19 Jun 2008
Grand Canyon Gallery
Visit our Gallery of Grand Canyon photos at the link below:
http://www.joyousimages.com/blog/?page_id=154
14 May 2008
Slide Rock
This is a photo I took in Slide Rock State Park in Arizona. I didn’t quite get why they named this slide rock. However, if you touch the rocks, you would see that they are very smooth in texture. Not your everyday rock! And the color of the rocks are so pretty. [...]
14 May 2008
Orange Shell
I was walking along the beach and spotted this pretty shell. Of course, I had to get my camera out for a photo. I used my 50mm micro lens, so I could get in close - I wanted to capture the lines throughout the shell. I really enjoy using my 50mm micro [...]
02 May 2008
Cactus in Silhouette
This was one of the last photos I took during my hike. I thought the sky was so pretty in the background behind the lone cactus.
02 May 2008
Golden Cactus
I took a long hot hike in the late afternoon at Fort McDowell State Park in Arizona to get this photo as we dodged two snakes. Who says there aren’t snakes out here?? I think the golden brush and the mountains in the background with the cactus make this photo very nice to [...]
26 Feb 2008
Viewing Pleasure
Spring is just around the corner or is that wishful thinking on my part? When taking this picture, I used the wooden chair as my rule of thirds. As you can see, there are different depths starting with the bush & flag on the left, chair on the right, dogwood tree on the right [...]
25 Feb 2008
Trees in the Fishbowl
Interesting effect, huh? Using my fisheye lense, the trees on the left and right that normally stand straight have a slight bend to them making it look like parenthesis. If you take a close look, you’ll see that the inside trees in the photo are straight. The fisheye lense only effects the [...]
25 Feb 2008
White Magnolia
This beautiful flower blooms right outside in my backyard. As you can see from the photo, the leaves look almost plastic. I didn’t need to do much to this photo but a bit of cropping on the left side. I had an f-stop of 8 and focal length of 38. I [...]
