There was a face painter near the spot I chose today to watch “The Tour Downunder” cycle race and I thought it was a good fit for this week’s theme.
I think the choice of character is a reflection on how the person perceives themselves or maybe a reflection on what or who they’d like to be.
To me a Swan epitomises serenity.
When I saw this week’s topic I soon realized I needed a photo of a Swan so I went to a Wetlands I visited over a year ago. At the time there was a Swan sitting on eggs so I expected to see some young ones but despite walking all around the lake I had no luck. I hope the breeding wasn’t unsuccessful because of the Swan’s diet. When I was there today three different groups of people brought complete loaves of white bread to feed the birds. I love to see people out enjoying our environment and appreciating the wildlife but wish they understood the implications of filling animals up on food that has no nutritional value.
Maybe the other Swans have gone to a healthier place.
I’ve been worrying about what to do with a box of old photos and negatives that came from my dad. There are far too many to have commercially transposed and I’d have to go through them anyway since some are totally useless. I tried scanning them but started off disappointed then sank into despair at what I was managing to produce. Yesterday I decided to have a go at taking photos of the negatives and after finding a couple of lovely photos I’d never seen before I’m now hooked. I’m not sure I’ll get through all those in the box but I’ve done about 75 and at this stage I’m keen to continue. I realize others will have much more effective and successful setups but maybe there is someone out there looking for a simple way to deal with handed down negatives.
Here’s what I did.
I did have a few problems. After a few good shots my point and shoot camera kept picking up reflections so I had to abandon that in favour of my old SLR. Our window looks out over lots of trees and most times the camera wouldn’t focus on the negative but picked out the trees. I don’t have much faith in my ability to get the best focus manually. Occasionally I could find what I thought was good focus then switch to Auto and the camera would fine tune it but often it just kept searching back and forth so I had to manually focus.
Too many excellent photos already posted so here’s mine, a different take. The little guy shadowed his dad and sister about the supermarket with his own little trolley.
I was at a market today and saw something completely new to me, weird and wonderful creatures made using wire and twine. So clever.
snaphappi 