Winter

Collision

Winter in Michigan

more 1 a.m. photography

yeah so it was the morning before a tournament... but too flawless outside to resist taking pictures. ;)

wintry

i'm backkk... finals week (which was more like finals month...) finally finished, so i had time to take some pictures today. :)

Mom took my sister and me to Copperas pond. it's surrounded by the Adirondack mountains and absolutely gorgeous.

the pond was completely frozen, so we ventured across.

it was snowing the whole time, so i put the camera settings on fast-action capture to catch the snowflakes. i like the almost antique feeling that it gives to the pictures.

we had to walk a mile back to our car along the road, but the road runs alongside a beautiful stream and the mountains, so it was worth it. :)

macro

i LOVE using the macro setting [macro: an image is depicted in the same scale as the subject, focused sharply on that subject. The subject matter is usually very diminutive object and is meant to make that object appear larger than life. www.theuntappedsource.com].

i really like how it brings the forefront of the picture into focus while making the background appear only in vague colors and shapes. i've been wondering where i'm going to get new pictures since it's so gray and uncolorful outside... but i decided to just go wander the woods behind my house. it's amazing how gorgeous it actually is outside, even in winter. the macro setting really helps to bring that out. because all of the leaves are gone, the detail of these tiny flowers comes out really well when contrasted with the stark brown and white background. anyway... if you made it through all of that... here are my pictures from this afternoon- in macro. :)

these flowers are maybe 1/4 inch across in real life. i love the little puffs next to the flowers.

the red thing is my glove hanging on a branch. i liked the color it added to the picture... but my hand got reaaally cold.

these are all of the same flower but i loved the detail.

"The color of springtime is in the flowers,
the color of winter is in the imagination."
~Ward Elliot Hour

seasons

happy 2010! since it's the start of a new year, here are four pictures representing the four seasons. [actually i just wanted to post some pictures and this was the only theme i could think of.] ;)

spring

summer

fall

winter