Another Pufferbilly Days has drawn to a close. Seems like a fitting time to share the pictures that my loyal fans selected for me to enter into the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest and furthermore, if any of those pictures received any form of love. Here are my entries: Displayed –… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Results
The pictures in the folder 2009-05-29 are of assorted flowers that were in my backyard. One thing that I inherited and I’ve tried to not, at the very least, destroy is a wonderful backyard. I have a tendency to let parts of it become overgrown now and again, but I… Read More »2009-05-29
It is well-established that my favorite flower is the moonflower. This has bothered people who visit me in my home. Due to my deep affection for the moonflower I let it grow anywhere it wants. If that means it blocks off the backdoor to the porch, so be it. If… Read More »Datura
The holiday weekend did take the predictable hit on participation rates, but considering it was a holiday, I can’t complain about participation rates too much. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! Jen Ensley-Gorshe Kim Barker… Read More »WPC – WEEK 207 – TOY
More from the 2018 backlog today. These are some test photos I took when I first purchased some extension tubes. Was still trying to figure out how to use them, so these are what they are. I gotta say, I feel like I’ve put a pretty good dent in this… Read More »Macro Tests
Much to the chagrin of floraphobes like Russell Kennerly, FLOWER proved to be an exceedingly popular theme. Possible the most submissions ever for one theme in the 6 year history of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. There is even a first time submission from Elizabeth. At the Computer Mine there is… Read More »WPC – WEEK 205 – FLOWER
Here is the balance of my flower pictures from my trips to the Iowa State Fair in 2018: I have one last collection of 2018 Iowa State Fair backlog pictures coming your way.
As I continue to try and catchup with my 2018 backlog, this collection is of pictures of flowers I took at the Iowa State Fair in 2018. At is long established that one of my favorite parts of the Iowa State Fair is the Discovery Garden. That is where most… Read More »Iowa State Fair – 2018 – Flowers
There is 1 day left to vote in the polls that will determine what pictures I enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. If voting in all 6 polls at once is too much for you, you can at least cast a ballot in the last poll. Hidden Treasures of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 204 – MUSIC
There are only 3 days left to vote for what pictures I enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. If you don’t think you have the time or energy to vote in all 6 polls right now, you can vote for one of the Nature polls right now! Nature Set… Read More »2009-04-28 & 2009-05-01
It is well established that my favorite theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is BLACK & WHITE. Therefore I took several BLACK & WHITE pictures in the last week and not just the picture of Taylan that I used as my submission for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here are a… Read More »Available as Another Possibility
Now that the Boone County Fair is winding down and my collection of Boone County Fair Photography Contest entries are bagged up and safely stowed in one of the now TWO trunks that archive my past photo contest entries, I can release the results to the general public that didn’t… Read More »Boone County Fair Photography Contest Results
At the same time that I took the photos for Page 35 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT, I took the photo for Page 34. Page 34 is the reddish page of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. This is what it looks like: When I looked for a color to go with… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 34
A few weeks back I spent quite a long time reading about complementary color theories. Basically trying to figure out what colors are supposed to look good with other colors (almost in the context of framing) and my research almost made me think that really all colors go together. No… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 35
The pictures in the folder 2009-02-24/Arizona_Day_8 are from my last day in Arizona after the CMM had wrapped up. I took one last stroll around Satan’s Ashtray and then headed for the airport and back to Iowa. Back to where my new house was sitting there waiting. Waiting to be… Read More »2009-02-24 – Arizona Day 8
More from that 2018 backlog. More flower pictures from my backyard. Last year I had a resurgence of hollyhocks. I hadn’t had any for a couple years, but in 2018 they came back with a fury. In 2019 I’m going to have a few hollyhocks, but nothing like 2018. Also… Read More »Talking About Them Hocks
Hitting the 2018 backlog. Here are some pictures of flowers, all from my yard that I took on June 10. The roses are just starting to bloom now, but I didn’t have any daisies this year. Daisies seem to be an unreliable flower, but the weather has also been crazy… Read More »Misc. Flora
Happy International Workers’ Day! Also, sometimes known as May Day and one of the few holidays I haven’t heard some humbug grouse about how it is a fabricated holiday forced upon us by the greeting card cartels. On this International Workers’ Day, remember the old parable about how the world… Read More »Happy International Workers’ Day
I’ve been ignoring the 2018 backlog quite a bit lately, so I thought I better get back at it. This collection of images comes from the Discovery Garden at the Iowa State Fair. I visited the Iowa State Fair twice in 2018. The first time was to compete in the… Read More »Having New Eyes
I have been absolutely horrible about working on THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT lately. This will be the first post I’ve had since December 28, when I posted pictures of Andy’s progeny competing in the ages old activity of wraslin’. I need to put my nose to the grindstone and stop… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 122
Cleaning up some of the May 2018 backlog brings us to even more “reimaginings” of classic Photography 139 image “Blue Steel”. These pictures were taken when I was playing with extension tubes. Extension tubes are fun for the whole family. The family that loves super macro photography. And what family… Read More »Blue Steel Redux