Mother Duck and Her Baby Ducks

We took a little walk this morning and saw this mother duck and her baby's in the pond... I am glad I had my camera. ..I will be going back... (Click to enlarge)

She spotted me and headed for the water:

Here mother and baby's are across the pond.

Reflections of life

A wonderful week in Yosemite

I have been to Yosemite many times in the past.  I always like going to see it in the spring time.. This time of the year the waterfalls are flowing and the trees starting to get their new growth.. Here are a few photographs I took when Yvonne and I went to Yosemite a week ago:  (Click to Enlarge)

We got to the valley around 9:00am and the water was very still so there are some great reflections of Yosemite falls in the water.

We stopped at the bridge that Ansel Adams made famous, with his views of Half dome. In the following photograph I added some texture to the clouds and made the face of half dome more prevalent in photoshop...

When I see Half Dome, it always reminds me of a photograph I took in 1972, from the same spot, with an old Practica 35mm film camera, in the winter time..I dug it out of my files so you can see how awesome Half Dome can be in the winter. 

A couple of days later we went back to yosemite and took some more photographs.. We walked up to Bridalveil falls..It was really wet because the wind was blowing...didn't stay very long..took this photo with my Iphone..

Then I took the view from the street,  with my Iphone:

This photo of Yosemite falls was taken with my Panasonic Lumix G3 with an olympus lens...Then I did some painterly effects with Topaz plug ins and Adobe photoshop cs4.

Then some views of the valley along the Merced river:

Next year I want to stay in the valley..Its fun

I love a ride in the country in the springtime

Yvonne and I took a ride in the country.. Here are some of the photographs. I love mustard greens when they are in full bloom.

( Click photographs to enlarge)

 A Morgan Hill barn with mustard green in the background.

Then on to Hollister to take photographs of a Eucalyptus grove.

Then we took a ride on Santa Ana Valley road and got some nice photographs:

The sky above the horses was white so I used Photoshop to add some sky texture.. I love the painterly effect..

Camera club trip to the redwoods

The Villages Camera Club had a fun day going to the Redwoods in Felton, Calif.  Here are three of the photographs I took that day.

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Fog can be interesting

The other day when I walked out of my RV I saw thick fog around the trees... Here are a few renditions of one photograph:

First the original photograph: (click to enlarge)

Then I worked on it in photoshop and got this photograph:

Finally by playing with hue and saturation I make a different color rendition:

Its fun to try to come up with diffent ideas.

Be sure and look over the fence

The other day I was walking along and just happened to look over
the fense that borders the Villages with its neighbors..Here is some of what I saw over the fence: (click to enlarge)

I really enjoy the nostalgic look of the buildings..I made it look a little painterly with Nik and Topaz photoshop plugin's. A fun project.

Spring colors on the Golf Course

During the Spring I like to take a walk and  photograph the Blossoms on the trees..especially the pink ones..(click to enlarge)

There are many walks around the "Villages" with nice spring colors...

Here is a walk  by a few wild Geese on the lawn: