10 Thursday Feb 2011
Posted in Gimp, Photo Repair Restore, Photography, Portrait
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This photo was taken by my sister on my niece’s 5th birthday. My Dad and niece had a bond like no other. The photo was sorely abused under a magnet frame on my refrigerator for many years. I felt the need to rescue it.
Cropped to 8×10 aspect ratio.
Gaussian blur background.
Burn in details on dress.
Repair spots and stains.
24 Monday May 2010
Posted in Botony, Macro Monday, Nikon D90, Photography, ViewNX
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Botony, Edible and poisonus mushrooms. True and false Morels, Macro Monday, Nikon D90, Photography, Uncategorized, ViewNX
If I told you where these were, I would have to shoot you! They are a spring mushroom, and highly prized. We also encountered some false Morels, which are poison. I’m grateful that I have my Dad’s mushroom books to help me identify them.
Gromitra Brunnea Underwood
Cap large 5-15 cm broad, often saddled-shaped, lobed, often veined, chocolate-brown, white beneath, Flesh brittle, white. Stalk large, 16 – 15 cm long, 2-5 cm broad, Slightly larger base, somewhat ribbed to smooth, white, nearly hollow to cottony inside. Spores 28 – 30 x 12 – 15 elliptical, finely warted.
Single or several under hardwood forests in eastern North America in early Sp. Causes severe illness from high levels of MMH. (Group V toxins). G. fastigiata (Krombh.) Rehm (394B) is similar but looks as though it might be a darker brown formm of southern Helvella gigas; however it also contains Group V toxins. It is occasionally found at low elevation in western North America.
This mushroom is identical to the one depicted in 394B
Macro Monday challenge
24 Monday May 2010
Posted in Botony, Macro Monday, Nikon D90, Photography, ViewNX
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Botony, Edible and poisonus mushrooms. True and false Morels, Macro Monday, Nikon D90, Photography, Uncategorized, ViewNX
If I told you where these were, I would have to shoot you! They are a spring mushroom, and highly prized. We also encountered some false Morels, which are poison. I’m grateful that I have my Dad’s mushroom books to help me identify them.
Gromitra Brunnea Underwood
Cap large 5-15 cm broad, often saddled-shaped, lobed, often veined, chocolate-brown, white beneath, Flesh brittle, white. Stalk large, 16 – 15 cm long, 2-5 cm broad, Slightly larger base, somewhat ribbed to smooth, white, nearly hollow to cottony inside. Spores 28 – 30 x 12 – 15 elliptical, finely warted.
Single or several under hardwood forests in eastern North America in early Sp. Causes severe illness from high levels of MMH. (Group V toxins). G. fastigiata (Krombh.) Rehm (394B) is similar but looks as though it might be a darker brown formm of southern Helvella gigas; however it also contains Group V toxins. It is occasionally found at low elevation in western North America.
This mushroom is identical to the one depicted in 394B
Macro Monday challenge
23 Sunday May 2010
Posted in Landscape, Photography
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Canon Powershot A520, Landscape, Photography, PowerShot A520, Sunday Stills Challenge Participants, Uncategorized
I could not believe that I had no recent landscape photos with my new camera. I had to pull from archives this week due to time constraints. But, I include two of my favorite landscape photos. Both of these were taken on a road trip to Nova Scotia in 2007. It was the best trip ever!
16 Sunday May 2010
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botanical, Botony, flower, Flowers, Nikon D90, Photography, Sunday Stills Challenge Participants
Sunday stills this weeks is flowers. I took these the last week of April, and beginning of May. I’m out of town so I had to resort to archives. But, these really aren’t that old, so I think they still count as fresh. I’ve reseached the names of the flowers as much as I could, but the first one has me puzzled. If anyone knows the name of this plant could you let me know? Looks like this weekend will be beautiful. Hope you all get out there and enjoy it.
Queen Elizabeth II Gardens at Jackson Park. Poppy?
Western entrance to the Willistead Manor Grounds
Kwanzan Cherry Tree, on the grounds of Willistead Manor
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry
Hyacinth
Wisteria just beginning to boom at my step daughters
09 Sunday May 2010
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botanical, Botony, flower, Flowers, Nikon D90, Photography, Sunday Stills Challenge Participants
Sunday Stills this week was about the letter B.
This photo was the inspiration for the pencil sketch that I uploaded on Friday. This beautiful Dogwood tree is located on the grounds of Willistead Manor in Windsor, Ontario.
18 Sunday Apr 2010
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Pssst.. this is not a Sunday still! But you can look anyway. See the stills of this little feathered friend below.
11 Sunday Apr 2010
Posted in 35 mm, Black and white hand processed, Photography
When my mother passed, my father came to live with my husband and I. I continued working until it became apparent that he needed full time care. I left my job to care for him full time. When life for us stabilized, I took the opportunity to pursue an arts degree.
In my second year at the University of Windsor I began my studies in photography. Photography was my passion, and my father’s as well. On one assignment I photographed a day in my father’s life. These photos turned into a book, “Don’t Grow Old, the advice of John C. Clarke.” The final photo I took that day, was of my father’s hands as he sat on the side of his bed, and said goodnight.
Here is a link to the online version of the book, Don’t Grow Old.
Sunday Stills challenge for the week, hands.
21 Sunday Mar 2010
Posted in Gimp, Nikon D90, Photography
Or, I spy with my little eye something that is ORANGE! This weeks Sunday still challenge turned out to be a lot of fun. My Homeee, sis-in-law and I set out looking for all things orange to shoot. Hope you enjoy our day, we certainly did.
My Homeee wanted to make sure we knew what our target was, so she dressed in Orange to remind us.
Our first sighting was newsworthy.
Our second sighting would take us places.
21 Sunday Mar 2010
Posted in Gimp, Nikon D90, Photography, Saturation
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Gimp, Nikon D90, Orange, Photography, Portrait, Saturation, Sunday Stills Challenge Participants
My Homeee and I could not believe our eyes when we spotted this vintage A & W. This is actually their 2nd building which in itself was built some 60 years ago. The original A & W was located down the street in Elizabeth Park. A & W has had a location in Trenton since 1937, WHO knew they were around that long?!
Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald, Plein Air Artist 