tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80681751789105747102024-02-07T20:21:23.170-05:00Visions by VickiThis and that, but mostly Photographs.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-39708068192061398832020-07-21T14:14:00.005-04:002020-07-21T14:21:09.375-04:00Days of Covid-19 IsolationWOW! It's been five years since I last posted on this blog. I started looking through past posts and decided this was an ideal place to keep up with my journey...in photography, in photoshop, in life! So much has happened in the past five years and I'm NOT going to fill in that blank...but start again with our new challenges faced in our country and the world.<br />
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It's been four months since the Corona Virus forced us to stay at home in order to stay safe, especially those of us who are medically compromised. My two sons, Justin and Jared, are both Respiratory Therapists, working in hospitals and being exposed daily. Justin has stayed safe--Vermont hasn't had the flood of cases that New Jersey has. Jared worked in uber-busy hospitals in north Jersey and did contract Covid-19. He stayed home and, after being sick for 2 weeks, got through it--then jumped right back into the frying pan. I'm proud of them!<br />
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On a personal level, I've been staying inside a lot, which suits me fine--I can read, play with photoshop, and read some more! My physical pains are worse, but I hope to be able to address this issue when the world opens back up. Lots of instructors have been offering free classes online. ZOOM has taken the internet by storm and has allowed us to 'see' others during meetings and family visits. My camera clubs have moved to online competitions and presentations. Life is as normal as it can be...and this keeps us all connected.<br />
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Lou and I did get to visit Six Flags Great Adventure Safari Park when it
opened in early June. It was fun to get out. I've played with a couple
of photos that I took during that short outing...and am sharing them
here.<br />
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I hope to process some more and will post them when they are completed. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-60293679373760339202015-07-09T17:13:00.001-04:002020-06-27T23:44:05.123-04:00Happy 4th of July--a bit late<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I know this is 5 days late, but so much is going on...and I believe in the old adage "better late than never". So, here's my tribute to the United States on the anniversary of its founding. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, AMERICA!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">This image was created from layers of fireworks, set at different blend modes and opacities, topped with the American flag (also blended and lower opacity). I then added the text and used different layer effects on it. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-92201367956234794532015-07-01T14:50:00.000-04:002015-07-01T14:50:29.665-04:00My New Adventures in the Art of Photoshop<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's been a long time since I've posted in this Blog...No excuses, just haven't done it. So much has been going on in my life that has gotten in the way. Now that I'm finding some time, I plan to post at least once a month--either photos, Photoshop hints or full Photoshop lessons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One of the projects I've been involved in has been a Creative Art course, using (of course) Photoshop. It's a year-long course focusing on creating art...either from photographs or from other artsy elements. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I haven't been totally happy with my results yet, but am learning--and that's what's important!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here are some samples of my new 'creations'.</span><br />
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A friend forwarded a poem to me that really touched my soul. I wanted to share it, but didn't want to infringe on a copyright, so I went in search of the poet to ask permission to reprint. I found out that Larry Vaincourt had passed away on August 20, 2009. I wrote to his son, Randy, asking permission--and he granted it. He even sent me the proper version of the poem to be sure I got it right. :)<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><u><b>JUST A COMMON
SOLDIER</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><b>(A Soldier Died
Today)</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><b>by A. Lawrence
Vaincourt</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">He
was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">And
he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Of
a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">In
his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">And
tho' sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">All
his Legion buddies listened, for they knew whereof he spoke.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">But
we'll hear his tales no longer for old Bill has passed away,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">And
the world's a little poorer, for a soldier died today.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">He
will not be mourned by many, just his children and his wife,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">For
he lived an ordinary and quite uneventful life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Held a job and raised a family, quietly
going his own way,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">And
the world won't note his passing, though a soldier died today</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">When politicians leave this earth, their
bodies lie in state,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">While thousands note their passing and
proclaim that they were great.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Papers tell their whole life stories,
from the time that they were young,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">But
the passing of a soldier goes unnoticed and unsung.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Is
the greatest contribution to the welfare of our land</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">A
guy who breaks his promises and cons his fellow man?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Or
the ordinary fellow who, in times of war and strife,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Goes off to serve his Country and offers
up his life?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">A
politician's stipend and the style in which he lives</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Are
sometimes disproportionate to the service that he gives.</span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">While the ordinary soldier, who offered
up his all,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Is
paid off with a medal and perhaps, a pension small.</span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">It's so easy to forget them for it was so
long ago,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">That the old Bills of our Country went to
battle, but we know</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">It
was not the politicians, with their compromise and ploys,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Who
won for us the freedom that our Country now enjoys.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Should you find yourself in danger, with
your enemies at hand,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Would you want a politician with his
ever-shifting stand?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Or
would you prefer a soldier, who has sworn to defend</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">His
home, his kin and Country and would fight until the end?</span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">He
was just a common soldier and his ranks are growing thin,</span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">But
his presence should remind us we may need his like again.</span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">For
when countries are in conflict, then we find the soldier's part</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Is
to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.</span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">If
we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise,</span></div>
<div align="center">
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Then at least let's give him homage at
the ending of his days.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Perhaps just a simple headline in a paper
that would say,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Our Country is in mourning, for a soldier
died today.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Please check out the <a href="http://www.vaincourt.homestead.com/">website</a> dedicated to Larry...read about him and read some of his columns and poems...you can even buy a book! Thank you, Randy, for sharing your father with us. He truly embodies the spirit of Memorial Day. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-63635371108507222882013-05-09T16:26:00.001-04:002013-05-09T16:31:35.009-04:00Klotz Throwing Company - Lonaconing, MD<h4>
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last month (April 2013) I went on a fantastic photo workshop at an abandoned silk mill in western Maryland. My friend, Susan, set it up for our Meetup Group. The photo opportunities were amazing! Here are a few of my processed images...this place is HDR heaven. :)</span></h4>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-90381573597411410782013-02-16T17:54:00.003-05:002013-02-16T17:59:01.827-05:00Radio City Music Hall<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Went on another photo workshop to New York City--this one was to Radio City Music Hall. The workshop was with my friend, Susan's, meetup group: <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Susan-Candelario-SDC-Photography-Meetup-Group/events/83294572/">http://www.meetup.com/Susan-Candelario-SDC-Photography-Meetup-Group/events/83294572/</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lots of prayers!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-38710134023954038442012-02-09T10:59:00.002-05:002012-02-09T11:04:04.323-05:00Winter Comes to New Jersey!<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#330000;">After weeks of mild, almost spring-like temperatures, winter finally made an appearance in New Jersey. This photo of my backyard was shot with my Samsung Galaxy Tablet...which I LOVE! It's not an award-winning photo, but does show the snow. Wasn't sure we'd be getting snow this year!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#330000;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#330000;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#330000;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8R7FerNmwAWqsFsJGWLjiHP-Cufyak865iAJMCneUgwLvkCnAfZqu0DPtRhUE9y4poFWNzBFv4xtuC4v6PNrzouHTaDaL1H2Roy9GzKaRZY9XmukEUE871NI-CAaFWlMSvPoeJtBX632b/s1600/winter+snow.jpg"><img style="width: 309px; height: 400px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707167133698264226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8R7FerNmwAWqsFsJGWLjiHP-Cufyak865iAJMCneUgwLvkCnAfZqu0DPtRhUE9y4poFWNzBFv4xtuC4v6PNrzouHTaDaL1H2Roy9GzKaRZY9XmukEUE871NI-CAaFWlMSvPoeJtBX632b/s400/winter+snow.jpg" /></a> </div><div> </div><div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-59625048192646085382011-08-07T12:38:00.003-04:002011-08-07T12:55:32.266-04:00August Challenge - Vanishing Point<a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/community-photo-challenge-vanishing.html"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKx46G_nGLuZGhOjkkbBVH2NYcEQhVvtXGjA4XLLK6qlrwsJcDD7ZbFYDCFiqLsthJjMR9oGPkmmNtTENlmhTI1swZU5mY_lBGUOPerJXAcWp2L13uMIIUaz_2gsdSf2B9BJFXy6E6lyC/s400/vanishinpoint+banner.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638157809784109282" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div>The August Challenge from the <a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/community-photo-challenge-vanishing.html">Community Photo Challenge</a> is Vanishing Point, so feel free to post ANYTHING as long as it fits the challenge, Vanishing Point.</div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWe6RG_YnOTSBrb1qn3TvLfUmIq2FpYcU6VjwFPNMEWMYi4uz4PQv20LJ9s9Bi68fDGmUiVWFOfgFgQxKMH8yM12mVPxw8vmgh5eLrjyJxR9XD-t59P_knQuErONxtcZf2Aie2jo2SBrr/s400/Under+the+Bridge.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638157809324236754" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >This image--Under the Bridge--was taken in Pittsburgh, PA. What a great place for all sorts of photos, but especially for architectural ones like this. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-22698892042848750422011-07-08T17:36:00.005-04:002011-07-08T20:22:59.271-04:00Community Photo Challenge - FIREWORKS!<div><br /></div><a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2011/06/community-photo-challenge-fireworks.html"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 109px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_U6lJN0DZMcaI_yd6dw5jyw19VE-j5MJlTJxsHHOlMYKgzEr6mpUBqNMX6NqKxpC-MCu6eY-WYLAd8R9vlRD0B1IVMT1Lo3OfDTjuDDlm6n-r0Fr20pDFWh1LtRcx78W8TGZLaFM8T8yo/s400/fireworksbanner.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627109358979011874" /></a><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">This is a great time to have a <a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2011/06/community-photo-challenge-fireworks.html">FIREWORKS Challenge</a>!! This challenge has been extended to the end of July.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Here are a few of my fireworks images</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; line-height: 22px; font-size: large; ">: </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; line-height: 22px; font-size: large; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; line-height: 22px; font-size: large; "> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; line-height: 22px; font-size: large; "> </span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRlxLo1HbElGMU9xK1OjspCW8dKKGQIfpe6_jBhYL7slgSBEinKXzunXKzRUG9SkHGrTakWWkx2pBj3YwFurhZo_H5sYjS0Z77moG67aAHpNjcQ8Vzna14iFm7nuf8WlkqBxzpsugnb5-/s400/_MG_1687.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627110344251839586" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; line-height: 22px; font-size: large; "><br /></span></div><div> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzeVL7ep0JSyxW-WHO6arcRQVoyJ1Z6BGgu32GeY7Qve7Ji9fUPu_Yny4RqNPukDsFwYsbshdSUNMazZ5hyphenhyphenD1rBnczF35VvLFUn8H4-9IhuLTSP69qGSM0K_4M7n3Pi8CbcW3ZlLc2GXk/s400/_MG_1709.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627110352961200274" /> </div><div><br /></div><div> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjCGBKIiAGUVm3dhuQtqHWlaijiMbLeGzb5K6Th10rJ8ubJEPoir5L3QOSvvDMd5hSOXon-rKc4qN0auk9SYditLDZywXfXiRTttdEvgPTxJW0GjJzvmzznlBQ-apBY71LpkNh4OJE6cl/s400/_MG_1716.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627110350314209938" /></div><div><br /></div><div> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-DpIsazJDYPApsi6e3c1JedsQ4LDYodBSdU_elNWnyYlD55iHbTwCBoTpx8uBU6H0fyH4IlPa1Zt2Lr9LDtMG5cw2GX1g4boI-EZ_Xe5vrDxVO-HviJlbVf9-ATHKKSnQ_MyZyAwjD3i/s400/_MG_1776.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627110367562176818" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-58293571415030045832011-03-22T11:58:00.003-04:002011-03-22T12:05:55.693-04:00Community Photo Challenge - RED<a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2011/03/community-photo-challenge-red.html"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 123px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586934528746262274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicp9tqkCyLReYlUutWEQ0_aqysdSvF7_XjRaieZRLSivg2JeyJjXM-uuYy6LzSjhihM2r2wXrR_a2GyoTKGpX74fX3hQ9EwuKCSxhsWTgxPihUAgXmdUAZZRYDN9bi3-jAnDvMMT5oBAxq/s400/RED.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">This month, there are two challenges at the Community Photo Challenge. One was Still Life and the other is RED. Click the banner above to see the other entries or to enter yourself. Anyway...here's my image for this. It's a photo of my younger granddaughter delivering Christmas presents to our house. The title of this is: Santa Chloe.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-jr0G88v1CvV-Nt_rA46sSMWqaasRMdO3m-HxIik-lLk4-JiX4NqqK-KFXvYzje1vxqC0Wi0qr7yXJBTCPSKzSQfbkD-Dm3VK69Phayl35g31WVgZp4UwdxOxe8rJISzZpZ_zYk6SiJ_/s1600/Santa+Chloe.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 267px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586935916896368530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-jr0G88v1CvV-Nt_rA46sSMWqaasRMdO3m-HxIik-lLk4-JiX4NqqK-KFXvYzje1vxqC0Wi0qr7yXJBTCPSKzSQfbkD-Dm3VK69Phayl35g31WVgZp4UwdxOxe8rJISzZpZ_zYk6SiJ_/s400/Santa+Chloe.jpg" /></a><br /></span></div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-73751150452106849912011-02-22T15:27:00.006-05:002011-02-22T15:39:47.861-05:00Still Life<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGak6qg19lO67LUjjyChuECYXExmLSu597vQdbmp96asU6aVeJytazI015Ww3E24SS_vWbJayBgbh3fcQ0pqYV-gwTq90whiCAxLQ95U7-bSTaDSQ_OdL_3gW9MVuihyphenhyphenS-BZKd5WM8sYp4/s1600/bannerStillLife_2163.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 80px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576615951958900770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGak6qg19lO67LUjjyChuECYXExmLSu597vQdbmp96asU6aVeJytazI015Ww3E24SS_vWbJayBgbh3fcQ0pqYV-gwTq90whiCAxLQ95U7-bSTaDSQ_OdL_3gW9MVuihyphenhyphenS-BZKd5WM8sYp4/s400/bannerStillLife_2163.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003333;">I know it's been a long time since I posted a new image on my blog. Life has gotten in the way since last July. I've been working hard at being a good President for my Camera Club, I've been managing my Adobe Photoshop Users Group's monthly meetings, I've been actually shooting photos and processing them (but not sharing enough). Anyway, Marie has posted a new challenge on our <a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/">Challenge Blog </a>and I wanted to participate. SO.....here's my image, entitled "Take Me Home". </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#003333;"></span> </div><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOMpHeDPGQuFbFlh-ECaSxjrLweTw7lkCv0NeHS7MGh5FUXFFBQfOZCjY4PaZX6Pz6lIbIpX_X5FnxkcRFaaemPzzPKOlsDr6TRnsnBuiihBZddz45L-Z318QZJC3H-hVkJIngdGRvnuH/s1600/Take+Me+Home.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 259px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576615033881027666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOMpHeDPGQuFbFlh-ECaSxjrLweTw7lkCv0NeHS7MGh5FUXFFBQfOZCjY4PaZX6Pz6lIbIpX_X5FnxkcRFaaemPzzPKOlsDr6TRnsnBuiihBZddz45L-Z318QZJC3H-hVkJIngdGRvnuH/s400/Take+Me+Home.jpg" /></a></span></p><br /><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-8967547075304042272010-07-31T10:16:00.008-04:002010-07-31T11:51:34.577-04:00Photo Challenge - Your Personal Challenge<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Our current challenge is something different - challenge yourself to try something new! Here's how it's worded in the Challenge Blog (click this banner to visit the challenge): </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;"><a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2010/06/community-photo-challenge-our-personal.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-wfxc6YEP8oeG9ABnx0X4pgTKUUa-L73ic7UXAhBzyrp9e43j5Om967XPFV2zsw8ObEVbXfmplyfa5kqp2usXd56Y7aRaYwQsJ_-28CtEjU18q-MMTIvBk72VDkWYJLJ-sBi0gvigdYJ/s400/banner-challenge+blog.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 86px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500076066083975970" /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> "</span></span></span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Michael Staley said it perfectly.....'</span></span></span></i><span style="font-weight: bold; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There is no challenge more challenging than the challenge to improve yourself.'</span></span></span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This next challenge will be ANYTHING that you want it to be, but it must be something new to you. I have decided to work on a few different types of photography this summer. I am concentrating on HDR & digital Infrared photography. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. You use bracketing on your camera & Photomatix to transform your images into HDR. Visit Trey Ratcliff @</span></span></span></i><a href="http://www.stuckincustoms.com/trey-ratcliff" style="text-decoration: none; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Stuck In Customs</span></span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> & scroll down to his video at Google." </span></span></span></i></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now to MY personal challenge: I went to an evening presentation of "Two Shots of Creativity" in mid-June. The presenters were Jane Conner-Ziser and Jack Davis. Jane's creative ideas centered around portraiture, which isn't my "thing", but Jack's creativity centered around the amazing new features in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) 6 (which comes with Photoshop CS5 and was pre-ordered and installed on my computers as soon as it was available!). I've been using Photoshop since Version 7.0...over 7 years...and have used ACR exhaustively...but always just to make adjustments prior to working on my images in Photoshop. SO--my personal challenge was (and still is) to learn more about this great tool and to use it to its fullest.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My finished image is below:</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSTP6vtFNlgou4EfuD1WBxFdFa3gzrr2cShlmwvObuYLqKUoWa4sDib6YF1PbtV6P37-CW3foiVbZH-0CEU8K9k6fiZiGwhN3p36FbQ7-a05LHdqTxvWjn_SzRWPi_Hivnn8mIvozFLfz/s400/mysterious+window.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500080904656289954" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jack's lessons included teaching what he called the "4-Step Tango", first steps when working in ACR, to set the tones and color. He also showed us how to create a faux HDR look. The most enlightening part of his instructions, for me at least, was how he used Presets...and how to create your own. I'm sure most people have no presets in their ACR tabs...I know I didn't until I downloaded his. He also showed us how to use the Targeted Adjustment Tool (5th tool from the right on the top of the ACR dialog). Another great tip was how to take snapshots of your work as you progress...and these stay with the file, so you don't lose your snapshots when you save and close the image.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I can't go into detail about what I did here or what I learned from Jack, but I highly recommend, to anyone interested, that you search on the internet for 'camera raw 6 tutorials' and/or purchase Jack's new DVD (available at </span></span><a href="http://www.photoshopcafe.com/video/products/ACR6.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">PhotoshopCafe.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">).</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Just to show how far the finished image traveled from the original, here's the photo I started with:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxmL7F-UDOzsNmKbNda3kUGJP3l_T_ETWpp_deiT3-nV_KcUz7jPCHV5bJyp57GleSxIbEbiQL8gygDjfzYHUlOxcVRzhWdrLUcPFOBTNNcUlDTPsZSLqm7tHv2fSkuKvUN8WDplmfftf/s400/mysterious+window-original.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500080486007354050" /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-80293109052592376862010-06-19T14:22:00.005-04:002010-06-22T11:15:12.219-04:00Blogger Community Challenge - FlowersMarie changed things up for the current challenge...Here's what she wrote: "There will be two challenges this week that will be posted....THIS one will only last a week & the following week you will have the opportunity to vote on your favorite image. This week's, challenge is "Flowers". You can do a flower garden, a macro, landscape image with flowers. It can be any kind of photo as long as it has a flower in it.Post your images on your Blog. Come back here & click on the blue button below & follow the easy instructions. This challenge starts today & ends on Monday, June 21, the voting starts on the 21st, ends on the Monday the 28th."<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Click on the banner below to visit the Challenge Blog and see the other images)</span><br /><a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2010/06/community-photo-challenge-flowers.html"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 98px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484552416550644674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqEepvWX-MfAo-2TBi2dMoN4I8igQ2qIoiM6ocipx71cPsHHxjGTcFD_OpVr3oG9lPnsWsQyycktp18Y9YKns8TFr325cLPWx__MeR-vW9_4X2npI1F0j9sHBY73ay8ZU8XHMJ7UD_429/s400/flowersbanner.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />My flower image was shot in April at the Willow Wood Arboretum in Morris County, NJ. That park is a real treasure and I STILL haven't finished culling the bad ones and processing the keepers, but I loved this Golden Poppy:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Dup3UB9Voh90nVgikbrdAmvibHqrD4Lp0sh7bKoF2qaZAuUK-NcY65PJqa5IJCJMfsbmQdp5vneiLDBdlIr8DW9cNvp2-hnsxw0LCJ_aWnlRgt5_v9nvwyfw3_edRjG4a6WnlcaRWxjh/s1600/Golden+Poppy.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 291px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484552421347740098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Dup3UB9Voh90nVgikbrdAmvibHqrD4Lp0sh7bKoF2qaZAuUK-NcY65PJqa5IJCJMfsbmQdp5vneiLDBdlIr8DW9cNvp2-hnsxw0LCJ_aWnlRgt5_v9nvwyfw3_edRjG4a6WnlcaRWxjh/s400/Golden+Poppy.jpg" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-3207027208523263752010-06-14T20:34:00.002-04:002010-06-14T20:45:16.048-04:00Blogger's Community Photo Challenge - COLOR<div></div><div>This month's subject is color...but NOT just color. We want to see you create something special color-wise. Something your camera did not see. Something you saw in the photo and created in post processing. </div><div> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiL2nI-T8DVFAcmNjouFzbjNbAVBKzdgiArD4ai0VtwTHm6oBqmIzR_K5AhGCtWJlTPvvJtunAH5TA9S74RIHFYSock5l0VZhyMew1hlojc_Ln0iSatAuU6X9pZUnNs3NVYn4APrb_Fpo/s1600/Chloe-Sketch1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482794863928867714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBiL2nI-T8DVFAcmNjouFzbjNbAVBKzdgiArD4ai0VtwTHm6oBqmIzR_K5AhGCtWJlTPvvJtunAH5TA9S74RIHFYSock5l0VZhyMew1hlojc_Ln0iSatAuU6X9pZUnNs3NVYn4APrb_Fpo/s400/Chloe-Sketch1.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>The following image was shot in a series of ballet classes that my granddaughters attend. This is my youngest granddaughter and I absolutely loved the pose but wanted to do something more with the photo. Hope you like what I did in post processing. :)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-44490509448085463942010-03-15T22:04:00.004-04:002010-03-15T22:30:58.145-04:00April Challenge - Window/Windows<a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 94px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449047052668827970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1vqZY1L-V3m4KT-FFpIvXzye8ZJKRdPi3yQ_siD57ZESg6BcXGSgEm1oMnJUVpmPZrVAThjEgByuh6mrBzAdQkOLa_0kwBQDvN2fNNkS09eKrq6FxjuUqt2bnO0Tq0GlrtdoB9Z-xc9Hg/s400/windows.