Frosty Ivy

Mushrooms

At Elk Island Park, Alberta.

I should have a more Christmasy post....

but this is all I've got today. Pretty colours....

Frosty Day

Cold weather is great for pictures. This is on the way to Old Fort where I took the deer pictures. Hopefully I'll get some good city winter pictures this week in Edmonton!

Winter Leaves

I discovered that in cold weather, breathing on your lens makes a quick soft focus filter. I was really wishing for snowshoes or cross-country ski while hiking through a foot of fresh snow at Beaton Park to take pictures. It was kind of cool though; the only tracks in the snow were animal tracks, and it was a beautiful day.

For Mom

Bolts

Rust is pretty.

Raindrops

An oldie, but one of my favourites. From Grandma's backyard.

Sage

Corey's Guitar

Some more motion blur because I love it so much.

Study: Bedroom on a Summer Afternoon #1

An "Amy" photo

Corey saw this and said "That's an Amy photo". I don't really intend to always shoot dead stuff, or garbage, or rusted, rotten things. It just ends up that way.

I shot this flower when it was fresh as well, but I ended up liking this one better. I like the subtlety of the tones and patterns of the veins in the petals.

I'm now officially a Mac person (instead of a wannabe with a Mac sticker on my PC). I'm amazed every time it just WORKS. I got Lightroom, and this is my first experimentation with it (this photo makes use of the clarity and vibrance adjustments). Although I'm missing the way IMatch lets you categorize your photos in a hierarchical structure pleasing to any neurotic organizer rather than a cloud of keywords, I am loving Lightroom's editing features. Looks like I won't even have to touch Photoshop for most of my editing.