In the Sand of Darkness

EXIF. ISO: 400, Exposure: 1/800 sec, Aperture: 4, Focal Length: 220mm, Flash Used: No.

It is a sad day after a previous light of hope. Read More!

Yellow Silence

EXIF. ISO: 200, Exposure: 1/200 sec, Aperture: 10, Focal Length: 21mm, Flash Used: No.

“Silence is not always golden; sometimes it is yellow.”
~Anonymous

“The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.”
~Randall Jarrell

Here you have, Barb! A colorful shot for you! Hope this shot fits feng shui aesthetics... According to my (quick) research it should work:
The wood pictures can be placed in the East or South East to maintain the energies associated with Fortunate Blessings, Health, Family and Community, Wealth and Prosperity. Read More!

Waiting for the colors to come back

EXIF. ISO: 100, Exposure: 1/320 sec, Aperture: 5.6, Focal Length: 50mm, Flash Used: No.

“In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.”
~ Marc Chagall

“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Take that fence down

I think this is the right shot to upload today... yep, I need to take some fences down.

“Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.”
~R. Frost

“I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence.”
~L. Chabert Read More!

Thank you

This shot is dedicated to Jessica Dodds, thanks for honoring me with your blog award!!!
Also I want to say thank you to my followers (300+) and commenters, your feedback is my reason to keep sharing my photographic passion.

EXIF. ISO: 200, Exposure: 1/400 sec, Aperture: 2.8, Focal Length: 100mm, Flash Used: No.

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Happy Valentine's Day

EXIF. ISO: 400, Exposure: 1/250 sec, Aperture: 4, Focal Length: 80mm, Flash Used: No.

“You don’t marry someone you can live with – you marry the person who you cannot live without.”
~Anonymous

“Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.”
~Victor Hugo Read More!

Bad Weather

Sometimes there is such bad weather that it feels like it will never stop... I know, eventually it stops.

“Weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society -- things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed.”
~ E. B. White Read More!

The harvest

EXIF. ISO: 200, Exposure: 1/200 sec, Aperture: 8, Focal Length: 20mm, Flash Used: No.

“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.”
~David Bly

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
~Robert Louis Stevenson Read More!

Redhead in Green

EXIF. ISO: 400, Exposure: 1/125 sec, Aperture: 4, Focal Length: 50mm, Flash Used: No.

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
~Confucius

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
~Tolstoy Read More!

Getting ready for that famous first step?

EXIF. ISO: 100, Exposure: 1/250 sec, Aperture: 3.2, Focal Length: 100mm, Flash Used: No.

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