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SmugMug > popular today > May 14, 2008 Let your light shine.
SmugMug > popular today > May 13 Bubbles In Blue I extend my deep gratitude to this community of wonderful, talented 'Kindred Spirits' for your comments on my photos! Thank you for taking that time and offering the compliments, encouragement and fun!
SmugMug > popular today > "What?!? You took my picture?" Wed. May 14, 2008 (Day 32) We went to Mission Burrito for dinner. Didn't have my flash with me tonight; but my husband happily volunteered to be the object of another slow motion shot.
SmugMug > popular today > There is a shot of a Japanese Hydrangea in the Bonus Tracks gallery, along with a few other shots from today. I had never seen a Japanese Hydrangea before and photographed it because it was both unusual and pretty. For some reason, I have found water lilies to be a great subject this spring. The flowers and the plants look so prehistoric to me, very primitive. The one today had a pretty purple flower and the others I had seen were either pink or white. The bloom on this water lily seemed to glow, almost like it had an internal light source and was radiating. If you are keeping score, this is not the first water lily to make my pick as the daily photo, it isn’t even the first one this month. One of the hard things about selecting the daily photo on some days is that what has already been shot and posted to the daily gallery, especially in a given month, will often influence my choice. If I had been choosing on variety, one of the other shots would have been the choice today. But you know me, I live on the edge. Yep, I am out there pushing the limits. So against all odds, today’s daily photo is a water lily. I would have tried to build some suspense but you would have already seen the image by now so the element of surprise was gone. Or was it? Look back, maybe the image has changed. Nah, it’s still the water lily. Once again, thanks so much for all of the comments and support from the group on my photographs. It means a lot, especially because there is so much talent in this community. Being around your galleries for the past several months has been a huge help to my photography.
SmugMug > popular today > May 13, 2008 - Graffiti
SmugMug > popular today > Day 195 - Dry Erase. This is the second idea I came up with yesterday. I was having a hard time trying to figure out how to pull it off but decided to give it a go anyway. The concept is what I wanted, but it is more subtle than I intended. I may revisit this some day.
SmugMug > popular today > Day 87 - Shipwreck at Low Tide I was awakened this morning by 2 calls from the Fisheries Dept of Canada enquiring about the ship wreck I reported. I was anxious to give them the location of the hull. They will let me know in a few days if it has been discovered before or not. My guess is it hasn't because from the road it looks like just another piece of large driftwood. Later on in the day I decided to head back to the site. I was lucky to get there at low tide which gave me an even greater perspective of the wreck. More of the timbers were revealed than I had seen on my previous visit. From the stern to the mid bow is about 40 feet which is exposed. More of it is buried beneath the sand - almost as though the sea had plunged it into the shore at some time. When I started taking photos, I noticed the outside planks were still amazingly intact. Earlier in the day I did some reading and found it to be 3" Pine. The timbers are English Oak and measure about 12" by 12". The dowels are slightly thinner than the thickness of a baseball bat and are also English Oak. From the top part of the keel (keelson) to where I can see planks digging into the sand is about 40 feet (maybe 2-2.5 cars lengths). The width is about 25 feet before it curves up, so the hull maybe about 35 ft. or more across. The wrought iron support is called a knee. These were added to ships to strengthen the hull. Apparently these were mainly added to gun ships to support the extra weight. These iron knees became standard for new ships dating from 1810 to 1830. They were also fitted to existing ships which can range from 1760-1810. Some articles suggest that the iron work alone on these ships can help carbon date it very easily. The type wood used for the keel can also yield a lot of clues to help date the ship. Oak keels were most often used in ship building until the tall Oaks became scarce and then Elm trees were used after 1810. I found a great sketch that shows how the hull was assembled at: http://home.att.net/~shipmodelfaq/ResearchNotes/smf-RN-Garboards01.jpg The ship may have look something like this: http://home.gci.net/~stall/syr.htm I decided to try a timed self portrait to help provide some perspective to the overall size of the hull. I'm 6'2" and the camera was on a tripod on a small hill about 30 feet from where I stand in the photograph. I am working on a new gallery with lots of closeups of the hull. I'll post it as soon as I can. I did look for artifacts, but only found periwinkle shells, snails, and clam shells. I did find some coral tucked in among the timbers which was neat. Please cross your fingers that my find may be authentic and original. It's exciting enough to find a ship wreck as in tact as this one, but to be the first to discover it is amazing! May 13 2008
SmugMug > popular today > F3 In Focus...05/13/2008 This shot wasn't taken today but this image was created today. I'm back from Tulsa! What it is: It is a macro of a paper weight with a Nikon F3 viewing screen (screen created in Photoshop). I still own 2 F3's.
SmugMug > popular today > 5-13-08-- tuesday "four steps to achievement; plan purposefully, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently." -- william a. ward
May 14, 2008

Let your light shine.
> May 14, 2008 Let your light shine.
May 14, 2008

Let your light shine.
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