Love the glass, hate the background

Ah, summer. Nothing like a lovely glass of wine on a balmy summer afternoon. I loved the color of this particular white, and wanted to try and capture it. I'm pretty happy with the wine. My choice of background is somewhat lacking, however.

Duh.

Next time, maybe I'll think to have the lawn in the background instead of the gate!

Social statement I can get behind

Yeah, more from my recent Florida trip. Expect to see more posts with photos from that trip, because I shot about 1050 images while I was there. You've been warned!

I had the great pleasure of visiting Disney's Animal Kingdom Park one day during this trip. Disney did a wonderful job with props and scenes in this park, in my opinion. There is great attention to detail and it almost looks as if you have stepped into a village in some far-away land.

While waiting for our safari ride to begin, my eye caught this painted verse on the wall.

I love the contrast in this image - the distressed look of the letters, especially. And I can certainly agree with the statement as well.

Just a few from the weekend

I really have not had much opportunity to shoot in the last couple of weeks. It seems that Mother Nature believes my town requires rain at least six days a week these days. I wish that was a joke. It's rained every day for the last week and I think it's in the forcast for the next year and half.

Ahem.

Anyway, I did get some light and a small window of time without a downpour and had a visitor in the front garden. Let me tell you, these little guys move fast. Amazingly fast for their big, round bodies. This guy was a bit heavy for these delicate flowers, so I had to act fast. Each time he stopped to grab what he wanted from a blossom, the blossom just about caved under him. I used a high ISO to stop as much motion as possible. I'm pleased with the result!



I wasn't kidding about the rain, see? I was able to catch a few drops on our Japanese Maple tree. I love how the light reflects on the leaves here.

I promise if I ever see the sun again, I'll be posting more.

Random photos from a recent trip.

I traveled to Florida (see Ocala horses post) recently and took oh.....1053 photos. Ahem. Not kidding. I was getting nervous that I would run out of space on my card and was pricing out a spare. Luckily, I made it home with a few to spare.

Share some you say? Oh, just twist my arm, whydontcha.

This is part of the atrium at the Marriott World Center Resort. I love the lines in this one, as well as the way the sunlight is casting shadows.





What is a trip to Florida without a stop at something Disney related? We enjoyed dinner at Downtown Disney a few nights. They offer a hot air balloon ride to see the sights. I wanted to capture the reflection of the balloon on the water.


We visited Disney's Animal Kingdom one morning and I captured this while waiting for the train to Conservation Station. Disney does an amazing job of creating a sense of an exotic atmosphere at this park and I really enjoyed shooting some of the details. I love how this image came together.

I'm still going through a ton of photos and I'll be sharing more soon! In the meantime, check out my Flickr link to the right!

The painted horses of Ocala, Florida

On a recent trip, we were introduced to these works of art in Ocala, Florida's Historic Town Square.

There are five horses in the square, each painted by a different artist. This project was apparently started back in 2001 and many horses can be found around town. I was fortunate to have time to capture these.

This is one of my favorites: