Let's not forget that some time ago I created and posted a treatise using my photos to exhibit examples of the use of frames to improve photo presentation. It is on the group pages, which is an index of educational photographic articles located just below the images of the members and group tags on the right side of the group home page.
Framing - A Treatise On How A Frame Can Improve A Photo
What's in the Exhibition building? The top photo is well composed with good angles, balance with the tree and leading lines. Thats a pretty nice fountain in the second pic, and you do seem to be heading into something ominous in the last photo.
This photo was taken last evening just before a rainstorm in St. Pete Beach. It reminds me of the Charley Brown character, Pig-Pen with the dark cloud over his head all the time.
Yes, that is me and the rain came down about 10 minutes after the photo was taken.
Oh sure, we have sharks and gators but we have the huge but gentle Manatee. In fact three times when I was in the ocean this past week manatees swam right next to me, less than 5 feet away. Awesome creatures and gentle as lambs.
A lot of sting rays and different types of jellyfish including the ''box jellyfish'' whose sting is very painful.
I saw the story about the fellow being killed by a roo. I read that they though that he was keeping it was a pet. If so that is a very stupid thing to do and I believe that it is illegal.
Wow, it couldn't have been all that far away, even with some zoom. That's great!
The closest I've ever been to one is seven or eight feet, but it was nighttime. It was just last winter and I'd taken the dog out to pee. I'd walked out in the yard a bit to look at the moon and it ran right by me. Polly (the pooch) wasn't that far away, but didn't even notice it. Not exactly a foxhound, heh.
Actually, Pat has a point. Because as I came upon the picture my eyes started at the center looking at a solid mass and then my focus widened until I finally saw the head and the feet followed after that! Really nice.
Thanks much, Dig. I was sitting in my office upstairs at home when it landed on the balcony railing. After a couple of minutes it jumped over to a tree a few feet away. I was able to grab my cell phone and take some photos.
The butterflies don't care about modesty. Different code of ethics and no religious association to confess too. She is a big 'girl' handling her business! Now. . . which is the "GI" in that frame?
As a youth JBB supposedly stood for "Junior Bug Boy" because I was an insect collector and amateur entomologist. My insect collection won first at the State Fair, most years. I had one serious competitor.
I raised "mammoth" Polyphemus, Luna and Cecropia moths as a 4-H project. Once they had emerged from their pupas they would mate, lay eggs and then die within a few days. I often saw them doing it.
Our backyard was on the Monarch's migration path so for a few days early spring and fall the fruit and nut trees in our backyard were completely covered by what seemed like millions of butterflies. Today they are few and far between even with people now helping them.
Between the species eradication programs and the proliferation of herbicides and insecticides used wildlife of all kinds are decimated.
Our backyard was on the Monarch's migration path so for a few days early spring and fall the fruit and nut trees in our backyard were completely covered by what seemed like millions of butterflies. Today they are few and far between even with people now helping them.
In our complex, many people have planted plants (milkweed) to help the Monarchs and it has been a bit of a success. This year we had a number of Monarch caterpillars and then the Monarchs themselves. I posted some photos of them over the past few months.
Between the species eradication programs and the proliferation of herbicides and insecticides used wildlife of all kinds are decimated.
Sadly this is so true, and the introduction of invasive species.
People are so short sighted. When I was a boy the Cattleman's Association sponsored a "Coyote Eradication Program". A bounty was paid for each coyote the ranchers killed based on the number of dead coyotes they displayed on their fence posts. The stink was horrendous as the gruesome displays became bigger.
The result? A huge explosion of the jackrabbit populations.
So, their logical solution was to eradicate jackrabbits, too...
I have a good friend who has been planting milkweed and dill for migratory butterflies. His nextdoor neighbor, who has an irrational fear of bugs, "retaliates" by overusing pesticides...
We were warned that Monarch butterflies are headed to our arid climate in California. And, I could have sworn I (finally) saw a solitary figure on Friday out and about. Because of you guys I knew what to look for in its coloration. Alas! It was gone before I could get a picture! On 'watch-list' now!
Is it really called "sweet" ginger? It looks sweet and beautiful! Nature is a blast! I wonder how plants feel about being stuck to grow 'up' but not able to leave there one spot: To show off!
Finally! The heaven above California is angry to the touch and using a ZEKE filter and clarity editing tools I am able to CAPTURE the perfect look . We are getting some rain- y'all!
Of course, and thankfully, our sky is not so blazen red! It's a filtering technique.
We have showers off and on all day; rain is Showing Up and Showing Out! I have expectations of more 'streaming' down through Monday and maybe even early Tuesday. Maybe I can save some rain for you in a basin?
Just sportin' with ya!
BTW, it a filter effect ("ZEKE") that makes the clouds reddish and "inflamed". They were 'low' and dark actually in reality. It's our first rain in 'early' season, so I want to have some fun with the image/s as they come in. You should too!
Now, with this onslaught I can remember why clouds are considered 'majestic'! Can you see its 'throne-room' in the center of the frame? A lonely lightpost missing its sunny day! Don't worry. . . stormy Monday is happily coming!
