a fading birthday bouquet

Dad bought these for Mom on her birthday (the ninth). They're still alive, it seems. These are from yesterday afternoon; I noticed the late afternoon light on them. Color balance, brightness, and contrast tweaked with the GIMP.

March Fourth Mushrooms

Happened to spot these on the neighbor's side of this tree.

posting again

I have been rather discouraged to post here for two reasons: (1) I haven't been all that happy about my photography, and (2) I like to upload full size to my blog so people can use them, but the upload speed of a dial-up internet connection is painfully slow.

However, I decided I'm not going to let that get in my way so much. I'm going to start uploading photos resized to 1600x1200 pixels (or widescreen variants). This will let me get it out more easily and often, so you can critique it. Yay! I'm going to put these photos under the tag 1600x1200 for reference.

And, if you so please, you may keep up through my blog feed, or email and the like.

Oh yeah, I sort of won a photo contest

I should have posted about it here earlier, but... seeing as I already made a post at a broken mold, I'll just link you to it.

surreal salad

I seriously would love to do a stint as a food photographer...
The parents made a getaway this weekend and Elliot went to stay with a friend (home alone, hooray!). They got back today, and so it was Chef Salad for lunch! They made some on their minivacation, so we had the ingredients and Dad whipped it up pretty quick.

See also, last time.

the Pacific in December

These are from a stop at the Oregon beach on Christmas vacation. I love that place!
Also, here's an awesome wallpaper on the Oregon coast, at or near Pacific City, I think. Highly recommended.

Lostine Cemetery - a few full size photos

Here are a few full sized pics from my earlier post in May. The first one is a flower at the cemetery, the second a snapshot of Ashley and versions of it. Enjoy.