Gratitude

Thank you so much for your generous comments about my pic of Leonard.  It was just one of those lucky things but I learned something very valuable (to me, at least).  I had taken a short video of him and he didn't know it.  Then I taught myself how to capture the exact pose and turn it into a still shot.  You've probably known about that forever but I didn't.  Also, because he didn't know I was doing the video I was able to capture a very good shot of him which seems to me much better.  Again, thanks a lot - you're great!

Enjoying This Moment

A basket of old roses in my cottage.  It's going to be interesting to see what I can do with my camera with the flowers this year, maybe butterflies.  Imagine sitting clear across the yard and getting a fantastic shot of a butterfly or dragonfly.  Everything is cold and frozen and slick as glass.  It's a great time to think of next summer and how lovely it will be to go outside without a coat.  But........don't wish time away.  It's a great time to be inside!                      Diane

No-No

When I got my camera I read the book through - really I did!  Then today the light was so beautiful I took two pictures, this one and another.  Then, on a hunch, I read through my book again and sure enough  -- don't aim your camera at a light source, you might hurt the inside workings of it!

Dang!   Well, I decided to share the picture and the advice and I'll just hope that two pictures didn't ruin my great new camera.     


Happy 20th birthday to my sweet granddaughter, Hannah!! 


                     Diane

Playing With My Camera

 This picture of the squirrel is nothing new except that when I took it I was on the ground and he was about 4 stories up in the top of a tree. 

 Nice to be able to capture crisp, sharp edges.

And I was standing up on the creek bank and shooting this about 50 feet away.  It's the water running under the ice.  Very chilly day here but at least we're on the other side of the Winter Solstice and heading toward the sun.  Hope you had a peaceful day.                     Diane

You and That Camera

Like most, if not all, of you I hardly ever leave the house without my little camera. Mine's little and doesn't take wonderful pictures like some but it does sometimes capture what I want it to.

Today I was talking to one of my neighbors. I told her there were some Wood Ducks on the creek but I hadn't been able to capture them. "You and that camera!" she said.

One person asked me one time as I walked Rascal "What are you going to do with that camera?"
Maybe he had a guilty conscience.

I got to thinking about a couple things -

#1 - Did you ever realize how much you can say with the word that? That dog! That camera! That woman! That look on your face! Are you wearing that?

#2 - I just love my little camera. I'd have a hard time expressing myself without it. Most of my posts, as are yours, are written around a picture. It's the tool for my art, communication, joy, and proof that I saw something. Now THAT'S great! Diane