A Prickly Fellow !!!!

I have a kind of affection for all the critters that I photograph around the world.  In my continuing editing of images taken in the past, I came across this fellow and an image I took in Alaska some years ago.  I like this image a lot.  After watching for about 5 minutes the red berries were all gone, and he moved on.

Live well and prosper.

Dennis

The Way I Look At Things

I have always had an affirmation that I try to remember and live by, and that is: "when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change"!  I apply this not only to new things that I may see, but also things I have seen in the past.  These things are usually represented by the thousands of images I have on my computer.  In my spare time, I revisit these "things", and reprocess them by changing the light, trying new filters, applying new procedures that I have learned.  Such is the case with the rose above.  As I looked at it the other day, it was a photo of a rose.  Nothing special, just a rose!  Today I viewed in a different light and feel that it gives it more character and interest, at least to me.

Maybe if we could see things and people in a "different light", the world would be a better and more interesting place.

"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may just be the world"

Live well and prosper

Dennis

More Places I Have Been

I always loved the deep red/orange color of the walls in the Forbidden City in Beijing China.  However each time I took an image the sky was less than thrilling for me.  Today while reviewing some of my China images, I decided to give more impact to some of my China shots by adding a more dramatic sky.  The above image has become one of my favourites after the change in sky.

Live well and prosper

Dennis

Places I Have Been

Today was a day off work and I decided to revisit some of my old images from the far flung places of the world.  Today I choose Turkey and specifically Cappadocia which is in central Turkey.  I hope you enjoy this image of a village which is build to the top of the rock.

Live well and prosper.

Dennis

A Small Creek in Iceland

I am not sure what attracted me to this image today but here it is hopefully for your enjoyment.  This is a small stream in Iceland and I spent a couple of hours here one day just observing and "feeling" the area.  As I came upon this image today it definitely took me back to Iceland.

Live well and prosper.

Dennis

Views of Winters Past

While we bask in +11C temperatures here in January, I came across some images that I took in the winter of 2008.  I must say I prefer my winter in past images rather than having to endure heavy snowfalls today.

"To create is to live, to live is to love, to love is to be, and to be is to create".

Live well and prosper.

Dennis

One of our Hawaiian Friends

This is one of 2 red crested cardinals that frequent our home in Kauai.  My grandson thinks they are his friends and wonder why they are around so often.  I suggest to him because we continually feed them bread crumbs.  It seemed that wherever we went on the island we would see 2 cardinals together.  My grandson thought they were always the same ones following him.  Who am I to say he is not correct?

"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may just be the world".

Live well and prosper.

Dennis