17 posts tagged “photography”
We were in a plane this time...a little twin engine bugger. Next time I want to do this in a helicopter. That should help eliminate the bumpiness.
Enjoy these last two in my serious. pardon the little window glare at the top of the rainbow.
Pam
I have to admit I was not expecting too much, maybe a large man man park and enclosure with the occassional butterfly floating by, then of course I pictured myself running through the enclosure like the mad photographer, chasing down the few flutterbys to try to get a good snap of them.
Boy was I in for a shock.
Yes it is well manicured and botanically complete with many types of butterfly seducing plants and flora, and it is a man made place and well enclosed - they even station rangers (guards) at the exits to make sure that no little butterfly is attempting to hijack you and make an escape into freedom. It is larger then I had thought it would be, and they have a sort of laboratory there that is glassed in and viewers can see what sorts of plants they are trying to root and what sort of catapillers are trying to cocoon up.
Beyond that you enter the butterfly enclosure and right off the bat you are ascended on my all manner of butterfly, they float through your legs, land on your head and extremeties. I have never seen so many butterflys in my life and it was a photographers paradise. I included just one of many pictures I tool at butterfly world, but I am going to include a link to a slide show of some of the better pictures I took at the end of this post.
Butterfly world is also a botanical garden as well as it includes a bird aviary so you might see the odd picture of plant or bird in the slide show.
I hope you enjoy my pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them... Butterflys galore!
I am home and none the worse for wear. Its taken me 3 days to get to the blog in order to announce my return and for that I apologize, but upon our arrival home (roughly 2.15am Sunday morn) I was met with my daughter contracting a very nasty stomach virus. I have to be honest, I was a little concerned that this might have something to do with that tomato recall the US is going through, but Celi HATES tomatoes so I was pretty sure that that was not it. Then Britney, one of her friends that accompanied us, rang us to say that she too was with the stomach bug.
Anyway, Celi is feeling slightly better today, and I am finally able to get to some of the neglected things that leaving a house for 7 days occurs, such as dusting, vacuuming, sweeping, etc. and of course blogging.
We had a blast on the holiday, lots of pictures to share - when I get some time to share them I promise I will...for now here is a self-titled picture of "Pam's toes on vacation" Doncha just love the polish colour??!!
Please be patient with me faithful readers....errr all 2 of you (lol) I am buried under some things, at the moment, that are keeping me from thinking rationally enough to post coherently.
In the meantime, enjoy my final pictures of San Diego. This is Fort Rosecrans Cemetary at Pt Loma. It has always fascinated and humbled me as we drive past it to the monument up on the point....it is definitely a place for reflection and a place of honour.
For you my friend. Its looking up the coast towards La Jolla from Sunset Cliffs.
I have a secret to share. Sometimes I call up my pictures of this lovely area and just stare at them...to me they are so calming and peaceful.
I need to take up a collection. Contribute to the "move Pam to San Diego" fund. I take paypal.
Enjoy the view.
So, I thought I would throw up another photo from the San Diego trip. This is one from up in the La Jolla area. There is a Church just off the interstate there. I believe it is a mormon church (feel free to correct me if I am wrong) and at night when it is lit up like it is here, it is very ethereal looking. The moon happened to be rising just beyond it so caught it in the picture for moods sake.
I dunno, for some reason this particular picture makes me think of Sleeping Beauty's castle.
Pat, I am sure you will know what church this is...
I gotta say I just love my little 50mm lens.
enjoy.
Apparently a rather large ship...cruise, or something, was out there in the distance and it was passing by as the sun set. Its hard to see in the above photo, but zooming in on it in PSE it is a clear silouette...not to mention that the colors in this photo were breathtaking and might find a home on one of my walls in the living room.
Enjoy.
As it turns out I did go dark this weekend, as per my prior post...but the reason had nothing to do with not having the lappy or no internet access. We, Mike and I, had a great time going here and there and just enjoying each other.
I did bring the laptop, we did have internet access (great thing these nicer resorts are springing for the wireless access - so it was no charge) but I have to confess in the whole scheme of things, I enjoy being with my husband more then I enjoy blogging for people here :wink: sorry to break it to you this way, but I am sure you will deal ok.
My difficulties at work are still rearing their ugly heads and I spent a good deal of time on the phone Friday night - in our gorgeous room, in gorgeous San Diego, trying to sort it. Things happened when I was not there on Friday - things that should not have happened and I have an irate mom who called me to "discuss" the goings-on. Of course her child gave "moms" his side of the story, and in moms eyes there can be no other side. I, on the other hand, have a more unbiased eye and have a hunch that there are a few more sides to the story. And I intend on hearing those sides today as I return back to the lions den. Then I will decide what will happen and who, if anyone, will suffer the wrath of Ms. R.
I did manage to yank the camera out of the bag and snap a few while on mini vacations. A few less then I intended, but for some reason I was rarely (if ever, really) inspired this weekend. One thing that remains constant in my ever changing life and head - if I don't feel inspired, then what comes out of the camera is basically useless and mundane. So I have not looked at my photos yet. They remain on my photo cards, patiently waiting my scrutiny. One other issue that does not help, my photo editing software ( Photoshop Elements) took a dump at some point. I tried to edit a picture I took on Thursday night - I was cleaning the camera and wanted to make sure my efforts were not wasted (dust on the sensor seems to be a big prob for me and this camera, so wanted to make sure it was cleaned well - I just hate messing with sensors) and got a big error message as I was trying to pull up Elements. Double UGH.
Now I am not a bad photographer, in fact probably better then alot when it comes to taking decent pics right out of the camera, but photoshop and elements are sort of like my security blanket. I know it is there IF I need it, tweaking the color sat, adjusting levels, contrast, adding a filter, etc. Now I know that I can't do that I am nervous to look at them.
My pictures are like my children. This weekend I "gave birth" to approx 200 of those baby's. and I have nothing to swadle them in, nothing to feed them and no where to sleep. Strange analogy, but fitting.
So as soon as I can figure something out with Elements I will show you my pictures. If any are worth sharing! Have I also told you that I am a perfectionist and have a very critical eye - ESPECIALLY for my own work.
a 24 hour bug, like most stomach flu's seem to be so most of the "purging" that my body was forcing me to go through was done by about 6pm last night. I was just totally wasted physically after that. I woke up feeling better, but still not best.
Life being what it is, going on I mean, I had things to do - things that should have been done yesterday while I barfed up my intestines that is.
So this morning I arose a little earlier to work on an "across the floor" dance sequence to add to my winterguards performance ( think Chasse', Posse', Paux de Burre etc.) 16 counts, thats all I needed 16 little counts. Afterwards I found myself collapsing on the floor with the dark edges of the world closing in as I nearly passed out, profussely (SP?) sweating and swearing.
I managed to get it done and through frequent sit downs and head between my knees at the urging of my dancers in class today, I imparted my brilliant sequence to them. The fine tuning of it all will come tonight at practice, if I can manage to stay upright for more then 5 minutes at a stretch that is.
PS the above image was taken 2 summers ago just after I bought my new camera ( well new then) I loved the contrast of the green tree to the blue sky. Not to mention the little dovey and her mid-morning stretch.
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