We had a nice time skiing at Stratton Mountain in Vermont. Today it was about 40 degrees warmer than it was on Monday, and it was about 34° today. I snapped this picture with my daughter’s Canon PowerShot Elph, and believe me, when you are up there on the mountain, you just snap and look to see what you’ve got much later.
Today’s Thursday Challenge is COLD. Next Week: RED (Fruit, Vegetables, Flowers, Clothing, Hair, Makeup, Wine, Toys,…)
Unlike the original story of the Pied Piper of Hamlin, in which many children may have died of the plague, the Pied Piper of Highland Park is the story of a girl who likes to put on a show. And her mother who likes to play with Photoshop.
Her mother took all the background out of the original photo, except for a little on the right, after converting to sepia. Except for the red ribbon and the girl’s face.
A Photoshop brush of a star helped create a vibrant background. No rats were involved in this Highland Park project. And no children died of the plague. Thank goodness!
For more photos with sepia:
It’s fun to photograph magic markers. There is even a red one in there, so I can use this for Ruby Tuesday.
For more photos with a little or a lot of red:
I took several shots of these Teaneck railroad tracks while waiting for my middle son, who had spent the morning visiting the high school he will attend next year. My older son just told me trains really do travel on those tracks. Oh.
For more photos straight out of the camera:
I love photographing rudbeckia (black-eyed susans); they are like sculptures in the winter snow. To achieve the see-through border, I added a 9px stroke to the Photoshop layer that had the sepia effect. Since the layer had an opacity lower than 100%, the border is also transparent. The default stroke effect is a bright red color; using the eye-dropper tool, I selected a color from within the photograph for the border.
For more sepia scenes:
This is a lovely blue jay I photographed about one week before the storm. And this is the post I wrote last week about a calf, a swallow and the winds, but I never hit publish until Monday morning, right before going out to shovel.
Here are rose hips during the early hours of the storm on Sunday afternoon.
Our street during the snowstorm
Our street the next morning – lots to shovel
My neighbor’s tree
Piles of snow one day later
I’m so grateful I live in a tiny little borough that plows its streets. Yay to everyone in Borough Hall or the Department of Public Works who ensures that this happens!
For more Nature Notes:
JPiX is the Jewish Photo Bloggers’ Blog Carnival.
First, the babies, photos and babies by Imabima (2 on the left) and by Mottel (on the right):
Three by Batya:
Zot Chanukah by Cosmic X; Dovid’s Moon by Ruti Mizrachi (with babies on the post!)
All on the blog of G6:
Ilana-Davita visited Antwerp; Hannah found a giant squash, and her daughter “did” a duck.
Can you spell bougainvillea without using spell-check?
Past JPiX carnivals: Robin – Fall 2010 • Toby – Summer 2010 • Leora – Spring 2010 • Pesky – Winter 2010 • Leora – Fall 2009 • Batya – Summer 2009 • Leora – Spring 2009 • Ilana-Davita – Winter 2009 • Rafi – January 2009 • Mother in Israel (Hannah) – December 2008
Next one will be hosting by Ilana-Davita… sometime in the late spring. Use this form on the blog carnival site to submit your post. Thank you, Ilana-Davita!
Snuck into my daughter’s room and took some shots.
The theme for Thursday Challenge is TOYS (Dolls, Games, Stuffed Animals, Athletic Equipment, Construction Toys, Art Supplies,…).
Chanukah is over, but I still have photos to share. My husband’s chanukiah has a spot for the shamash, the candle helper that lights the oil wicks underneath. It was nice that the chanukiah was built with a place for a candle, but did the designer have to put the candle directly above the oil cups so every year it bends over like this? It would have made more sense to put the candle holder on the side, although it would take away from the chanukiah’s “classic” look.
Thank you to everyone who has thus far submitted to JPiX, the Jewish Photo Blogger’s Carnival. Here is the submission form (you have until Thursday to submit). Next edition will appear this coming Sunday on this blog.