Brothers

Just a great shot of Joshua looking up to his big brother.  He is so impressed with CJ that he decided that he may like to play next year.

Cathy's Flowers

Cathy's flowers are in full bloom at this time - our center garden (middle pic) has really filled in nicely this year, and probably will have to be thinned out a little later in the summer.

Pictures from Lake Ontario

While on a photography shoot with my son, I took these pics from Selkirk Shores State Park.  The 2nd pic is of a seagull in flight.  Although they are not graceful or particularly good looking birds, the blurred motion came out looking kind of like a dove.

Grandma's Gardens

I took an early morning tour of my Mom's flower gardens while we were there visiting this week.  As usual, she has an impressive arrangement of flora, and I am glad we were able to visit while so much was in full bloom.

Great Looking Family Members

Just some pics showing off some great looking kids and dog in duotone...

HDR Photography

I am starting to experiment with High Dynamic Range Imaging.  (HDR) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures (the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques allow. The intention of HDRI is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows.

This is my first experiment with it (see the picture on the left, watermarked with "Photomatix".  I still have a lot of learning to do...  I hope to do more with it this summer at our various vacation venues.

The other 2 pics are from an arrangement Cathy did from her garden.  Her arrangement abilities are awesome as usual.

Church Flowers

Some examples of the tulips that have come up at church.  This by far has been the most productive year for these flowers, which were planted several years ago.