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#330000;">This month's photo challenge is "WINDOWS"....or "Window". The main focus is "window". You can use your imagination & be creative. You can use the window as a framing tool, but it must have a window in it. You can have one window, or many windows, but remember the focus is on windows.<br />Starts today & ends April 15th.<br /><br />Click on the banner above to check out the other images and to join the fun!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevX15zf_Vlc8zbPEeRDa5IkTx_fwZCZsuidVG6NccHfHXnnf_5HHyJ8tu_0rWPaxQkfMlFlAeThNFUaO8Smhves6jA0fPGC2R3Xhd2UgrFrNOU7YIoM94oz7KtF8UEKctRF5pR-eZoc6D/s1600-h/Lighthouse+Reflections.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 267px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449047041181747154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevX15zf_Vlc8zbPEeRDa5IkTx_fwZCZsuidVG6NccHfHXnnf_5HHyJ8tu_0rWPaxQkfMlFlAeThNFUaO8Smhves6jA0fPGC2R3Xhd2UgrFrNOU7YIoM94oz7KtF8UEKctRF5pR-eZoc6D/s400/Lighthouse+Reflections.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#330000;">This photo is a reflection of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse--one of my favorite places to photograph. The building where the window is located is across a parking lot and, as you can see, is really in need of repair. </span><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#330000;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#330000;">I thought I'd post my photo early for this challenge to make up for the lateness of my last one. LOL</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-67127879362357240072010-03-15T18:21:00.004-04:002010-03-15T19:11:42.144-04:00March Challenge - TREE<a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggers-community-photo-challenge-tree.html"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 119px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448990063333051842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Bt2SIU2jztKv_PkudKVIyaXXOK5jiaVw-jy3qxdu9XpTHv-anJTBhfUfi695SAxvvE5yosaLud0SzafGECGhyphenhyphen8IWCxQRRDI1vjweUo7CNHHf_ll7BsTmFPcX3OINjDSccOUoNJiPCOxN/s400/tree.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#330000;">This month's challenge is TREE or TREES, whether it is one unique tree or a small grouping, find an image that includes trees. The tree or trees should be the main subject. You can post more than one photo on your blog, but when you come back to this blog select your favorite to post on our new system.<br /><br />The Challenge starts Feb.15th & ends on March 15th. Post your image on your blog & come back here & try out new system. Click on the blue button, at the bottom of the post & follow the simple directions. Click on the banner above to check out the other entries.<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcR3IBFKD_qL958Q7SsCRvStiQ4NOjfHOw8-2Ktf1wjCv4nWnZl6L4CXz_a6cvP2cajtd_DpJ6W1ZM8WVq4OLV4Ee_wbR0f7azgxKPhj5ZY6DC9kSH_5ydmyYFA0-Vs5SdCoF2RcIG7XM/s1600-h/WhereTheWildThingsAre.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448990073796986578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcR3IBFKD_qL958Q7SsCRvStiQ4NOjfHOw8-2Ktf1wjCv4nWnZl6L4CXz_a6cvP2cajtd_DpJ6W1ZM8WVq4OLV4Ee_wbR0f7azgxKPhj5ZY6DC9kSH_5ydmyYFA0-Vs5SdCoF2RcIG7XM/s400/WhereTheWildThingsAre.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#330000;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">This image is one of my favorites ever...it was shot in Newport, Rhode Island, at the Doris Duke estate, Rough Point. </span></span></div><div><span style="color:#330000;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#330000;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I know this is really REALLY late...actually it's borderline TOO late...but I wanted to get this in. I've been swamped and sick, so this challenge has been placed on the back burner. I hope to be much better in the future, folks.</span> </span></div><br /><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-61823542412965805632010-02-09T23:14:00.003-05:002010-02-09T23:27:30.256-05:00Community Photo Challenge - Transportation<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;">The subject of this month's challenge is...<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BAAEtJa43cz1JcjRwdjK6eZwL4erR83Twhx4WGUk7aQDLrU4GoZ-eTl3HAvXejZ-jMcaxlANEJOn8Fx2PgGd61Clie9enJeArWicAkvNQfi0SjpRT11BnogUNLOOYEzm1XSWBSaKDZa-/s1600-h/transp.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 97px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436463611346023906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BAAEtJa43cz1JcjRwdjK6eZwL4erR83Twhx4WGUk7aQDLrU4GoZ-eTl3HAvXejZ-jMcaxlANEJOn8Fx2PgGd61Clie9enJeArWicAkvNQfi0SjpRT11BnogUNLOOYEzm1XSWBSaKDZa-/s400/transp.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;">Marie states, on the Challenge Blog: Our photo challenge this month is TRANSPORTATION. You can use cars, trucks, trains, planes, even motorcycles! Some kind of transportation with or without people. You can be creative, you can use Photoshop or a paint programs. It starts today & ends Feb. 15. Post it on your blog, come back here I leave your link. Remember to visit everyone's entry to see what they contributed. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#003333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;">My entry is titled: Your Ride Awaits</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;">...not that I'd actually ride in either of these trucks. Found them at a flea market/auction along a country road. I've passed this location hundreds of times in my life, but never actually got out with a camera. Not sure why I waited, but it's definitely worth stopping. I got a lot of great photos that day...but this is one of my favorites.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#003333;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosgHMNsInvxBvRZC749VkC6d9_9-IXAWfPrNEleTu21yb13tH0_pPVa1KddrnhCHCQBJadCu9UKGI_UE6iqbVUNKyrjOgLTiW0zdHndu9_n56LWpxWXwqzzNH3oj5LiozT_wlAAlvHdbw/s1600-h/Your+ride+awaits.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436463614539852626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosgHMNsInvxBvRZC749VkC6d9_9-IXAWfPrNEleTu21yb13tH0_pPVa1KddrnhCHCQBJadCu9UKGI_UE6iqbVUNKyrjOgLTiW0zdHndu9_n56LWpxWXwqzzNH3oj5LiozT_wlAAlvHdbw/s400/Your+ride+awaits.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;">The style of this image is HDR or High Dynamic Range. It's created by taking three exposures of the same scene (on a tripod) and then combining them as a single HDR image (using either Photoshop or Photomatix) and then applying some tone mapping (again using either the Photomatix plugin in Photoshop or the standalone Photomatix Pro program). I love creating these and hope you all like this, too. </span></div><div><span style="color:#003333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">To further clarify, Photomatix is a program created by and available at </span><a href="http://www.hdrsoft.