Photo Challenge for 2012

Archive for February, 2012

Wings – B&W

It seems like forever ago that Mike (Boomer) suggested looking at this image in B&W.

I have been absent the past two weeks due to a)  my hard drive failing and b) visiting my daughter and her family. I am not sure how much I can catch on comments, but I will try. I may just hit “Like” until I am reasoanbly caught up. There are a lot of good images that I am looking forward to seeing.


Games

 

These are Mah Jongg tiles. I started playing a few years ago when asked to join an existing group. I’m a substitute and get to play quite often. Please don’t ask me to explain the game. Suffice it to say it is nothing like the computer games!

Did I mention that it is a high stakes game? One can win or lose a few dollars when we play! Maximum stake for each game – $5.00.


Super Bowl -Awesome!

No photos. Just a great sense of exhilaration. Having been a NY Giants my whole life (we live an hour from NYC) yesterday was an awesome day. It was especially sweet given how bad they played at times during the season.

I was looking for a blowout, not a great game!  Easier on my mental and physical being!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NY GIANTS!

Edit: My daughter reminded I had pictures that would fit for the Giants. I have therefore added this photo from Nov 2010 where my granddaughter was wearing a Giants shirt!


Wings

Took this the other morning. The sea gulls were quite active. When I am shooting birds and other fast moving animals etc, I shoot on continuous mode. (Used this mode a lot when my son played soccer.) That is how I was able to get this shot. The gulls started moving and I started shooting. Since I shoot in RAW, I processed this image in LR3 aad finished with a little pop from Topaz Adjust. I did not “Photoshop” any birds in or out of the image.

 


Clouds

 

Yesterday as I was walking around the park, I saw some great cloud formations.  I put one up yesterday under Reflection. I just had to include two more today under Clouds. Not sure if if I will find a way to include any more!

 


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