Glenda’s Photos

Altered Photos

Wednesday August 26, 2009 by artylicious

It’s been a long time since I did any photography other than shooting products and cards for work. I have been playing though with altering my photos and here’s a couple I’m really pleased with.

clematis copy

fountains1 copy

I’m really pleased with them and will be doing more of this.

Glenda

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Californian Sea Lion

Friday January 23, 2009 by artylicious

sea-lion

Oh look at those puppy dog eyes, aahhhhh!

We went on a whale watching trip yesterday and saw these sea lions crowded onto a navigation buoy. They were quite happy to pose for the camera, but don’t worry, the boat wasn’t close enough to worry them, I had a long lens on the camera.

I have so much respect for wildlife photographers. The brown pelicans fly just above the water and they were flying faster than the boat so trying to capture them was a case of positioning the camera just ahead of them then pressing the shutter as they come into frame. I can’t tell you how many out of focus wing tip shots I have. Thank goodness for digital cameras!

Whale watching can be a boring business – staring out to sea, looking for the tell tale sign of something that looks like a plume of smoke from the blow hole, or the glimpse of a back.

Then you’re up close and personal with the largest mammal on the planet and it’s all worthwhile.

We found a feeding fin back whale, second largest whale – only the blue whale is bigger. His fin doesn’t look too good, I’m not sure if it’s damaged or if it’s supposed to look like that.