Photography and other images

the "kids"

2008-01-07T22:08:00.001-05:00

Not all mine, obviously. And not all the human variety either. But all are cute, nonetheless!

Photo Hunters - Dirty

2007-09-02T16:57:00.001-05:00

The local hooligans, err I mean kids, playing in the dirt pile they created in my backyard.

Life on the riverside

2007-09-02T16:43:00.001-05:00

Photo Hunters - Happy

2007-08-26T22:48:00.001-05:00

Photo Hunters - Two

2007-08-18T18:54:00.001-05:00

I couldn't limit myself to just one or two photos, so here are seven. The first image too many tries to get the lightning to show up on my camera (slow shutter speed).

This was the grill on a fireplace.

A photo shoot I did for my aunt last Christmas.

Taken at a museum. I LOVE this photo.

The two electric meters on my back porch.

My next door neighbor's window - two items on the windowsill.

And lastly, my daughter's two handprints from when she was ---- wait for it ---- two years old.

Birthday party!

2007-08-13T20:43:00.002-05:00

A birthday party, with kids and babies galore!! (click on images to see larger version)

Photo Hunters - Rows

2007-08-11T23:07:00.001-05:00

I couldn't just limit myself to one picture for this week's theme. The first three images are some very impressive gardens, done in rows.

This is from the apothecary at Colonial Williamsburg in VA.

And finally, some rows of trees in an orchard, on a cold winter day.

Photo Hunters - Funky

2007-08-04T19:10:00.002-05:00

I've just discovered Photo Hunters - a group of photography junkies (like me!) who have a weekly theme for photography. Here's my first attempt!

This first image is "tree art" I saw in Philadelphia, on South Street. Almost every tree had gum of all colors stuck to it.

This next is a Paint Shop Pro edit I did of a flower photograph.

And last.....notice the tree is the shape of a woman with wild hair? Now that's what I call funky!

Flowers, using PSP

2007-08-04T14:03:00.001-05:00

Bird bath

2007-06-28T13:15:00.001-05:00

South Street in Philadelphia

2007-06-28T13:04:00.000-05:00

Assateague Island

2007-06-01T17:45:00.000-05:00

This is a shipwreck on the island, that was turned into an historical site, to help preserve the wreck.

To the circus

2007-05-16T13:12:00.000-05:00

Great Falls, MD

2007-04-01T16:28:00.000-05:00

These are untouched - click for larger views. The day was very overcast when we were at Great Falls (MD side)

Interesting variation of the horse image

2007-03-19T14:22:00.000-05:00

Maybe it's just because of my job as a L&D RN, but this looked like a uterus with ovaries, cervix and vagina to me!

horse variations

2007-03-09T22:30:00.000-05:00

The follow are all variations and edits of the same image (see bottom image). The original image is of a horse and foal, and was a fireplace grill.

The first two edits are created to be background images.

Macro Images

2007-03-09T21:47:00.000-05:00

The first two images are using a soft focus edit on PSP, and are of the same hyacinth flower. Goes to show how you can alter images to make them look like different photographs. The first picture is the original color of the hyacinth, the second one was a color saturation of a different pink shade.

Close up of the flowers on a tree at a local park - no editing done to this version of this image. I have made a black and white version, using a soft focus, and can be seen under the black and white images below, in another post.

Supreme macro of an ant on a rock. This is an untouched, unedited photo as well.

Catskill Mountains

2007-02-22T23:59:00.000-05:00

Black and White

2007-02-03T16:57:00.000-05:00

Egyptian Artifacts

2007-01-25T22:42:00.000-05:00

Everything photographed was from the Egyptian Funerary and Arts sections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA. Egyptian art and history has always been an interest of mine, and I felt like I was in heaven at this part of the museum. I could have stayed for a week, just admiring and photographing the Egyptian art!

This first image is a very large, outer sarcophagus. It stood about 7-8 feet tall, and was about 3.5 to 4 feet wide at the largest point. It seemed larger than life when you were standing right in front of it. There were hieroglyphics inscribed all on the front and sides. The condition of this piece was excellent, and looked like it had very minimal damage.

This was a series of 3 sarcophaguses for the mummy (in front). You can see that each sarcophagus is gradually larger in size. The mummy was placed in the smallest (second from the front), then in the middle size (3rd from the front), and finally in the wooden sarcophagus (back).
Image painted on the side of a sarcophagus
A section from The Book of the Dead, which was buried with the mummified bodies after their death.

The picture size here doesn't do justice for the exquisite details on this funerary ornamentation.
Another sarcophagus
Statue head
Mask for over the face of a mummified body
A variety of funerary ornaments and canopic jars
A small portion of a wall
Cartouches, from a wall section
Statue

Boston Images, January 2007

2007-01-24T13:48:00.000-05:00

The city view, south side of Boston, outside the hotelThe ceiling in the Museum of Fine Arts
Some Egyptian pieces (two images)

The DeCordova Museum of Art
A very large, ever changing piece of art at the Museum of Science
Sunset
The Milky Way

Nautical

2007-01-08T19:18:00.000-05:00

Ocracoke Lighthouse - North Carolina - 5/06

Cape Hattaras Lighthouse - North Carolina - 5/06

Bodie Island Lighthouse - North Carolina - taken 5/06

Forgive the image quality on this, it was taken with my cell phone camera. This was the overflowing/flooding of the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, PA. Taken Sept 2006.

Boston Images

2007-01-08T19:10:00.000-05:00

I plan on going back and getting some more architecture images later this month.

Sculpture at the Museum of Science in Boston.

Unique architecture, seen from the streets of Boston.

I want this for next Christmas

Harvard Bookstore

Harvard

Abstract images

2007-01-06T11:45:00.000-05:00

Amazing what you can do with Paint Shop Pro.

Playing with PSP

2007-01-06T11:33:00.000-05:00

Sunset Images

2007-01-05T12:48:00.000-05:00

The original, cropped sunset image, with a variety of PSP edits I did.

Intro

2007-01-05T12:47:00.000-05:00

I've decided to post a new blog for just my photography and other images that I create with PaintShopPro. Enjoy!