Sky High

Blue Sky, originally uploaded by Cam.

This week's "Photo Friday"

Summer Fun: Splash!

Splash!, originally uploaded by Cam.

This week's entry for the Photo Friday Challenge, Summer Fun. Taken May, 2010, Washington Square Park, NYC.

BLOOM!

Rose, originally uploaded by Cam.

This week's Photo Friday challenge is "Bloom". Since I like to shoot flowers, the most difficult part of this challenge was deciding what photograph to use. I shot this at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, May 21, 2010.

This was my second choice, also shot on the same day:

Rose II, originally uploaded by Cam.

Here's a link to several others.

Enjoy the holiday weekend!

Photo Friday: Motionless

Safe Harbor, originally uploaded by Cam.

This week's submission for Photo Friday. Taken at Isle of Capri, Florida, January, 2010

Fromage! (Photo Friday Assignment: Arranged)

Fromagerie.  Paris, May, 2009. 

Photo Friday:  Assignment "Arranged"

Family: Mother & Child (Photo Friday)

Mother & Child, at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Brooklyn NY.  May 21, 2010

This week's Photo Friday Challenge: Family.

Coast: After a Storm (Photo Friday)

This week's Photo Friday Challenge is "Coast".  I shot the following on the Gulf Coast, following a storm in January, 2010.   Amazing what creatures from another world the tide can toss ashore. 

 

Photo Friday: Blurred.

This week's Photo Friday's topic is Blurred.  I like the blurred branches in the foreground and the blurred reflection in the water.   I like even more that it is no longer snowy & cold! 

Taken Feb 6, 2010 with a Canon EOS Rebel XSi, @ Waycross Conference Center, Morgantown, IN

Shooting Mode:  Auto

Tv(Shutter Speed):  1/500

Av(Aperture Value):  8.0

Exposure Compensation:  0

ISO Speed:  200

Focal Length:  250.00 mm

White Balance Mode:  Auto

Pleasure in unexpected things

Friday, my day started with a 6:45 phone call with a coworker in the UK, and I was rushed to get to the office by 9. But, just before I left, when I opened the drapes, I saw the most incredible patterns on the balcony. There had been just enough moisture to collect and then freeze as the temperatures hovered around freezing. Work be damned; I grabbed my camera and clicked away before the delicate lace-like crystal patterns evaporated. The drab, dirty tar of the balcony may not have been the most beautiful background, but the beauty was in nature's design.

I had to rush to get to the office before a 9:30 meeting, but it was worth the pleasure of snapping a few pictures to capture one of those fleeting, marvelous, moments that are too often missed in the chaos of every day life.

It's difficult to remember to look at the world around us with an alert eye. Too often I miss it all; but I try to be aware of the unexpected moments and not miss to many of them. It makes me smile when that happens.

I especially liked the shadows from the railings, in this shot.

I like the designs in the ice here.

I like the way the light reflects in this one.

This is the first time that I've participated in Photo Friday, a weekly challenge. This week's theme: Pleasure. Timely topic, given that I took these before I checked out this week's topic.