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Little Wonders

This is my single good shot of this guy before he skedaddled back into his hidey-hole. Look at those mandibles! Goodness!

Here's one of several gorgeous moths pressed against our worn out little door. 

We Be Bloomin'

All pictures taken with my trusty Nikon D5000, using a 60 mm micro lens. 

A bit on the abstract side- it's disorienting, but I like it. It's actually a rather bulbous leaf.

The underside of a rather fascinating little mushroom. 

Getting Sporty Now

I think I slaughtered my camera with all the running around I did at the latest track meet. The poor thing didn't focus for me about half the time. Here, however, are the survivors. 

And, as usual, a couple of much more successful portraits to make the world go round. 

A Shot At Landscapes Again...

It's really quite sad. All my old landscapes are kind of.... off. As in, not even level. And so, I'm here to learn and hopefully learning!

Another, uncropped this time.

No Frogs Harmed....

No frogs harmed in the making of this post. I think. I hope not. It's kind of hard to tell. 

Third day of ....spring?

Annual springtime power outage.

Here Comes the Sun

For some goodness forsaken reason, my Nikon loathes yellow. It's most unfortunate. :)

God Bless Ye Merry Scones

Model; Bob's Red Mill chocolate/walnut scones. Isn't she lovely? ;)

Malawian Women are Beautiful

Old stock; Panosonic

2011 Summer Montage

A small portion of the Seattle gum wall. (Pike place market)

Model; Faith

Self explanatory. 

A self portrait 

The lone remains of a seal carcass I found myself standing on. 

Replay, Rewind

I really should be posting new stuff. I really, really should. This is about improoooovement for me, not old stuff! But.... still.... so... tired....

Taken on Malawi soil!

I love this one, I really do. My immediate family hates it, and instantly squashes my fruitless dreams of pasting it all over our newsletters, hallways, and desktop backgrounds. He looks sad though, doesn't he? His eyes tell a story, which is the best thing a photographer can do, I think. There's a lot of emotion and beauty there, and  I think every good photo should stir at least one emotion.

Backyard Plunder

Rhubarb (?)

Found this little guy and two others in the backyard, conveniently placed directly in Mom's path. After several seconds of horrified squawking, I decided to investigate. 

One of three resident ratter siblings, Halfsies.

Natural Greens

I'll be the first to admit that plants are fun to take pictures of, but I usually choose my subjects from the garden. So I went on the wild side today. (Taken with a micro-lense on a D5000 Nikon body)

Of Ages Past

Two of the best of my pictures taken in cemeteries.

Portraits of a Different Color

Just experimenting! Trying to find what the style that strikes my fancy.

Black & White (Panasonic)

Sepia (Panasonic)

Saturated (Panasonic)

Malawi Portraits

Taken either in Mstlitsa or Chirumbo with the panosonic. (Villages in Malawi.) Or maybe both? :)

Birds of a feather

Taken back at the Roseburg wild animal park in Oregon about a year ago, accompanied by my elderly grandmother and endearing, supportive overworked Mom. <3