Saturday, September 25, 2010

Old Lady in the Park


Today is Monya's birthday, so we decided to take a walk in the park. We took both of our cameras and had a contest to see who could get the best picture. I'm starting out with the one I call, "the old lady in the park" which I took in macro mode. You should take a close look at this photo. You can actually see the hairs on the old lady's legs.




Next, I'd like to show off the three turtles we found sunning themselves on the end of a log floating in Lake Washington. Many people don't believe me when I tell them there are turtles in Lake Washington. These turtles are very shy, and they will quickly duck into the water if they think you are getting too close. Notice how they were holding their heads at attention while I took their picture.




A birthday stroll in the park would not be complete without a photo of the birthday girl. We were experimenting with strobe light flash fill on a subject standing in shadow, while the full daylight scene completes the background. (Notice her brand new, pink digital camera.)




Finally, another old lady in the park. Nothing subliminal here. These White Cross Garden spiders are all over the place. One keeps hooking onto our old Volvo in the driveway, and one of these days it may not have enough power to break free. Imagine the size of a spider who will eat a whole car!

3 comments:

Great Grumpy Z. said...

How you get away with saying things the way you say them ["... old lady in the park ... "], and live to tell about it!! is beyond my comprehension!!

When will we see Monya's pictures so we can judge who won?!

Bop-op said...

Have you ever seen such a crusty, dried up, old-looking spider as this one? She really is an old lady!

Great Grumpy Z. said...

I have to admit, you got some really cool macros of spiders; I'll have to check with you how yo do it?