Compassionate Mother

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Sophisticated

This sums up Sebastian to a tee.

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Swirly

Very colorful piece that people pass on the way to the bathroom

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Hi Ho Silver Away......

A comic of the Lone Ranger and Tonto on a wall in the Park.

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Porcelain Skinned Beauty

I took this in a studio atmosphere with my nikon d90. Used a reduced clarity in lightroom on the whole photo to give it that soft focus effect.

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Scouting a Fishing Spot

Caught my husband unaware while he was checking out the river.

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Sneak Shot

Sometimes this is the only way to take a photo without that cheesy grin.

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The Positions We get in to...

to get that one of a kind shot.

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Setting Flamingos

I caught these flamingos while they sat on their mud nests. By using lightroom, I was able to make all the adjustments that removed all the surrounding colors.

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Camouflaged???

This poor peacock thought it was hidden in that batch of lily foliage.

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Prickly Situation

This is a shot of a young Hedge Apple tree trunk. Not something I would want to get tangled up in, each of those thorns is at least 2 inches long.

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Window in a window

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Morning Shave Reflections

I sure hope this is on topic as I did capture part of the subject reflected as well as the mirror reflecting a mirror.

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Forgotten.....

Sandstone home that I ran across while out on a photo safari when I was shooting with film. This was a home that had been occupied by people that ran an old cheese factory down the hill from them, also forgotten. I scanned in the photo (it was shot in bw) I bumped up the temperature and tint in Ligh...

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Up a Tree

This is a bloom on my Mimosa tree. Love when this blooms, bunches of little pink bottle brushes.

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Dew on the Lily

First thing in the morning is such a wonderful time for floral shots. On this morning, my day lilies were really putting on their best colors.

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A Rose by Any Other Name

I thought this one almost looked porcelain when I took the photo. Has the appearance of being airbrushed.

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I'll huff and I'll puff...

and blow your barn down.....

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Abandoned Homestead

Updated to bw. My other settings didn't turn out quite like I wanted them.

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Elephant in my Garden

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Water Suspended in Time

Fountain in a small town Zoo and park.

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Intent to Kill

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Gotta Light??

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Lead a child to water...

and let them drink. I know this is a different type of fountain than what is pictured as an example but I couldn't resist posting this cute pic. Hopefully this "water fountain" will be enough on topic to stay.

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