Even when my cat is asleep he cannot escape from my lens. Here he is sleeping on the sofa and I managed to capture his shadow like Peter Pan.. He is so cute when asleep, but can be a nuisance when he is walking all over my desk with dirty paws (when it does actually rain!!)
Have a good day
Patricia
Welcome back.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog and taking the time to like my posts. It is lovely to get all the feedback about my crafty endeavours.
Today I am combining my photography with my digital art. Yesterday I took advantage of the beautiful weather to go down to the Hutt River and take some photos. The scenery is just amazing there and I managed to get some great photos. Today I have done a very simple artwork with my StoryBook Creator 4.0 and will look at getting this made into a photo panel to hang on the wall.
Unfortunately, some of the photo was lost translating from a 6 x 4 image to a 12 x 12 image, but the photo is still great. I did not want to play around with it too much and lose the great colours and depth of field.
Here is my original photo:
In the middle of winter I can look back at this image and it will remind me that winter does end and that summer will come eventually.
To create this all I did was use a full-page photo layout and then just added the freebie sentiment. Took all of a couple of minutes to do. How simple is this! And what a great gift it would be as well. I will look at making this into a card as well and do something very similar.
Incidentally, despite the glorious weather we are still in drought conditions and we have severe water restrictions which may hamper my photography around my little garden – or it may not… I might see some very different and interesting shapes out in the garden before the big dry ends.
Have a great day and happy crafting
Patricia
Sox_0004.jpg, a photo by Patricia Manhire on Flickr.
This is my photo of the day. My poor cat is getting fed up with me trying to take photos of him and turns his back on me. However, that doesn’t mean that a back view does not make a good photo. Here he is outside looking out for birds and mice. Tomorrow I will be back to crafts again. I have been working on a template for gifts to take to my Crafty Angels group so will photograph the steps and post them for your information tomorrow. Have a great day.
Patricia
Water droplets on bindweed flowers.jpg, a photo by Patricia Manhire on Flickr.
My photo of the day.
Happy snapping
Patricia
Rain drops on succulents.jpg, a photo by Patricia Manhire on Flickr.
This image is quite different from what I have been doing, but I love the way the photo goes in and out of focus and highlighting the rain drops.
Have a good day
Patricia
My final photo of the day. I am really pleased with my efforts today. It makes up for my lean days but I am learning something new everyday. Today I learnt that it is easier to take macro photographs when I use the 1:1 ratio. I am able to get much closer and still use my auto focus. Going manual is very much a work in progress but I am determined to get to the bottom of it. Thank you to Print Sense Photography for making it so easy to understand the terminology of manual photography.
Patricia
This is a very interesting image with the detail of the rain drops. Water does not tend to stay on these aquilegia flowers and I managed to snap these two drops together to make an unusual composition.
Patricia
This is the first time I have managed to capture a butterfly. The weather has cooled considerably and the butterflies were slow and lethargic which helped a lot.
Patricia
Another interesting photo. The rain drops look like diamonds and almost too big for the leaf.
Patricia
One of my photos of the day. I managed to get outside to play with my camera in between showers and I was really pleased with the softness and yet clarity of the leaves in this image.
Patricia
