Every Day is a Gift!
I’m not a birder and don’t have a life list but I love all birds and I love to watch them doing what birds do. It’s always interesting to see a bird or a pair of birds on their nest or building their nest. It’s even more fun if there are chicks!
Thank you Lisa. for this Bird Weekly Challenge: Birds I Love
I planted two new new camellias last weekend. Even though it’s been raining every day since then I have managed to go check them out every day between showers. I’m hoping there will continue to be new blooms in the garden for awhile.
The following two images and the image above are from my garden last year and this year.
My interest in camellias began when I went for a tour of the camellias in Bonaventure Cemetery with a group of ladies in my local garden club two years ago. This plant covered with rosy red camellias was one of my favorites from that day.
Happy Valentines Day!
Sharred with Terri’s Sunday Stills challenge – Rosy Reds. and Natalie’s Coffee Share.
As you walk along some of the beaches on Georgia’s barrier islands you may come across driftwood from dead trees. Sometimes you may even find an entire tree that has fallen.
In October 2016, Category 2 Hurricane Matthew was offshore in the Atlantic Ocean when it passed by close to where we live in Coastal Georgia. When we returned home after evacuating I witnessed first hand just how powerful the storm was. Massive old oaks and pines had fallen all around our neighborhood, blocking roads and driveways. In some cases the tree just barely missed landing on a house.
It took weeks to clean up all the debris. You can read more at Aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.
Many thanks to Terri’s Sunday Stills challenge – Fallen.
For this challenge Tina has asked us to demonstrate how we use editing to improve an image. This was a fun challenge that took me out of my comfort zone. Usually, I crop the photo and I’m done. For this challenge I experimented with a few other editing techniques using Photoshop Elements.
The camellias are blooming and I’ve been trying to get a perfect shot of them. To focus on the flower I cropped this original into a square and applied the Watercolor effect. The finished image below shows the details of the flower and the rain drops on the petals.
On the left is the original of a Great White Egret in the salt marsh. I wanted a close up of the Egret so I cropped it before adding the Rough Pastels effect.
This last image was taken in Denali National Park in Alaska on a cloudy, overcast day. I replaced the dull sky with a brilliant blue sky to add more color and enhance the image.
Many thanks to Tina for this week’s Lens Artists photo challenge #134: From Forgettable to Favorites.
D is for Ducks and Doves
I hate to say this but I am terrible at identifying ducks and doves but I enjoy photographing them. These are a few of my favorites.
Thank you Lisa. for this Bird Weekly Challenge: Birds that begin with the Letter D
Wandering Dawgs 