Doors.....,

 

#1:  Was walking the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil and came across a Catholic church having a service, with it's doors open to the streets....

 

 

#2:            one of my favorite pubs in London....  see 'Entrance' (doors, get it??)

 

#3.             another from Sao Paulo....  A green door.  no, seriously.....

#4:           they say it's important for the entrance of a home to welcome you 'in' with  good curb appeal.

 



This is our front door.  My wife wanted to replace our front door with one with a window in it,  so I cut out the top half, put in some glass and some vines....  and it still works!!  This was a time exposure of over 5 minutes.  (I was beginning to think the camera was stuck.....

 

 





 

 

 

I'm actually getting this posted a whole hour before the 'deadline' (what time zone??)  My daughter Leslie, and grandsons Cole and Colin were in town from California and as such, the photo project was almost put on the back burner...  but then decided to use Colin for the subject matter of many of Joanne's mix - i.e, ground level, bubbles, & black n white. 

 

for #1 however, this is a shot from our recent sailing trip up in the Pacific Northwest.  It's the dock's at Buchart Gardens.  For those of you that might have been here, bet you didn't know you could go by boat! 

 and for #2 - a night shot of a street in Frankfort Germany on a recent stop with 'AA'....

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 #3, and then, here's 'Colin'!!!

#4.....    'ground level' (or close enuf!).....

 #5....."Tiny Bubble"

#6....   ok, bubbles.....

#7..... "come to me...."

#8.... as for 'newspapers...,  I was going to try to take shots of Colin on the crapper reading a newspaper when he told me he couldn't hold the paper without falling in......

had to change plans to a couple pics of some iconic newspapers I've saved over the years....  I actually had the opportunity to fly as part of the search and rescue mission when Mt. St. Helens blew her top on May 18th, 1980.  I was stationed at McChord AFB flying C130's....  one of those memories that one would never forget...

#9.... and then, where were you when.....

#10..... oh, yes, the night time shot....

again, of Buchart Gardens...

Portraits of our furry (well mostly) friends....



Our two girls, Alley (below) and Daisy generally were very cooperative with the photo shoots as long as I had a bunch of treats.....  taken at f/2.2 1/20sec IS0-800

 

all of the following were taken with a Sony Alpha 7 and a Zeiss fixed 55mm/1.8 lens except where otherwise noted...all were existing light.

 

f/5 at 1/60sec, ISO-500

This is the time of year that the blue bonnets are in bloom in N. Texas.  Daisy doesn't care however, just wants her treats... 

f/3.5 at 1/50sec, ISO-400

Alley in the 'Knock Out' roses...

f/2.2, 1/60sec and ISO400


Same Camera but with a Canon 100-300mm   taken at f5.6, 1/500sec, ISO400 and focal length 290mm

more of the neighbors....  this one with Canon Zoom at f/5.6, 1/1000sec, at 300mm, ISO400

Canon Zoom at f/5.6 at 1/125sec, ISO400 and 300mm

having a leisurely swim in our lake.....

not ours but she let me take her picture at a local arts fare - again, using the Zeiss 55mm prime, at f3.5, 1/200sec, ISO125

you've got mail....

folks...,  I actually did a post for the 'framed' exercise - was only about 3 weeks late (but did have a good excuse as we were in Europe on a really cool ski trip...  so if you're really bored, take a look....

 

and for this one, this was a challenging theme... are there actually interesting mailboxes out there to photograph!!  as always, you'll find things in your immediate existence you've never paid attention to before!  This first shot is of someone in the neighborhood....  now, my first name is 'Rex' - not sure what his is.  My question for him however...,   is this '3409'???

 

 

                                                    love the 'pic up my mail' flag.....

                                                        is this going somethere????

                                                                 how cool is this??

 

                                                               don't mess with a good thing.....

got framed....

during the last picture 'exercise', we were on a ski trip to Switzerland and did manage to see a bit of Munich and Rothenburg, Germany....  Finding photo opportunities that made it easy to 'frame' were around every corner, (much easier that finding something to shoot in my kitchen....)  Yes, I know I'm late but hell, Lynn said there are no 'rules'!!!

the Swiss Alps....  heading for Samnaun, Switzerland..

 

 

the following was taken from a window in the 'Neuschwanstein' castle in Frussen, Germany.  

 

 

Rothenburg Germany - one of the portals of the outer walls of the 'walled' city.  Just a few weeks before the end of WWII, the US Allies had the city surrounded and was preparing to flatten it as there were a large number of German troops holed up inside the city.  As the story goes, the mother of the US Secretary of War asked her son to spare the city (as she had been there before and knew of it's historical significance. )  The Allies negotiated with the Germans to 'get out of dodge', which they did and the city survived.  Do not miss this city if you're over there - we stayed in a hotel within the walls and it was truly memorable.............

now we're cookin....(meaning I figured out how to do a basic blog...)