31 Mar 2008

Lilac

This flower was taken with my new Nikon AF-S 60mm f/2.8G ED lens.  Do you see how my subject is clear but the background is blurred?  The AF-S 60mm f/2.8G ED is a compact, versatile Micro-NIKKOR lens which is ideal for close-up, copy work and general photography. An Internal Focusing (IF) design allows faster, smoother [...]

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31 Mar 2008

Cowboy Barn

 My husband and I were out driving looking for unique structures for me to photograph with my recently purchased Nikon D300 SLR camera and to test out my new Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S VR II DXI lens. This lens is an all round 11.1x zoom lens, ideal for professionals to use for countless [...]

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31 Mar 2008

LaJolla Beach

 What a beautiful place! This is LaJolla Beach in sunny California. It is absolutely breathtaking.  I didn’t want to leave.

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31 Mar 2008

Unique Barn

Here is a barn I took about 15 miles from my home. I was playing in photoshop and decided to turn this barn into something different….almost looks like a negative, huh?

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31 Mar 2008

Mission 2

This is another photo taken while in San Antonio. I used the trees as a frame for the unique building in the background. Once up close, I was able to see more of the buildings detail.  I never realized how interesting taking photos of architecture was until I took a photography class to [...]

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18 Mar 2008

The Alamo

This photo was taken in San Antonio, Texas at the Alamo. I used Photoshop to crop the sides of this photo and turned it to black and white to give it a more dramatic look. The Alamo (San Antonio de Valero Mission) is a former mission and fortress compound, now a museum, in [...]

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18 Mar 2008

Talking to Me

I took this photo at the San Diego Zoo and thought this little guy was posing for the camera. But when I got home and uploaded it on my Mac, I noticed how sad he looked. He had droopy eyes, droopy whiskers and a frown on his face. He looks [...]

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18 Mar 2008

Mysterious

Here is a very interesting sunset with the clouds in the sky making an abstract. To me, it almost looks like a tornado….what do you think?

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