O'Keeffeish Flower

Well it's either an O'Keeffeish Flower, or O'Keeffes are Flowerish. I didn't quite nail the focus on the close part of the cone. Oh well.

Dropped Four

Taken with Vivitar lens version 3. Viewed close up you can see that there is some motion artifact. It is hard to hold this lens steady!

Double Pane Self Portrait

Spring Maple Silhouette

Yellow Flowerscapes

Two similar shots taken with the Vivitar version 3 lens at different apertures.

White Blossoms

Red Shift

I shifted the Red, Green and Blue levels in Elements to get the flame like effect in this photo. Although I was hoping for more depth of field and sharpness in this shot initially, the narrower depth of field seemed to add to the luminosity of the flower which seemed to just be floating in space. I want to try again with a tripod, a small aperture, and long exposure, but in the meantime I am pleasantly surprised with this result.

sunny lens

Ex-bug

moon

Cosmo

Grape Hyacinth

Another boring spring vivitar macro photo. Ugh.

more blossoms

Well it's a bit boring, but here are some more blossoms I took today with a new vivitar lens.

blossoms

Council Crest Tree

Here is another photo from my 3/4 visit to Council Crest. You can see a Raven on the top left side of the tree.

Daf

Seed Pods version 2

This is a second version - the first, taken with larger aperture is a little less sharp for the in focus subject, which I don't like, and a has a narrower depth of field and because of this seems a little prettier. In the end it was the composition of the branch in the frame that made me pick this version with the greater depth of field.

Crocuses

Here are some "spring" crocuses that have been popping up in our yard.

Portland Sunset

I went up to Council Crest looking for the lunar eclipse yesterday but didn't see it. This was one of the photos I took instead.

Second Willow shot

Another attempt at the pussy willows. Some time I'll remember to bring the tripod, and the light will be just right after a rain and I'll get this photo right. I was a bit dissapointed about the street visible in the background at first, then I noticed this shot that has the stop sign seemingly purposely placed at the end of the branch, and I thought it was neat.