yours and post it in the...

I loved the glass and gold bangles my friend Tasnuva wore the day before her wedding at her haldi.   Desi jewelry is hard to...

I was walking through a local farm park the other day and saw lots of teeny pine cones everywhere.   I just thought they were super-adorable. Spring has sprung, people.  The neverending headaches that herald in the arrival of large clouds of pollen have descended upon my unwilling being. ...

This is one of those books that leaves you wondering whether you just read an adventure, a romance, a tragedy or a memoir.  The protagonist experiences the extremes of what go into human relationships both situationally and emotionally.  Hate, love, friendship, grief, and the great internal...

A young boy and his dad enjoy a ride at a carnival in...

Now that the weather is warmer, things like carnivals are making their rounds again. I can’t wait until I have enough time to go to a carnival this year! Caught in passing in...