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Showing posts with label capturing beauty. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Scavenger Hunt Sunday 11.20.11

Time once again for Ashley Sisk's Scavenger Hunt Sunday.  The items we hunted for this week are: Mainly one color, Around the home, Reflection, Writing, and Water.  And here are my interpretations ...

{mainly one color}
mainly-one-color
Our town had its Spirit of Christmas parade yesterday instead of the day after Thanksgiving like it always has been.  I still don't know why it was changed, but I was glad it was yesterday because the weather was great.  None of that has anything to do with this photo, except that this woman, who is dressed in mainly one color, was in the parade.  Their float won Best of Show, I believe.

{around the home}
around-the-home
I saw these guys lined up on a window sill one afternoon while the kids were at school.  So before I put them away where they belong, we had a little photo shoot.  :)
Photography love...


{reflection}
reflection
Another photo from yesterday's parade.  In Liza's glasses you can see my reflection and the buildings behind me.  Liza is the daughter of my good friend, Laura, who has also become my parade buddy the last few parades.  She and Keira enjoyed each other's company yesterday.  While I love Liza's sunglasses, it is a shame you can't see how stunning her blue eyes are.
Ordinary Inspirations


{writing}
writing
Yet another from yesterday's parade.  :)  While this is probably more drawing than writing, Alex enjoyed playing with the sidewalk chalk that Laura brought along to entertain the kids until the parade started.  Thanks, Laura!

 
{water}
water
Another water drop from my time outside in the rain on Wednesday.  You can see more here if you'd like.


If you'd like to play along next week, the items to hunt for are:

  1. Waiting
  2. Foliage (Kamana's suggestion)
  3. Candid (Kamana's suggestion)
  4. Knife, Fork or Spoon (Kamana's suggestion)
  5. Rules of Thirds (Mikayla's suggestion)

Hope you have a great week!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

In November

Doug and I will celebrate 15 years of marriage.

And our niece's second birthday.

We will exercise our right and privilege to vote in next week's election.

And celebrate Thanksgiving with our family,


realizing just how truly blessed we are.

We will honor Veterans.


Watch a parade or two.

And learn about helping others 

through the school's community food drive.

We will pack shoe boxes for kids all over the world

so they can have a blessed Christmas.

And so they can learn about how much Jesus loves them.

I love the month of November.


This is how the first of November started here in Pennsylvania ...
November 1 foggy morning
Photo of the day - November 1 - ISO 200, f/9, 1/160s, 18-55mm lens on Nikon D40 
(added a layer of light purple to add to the mystery - mouse over to see original version before the purple layer was added)
Woke up to a very foggy morning ... outside as well as in my head as this cold has gotten the better of me.  
This tree is in my neighbor's yard.  I absolutely love it.  But since I can't have it, I will at least photograph it.  :)



Live, Love, TRAVEL    Scattered Horizons     



The above photo was selected as one of the Top 3 for Tones on Tuesday and one of the Top 5 in Shoot. Edit. Submit.!
Scattered Horizons     




But the fog lifted and the sun shone brightly all day ...


 and we ended the day like this ...
November 1 sunset
And being out in the fresh air for a while this evening taking photos seems to have helped me feel better also.

Hope you had a great first of November!

Monday, October 17, 2011

I think I have a problem ...

I have a confession to make.

My name is Kimberly Vensel and I'm addicted to sunbursts.

Whew!  It felt good to get that off my chest.  :)

Seriously though ... ever since I figured out how to get a decent sunburst photo, I can't stop trying to get more!

Here's the first one I did back in July ...
Skies the limit3 edited
I was so excited to finally get a good one where the sun didn't look like a big blob.  :)

And here are some of the ones I've gotten since ...
Sunburst collage
Collage template found here.


October 4



These were all taken over the past few months.  The big leaf photo was taken just last week.


And here are a few that were taken over the past few days.
Autumn splendor


October sunburst
Rainbow!  :)


More October sunburst
I loved how the light was filtering through the trees onto these dying ferns.


Leaf sunburst
Photo of the Day - October 17 - ISO 400, f/22, 1/100s, 18-105mm lens on Nikon D40
The last three were actually taken this morning while Alex and I were walking on the bike trail.


I realize that not all of them are "perfect", but they still make me happy. And I can't help myself.  


Do you think I need professional help?  I'm not sure they have a name for what I have.  :)

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