Week 44- Shot With A Phone

     I am definitely not a cellphone photographer. As a matter of fact I believe my cellphone is very temperamental. Sometimes it takes really nice photos and other times.....thankfully the trash can is right there. For this week's 52 frame challenge the requirement was to shoot with a phone. Shoot I did, to make it tad more interesting for myself I decided to shoot RAW and play with the settings, rather than having the phone...

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From Bird Feed to Blooming Flower

 All summer long I filled the bird feeder with all sorts of mixes that included sunflower seeds.Between the blue jays and the squirrels, the first thing to be eaten were the sunflower seeds. In early October I saw a little, but tall plant growing close to the feeder pole. At first I thought it was some sort of weed. Since it looked pretty cool, I let it grow, obviously it was another opportunity to photograph a plant using my macro...

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Caged Witch

 Not going gung ho on this site until I figure out all the buttons and such. Hence for today I am posting a photo of a witch I saw at the market. For some reason she was placed under a table somewhat obscure and out of the way. With all the plants surrounding her she looked caged in. I guess the store owner is not keen on selling her, being she was hidden. But I found her quite sweet looking and not at all witc...

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Venmo Available?

 This is the second post on Blogger for me. Using older posts from Photoblog to experiment with this site. This particular photo was taken in Chicago, while walking around and capturing various sights. It was of particular interest to me for two reasons. The first reason being how well the area had been decorated by the homeless person residing in this particular spot. The second reason being the sign, "cash/app venmo availabl...

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Week 43- Walls/ Arches

" If you think of a wall as just a meaningless background, think again". That was the entry comment to this week's challenge theme. But it wasn't too inspiring, therefor I chose to complete the extra credit which was "arches".Repeated PatternsGradient Mapping with the help of PhotoshopGradient Mapping with the help of PhotoshopMirrored with the help of Smartphone EditorArched Window FramesGlares and Reflecti...

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