Continuing...
It’s those pod things again!
And here they are in silhouette.
A carpet of flowers.
Branching out. (How does she do that?)
Captured in a ball.
Flower nest.
Another ball rolling your way.
Always vigilant.
Another way to deal with putting a portion of an image (left) next to its entire self (right). Not too bad, eh?
I do like grass.
Well, we were here for that big rock.
Places to go, things to see...
Nebraska-Dakota 2014 Part 3
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Re: Nebraska-Dakota 2014 Part 3
Didn’t send pictures last week because Mac was out of commission. It spent three days in the Apple hospital.
It would be nice if I knew that person on the trail, but I don’t.
Just grass, with an artsy filter.
I didn’t want to lose any detail in this 3:2 picture, so I just added more sky at the top and bumped it “taller” to 4:3.
Funky frame.
This is a small section of the original picture. There were more of these flowers, but they were scattered and undisciplined.
I guess these are flowers. Can you grow toilet-bowl brushes?
There may be some added sky here, too. Or maybe I cropped the sides. I lose track.
Not sure what these things are.
I didn’t know flowers wore earrings. I have a pair just like these.
There was too much busy-ness in this picture, so I selected everything but the part in the foreground that looks in focus and applied a box blur (whatever that is).
Used a copy of the tallest stalk to fashion a frame.
When you have a portrait-oriented image and you want to show it in landscape form… Oh, look! Daisies hiding.
Now go back up your computer!
It would be nice if I knew that person on the trail, but I don’t.
Just grass, with an artsy filter.
I didn’t want to lose any detail in this 3:2 picture, so I just added more sky at the top and bumped it “taller” to 4:3.
Funky frame.
This is a small section of the original picture. There were more of these flowers, but they were scattered and undisciplined.
I guess these are flowers. Can you grow toilet-bowl brushes?
There may be some added sky here, too. Or maybe I cropped the sides. I lose track.
Not sure what these things are.
I didn’t know flowers wore earrings. I have a pair just like these.
There was too much busy-ness in this picture, so I selected everything but the part in the foreground that looks in focus and applied a box blur (whatever that is).
Used a copy of the tallest stalk to fashion a frame.
When you have a portrait-oriented image and you want to show it in landscape form… Oh, look! Daisies hiding.
Now go back up your computer!
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Re: Nebraska-Dakota 2014 Part 3
Path to butte, and…we’re there!
Reminds me of that really old song, “Silver Threads Among the Gold."
I think I need to go back to the future.
You can almost see hieroglyphics on the side of this thing. But don’t tell anyone.
Life on the road a while back.
Tiny flowers ganging up to make a bold statement.
These are probably not cherry tomatoes, but they sure look like it.
I wanted to show the parking lot made available for would-be trekkers. After cropping, framing and doing the typical stuff with
this picture, I noticed the handicapped parking sign on the ground next to our car. Seriously? “Hey, you’ve got two fewer steps
in your two-mile hike!"
We’re in the car now, and I’m snapping shots from the window as we fly by. I see a tunnel opening near the middle.
By the way, we’ve been tromping around Scott’s Bluff all day. Nice sign.
We needed to eat dinner, and this was the only place we could find.
Would you believe it was the best Mexican food I have ever had? Wonderful, wonderful place.
End of pictures for the day. What happens tomorrow?
Reminds me of that really old song, “Silver Threads Among the Gold."
I think I need to go back to the future.
You can almost see hieroglyphics on the side of this thing. But don’t tell anyone.
Life on the road a while back.
Tiny flowers ganging up to make a bold statement.
These are probably not cherry tomatoes, but they sure look like it.
I wanted to show the parking lot made available for would-be trekkers. After cropping, framing and doing the typical stuff with
this picture, I noticed the handicapped parking sign on the ground next to our car. Seriously? “Hey, you’ve got two fewer steps
in your two-mile hike!"
We’re in the car now, and I’m snapping shots from the window as we fly by. I see a tunnel opening near the middle.
By the way, we’ve been tromping around Scott’s Bluff all day. Nice sign.
We needed to eat dinner, and this was the only place we could find.
Would you believe it was the best Mexican food I have ever had? Wonderful, wonderful place.
End of pictures for the day. What happens tomorrow?
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Re: Nebraska-Dakota 2014 Part 3
It is a new day, 8/18/14, and we are visiting fossil beds. No collecting permitted.