First things First
Check the Article at thie link below.
Remember, when you put a work of art in a frame, that's where it lives, so, make it COMPLIMENTARY not COMPETITIVE.
Let's not forget that some time ago I created and posted a treatise using my photos to exhibit examples of the use of frames to improve photo presentation. It is on the group pages, which is an index of educational photographic articles located just below the images of the members and group tags on the right side of the group home page.
Framing - A Treatise On How A Frame Can Improve A Photo
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Those are beautiful photos, Mac.
Gorgeous fall colors, especially in the last one.
All your ducks in a row. Well, there is that strange one at the end.
Photo by Red.
The Ugly Duckling?
"Outnumbered"? Just kidding!
Sunset over the Gulf of Mexico. St. Pete Beach, FL.
Isn't it time you got bored with one beautiful sunrise and sunset after another and another and another...?
Nope, not getting bored and I'm good for another couple of thousand sunsets.
No we certainly get the best of both worlds..sunrises and sunsets..
Some people just have to learn to suffer in the lesser parts of the world...
But since we're into birds today....
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A quack quack here, a quack quack there, a quack quack everywhere.
I thought it was "A quack quack here, a quack quack there, here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack quack".
It is but I got tired of typing quack.
LOL
Morning..I thought more along the lines a roasting dish here, a roasting dish there, everywhere a roasting dish...but I could be wrong..🍗
Many consumers of Peking Duck here make them an endangered species in China.
Royal exhibition building Melbourne..
Riders of the storm...on my way home...
What's in the Exhibition building? The top photo is well composed with good angles, balance with the tree and leading lines. Thats a pretty nice fountain in the second pic, and you do seem to be heading into something ominous in the last photo.
Evening Buzz..all fluke I can tell you.. get the mobile out and click..
It's basically a massive display building for exhibitions for anything you can think of..
A huge flower show is held there every year along the lines of the Chelsea flower show..car shows, art shows, school exams, Uni graduations etc...
It is around the corner from St Vincent's Hospital and had an hour to kill so thought why not..
Lovely gardens and fountains...nice place to sit and watch the world go by with the hum of the city in the back ground..
Were the clouds as ominous as they look?
Oh yes ...near on white out on the road and had to pull over and waited for it to pass .
We coped three fronts coming through plus hail for good measure.
Came across one accident no idea with what or who as we were diverted down another road...hope no one was seriously injured or someone I know...
A bird on a wire
Isn't that a Leonard Cohen song?
Yes, it is.
I was MIA last week visiting my son, his wife and our grand daughter. She turned 1 year old last week.
She's lovely. What does she need makeup for?
LOL, perfect.
This photo was taken last evening just before a rainstorm in St. Pete Beach. It reminds me of the Charley Brown character, Pig-Pen with the dark cloud over his head all the time.
Yes, that is me and the rain came down about 10 minutes after the photo was taken.
Nice beach Kavika and great photo..so does it have anything exciting..sharks, jellyfish, crocs?
Unfortunately a guy over in WA got killed by a kangaroo the other day..guess we can add them to the list now..🦘
Oh sure, we have sharks and gators but we have the huge but gentle Manatee. In fact three times when I was in the ocean this past week manatees swam right next to me, less than 5 feet away. Awesome creatures and gentle as lambs.
A lot of sting rays and different types of jellyfish including the ''box jellyfish'' whose sting is very painful.
I saw the story about the fellow being killed by a roo. I read that they though that he was keeping it was a pet. If so that is a very stupid thing to do and I believe that it is illegal.
Are you trying to be Mr. Btfspik, the bad luck character from Al Capp's Lil' Abner cartoons? Always had a cloud over his head.
Does anyone else remember him?
On the way back from fishing this evening, one of my best photos ever.
© A. Mac/A.G.
Red Fox
Excellent photo Mac... amazing it stayed in one spot long enough to get it..
Regarded as a pest here and shot on sight. The government pays $10 a fox here...some people make a comfortable living out of it.
Lovely animals but so destructive to Native wildlife here and on domesticated animals unfortunately...
Outstanding photo, Mac.
It seems to be saying something. Could it be "Do you have my model permission to post my photo?"
Wow, it couldn't have been all that far away, even with some zoom. That's great!
The closest I've ever been to one is seven or eight feet, but it was nighttime. It was just last winter and I'd taken the dog out to pee. I'd walked out in the yard a bit to look at the moon and it ran right by me. Polly (the pooch) wasn't that far away, but didn't even notice it. Not exactly a foxhound, heh.
It's cute, actually. Did it give you a hard-time of any kind? Look at those fangs and teeth.
We both froze momentarily; fortunately, I was the one with the camera.
And then it gave you an entirely free show. How nice. It even appears to be relaxed in your presence.
Hawk (Woodblock Style)
© G. Gam
Fabulous. Better and better, GG.
Thank you very much, Buzz.
Really nice ! Drop all the colors, print the black and you have a page of a coloring book. People would have fun painting in the colors.
