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A couple of weeks ago I was just shooting a few things around the house. This is my cellar door latch. The ambient light from my front door was illuminating the old wood and latch. For whatever reason it just caught my eye.

The original image appeared black and white on the LCD screen of my camera to the point where I thought the settings had somehow been changed to black and white. They hadn't but there was so little color in the image, only the slightest hint of the old red/brown maple stain on the old door. I had intended to convert this to black and white and for a moment I thought the camera had started reading my mind!

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News:

This photo of the Bucknell Quad is a 2 page feature photo in the Summer 2008 issue of Bucknell Magazine.

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As of July 2008 I have decided to post the same photos on "Parallel Universe" as I do here. It has become too complicated to maintain two different photoblogs on a regular basis. Feel free to visit "Parallel Universe" and look through the portfolio/archives since there are quite a few photos there that were never posted here. I will continue to post on both since each one gets different viewers.

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I've been tagged by Bonnie Bruno from Photo Buffet. That means I have to tell you all 8 things you might not know about me. Hmmm...Interesting...let me think...

1. I was very much a Tom Boy as a child. I had 3 older brothers and liked to play rough and tumble with them. My Barbie Dolls drove Tonka Trucks and were construction workers in the back yard.

2. In high school I was a bit of a rogue latent "Hippie Chick" complete with the fringed moccasins and embroidered gauze shirts and wrap skirts, hair down to my behind and feathers and beads adorning my braids. (What was I thinking?)

3. I never finished college. I left home and school at 19 and worked as a copy editor for an advertising agency. I got married at age 21 and I stayed at the agency until I had my oldest son. I became a stay at home/work from home mom after that and I am still doing that today.

4. I am an avid fitness enthusiast (although some health issues had gotten in the way the last couple of years). 2 years ago I could pass the PT test for a 21 year old woman that had just finished basic training for the Army. I was 42 at the time. I still run several miles a few times a week and do push ups, crunches, weight training, and such as well.

5. My favorite show on TV is "House".

6. I love to read ghost stories and folklore from places where I go on vacation. I go to the local bookstores and pick up all books on local lore and such.

7. I am a terrible gardener which is why I love photographing flowers so much. I figure it's the only way for me to "grow" a garden.

8. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

Now I have to tag 5 photographers that I admire that hopefully haven't been tagged yet, and I hope they don't mind.

Kathleen Connally
Azhar Chougle
Steve W. (Watch This Space)
Dawn M. Armfield
Justin Gaynor

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I finished the web gallery. I just have to decide how to publish it. I'm in no rush so it may not show up for a while yet.

This is an image that I kept coming back to. I love the subtle abstract nature of the shot. I almost wish there was less detail than there is and I played around with blurring it out. I was on the fence about the result though so I went with the original image.

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Thanks for all the well wishes for Russell. He made it through the concert, but just barely. It definitely affected his performance and he was not happy about it. I told him he was a trooper for showing up and that he had no control over what happened. The conductor was very understanding since he's been in those shoes himself.

His fever was back and it was off to the doctor after school today. It's just a nasty virus, not anything we can do but treat the symptoms and let it run it's course.

I shot this yesterday in Mohawk Park close to my home. The way the sunlight glistened off of the silky hairs on the seeds reminded me a little of fireworks.

Someone mentioned that the previous image almost looked like a filter was applied. There was no filter applied to that image. There was just basic curves, black and white conversion using the gradient map, and I think I might have cloned out a very small black spec that was on one of the larger petals.

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It's been a very busy time around here. As I mentioned on my other blog; I got my Epson Stylus Pro 3800 printer. It finally became available and was delivered on Monday. It's definitely a lot different getting photos ready to be printed than it is to put them on the web. I am learning quickly how to configure everything and how to manage the color for printing. I've done several large jobs already and I'm pleased with the results for most of them. I have some large prints done and ready for framing which will be my next challenge.

I am still working even though it's almost 11 pm, but I thought it might be a good idea to post up a photo so you guys don't forget about me. I'm sorry I haven't been around as much the past few days but I will get around to visiting tomorrow...I hope.

This is from the archives. It is the sophisticated lighting system that they used in a dining tent at a great little country fair that we went to last summer...Oh how I wish it was summer again. We are in the throws of an Arctic Blast and it's taking its toll...BRRRRRRRRRR!!!

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It's been so incredibly warm that I am sitting here in my office at almost 9PM on a January evening with my windows open wide. We went out to supper and had on very light jackets and even they were a bit much. Tomorrow promises to be in the 70's. WOW!

Now that the Holidays have passed and things are settling back into the normal routine, the house has become quite quiet again and somewhat depressing...I miss Robert being home. He left On Tuesday afternoon and we won't see him again probably until summertime...sigh. Thank God for cell phones and internet, although next week he goes away for a month of additional training and he will be likely be out of touch with us for the entire exercise.

Blogger has been having issues with archives so I do apologize to anyone who has tried to look at them. I do link each post to the one prior so if you want to look at previous posts just click on the current photo and it will link to the previous one unless otherwise noted on the posts.

This is a macro of purple coneflower seeds (echinacea) from my backyard. I thought the seeds looked interesting in this state. Although dried out and dead they hold the promise of the next generation of flowers in my garden.

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This is a beaded garland I have draped from the bottom of my chandelier over my dining table. They catch the light in such a pretty way I decided to take a close up of them. It came out somewhat abstract, but still pretty.

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