LOOKING BACK

I was looking over the pictures that were posted this past year and decided to pick one from each month.  Some months were easy...and some were difficult.

Before you tell me that there are only twelve months in a year and not thirteen, one month I choose Jack and Ben.  As I looked at the pictures, they looked the same yesterday.

My choices were from first impressions and not from any analytical gyrations.  There were others that could have made the cut easily, but ...


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JANUARY

Male Cardinal

FEBRUARY

 

Frozen drop of water in front yard

MARCH

Hurricane Shoals Park in Jefferson, GA

APRIL

Barn adjacent to our subdivision

MAY

 

Jack

Ben

JUNE

The Rim at Cloudland Canyon

JULY

Courthouse, Madison, GA

AUGUST

Tenney Mountain, New Hampshire

SEPTEMBER

Destin, FL

OCTOBER

Foilage, from a moving automobile

NOVEMBER

Foggy Day, Canaan Mountain, NH

DECEMBER

Sunrise, Polo Fields, Cumming, GA

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Week 52

Week 52...  What happened to this year?

I was walking on the Big Creek Greenway, which is far from green this time of year, and spotted this tree.  Ironically, I did not have my camera, so I went back yesterday to take a picture, with a Photoshop project in mind.

This tree is about 20" in diameter.  I took a close-up picture.

I also took a picture of myself, not your typical 'selfie,' and a picture of the walkway, resulting in the following:

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Merry Christmas! and a Happy New Year.

Week 51

Getting down toward the end of this year.  It has been difficult to take pictures with all the activities of the Christmas season and the landscapes are, for the most part, blah.

This month's photo club challenge has been great in the latter regard.  We are to take 'Monochrome' pictures and using software to make adjustments is not allowed.

Fortunately, camera settings are available for use, which I did in the first two pictures.  The third picture was posted previously and the sky is what one can consider 'monochrome.'  The black silhouette of the the tree line is a given.

 

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Week 50

This picture is from the archives.  The truck is no longer setting along the roadside between Dillard, GA and Highlands, NC.

After seeing it the first time, I would say, "If your Ford give out, use it as a planter."

This photo is a HDR (High Definition Range) rendition, done on a separate software.  I classify photos that have been manipulated more than the normal adjustments, such as, highlights, contrasts, the removal of unwanted items from a background and etc., as PhotoArt.

The second photo is one of the pictures that I used for the HDR process.

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WEEK 49 a

Photo art... A little longer shutter speed, a little wiggling of the camera, and Christmas lights.  What more does one need?  One more thing.  The picture was horizontal and I rotated it 90 degrees.  I thought that the lines looked better vertically than horizontally.

Tip you head to the right to see if you agree.

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WeeK 49

This scene was taken on the way to work on Majors Road in Cumming.  In deference to my wife, I did not touch the photo at all, except from cropping it to fit a photo ratio (14 x 11).  What you see is what I saw without a camera.

I did crop the second photo to give two dramatic contrasts in composition.

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Week 48

It amazes me how often there is a good opportunity to take a picture from our front yard.  This picture caught my eye as I was leaving the house a 7:15 am and it created two thoughts in my mind.  First, was that I was looking down at a valley the was covered with fog.  Secondly, at a quick glance, it looked as though there was a tidal wave coming over the tree.  Where is Noah when you need him???

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The next picture is of the same cloud bank about 5 miles from the house.  The sun started to 'back-light' the top of the clouds.  The silhouette of the barn, the grove of trees, and the tall, lone tree add much to the composition.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ray

Week 47

Here is a sampling from a day trip to Madison, GA this past Saturday.

On the way there, a stop at a monastery in Conyers, GA.  They had a Bookstore/Gift Shop that has great Biscotti.

On to Madison and this is our table at the Madison Tea Room.  This, along with the Potted Geranium in Greensboro, GA are the BEST!  They are closing this location in December and are building a new tea Room, which will open in the Summer of 2015. 

Left the tea room to look at one of the homes, at the invitation of the owner, that will be featured int the 'Christmas Walk' early in December and past this store, which is off the square.  'A blast from the past!'

The next picture is the front door and the following picture is the read of the home...  We were able to peek in the windows and the interior is amazing.

This tree was on the walk back to the center of town.  Just spectacular!

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Week 46

It has been a slow week for taking pictures.  Some weeks, one has to work hard to get some pictures, while other weeks, it comes easily.

The two pictures for this week were taken in our front yard.  Our subdivision decorated all the mailboxes for the veterans.  They this each Veteran's Day and it is very nice of them.

 The picture of the tree is a reminder, as the leaves have been falling off the tree that Winter is upon us.  Fortunately, the winters in Georgia are not a burden that they can be elsewhere.  This tree and a few others nearby are the last ones to still have leaves on them.

 

Week 45

The project this month is 'weather.'  Unfortunately, inclement weather... not the beautiful, sunny weather that we have in Georgia so often.

Here are two photos that I probably will be submitting.  One of these may not reach the final submittal, but what I enjoy the most about these projects is having a goal to shoot something specific, looking for the right opportunity, and capturing the picture.

First, this was taken just north of Canaan Mountain in New Hampshire and it was dank, dismal, and foggy.  Great for the project!

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The next picture was taken in Alpharetta, Georgia on McFarland Parkway.  Ironically, this is the view from my desk at work.  The storm clouds were moving in and, as you an see in the foreground, the morning light was reflecting off the tree, creating a nice contrast.

Week 44 a

Happy Halloween!

Ray and Linda at our daughter's home in Hill, NH. 

Week 44

Here are a few pictures from our trip to New Hampshire this weekend,  The first three are at Perkins Cove, in Maine.

The next picture was taken at a cemetery in Portsmouth, NH.

We painted pumpkins on Friday evening, which was a great time. 

Week 43b

After our day trip, we returned to carve and or paint pumpkins.  Here is mine...

Week 43a

These are of Blair Bridge in Camden, NH.

Week 43

We are in New Hampshire this weekend for a wedding and the foliage is well past its peak, although there are a few pockets of beauty left.  Most everything is yellow or rust color in the middle of the state and no color in the White Mountains region.

The first picture was taken next to a covered bridge in Campton, NH.

The next picture was taken as we drove south on I-93 above Bristol. NH.  I was in the passenger seat with the camera pointed to the side of the road.  With the shutter set at 1/30th of a second and the automobile traveling within the speed limit, I took the shot.  The greens are from the evergreen trees and the yellows and rusts are from the deciduous trees.  It is my version of PhotoArt...

Week 42

There is a wilderness path at Rock Creek Park in Dawsonville, GA, which has great facilities.  There is a walking trail around the open area and the is a wilderness trail.  I did walk very far into the wilderness trail because I did not see any wildlife.  This picture does show what I did see along the trail...I was amused by thinking why and how it was put there.

I came across the next scene while on my way to a Yard Sale.  The early morning sun does wonders for photos.

Week 41a

Here is the third submission to the October project of taking a picture from a different viewpoint.