Thanks, pat.
Wouldn't it be better if it was paint by numbers?
I wasn't being facetious. My apologies. I love the image.
I was just kidding around. No need to apologize.
Actually, Pat has a point. Because as I came upon the picture my eyes started at the center looking at a solid mass and then my focus widened until I finally saw the head and the feet followed after that!
Really nice.
Thank you, CB.
Great treatment, G. Great original shot, too.
Thanks much, Dig. I was sitting in my office upstairs at home when it landed on the balcony railing. After a couple of minutes it jumped over to a tree a few feet away. I was able to grab my cell phone and take some photos.
Ah, a true creation then; plus you framed it according to the needs of the article!
XXX RATED
LARGE SWALLOWTAILS MATING.
Photo by the Stone Creek photo club.
You have to be at least 18 years old to be permitted to look at that image.
The butterflies don't care about modesty. Different code of ethics and no religious association to confess too. She is a big 'girl' handling her business! Now. . . which is the "GI" in that frame?
Excellent "natural history" image significant photographically and biologically as well.
Here is the top view of the mating giant swallowtails. Photo by the Stone Creek photo club.
As a youth JBB supposedly stood for "Junior Bug Boy" because I was an insect collector and amateur entomologist. My insect collection won first at the State Fair, most years. I had one serious competitor.
I raised "mammoth" Polyphemus, Luna and Cecropia moths as a 4-H project. Once they had emerged from their pupas they would mate, lay eggs and then die within a few days. I often saw them doing it.
Our backyard was on the Monarch's migration path so for a few days early spring and fall the fruit and nut trees in our backyard were completely covered by what seemed like millions of butterflies. Today they are few and far between even with people now helping them.
Between the species eradication programs and the proliferation of herbicides and insecticides used wildlife of all kinds are decimated.
In our complex, many people have planted plants (milkweed) to help the Monarchs and it has been a bit of a success. This year we had a number of Monarch caterpillars and then the Monarchs themselves. I posted some photos of them over the past few months.
Sadly this is so true, and the introduction of invasive species.
Sounds like you were/are quite the bug man.
People are so short sighted. When I was a boy the Cattleman's Association sponsored a "Coyote Eradication Program". A bounty was paid for each coyote the ranchers killed based on the number of dead coyotes they displayed on their fence posts. The stink was horrendous as the gruesome displays became bigger.
The result? A huge explosion of the jackrabbit populations.
So, their logical solution was to eradicate jackrabbits, too...
I have a good friend who has been planting milkweed and dill for migratory butterflies. His nextdoor neighbor, who has an irrational fear of bugs, "retaliates" by overusing pesticides...
We were warned that Monarch butterflies are headed to our arid climate in California. And, I could have sworn I (finally) saw a solitary figure on Friday out and about. Because of you guys I knew what to look for in its coloration. Alas! It was gone before I could get a picture! On 'watch-list' now!
Sweet ginger growing in Stone Creek.
That is a beautiful photo.
Thanks, G.
A great photo of a beautiful flower.
Is it really called "sweet" ginger? It looks sweet and beautiful! Nature is a blast! I wonder how plants feel about being stuck to grow 'up' but not able to leave there one spot: To show off!
It's just called ''ginger'' I added the sweet because it looks so ''sweet''.
Finally! The heaven above California is angry to the touch and using a ZEKE filter and clarity editing tools I am able to CAPTURE the perfect look . We are getting some rain- y'all!
Of course, and thankfully, our sky is not so blazen red! It's a filtering technique.
Excellent photo, CB and hopefully you'll get a lot of rain.
Thank you. Your sunrises and sunsets 'make my day.' I didn't forget to come back and show off our rain clouds. . . one day. . . and so SHOWTIME!
BTW, there is a 'grand' storm offshore headed your way. . . pics of a 'terrible' day in Florida would make my day!
Interesting photo. We had a few clouds, but, unfortunately, no rain over here.
We have showers off and on all day; rain is Showing Up and Showing Out! I have expectations of more 'streaming' down through Monday and maybe even early Tuesday. Maybe I can save some rain for you in a basin?
Just sportin' with ya!
BTW, it a filter effect ("ZEKE") that makes the clouds reddish and "inflamed". They were 'low' and dark actually in reality.
It's our first rain in 'early' season, so I want to have some fun with the image/s as they come in. You should too! 
How can you not get 'wet' under a sky like that?!
Now, with this onslaught I can remember why clouds are considered 'majestic'! Can you see its 'throne-room' in the center of the frame? A lonely lightpost missing its sunny day! Don't worry. . . stormy Monday is happily coming!
This photo was taken about 1/2 hour after post 10. By this time we were back in the room waiting for the downpour.
Ooooooh my! Gorgeous threat imminent!
Second in a sequence of 8 or 10.
© A. Mac/A.G.
Ohhh my that is good. You're good!
One last sunset. This was last night's sunset at Stone Creek, Ocala FL.
A 'mirror' image.
Oh Lordy, how fantastic.
Thanks to all; back Thursday night.