Longing for the Rolling Hills

In a couple weeks Denise and I will be heading for the rolling hills of Palouse.  We are super excited to get back to this unique landscape.  Fingers crossed for great clouds like last year!

I was taking a look at some of my Palouse images from last year.  Ah, the blue skies, white clouds, and the green fields.  But in the case of the image above,I think the rolling hills are best shown in black and white.

Behind Bars with Lensbaby

Last night I was doing a little photo editing and came across this shot from Lorton Prison.  I used a Lensbaby Composer to focus on the opening in the bars.  The Lensbaby is an old favorite in my camera bag and after not using one for the last few months, I'm finding a renewed interest in using this creative tool.

Old Car Heaven

Last weekend on our way to Carrie Furnace we found a nice private collection of classic cars.  Unfortunately we were pressed for time and I only got a few shots.  I’m looking forward to going back to give this subject matter the time it deserves.

I used Topaz Adjust to achieve the aged look.  You can always get 15% discount on any of the Topaz plugins by using our link and the code "roadrunner".  

Fun with Flowers

This tulip was well past its prime when I decided to put it in a block of ice. 

Recently I have seen a number of great photographers who are doing incredible work 

with flowers that are well past their peak.  Considering that freezing the flower 

is not a pristine way to display the beauty of mother nature, why worry

 about obtaining pristine specimens.

While I enjoy this type of photography I admit I do it too few times a year.

I usually think about it in the spring, but for some reason I don’t in the summer 

or fall.  I need to work on that!  

How I spent my Saturday Night

This former fine automobile is perhaps the last abandoned car in Fairfax County.  I have no way of knowing this, but in our rather large suburb undeveloped land is fairly scarce.  Recently this car was brought to my attention and I could not think of anything better to do this past Saturday than a little light painting after dark.  

Blue Bells

Yesterday we held a Meetup at Riverbend Park in Great Falls to photograph Virginia Blue Bells.   As usual we had a nice group of photographers and I think a fun time was had by all!  

Poppies

Just a quick post from my last trip to Longwood Gardens.  While the Blue Poppies are the main attraction, It's also fun to shoot the other poppies on display.