PHOTO PHUN

Have I mentioned I love my Kodak digital camera?


Oh. I have?



Of course, I love to capture beautiful scenic views ....

.....and pretty flowers in my garden.

But one of the most fun things is to get strange, abstract, or just plain weird pictures….sometimes on purpose…more often by sheer accident.

Here’s some examples with some explanations…if there should be one.

I have absolutely no clue how this happened.  All I know, is I took it during our recent drive up Mt. Lemmon and I snapped it out the window of our moving vehicle.  There is something about it that I really like...so...I kept it. I think the unexplainable (by me anyway) blackness on either side makes it very dramatic and really pops the chartreuse of the tree.

Here's another one I got as we were driving along. 

I couldn't have planned this to turn out any better, I don't think.

 On that same trip, I tried this....I shot almost directly into the sun on  a very windy, dusty day....I assume that might be a real no-no, but I like this one, too.

The sky offers infinite possibilites for very interesting shots.

It would have been fun if there had been a few birds sitting on those wires...but you can't have everything.

But check this out!

I was simply taking a picture of a pretty cloud....and look what I found when I uploaded it!

Look close...do you see him?  Is it Abraham Lincoln...or, OMG!  Is it?  Could it be?

I know exactly what happened with this next one.

I was adjusting something on my camera and accidentally took this picture of my shadow on the flagstone walk.

Call me weird, but I find this headless shadow very interesting.

I bet this one will surprise you.  After my recent kitchen cleaning spree, I had removed the cover of my under- the -sink flourescent light.  I didn't put it back on.  The next morning, at dark-thirty,  when I walked into the kitchen, I was blown away by what I saw and grabbed my camera PRONTO!

Actually, that

is this.....

but taken in a completely different light situation. Oh, and in the first picture, I had temporarily placed a vintage cheese grater in the window.  That's the bigger 'chunk' of light on the left.  The whole thing looks pretty much like a night time cityscape, don't you think?

Another really cool 'lights' picture I posted on my carwash story.

This one I took through the drenched windshield.  I so love this!

And another one I took while stuck in the carwash was this one.

SPLISH-SPLASH!

I take lots of ordinary pictures, too.

Like this one.

There were actually, at least six gold finches in this fountain at the same time on this particular morning.  And it was really cold!  How do they stand it?

I like rocks.  And I like to take real close up  pictures of them sometimes.

Can you find any faces in this one?

Arizona rocks are so colorful!

I always keep my eyes peeled for those Arizona Chamber of Commerce skies.

Like this recent sunrise.

and this recent sunset.

I love this shot of the moon.  I have learned that getting a decent picture of the moon ain't so easy with my little point 'n' shoot....but I just keep trying anyway!

On one of my De Grazia Gallery visits, I snapped this picture of shadows on the wall

made by this

Next time you're taking pictures, take some chances.  Get closer than you usually do.  Forget about where the sun should be.  Look up.  Look down. Look all around. Look for the unexpected.  And enjoy those surprises!

I remain extrememly GRATEFUL for my digital camera.