Little Girl and Her Catch

   I just had to post another photo of this little girl.   She is always so much fun to photograph!

Wordless Wednesday – LegoMan

Taking a Break - Playing Ball

Old Farm Windmill - Before/After

This is a photo of my Uncle John's windmill on his farm.  I remember climbing to the top of this windmill when.I was just a kid!  I recently visited them and was able to take a few pictures around the farm.

After:

Before:

Adjusted Saturation to around 50%
Adjusted Hue's to add warmth
ShadowHouse's Ruffed Up 10" - Multiply - 50%
Pareerica's Scratched Caramel Overlay Mode - 90%
Terry's Texture 3 - Multiply - 62% Opacity
Terry's Texture 3 - Darken Mode - 100% Opacity twice
and GhostBones' texture "Lost" - Overlay Mode - 57% Opacity

Wordless Wednesday - Johnathan and His Donut

      If you've been following my photoblog for any length of time, you'll know that I've never posted anything for "Wordless Wednesday." The reason I never have is that those who do, never actually leave the post wordless and so the whole thing seems pointless. Anyway, I've decided to give "Wordless Wednesday" a shot - and it looks like I too have already blown it! Oh Well!

                                         

Quote of the Day:

       The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.
  - Willie Tyler

Fix-it-Friday #59 - Out-of-Bounds

      This past week's photo for "Fix-it-Friday" was a great photo but I decided to go with a little bit of a different twist on it. I think it turned out all right, and I had a lot of fun with it.



My "Out-of-Bounds" edit:

And here is the original:

      Besides the obvious rotation, crop and Out-of-Bounds effect; I also ran CoffeeShop's "Perfect Portrait" action and Pioneer Woman's "Lovely" action in PSE7.











Go to the "i heart faces" to see more edits on this photo!

Antique Cars - Can You Identify Them?

I've been collecting a few photos I've taken of old/antique cars.  Unfortunately I can't name the make, year, and model of all these cars - can you?



(1. Saw this car in Southern California.

(2. This one was in a 4th of July Parade in Lattimore, NC.

(3. Antique car in Papillion, NE.

(4. Great old truck in Custer, SD

(5. This great little Car in Lincoln, NE. Roll over the photo for a hint.

(6. Neat old car at the NC welcome center on I-40

Would love to see your comments about the identity of any of these cars!

I Heart Babies!

This week at "i ♥ faces" the theme is "Babies." I've always liked this early photo of our son and so I thought I'd post it this week.

Be sure to check out all the other great photos of Babies at the "i heart faces" website!

Devil's Tower - Wyoming

      After visiting Mt. Rushmore, we headed on through Wyoming.  Just West of Sundance, WY we were able to visit Devil's Tower, a massive volcanic rock rising 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche river.   Devil's Tower was proclaimed the first National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.  It really is quite impressive!

It was also interesting to pass a large Prairie-Dog settlement on the way up to the tower.

And, one last look back!

From here, we dropped down and thoroughly enjoyed our drive through Colorado!

Driving Further West - Mt Rushmore - PhotoStory

   After our visit to Carhenge in Alliance, NE, we headed on up to South Dakota and the amazing Black Hills.  We were able to visit Mt. Rushmore and were amazed by both the size of this landmark and the effort it took to etch these faces into the granite mountain.

   As you first enter the park, there is this long walkway between the flags of all the States of the Union.

Then you come out to a full view of the majestic Monument.

   I also applied some textures to the above photo and really loved the effect. See it here.

As you leave, make sure you take one more look as you drive around the mountain and you'll get to see the profile of Washington's face!

   From here we headed on to Wyoming and Devil's Tower!

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