Bigger fire...

No, I'm not obsessed with fire. Honest!

But it does make for beautiful pictures, and how can you go camping without a fire and roasted marshmallows?

Perspective?

This didn't turn out the way I had planned, and there's a very annoying shadow at the bottom, but I still like the idea.

I like how squat the spices look, instead of being tall and thin like the bottles (or people) in these kinds of pictures usually are. This was also part of the still life in the kitchen assignment.

Flower

It's a little dark, but otherwise I love this picture.

For the 30 day challenge, one was "flowers". Okay, yes, this is a single flower, but it's a really cool one, so I'm counting it. Besides, I did take a lot of pictures of flowers that day, I just liked this one the best.

Not-so-old Car

Corvettes are not my favourite car, but the Stingray is definitely gorgeous. (This is the 1968-82 model.)

Especially in this non-stereotypical blue. What a shine! For my own tastes, the front is too long, but as a whole package, THIS is what a muscle* car should be.

(*Note: Yes, I realize there is some debate as to whether a Corvette is a sports car or a muscle car. It's a big, V8 American 2-door, so it's a muscle in my books.)

Burn...

This was part of an assignment to take still life photos for class - in the kitchen!

This is a HUGE candle with some dried flowers pressed into the wax on the outside. It has a single wick in the middle, so it's burning quite a tunnel down the middle.

Playing with light

There are most definitely some problems with this image. It's not perfectly focused. It's too dark. But I love the composition.

"You old coyote in the sky / Magpie..."

Ian Tyson and I are both fascinated by this bird.

Magpie with a seed or something similar, sitting on my fence after the rain. The only post-processing I did was to crop the picture. Our instructor told us not to put the interesting stuff in the center, so here we are. How's it look? Not bad, to me. The fence is more interesting than the big chunk of road would have been, if I had centered the bird!

Purple flowers

I have no idea what these flowers are, but the picture turned out great!

Last class

Tonight was our last class, and this stuff was just so much fun, I have to share! We were writing with light!

The word Love

An outline

Making the lights dance!

Dark space, long exposure, low ISO and someone willing to move that light for the duration of the exposure. Love it!

Gift from Mother Nature

Sometimes, if you are really stupid and get up at 5am, you will catch the first show of the day that Mother Nature hosts.*

What a glorious sunrise, over-looking Lake Abraham near Nordegg, Alberta.

*Note: HHGttG fans, I think this is a little bit like going to the Big Bang Burger Bar, to catch the ultimate first show!