Wordless Wednesday

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(For those of you new to reading blogs, Answers.com states: “On Wednesdays all over the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it on their blog. Hence the ‘wordless’ title. The idea is that the photo itself says so much that it doesn’t need any description.”)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Gone But Not Forgotten

This past June, I was very disturbed by the lack of honey bees in my garden (We Need the Bees). While bumblebees were present throughout the summer, and at least some honey bees from mid July on, I don’t think I ever saw a bee of any kind in the bee balm, a plant known for attracting bees. While I grieve that the world’s bee population has decreased so significantly, and hope we can do what it takes to bring them back, my heart lifted when I saw this visitor in the bee balm one day. This bird, or others like it, returned almost every day. While the hummingbird is gone now, I have not forgotten it, and look forward to the possibility of its return next summer! At that time, I hope I am also blessed with the sight of seeing honey bees drinking nectar from the bee balm.

hummingbird in bee balm

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Photography 101: Edges

My front yard slopes in a way that rain water runs towards the house. To solve that problem I have been making raised garden beds which even out the land. The street also slopes downhill so in some places the new wall may be eight bricks high and in other places two. Brick by brick, and bucket after bucket I have built the wall and filled the new garden beds with Cedar Groves compost. I’ve completed about two thirds of the project.

I decided photos of my wall would work well for the edges assignment. I used the straighten option of PicMonkey to make sure the lines were positioned correctly. It is nice to have learned how to use a new photography tool.

Written for Photography 101: Edges

Assignment- Today is all about straight edges and tweaking your image to ensure your lines are perfectly positioned.

Photography 101: Treasure

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Photography 101: Catching Up!

I’m behind in my Photography 101 assignments so decided to address all three of them in one post! These photos were taken today at Jefferson Park in Seattle.

#1 Fleeting Moment

It was suggested that our fleeting moment photo capture something with movement. Just as I was about to give up, I noticed that the wind was whipping this grass around!

#2 Swarm

If it was a week from now, I would be in India photographing the swarm of cars, taxis, bicycles, buses and people. Since that wasn’t possible, I decided that this section of the park could be an nontraditional depiction of the word “swarm!”

#3 Landscape

I knew what shot I wanted for this assignment! This is the view of downtown Seattle from Jefferson Park. If you look closely, you can see the Space Needle.

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Photography 101: Moment

Photography 101: Swarm

Photography 101: Landscape

Photography 101: Play With Light

Our assignment for the weekend was to:

Study light throughout the day. Select one single location or object to which you’ll return to see how the light changes — and how it affects this particular shot. Snap test shots during each session, so you can compare the results.

Photography 101: An Early Morning Mystery

The morning began like any other. I decided to take a walk in the empty lot behind my house. That land has no houses, but is the location of many mysteries! What would happen today?