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.hdrsoft.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. It's not very expensive (under $100 with a discount code...email me for that code) and totally worth the price.</span> </span><br /></div><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-2086885268036645362009-11-16T21:05:00.007-05:002009-11-16T21:31:22.105-05:00Photo Challenge: LEADING LINES<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-hRpFVl2whvV1j9gxFjKANGtmeVk2uaW4bkulUyyyhDeWMhkZpFMRYm9mOtQzmRD_QfLbYxOA1PvYuqRbzXV5oYT0K_axYefwDX-iu1ScAew-vGnl0P-3ADLNxXdcPQ4OxRqfPl9ndv1/s1600/leadinglinesbanner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404891837273035298" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 45px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-hRpFVl2whvV1j9gxFjKANGtmeVk2uaW4bkulUyyyhDeWMhkZpFMRYm9mOtQzmRD_QfLbYxOA1PvYuqRbzXV5oYT0K_axYefwDX-iu1ScAew-vGnl0P-3ADLNxXdcPQ4OxRqfPl9ndv1/s400/leadinglinesbanner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">This month's challenge is "Leading Lines." The challenge reads: There are many lines to look for when shooting your images...Vertical, horizontal diagonal, curves & "S" curves...even converging lines. You have a month to post your image on your blog, and leave your link/url in the comment section of the challenge blog. Well, here are three photos that use leading lines to lead the viewer into the photo. Be sure to check out the other entries at <a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2009/11/community-photo-challenge-leading-lines.html">Blogger's Community Photo Challenge</a>! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ikz_5mKVlnmUbBXsFDBNpjCp_eNa8l4hp27IEATlAgFocJE1Pc5mKIc46wXByEb9So4HS_sAQQHp-V8CRAyLOYdP5wOEGxhbmI4c-tpfzmCTk8ROaxFVW5ILW6kWIJGNpmUUTd73B87x/s1600/Untitled_HDR30.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404890908452896738" style="WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ikz_5mKVlnmUbBXsFDBNpjCp_eNa8l4hp27IEATlAgFocJE1Pc5mKIc46wXByEb9So4HS_sAQQHp-V8CRAyLOYdP5wOEGxhbmI4c-tpfzmCTk8ROaxFVW5ILW6kWIJGNpmUUTd73B87x/s400/Untitled_HDR30.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7HkDtCFGa8HMt-V6KOgfFgOViRBb4CXCU1RjySoZ8O3bg69NtZbKaq9NYUWpkIb5iUIuNd2RjFj_hYGiayI-Z39BXVE0vInhpUhzFAI2M8_ZGqj4bWEvQlFxZY5qiBhdsWfMBGrlIshyphenhyphen/s1600/view+of+NYC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404890910977857250" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7HkDtCFGa8HMt-V6KOgfFgOViRBb4CXCU1RjySoZ8O3bg69NtZbKaq9NYUWpkIb5iUIuNd2RjFj_hYGiayI-Z39BXVE0vInhpUhzFAI2M8_ZGqj4bWEvQlFxZY5qiBhdsWfMBGrlIshyphenhyphen/s400/view+of+NYC.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLU_cdu_SjTH3uBsccsBJGaCfk5XjesUZKfJ8rTnY9XUBTj_BPJ8NwLFQ_btGkjtMJfCmdVl7Tjnz2McCGnseSOGD3eaNJuezEsYd4aqR2T49w8YY4iHSb5A1X3AqgYFWqpsiQHeeL6jFG/s1600/NatureWalk2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404890903989515202" style="WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLU_cdu_SjTH3uBsccsBJGaCfk5XjesUZKfJ8rTnY9XUBTj_BPJ8NwLFQ_btGkjtMJfCmdVl7Tjnz2McCGnseSOGD3eaNJuezEsYd4aqR2T49w8YY4iHSb5A1X3AqgYFWqpsiQHeeL6jFG/s400/NatureWalk2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">The first photo is from Newport, Rhode Island, taken along the 10 mile Ocean Drive. The second photo is one of the wonderful views of Manhattan from Governor's Island. The last photo is from one of my favorite locations...Sandy Hook.</span></span></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-69572677580148323372009-11-08T20:00:00.006-05:002009-11-08T20:10:26.225-05:00Current Challenge - Colors of Autumn<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPmGdFdgd3BnOxfLifxjPIuvTXDYy7Q-qkv1tTp7Vw5swilbInVUD5UJaNjpCeJ3VXW4V-sUP4vJPqtA2tnDkFsnJ_sEwHVXxLVYGh6uJq-N90oKMkcq2WEnJnn78axn_XX7eX0liI4z_/s1600-h/banner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401904458653572530" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPmGdFdgd3BnOxfLifxjPIuvTXDYy7Q-qkv1tTp7Vw5swilbInVUD5UJaNjpCeJ3VXW4V-sUP4vJPqtA2tnDkFsnJ_sEwHVXxLVYGh6uJq-N90oKMkcq2WEnJnn78axn_XX7eX0liI4z_/s400/banner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Marie posted the current challenge back in the middle of October and, of course, we chose an Autumn theme for it. Rather than grabbing local color, I waited until I was able to go to Newport, Rhode Island (this year's fall color trip for my husband and me). The following are three photos taken on that trip. Hope you enjoy!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSUox7YIoRlOgmF0nsD0tY0hMexToZa8ThI7_BxGyLtBckfppTobF_DPJ1h4uhwLteVQvK6H0kJs1mNM8ziavoHA7wX_qhWiEyUVjcHx3kpWRuv3Kzdmtq1HBLCp6mQ7h6GB-1HSfh9CR/s1600-h/Newport+autumn+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401903705230388178" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSUox7YIoRlOgmF0nsD0tY0hMexToZa8ThI7_BxGyLtBckfppTobF_DPJ1h4uhwLteVQvK6H0kJs1mNM8ziavoHA7wX_qhWiEyUVjcHx3kpWRuv3Kzdmtq1HBLCp6mQ7h6GB-1HSfh9CR/s400/Newport+autumn+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lYEeToHMdjDLTyDsRwoQHes6lRdJ7x7yeoLFtmh7-VhibfwI9vSxDRoS0Dp3RDtu1eEH3MkpljvTLs4I6J9eyU-4jodBpsUtj080_LKYfKCVkuih4i8m6MZnCCHuDuCQPy1HUwgb1DEA/s1600-h/autumn+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401903944671538258" style="WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lYEeToHMdjDLTyDsRwoQHes6lRdJ7x7yeoLFtmh7-VhibfwI9vSxDRoS0Dp3RDtu1eEH3MkpljvTLs4I6J9eyU-4jodBpsUtj080_LKYfKCVkuih4i8m6MZnCCHuDuCQPy1HUwgb1DEA/s400/autumn+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoly3BPehgl9WZ2wN3mm_UocEZnsBpTL6rKW1v3zsbhDlOd1oATHqezn-dsHh9jiljDHefXcu2ED0ot26MIXhXk4FldpbzJIOeY4KH16OpUg0_FcrogxtIeDUDCwU0LhXeQG91DdsQNXD4/s1600-h/gourds+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401904130561748306" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoly3BPehgl9WZ2wN3mm_UocEZnsBpTL6rKW1v3zsbhDlOd1oATHqezn-dsHh9jiljDHefXcu2ED0ot26MIXhXk4FldpbzJIOeY4KH16OpUg0_FcrogxtIeDUDCwU0LhXeQG91DdsQNXD4/s400/gourds+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-56873042527042704872009-06-14T22:46:00.008-04:002009-06-15T14:16:21.178-04:00Rule of Thirds Contest<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#003300;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#003300;">Well...it was a real surprise and honor to be selected as the winner in the Rule of Thirds Contest on our Bloggers Community Photo Challenge! Thanks to all who voted for my image. I realized after posting the other two examples for this subject that it was to be a secret vote, so I sent Marie an entirely different photo. It really wasn't hard to do that, since I frequently compose my images using this rule of thirds. Sometimes I break it on purpose, but I have a lot of images that conform to the Rule. Here's my 'winning' photo, entitled SECRET GARDEN:</span><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5T9mEzr6xhYE5JUDyzK6d5tPUGMXqKWhyphenhyphens5x0YvHDWnUTBqVZGcGDivRn5Ot9ji0I3Ay15GCgoNg_jWbDHYqxW-vuthgTwqaSQpN8QjbeiBot034dvkqZb1O3H26wEkDpOnu68yMtvwno/s1600-h/Secret+Garden.