It's Saturday! (Just barely)

Another day of fun! I got out of bed bright and early this morning, ate some breakfast, did some unconstructive lounging around the house, then I went out and tacked up Buddy for a ride. The day was beautiful! Until I went out ot take pictures of course. Then it gets cloudy. :-P But I still got some beautiful pictures while I was out for a ride. Enjoy!




Just what it looks like. Ground with leaves on it. ;-) Looked better from the angle I took the pic in. Flat on my stomach.




Something I'm working in, getting everything in focus. I may have to learn how to layer a few images to get the water and my hand in focus. That's just peachy... Plus there's any ugly stick in the way which I didn't notice while taking pix. BIG no-no!




Are you in a rainforest? No... A very swampy looking creek actually. Trick is to make something beautiful out of something that's not.

Trees in black and white!

Same shot of my hand and water with color and some color adjusting to my hand to keep it from being washed out. (It was an almost totally white hand to begin with.)

Another day of awesome weather!

Hi everyone! Or two whomever may visit this site. Welcome to my page. I'm gonna work hard to keep this thing updated. But if y'all know me as well as I think you do, you give me a -10% chance of doing that. :-P Anyways, a bit about me... My name is Emily or Em if you like nicknames. I am an aspiring photographer and at the moment, I'm in the midsts of taking a class. I finished a basic photography class last month and now I'm working on Nature Photography. It takes me a while to catch on to things but once I get the, I've got them. So this site is to help me learn. I want your opinions on my work! I'm not sure if this thing shows any form of contact (I'm not to blogspot) but my e-mail is imemylee@yahoo.com if you'd like to drop me a line and tell me how I'm doing. Below are a few shots I took while giving my horse a bath. The quality of the pix could be better. That's what a good photographer strives for. Yes, I'm still striving. Working on getting apertures and exposure lengths set right for that perfect shot!!
For the time being... Paint Shop Pro will have to get the job done. :-S Here are some before and afters of my picture editing.


BEFORE /\


AFTER /\ After tweaking colors a bit



BEFORE /\


AFTER /\ After tweaking colors and removing neck rope from pic.
Now, if I were REALLY good, I'd destroy that trash can in the back ground...





BEFORE /\

AFTER /\ After adjusting colors, and removing neck rope and hose. ;-) No one will ever know where that water was coming from now. lol Or no proof at least.

And this is me and my Buddy :-) \/