Wednesday, May 13, 2009

it is amazing what taking pictures will show you

















yesterday i took pictures of the duckies.......
as you can see they are in black and white, the first one is their favorite grazing tree. that tree is an old apple tree with a luxuriant crop of poison ivy growing on it

the second.............is falstaff ( he needs his claws trimmed)

he is out to graze, and is looking at jackass neighbors screaming kids......... the duckies HATE the noise, it scares them

(i hate the noise too, it always sounds like someone is getting killed next door)

there are a few other pictures ( like 130 more pictures) of various parts of the yard and the duckies.......mostly all in black and white to be used as reference for the duckie drawings


i was most concerned with the qualities of the light and shadows and the light i can tell you, was amazing


i got pictures of the driveway with shadows so interesting that i am so looking forward to working on them

and pictures of the duckie day pen and the woods with a wreath of shadowy trees around a brightly lit center
wow


and just because they are so beautiful.............i give you a nodding columbine
















1 comment:

  1. Anonymous4:12 PM

    how do you take black and white photos with a digital? Is there a setting for it? I'll have to look over my camera I guess...... haha

    Columbine are not blooming here yet. They are barely out of the ground! :)

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