Eye Shadow

What is a convalescing photographer to do, housebound,  on a sunny winter day?   Well, how about playing with shadows? 

This image was created while working with a needle and thread and looking to an "eye" themed shot.   After multiple closeups of the eye of the needle that just lacked interesting angles and light, I came up with this image. Bright winter sun streaming through the patio window created a strong shadow of the needle and thread on a plain white piece of paper.  I viewed the shapes from multiple angles until I found this one that really accentuated the eye and that I felt was visually interesting. A little playing with the path of the thread to create 'S' shapes against the linear needle resulted in this shot which I titled Eye Shadow.

Playing With Fire

A recent club competition was on the theme "Playing With Fire".  It reminded me of this firey sunrise over a small farm pond last fall.  The morning was just cool enough to create a light fog in the low laying valley.  The whole area came alive just as the sun crawled over the horizon.

A day with the horses

WILD ROSE EQUINE RESCUE AND SANCTUARY

 A morning spent with the horses just at sunrise a couple of weeks ago was a reminder that we wouldn't hold off winter for much longer.  A week of freezing temperatures at night has set the horse troughs and the little pond at the back of the field. 

The biggest challenge of photographing these guys was to keeping my distance.  I was almost always greeted and nuzzled for attention.