Sunflowers and buttes.
Dancing flowers.
Visitor center.
I guess that’s where we are.
Just what you’d expect in a fossil museum.
Ditto.
Um, I made the frame, just in case you were wondering.
These drawings were on a stretched animal skin, but I like the close-up better. More folksy.
Beadwork is a given.
More flowers and buttes.
Reminds me of what my husband has to fight every spring at our house.
Sunflowers and buttes.
Dancing flowers.
Visitor center.
I guess that’s where we are.
Just what you’d expect in a fossil museum.
Ditto.
Um, I made the frame, just in case you were wondering.
These drawings were on a stretched animal skin, but I like the close-up better. More folksy.
Beadwork is a given.
More flowers and buttes.
Reminds me of what my husband has to fight every spring at our house.
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Re: Nebraska-Dakota 2014 Part 3
Now which one is the visitor center?
Flowers and grass with a little Monet touch.
Sunflowers and blue skies simply go together. Notice the ladybug.
So if you want to know what kind of grass...
Busy bee.
Portrait-oriented picture with a small section of it filling the left side.
Field of dreams.
Purple everywhere.
Sometimes walking the plank is a good thing.
Butterflies and flowers go together, too. It’s a mutually beneficial thing.
It must be true of sunflowers and ladybugs, as well.
Was there a fierce wind, or did I hold my camera funny?
Flowers and grass with a little Monet touch.
Sunflowers and blue skies simply go together. Notice the ladybug.
So if you want to know what kind of grass...
Busy bee.
Portrait-oriented picture with a small section of it filling the left side.
Field of dreams.
Purple everywhere.
Sometimes walking the plank is a good thing.
Butterflies and flowers go together, too. It’s a mutually beneficial thing.
It must be true of sunflowers and ladybugs, as well.
Was there a fierce wind, or did I hold my camera funny?
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Re: Nebraska-Dakota 2014 Part 3
Must be a convention.
Shy sister.
Spreading like wildflowers.
“We’re here, too!"
Pretty as flowers.
Doing his thing.
Artsy whatevers.
Simple stalks.
Yeah, well, grass.
Spiritual goldenrod.
Could I get a picture of that, too?
Of course!
Shy sister.
Spreading like wildflowers.
“We’re here, too!"
Pretty as flowers.
Doing his thing.
Artsy whatevers.
Simple stalks.
Yeah, well, grass.
Spiritual goldenrod.
Could I get a picture of that, too?
Of course!
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Re: Nebraska-Dakota 2014 Part 3
We be sunflowers and a bee.
Nice fencepost decoration.
Portrait-oriented picture in two places.
Picture the dance.
Here or there.
Like a jewel box.
Portrait-oriented picture, copied, flipped and pasted next to itself.
Unexpected colors.
Happy flowers.
I guess these fall into the flower category.
Mutual admiration.
It’s all in your mind.
Nice fencepost decoration.
Portrait-oriented picture in two places.
Picture the dance.
Here or there.
Like a jewel box.
Portrait-oriented picture, copied, flipped and pasted next to itself.
Unexpected colors.
Happy flowers.
I guess these fall into the flower category.
Mutual admiration.
It’s all in your mind.
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- Joined: Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:16 pm
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Re: Nebraska-Dakota 2014 Part 3
I named this one “Happy and Humble” because that’s how it appears.
This one is holding its ground, kind of like prairie dogs might do.
Star flower bud.
Asters are so pretty.
The scattered flowers were kind of interesting, but I like them better with the weird Photoshop filter.
The poor thing is overwhelmed.
What you see is sometimes not what you get.
I guess this is what we were there to see. I like flowers better.
Some of us have to struggle for survival.
Hm. Which way to go? The arrow suggests walking to the left. I don’t remember what we did.
What in the world is that black layer? It makes for a good, natural graphic.
Fossil roots. Ooooh.
This one is holding its ground, kind of like prairie dogs might do.
Star flower bud.
Asters are so pretty.
The scattered flowers were kind of interesting, but I like them better with the weird Photoshop filter.
The poor thing is overwhelmed.
What you see is sometimes not what you get.
I guess this is what we were there to see. I like flowers better.
Some of us have to struggle for survival.
Hm. Which way to go? The arrow suggests walking to the left. I don’t remember what we did.
What in the world is that black layer? It makes for a good, natural graphic.
Fossil roots. Ooooh.