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I thought spring had finally sprung. This shot was done with my new digital SLR -a tiny new beginning for a plant. (All the shots in this sequence were taken with my new digital SLR)
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The sun was out-summer seemed just a few weeks away. Tiny wildflowers bloomed in my yard
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The beautiful postcard mountains seemed to be getting more and more nice from one of my favorite view-spots. It was warm and easy to walk around that day.
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And then it snowed and snowed, and snowed again. HUGE snowflakes in March.
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And then it froze and snowed and froze again. Then it all melted and I have been hearing that it is going to get cold again! Sorry about lack of more and new content in my website, there is not a whole lot to photograph when the weather is like this but there are some benefits to it and as I often say ...there is always something interesting to photograph
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Frozen tiny plants taken in my yard. They could be found in nearly any lawn and are a kind of weed probably brought over by bird feeders. They iced over quickly and started a chain of pictures that illustrates to me, in small way how life has and will go full circle..
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With Photoshop I added a couple of filters to make the image seem frozen into the ground or a pond entirely but not exactly for that effect. I adjusted color temperature, hue, saturation and other controls until I got where I wanted.
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And this is what I wanted. Green plants turned into what seems like the surface of what makes there existence possible--the sun. The plants, me, my camera, the computer your looking at this on--is all made of stardust once circulated through incredibly hot and extreme atomic pressure. We are stardust, and will it be again?
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"LAVA LIFE" This is the seconed version I did useing Gradient map filters with some
adjustments.
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The Dalles sunset again, I have many versions varied on this shot. We have a very quick sunset and sunrise--due to this and the mountains--my view is out of a postcard and drives me to take far more pictures then I should!
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This is how our mornings here in The Dalles usually start out in the winter and fall seasons. The layer of frost was not limited to the frozen rooftops--green plants that have been clearly fooled over and over again get frosted each cold morning so far. And more cold is still expected--it's March the 14th!
IF we EVER have summer here again--I can't wait to be able to bring you spiders from California where my dad lives and before or after that--the ones that come back. Also-with a more powerful camera--photographs of SPIDERS and INSECTS are going to be the most incredible yet. It's the 15 of March and still as cold as the pictures above. I plan in trip in
less then 3 weeks from now to California to see my Dad and step mom. I hope to have better luck and more interesting NEW pictures on that trip.
I WELCOME ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS-Everyone has there own view of what is a nice picture and what is not. I welcome anything such as constructive criticism as well as compliments. Keep them coming, I very much appreciate the number of compliments I have received. Being a relatively new photographer it is very good to be noticed.
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