susansav

There were several crazy squiggle light pictures I got during landing at

the end of my recent trip. I liked this one the best.

Michael and Theodore, thank you so much!

Michael - yes, it is haze and I see that now. Nice correction.

Theodore - well, I hoped for deer shots that day and these guys helped me out. I had a bunch of failed tries too - you must be familiar with that.

Again, thanks for the nice comments!

Susan

The deer and the tall grasses at VF made me sick several years ago.

Now that I am better, I am again drawn to take pictures of them.

I had the flash on accidentally when I took this, but liked the resulting

balance of flash and skylight. I've tried cropping in various ways, but

ended up leaving as is. I rejected it at first because of the tree growing

out of the first canon, but maybe it is okay? Thoughts?

These young men were filming there in the park near where I was taking

pictures. I liked the way they were silhouetted against the upward road.

Last weekend I went later, nearer to sunset. But the light wasn't shining on the bridge, giving it that alure that I saw in this picture, although I got a new self-portrait on the bridge. I decided to try again yesterday, this time, taking care that the ISO setting is the lowest on this compact camera. I think that helped a bit. I tried a variety of spots. I like this one maybe the best as it is inside the shady area and doesn't include the "thing". There's another vertical one with more mottled grass, but although it is better overall, it doesn't have that come here appeal of the original. Several shots had horrible glare. Anyways, I will probably keep trying until it is right.

I was intrigued by the different textures juxtaposed in a nice geometry. I

hope I captured that.

I've been trying to capture these little soldier statues over several visits

to the chapel. Having the lights on at the alter area made this possibility

a lot better. Thanks for you thoughts...

Through the chapel arches at Valley Forge.

Perhaps I should have been slightly to the left, but what do you think?

Is it okay?

Very graceful. I particularly like the long leaf wrapped around the tulip stem, kind of against the perfect arrangement and yet working right along with it.

regards...

Mike, I see contrast and crop, but how did you get rid of the "thing"?

I mean, I wanted to do that, even started cloning, but it looked really strange.

Your's looks great.

thanks, Susan

any thoughts on this? I decided to try to find abstracts in my kitchen

and this blue and clear candle holder seemed like a good candidate.

anyone have a comment?

This is from the side of Washington's Chapel at Valley Forge National Park.

To be honest, this was an unintentional part of a larger picture. Isn't that the

way it often happens?