Fern Leaves

Pine Hill, NJ

Bill and I each have our themes. Mine are images of shells and seaweed that I've photographed over the years. Bill's are fern leaves. In going over our inventory of slides, I've noticed how many of his slides have fern leaves in them. He just finished work on this images and simply calls it "Fern Leaves".

Mussel shell and Seaweed

Atlantic City, NJ

Seaweed washed on shore and a mussel shell old and weathered nearby.

Reflections

Philadelphia, PA

Bill went off to the city alone. I can't remember why. It had rained earlier in the morning and after it had stopped Bill caught these reflections in the puddle.

The Iridescence of Light

We just got back from lunch and I took another look at "The Iridescence of Light" and tried something new. Here are the two new versions of the picture.

NO. 2

NO. 3

I like No. 3 best. It has a more luminescent quality to it.

The Iridescence of Light

Atlantic City, NJ

As always we walked the beach at Atlantic City, NJ, taking photos of beach scenes including this string of seaweed. At home I took my photo and scanned it with our slide scanner a Hewlett Packard PhotoSmart scanner. With Ulead I began to change the contrast and brighten it. On a whim I inverted the picture and then changed one of the colors to red. Back at the brightness and contrast setting I darkened it more until the seaweed became an iridescence of light.

Farm Cow

Lancaster, PA

We always walked around the streets in Lancaster County. We'd leave the car parked at the motel and wander down the highway. Bill loves to walk and because of that he was able to capture this cow in the field near a farm.

Barn and Silo

Lancaster, PA

Some more Pennsylvania barns.

The Velvet Flute Player

Pine Hill, NJ

This was the bark of one of our oak trees until I turned it into "The Velvet Flute Player". The green and black colors remind of velvet.

Life and Boat

Atlantic city, NJ

Atlantic City is full of life. There is the beach, shopping and gambling. Baseball, shows and more shopping. Did I mention the beach? Oh! And food. Gourmet and boardwalk food. Bicycling and swimming. Fishing and boating. A little something for everyone.

Tiger Swallowtail

Dramesi Park

Gloucester Township, NJ

One of my favorite photographic spots is the Leonard Dramesi Sr. Memorial Park on Hider Lane in Gloucester Township, NJ. This photo was taken one day when we stopped to see what birds we might find there. I ad my 300mm lens plus a 1.4x teleconverter with me. I once read that you can get decent closeups of flowers using a 300mm lens. This photo has been cropped and the swallowtail still looks pretty good.

Great Blue Heron at Hopkins Pond

Haddonfield, NJ

The bustling village of Haddonfield, NJ is home to Hopkins Pond a wonderful place to watch birds a quick walk across the Hopkins Lane and you come out to one of Camden County Parks, Maria Greenwald Memorial Park formerly known as Pennypacker Park. Bill had quietly snuck up on this great blue heron as he waited for lunch to float by.