Sometimes...

Sometimes...


You just need to






Stop - everything


And just.....breathe...

Ive got the blues

Ok....now dont go falling out of your chairs...you arent imagining things...I am actually posting something besides rusty broken chains and abandoned houses!! Every once in a while I like to get out and enjoy fresh air instead broken down sheds with moldy old couches in them!

I recently purchased a lovely little filter that - as you can see - makes the sky a more vivid blue than most normal camera lenses achieve. I cant believe I waited so long to get one of these...its going to save me HOURS of editing this summer by giving me bright blue skies instead of washed out ones - that always lead to color adjusting and manipulating each photo by hand! I think this is going to turn out to be one of my best investments so far!

Anyway - the first set of photos I took on Saturday morning out at Larabee Park off of Chuckanut Drive in Bellingham and was just amazed at how blue the sky turned out in the photos - usually its a white washed out mess...and now its almost TOO blue!

I wandered around the various places that can be found down there at the park and ended my explore here - where these two were sitting and sharing probably the best spot in town for sipping morning tea! What a beautiful view.

Then Sunday evening, I wanted to see how it would do with a sunset situation and I wasnt disappointed there either. This is by far my favorite shot:

These next few I did actually use a second filter in Adobe Lightroom to pull out only the blues in the shot and they turned out looking like something out of a sci-fi movie or perhaps just a really bright moonlit night -

I was so focused on the seagulls in this shot - that I didnt notice the "Horizon Line" in the background until I got home to play around with the pictures. :)

And so there we have some nature shots for a change....dont worry - I found another house I want to sneak into soon...rust will be back to my blog in no time ;) But until then, I hope you enjoyed these. :)

Thanks for visiting!

Cat Tales...er Tails

Ive always loved these things - and when I was little I always insisted that they looked more like Corndogs on a Stick than a cat tail - but I suppose once they start going all fluffy on us - its more comforting to think of them as a cute little animal tail than a corndog on a stick thats been left out on the counter too long...eh?



I never tire of walking through places like this - it's always just a nice peaceful feeling sitting on the edge of a stream - watching the little fluffy bits break free and float away, or watching the cat tails dancing in the slight breeze while the ducks scream at me for daring show up without bread crumbs to fling at their heads...

I dont know...I still think it looks more like a moldy corndog - but its pretty none-the-less ;)