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347381450571369522" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5T9mEzr6xhYE5JUDyzK6d5tPUGMXqKWhyphenhyphens5x0YvHDWnUTBqVZGcGDivRn5Ot9ji0I3Ay15GCgoNg_jWbDHYqxW-vuthgTwqaSQpN8QjbeiBot034dvkqZb1O3H26wEkDpOnu68yMtvwno/s400/Secret+Garden.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#003300;">Here's what Marie wrote in the</span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8068175178910574710">Challenge Blog</a>: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"</em></span></span><a style="COLOR: rgb(51,153,153)" href="http://visionsbyvicki.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><em>Vicki 's Secret Garden</em></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em> is our winner. None of the team members were involved with this contest. That is why I had everyone send me their images & votes. Thank you all who participated & voted!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>We will still post helpful photography tips, so you may still get alerts from the challenge blog.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>Check out our future topics on the sidebar.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>Enjoy your summer & take plenty of pics.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>Congratulations</em></span></span><a style="COLOR: rgb(51,153,153)" href="http://visionsbyvicki.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><em> Vicki</em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><em>!Here is a helpful link on composition: </em></span><a style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)" href="http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><em>http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/LearnComposition/</em></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#003300;">I would like to wish everyone happy shooting this summer...and be sure to keep the topics in mind when you're out and about with your cameras.~Vicki</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-43445740393262255232009-06-11T14:25:00.002-04:002009-06-11T14:32:42.643-04:00Bloggers Community Photo Challenge: RULE OF THIRD CONTEST<span style="color:#003300;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduDAgogtdJs3PPQHF40aVovdlfP1JHbdkLHAPBwchGE1FSbwd6RilTg-REJckD2xduWpDJ4-rKqWZWwKnjSfjffxTK6sc5AAs3cM7aaFzdXCrCJwuMkMWdxpJksGlNOs1f_awALWBaOO1/s1600-h/Banner.jpg"><span style="color:#003300;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346138326721753666" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 46px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduDAgogtdJs3PPQHF40aVovdlfP1JHbdkLHAPBwchGE1FSbwd6RilTg-REJckD2xduWpDJ4-rKqWZWwKnjSfjffxTK6sc5AAs3cM7aaFzdXCrCJwuMkMWdxpJksGlNOs1f_awALWBaOO1/s400/Banner.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;">This is a fun way to learn about photography...one of the fundamental rules (and one of the main one that can be broken with great results once you've mastered it) is the Rule of Thirds. It's more of a suggestion than an actual rule, but is something that's very important for photographers to understand. There are also some 'rules' for this contest:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;">1. All images will be a certain size 72 DPI 4X6(432 pixels X 288 Pixels) Try to get as close as you can, no larger.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;">2. No watermarks, signatures or copyrights symbols on photos. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;">3. To submit,you must send a copy of your image to me @ </span><a href="mailto:mariebm56@aol.com?subject=ChallengeVotes"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;">Mariebm56@aol.com</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;"> & I will add all photos to a post. Please label the subject area - Challenge Contest. Days to submit photos JUNE 10 & 11th only. We should have the voting on the 13 & 14th.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;">4. Our team members/judges will decide which best follow the challenge & also include good photographic qualities.(sharpness, contrast, color or B&W)Once our team makes the final selection, we will leave it up to our community to vote on the winner.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#003300;">I'm sending one of the images below to Marie for the contest...want to guess which one? :)</span><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTAb9If4Tjdj_VEhRQDjvKidePNu9p_L2OX_1kFZ1pXkBW4IHHKXTsL7JkyaEoZXgZHZB8gRUDIqIho6YAAiF59XxZEn_t9S97QZI6sqjswuX72NOFaIDrXLRDqNIoVbDSXG4B7M0FuYV/s1600-h/Poppy.jpg"><span style="color:#003300;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346138328404743762" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTAb9If4Tjdj_VEhRQDjvKidePNu9p_L2OX_1kFZ1pXkBW4IHHKXTsL7JkyaEoZXgZHZB8gRUDIqIho6YAAiF59XxZEn_t9S97QZI6sqjswuX72NOFaIDrXLRDqNIoVbDSXG4B7M0FuYV/s400/Poppy.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_h-r3XvI4jZr-xBdTWhQ6KjpZf8rdO17UwJ3FlWpZ6NZdBEshQwNqp9wMsGrYZ1hXVpRluV7igXO_l7oAvX2r7_iLQI-fRUKQVaX7EYIlhVE7PvEFgg6SwKVPdeOe-tHrFBm1cLLWUTv/s1600-h/Daffodils.jpg"><span style="color:#003300;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346138328040322818" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_h-r3XvI4jZr-xBdTWhQ6KjpZf8rdO17UwJ3FlWpZ6NZdBEshQwNqp9wMsGrYZ1hXVpRluV7igXO_l7oAvX2r7_iLQI-fRUKQVaX7EYIlhVE7PvEFgg6SwKVPdeOe-tHrFBm1cLLWUTv/s400/Daffodils.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#003300;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color:#003300;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-72980856462359678562009-06-03T22:44:00.007-04:002009-06-03T23:13:01.188-04:00Blogger Community Photo Challenge: FLOWERS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMB49x5jaOphd98iRaYv9bRqK6sLYPXlCO2lVfK-RLSpWqLg_FsbZk-5YtuG2Zu9UR44xkG1vUoPWf5HPhFWAypw_jxcBEYJOp_bUKCbANv77q7Y7ietDJuGjVS8ql8CsKCJpI7Z2R1Vb9/s1600-h/_MG_0336+copy_1.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1qdM06aAOtjn6jW1NKf9QLN_wdmKsDt-Wkpfq_v7iq5umafmRN_b-Hhhmv23wuQARW0AUzFyNuM1S1rx5VUxPTpBnmp9P5wnsEMYVxhGRISxnJU1Q4c8GWTtM2U9Mr4UWm_RtXcnbK8RJ/s1600-h/_MG_0351+copy.jpg"></a><em><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;">The last challenge before the summer break is Flowers. To visit the Challenge Blog and the links to all the other entries, click on the banner below:</span></em><br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2009/05/community-photo-challenge-flowers.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343298022740331122" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUG9BFfcepYBgnO2x2itBas4YJ34h_zrMM5pG-1ketfj7dcyDuGS8qix5I5Xwg5ieNKjVg14kpS0hh9Pt3tij1DSv4YyXCJuaAHyq_VAroXT0V5UKcsCWxwrQYHvmrYsuWuDkqDTGChMNz/s400/flowers+header.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZi_9J9ElUVsk39xhG00XQehNxq9Dr5RZe-bIXI4YlxunLd5uQ1vozAopi76qxsnh4eSrEQix2muOK3CeG64h5K2f_NB7gIbVu_1xCebn5ParQZZGjBFcdUNGH1n8fBUq0UkolD0ilo_g/s1600-h/Art+%26+Flowers.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343301502904867538" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 91px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZi_9J9ElUVsk39xhG00XQehNxq9Dr5RZe-bIXI4YlxunLd5uQ1vozAopi76qxsnh4eSrEQix2muOK3CeG64h5K2f_NB7gIbVu_1xCebn5ParQZZGjBFcdUNGH1n8fBUq0UkolD0ilo_g/s400/Art+%26+Flowers.gif" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-h2sGv0IoDXY_2t4RQe0MZIubB0Mm_b5U97pw2ENJwH5TWa4ZXHBxSSJZlanO8Y3h2VDLHvijHVAxCZGS2UytzwZ7f8k7L-CCPVLn_BxmV1A_V8dn8RNcq5qeDgs7XH6GxNf0kzrL4X_/s1600-h/_MG_0330+copy_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343302808637730498" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-h2sGv0IoDXY_2t4RQe0MZIubB0Mm_b5U97pw2ENJwH5TWa4ZXHBxSSJZlanO8Y3h2VDLHvijHVAxCZGS2UytzwZ7f8k7L-CCPVLn_BxmV1A_V8dn8RNcq5qeDgs7XH6GxNf0kzrL4X_/s400/_MG_0330+copy_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQv_CeK3EgmU9LFnzEcHbq_FhG-4hHMpffVxTevBRE9F-77B141H8OqzRgi0Bbml1qud3aUmYA-bApuNbnK7uh9JKfQ9SE8NkpcK03qrPB8bjdzQQcw5wMBI0HKanU3YICA-gi_rBv8KG/s1600-h/_MG_0327+copy_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343302806955776770" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQv_CeK3EgmU9LFnzEcHbq_FhG-4hHMpffVxTevBRE9F-77B141H8OqzRgi0Bbml1qud3aUmYA-bApuNbnK7uh9JKfQ9SE8NkpcK03qrPB8bjdzQQcw5wMBI0HKanU3YICA-gi_rBv8KG/s400/_MG_0327+copy_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF5oPzWr-L6Y1006vEid__4Loyt7KC65QeBmuDQLTQfJbV_k1RDe3y0dB69u9ul7AzqUrMdsOiuSj6Gf2id1f3PbYwT-VVv4jfVY46v7ZmuHuB3loX_ekfAklgce75yK-0WUSjhmfNFH7D/s1600-h/_MG_0321+copy_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343302799968460770" style="WIDTH: 400px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyKRnktTOpYaH3nTgro80cUgfRUC2mnzAV5hw6fR4sL37DEjTJGwjbZ0dH9G3reZB1q0ze-MTREtLOrMXmtRBp9EyNj6nG8TLiO11xJ4P3DYwYpHiyl3-OLfaCszgkmcCG1cB9JRPVPnN/s400/_MG_0336+copy_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-63710302446685836972009-05-19T22:47:00.006-04:002009-05-19T23:23:10.756-04:00Blogger Community Photo Challenge: PHOTO STORY<a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2009/05/community-photo-challenge-photo-story.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337732997950133138" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Q4ZafXPpovwHG1o-yU045wgsU-43XgiHP0UOdmNfyKnKbirAYOtxXm74w7zg2UncWEFqNkEM5e_OKAARsJdV1gxINLpcmF4uyZ7dnRKjYWoR08IdQrVyIk79Du5-70-bRSo1USnEJufc/s400/banner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000066;">The Current Challenge is to create a Photo Story of related images. I probably have a ton of photos I could use, but lately I've been focusing (no pun intended) on Sandy Hook, part of the Gateway National Park System, and absolutely love taking different angles and types of photos of the lighthouse...so, my entry is a series of photos of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse. I'm not sure if it qualifies, but I love it. Click on the green banner above to go to the Challenge Blog and check out the other wonderful entries. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000066;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-size:100%;">(Also, click on the collage below to view it larger.)</span></span><br /></span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCxGxLCBHSwvYqTF5n_b1-FAJXEIZ02FQ_yrUwCtT_S6ZzVO7G-oB0o8sH-xAXhOkiiPfoBGmo5RnCUZiqkVII58HcHNLkdOuJkhW8DTJAhIRM1o2bcNzvnR0xfcN4iFTZSYNdeE7-ZZz/s1600-h/Five-Views2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337735155992436194" style="WIDTH: 424px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 131px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCxGxLCBHSwvYqTF5n_b1-FAJXEIZ02FQ_yrUwCtT_S6ZzVO7G-oB0o8sH-xAXhOkiiPfoBGmo5RnCUZiqkVII58HcHNLkdOuJkhW8DTJAhIRM1o2bcNzvnR0xfcN4iFTZSYNdeE7-ZZz/s400/Five-Views2.jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068175178910574710.post-33211235552007638512009-05-05T22:22:00.009-04:002009-05-05T23:02:44.731-04:00Blogger Community Photo Challenge: Tranquility<a href="http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-weeks-challenge-tranquility.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332530826814246210" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 139px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNt-pq-dX9JR5QEaqBYhbkYL58M1EupLvBrSYt0XPnrDnhofqq8pvR6xkj60V9exwsW4_L59HFAjB4b89K1gJbLcYyVFjyC2Ks4Z-IybU5WKkTCyeA8chuGWyh-ajHCBmpiCiauk-w55N9/s400/Tranquility+Banner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;color:#336666;">(click the banner to go to the Challenge and to view the other entries)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">This week's challenge is "Tranquility"...a very ephemeral thing. It's not something you can describe in concrete words...it's a feeling more than anything else. Not everyone will agree with everyone else about what's tranquil, or at least the first thing to come to mind for one person will not be what a second person will think of right out of the box. I have a ton of photos that I consider tranquil, but this is one of my newest, so I thought I'd use it. It's a photo of a wildlife viewing area on Sandy Hook, part of the Gateway National Park System--a wonderful place for viewing wading birds. Hope others find it as tranquil as I do.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xnNrZGTy5bS9BdMg75P3k8NlUq5NU2AIL08ca0iLHGXe9BuQAB8_y-DKDsOg1TjC7BqF-5oNguMb1gIaLLqpywtriFa9WpkxStURvpy3NsHRwLZo0h7LAkLN8DFcOoJ_sZzMBcg6hA5n/s1600-h/Nature+Walk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332536888884122994" style="WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xnNrZGTy5bS9BdMg75P3k8NlUq5NU2AIL08ca0iLHGXe9BuQAB8_y-DKDsOg1TjC7BqF-5oNguMb1gIaLLqpywtriFa9WpkxStURvpy3NsHRwLZo0h7LAkLN8DFcOoJ_sZzMBcg6hA5n/s400/Nature+Walk.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The same day, I took the following photograph. I always find flowers a tranquil subject...this is no exception:</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPYcjM-lO6Vmg_dY1xZTECPgJMZ3KcDElA-Y9HzdZtP0mXb7KezXr4x6u6O58dD1_C1gu2tlhpXYvvWnSZhk3b6-f7JL3jQIQpj2weo0EF7tuU_gehKgpJwMohZj9qweV_Adi4H53gDQh/s1600-h/Beach+Plums+in+Progress.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332537571486486994" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPYcjM-lO6Vmg_dY1xZTECPgJMZ3KcDElA-Y9HzdZtP0mXb7KezXr4x6u6O58dD1_C1gu2tlhpXYvvWnSZhk3b6-f7JL3jQIQpj2weo0EF7tuU_gehKgpJwMohZj9qweV_Adi4H53gDQh/s400/Beach+Plums+in+Progress.jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5