From our last visit to the butterfly enclosure at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum before it closed for the season.
Spiderwebs
French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana This is a somewhat rough attempt at a B&W conversion and then some image corrections in Photoshop. I think it’s time for me to stop being bitter that I used to be competent in the darkroom, and bite the bullet and learn how to do it in the digital realm.
Malachite (Siproeta stelenes)
Santa Barbara Natural History Museum
Geo. Keller Machinery
French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana
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New Orleans, Louisiana From the same alley.
Bright Umbrellas on a Rainy Morning
From our trip to New Orleans earlier in the summer. It rained at least once every day we were there, usually in the afternoon. This was a morning shower; we found this scene in an alley across from our hotel as we were walking down the block, to get breakfast. Of course, the first photo I took looked like this: I forgot what happens to your lens when you go from very cold air conditioning to very hot, humid outside. Clearly, I’ve lived in the land of climate, rather than real weather, for a while now.
Backlit
Ages ago, Susannah tagged me for the 8 random facts meme. I’m very late to this party, and I’m sure by now she’s hardly expecting a response from me. But, I’m finally getting my head above water after a really busy summer… so here it is: 1. I can’t bear to write with a dull pencil. As a result, I have mechanical pencils and extra lead stashed all about my house and in my various computer and handbags. 2. Never in a million years did I think that I would live in Southern California (arguably Central), but here I am….
Dazzling
Santa Barbara County Fair
Girl Power
Santa Barbara County Fair
