Spiders and Butterflies

Lunchtime. The older kids were returning with Mommy from watching eagles, hawks, and owls at the middle-school. Kobe walked in excited and hungry, and the other two followed in his heels smiling big. There was something on their cheeks. It was a small piece of art, a spider for Kian and a butterfly for Karis. They were very proud of their little souvenirs.

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I shot "Match Point" in front of a dripping faucet with a 300mm telephoto lens to get separation between the match and the water. I only had a second to get the shot before the flame devoured the wood. Turned out pretty good, I especially like the warm/cool contrast...

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Here is "Zip Mouth Angel" - inspired by the Rolling Stone song by the same title.

Snoopy Goes Green

Snoopy gets caught red-handed trying his artistic expressions, this time on himself. He immediately tried to eat the evidence before we could take the pictures - but we were too fast for him!

Snoopy - a Regular Jackson Pollock...

I heard some noise coming from the kitchen, and walked to see what was the matter. What met my eye was an absolute masterpiece! Smeared on the floor and fridge were large spots of neon-yellow finger paint. A daughter, a son and a golden retriever were all sitting on the floor admiring the ambiance oozing on the vinyl. I knew that my middle-children would never do anything as exquisite as this, so I sent them off to bed. Occasionally I have heard of monkeys and even elephants doing this sort of thing - painting contemporary non-representational expressionistic post-modern pieces of enjoyment, but never a common pet dog. He must have figured out just where to find the paint, open the tube, skillfully placing globs of it on the improvised canvas - then handing the yellow tube to my daughter, and a brown Crayola to my son - because after all the dog still is too modest to take the credit for himself. I was so proud I sent him outside to play in the snow, while I cleaned up the mess...

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In this blizzard it is nice to long for times of more color - Summer.
This is "Gone with the Wind."

Picture of the Week

"Golden Reach" is a photograph that was taken last Summer and submitted to an online photo contest. It did not get many brave reviews, but the colors and the shallow depth of field makes it stand out. Just a small reminder that spring is on its way...