Usually I like to process my flower macro shots in color, but every once-in-awhile I switch to black and white processing. Actually, for this photo I did the processing first in color and then converted to black and white using Silver Efex Pro. I like the Nik software plug-ins for Aperture and do most of my "artsy" processing with these programs.
This was photographed at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in Cape Town, South Africa (Oct 14, 2010).
In South Africa the common name of this plant is Arum Lily, whereas it is known as a Calla Lily in most of North America. I've come to think of it as Arum Lily, which is a more accurate description of the plant because it belongs to the Arum family.
It grows with great exuberance along the roadsides in South Africa wherever there is a bit of moisture in the ground. It always brings a smile to my face and fond memories to mind when I see this plant in bloom.
One of the sights I most enjoy seeing at Cape Agulhas is the old lighthouse that presides over the place. I don't know if it is still functioning, but I would assume it is based on how good the lamp appears.
Another landscape from the southernmost point of South Africa and the African continent. I enjoy processing digital images in black and white when the scenery offers some dramatic lighting or elements.
I use Silver Efex Pro for my black and white conversions. In this image I chose an ISO 50 film equivalent, adjusted the filters, and did some dodge and burn.
One could almost imagine a mountain range if there weren't some size scale indicators in the image.
I'm back to processing images from my South Africa trip (Sept-Oct 2010). This is from Oct 13, 2010 at the southern tip of Africa. I always enjoy visiting this place. The coastline is so rugged and chock full of interesting rocks and seascapes.
Another butterfly from the Florida Museum of Natural History exhibit, "Butterfly Rainforest." I was using my Canon 24-105 f4.0/L lens on this particular day. It's good walkabout lens, but I would have rather had my 70-200 mm or 100 mm macro.
I was contacted this week by NSF (National Science Foundation) with a request to provide some photos for a press release on a program they have recently funded on collections digitization (not my grant, unfortunately). I sent a few "people in action" images, and then asked if they'd like some butterfly exhibit ones as well. They did want those, too, so I revisited my unprocessed photo files. It's back to butterflies for the next several days since I've just realized I processed only a few of those pictures.
This is one of the prettiest spots on the OSU campus - especially in mid-spring. I took this photo April 29, 2011. It seems as if this was the one day of spring we had this season. It's not been a particularly nice spring weather-wise. Oh well, we have a long hot and muggy summer to look forward to . . .
Most of the time when one is doing bird photography, the whole bird is the object of the exercise. I took this photo at Greenlawn cemetery, and I was more intrigued by the combination of colors, which included the bright red of the cardinal.
This is a view of part of the Civil War cemetery at Greenlawn. There are three members of the Rain family buried side-by-side near the top of the rise (headstones are white-washed). Today is Monday, and it's raining (actually thunderstorming). The prediction is for another week of steady rain, and I'm really, really wishing it would let up so that we could have a bit of real spring before the hot, humid summer arrives. Sigh.
I always love to see the dogwoods in bloom in early May. This photo was taken at Greenlawn Cemetery the first weekend of May. I was using my 100-400 mm F4.0/5.6 L lens on my Canon 7D. I'm always amazed when a flower picture goes so brilliantly with that lens.
Another bird seen at Magee Marsh on May 8, 2011. I love the song of this species. It's mnemonic is, "Pleased, pleased, pleased to meet you!" I've always thought that was very neighborly.
An Obair is my solo album, featuring my bandmates in Aisling, the music of O'Carolan, Irish dance tunes, some original compositions, and some nice vocals. The Pilgrim's Road is Aisling's latest CD with some great arrangements of Irish tunes, original compositions, and songs.
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