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Uploaded: September 02, 2010
I was trying my hand at selective focus.
I almost entered this one "as is" but
it's way more fun to doctor images up!
(HA!)
TV 1/200 AV 8.0 ISO 200 Hand Held
Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/2000 seconds, Flash: did not fire, auto mode, ISO: 200, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 85.00 mm, Model: NIKON D90
Laura E. Swan September 02, 2010
* * * #1304044Ann Coates September 02, 2010
Love it Laura, this is cool! #8876531Laura E. Swan September 02, 2010
Hi Ann! I hope you got to see the B4 Image, too, and 2nd rendition. Takes a while to upload them all like I just did.Glad you like the finished product, for sure! Thanks for having fun with me, Ann!
:)
-Laura #8876541
Tommy E. Burgess September 02, 2010
Wonderful DDR work Laura!! The squirrel one's very funny. Now I just hope I don't have an crazy dreams about being spied on by any pipe-eyes, I'll be fine. Big brother you know? #8876552Lynne Morris September 02, 2010
Haha, this is great dd work Laura. #8876559Raymond Pauly September 02, 2010
Great work here, Laura! Hahaha! #8876606Brett Dolsen September 02, 2010
Awesome Laura you love to keep an eye on everything! #8876636Tiia Vissak September 02, 2010
well done! #8876667Laura E. Swan September 02, 2010
Thanks my funny friends! Hehe! Well I have been thinking about old black and white movies lately. Ships and Subs and Airforce...Army...the whole bit.Tommy...think happy thoughts. :D Picture yourself on a warm beach. Laying in the hot sun...3...you can feel the warmth enveloping you....2...you are so relaxed and getting tired and will have happy dreams...(Hehe!)
I love your humor folks. Thanks for giving me back a smile! Each of you!
-Laura #8876679
Nadia Paul September 02, 2010
So very creative - great DD work Laura! #8876706Laura E. Swan September 02, 2010
Thank you Nadia! :) Fun to have you visit!Good night all. See you's tomorrow!
-Laura :D #8876712
Douglas Pignet September 02, 2010
How kewl is this!!!!! Well done #8876763Gord MacEachern September 02, 2010
This is just super cool Laura, well done! #8876801Jeff Robinson September 02, 2010
Lots of possiblities! Excellent work Laura! Jeff #8876813Bojan Bencic September 02, 2010
Both are fantastic, Laura. You just brought a smile to my face. :o) #8876934Monnie Ryan September 02, 2010
Very creative, Laura -- I'm smiling too! And appreciate your concern, but we're in absolutely no danger of hurricane damage. The worst weather we get is lake-effect snow from Lake Erie in the winter and the occasional threat of a tornado. Right now, though, we're watching the Atlantic coast closely, not only out of concern for people we know who live there but also because we're leaving next Wednesday for Maine and will be staying (we hope) in several of the spots that Earl could hit really hard. #8877166Millie A. Talarico September 02, 2010
Very cool idea, It made me look twice, then, when I saw the name Laura,I thought yes, it has to be! #8877273Nancy L. Green September 02, 2010
What FUN!!! ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL Laura, WTG!! <>< #8877592Laura E. Swan September 02, 2010
Hi Doug, Gord, Jeff, Bojan, Monnie, Millieanne and Nancy G!This LAYERING thing really opens a whole new world for the creative mind! HA!
Thanks for having fun with me. I have a busy week ahead here but will get to visiting you as soon as I am able! Thanks so much!!! Loved your comments!
-Laura #8877635
Patrick Rouzes September 02, 2010
Superb focus, dof, b/g, clarity & comp here, Laura! Outstanding camera skills here, my friend! WTG!John Connolly September 02, 2010
Thanks for sharing your photgraphic day with us Laura! Your creativity is outstanding, as can be seen in this fine display! #8878040Carol L. Fowler September 02, 2010
Kind of spooky! I also like the little squirrel stuffed down the pipe! #8878095Wm Nosal September 02, 2010
Ha! Laura, Wonderful Image!Ron McEwan September 02, 2010
Oh Laura you have to much fun. Your creations are only limited by your imagination, I don't think it will ever end. Great work.I know you have had a big day at the park. When did you find time to post LOL. #8878167
Rony Sagy September 02, 2010
Creativity without limits. Wonderful work, Laura. #8878311Laura E. Swan September 02, 2010
Hi Everyone! Tomorrow is the Park Ron. :) Today was the DENTIST!!!
Wm...ELVES!!! ELVES!!!! REMEMBER THE ELVES!!! HA!
Dont be afraid Ellen! It's just little me!
John...:)
Thank you ALL for the fun. I always love your visits!!!
-Laura #8878330
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 02, 2010
FANTASTIC DDR work Laura! These are very cute! :-) k #8878415Lorna Shutter September 02, 2010
LOL! My favourite is the Pipe with the Long Horned Sheep in it! Ha! Ha! ... but all the images are great! Awesome layering job, Sis! Looks like it's 3-D and the pipe is coming right out at us! Unique and fun work! :) #8878579Yulianto Soeroso September 02, 2010
what can I say ..love it hihi #8878644Karen Engelbreth September 02, 2010
Cool Laura - LOL... #8878718Renee Doyle September 02, 2010
Endless possibilities here Laura!!! Wonderful, creative, imaginative and fun work! #8878756Laura E. Swan September 02, 2010
Hi Kitty, Lorna Doone, Yulianto, Karen and Renee!Still chuckling at your responses! Thanks you guys! Maybe I will enter the one with the Long Horn in it tonight? Humm...OR SHOULD I DO THE CAR OF THE FUTURE?
HA! STAY TUNED!
(Sister) Laura
#8878799
Robert K. Bemus September 03, 2010
Great comp and 'eye', Laura!! #8878811Carol A. Grady September 03, 2010
This is fantastic Laura! What a creative mind you have - the squirrel in the pipe is great also. #8879353Lorna Shutter September 03, 2010
It's a Long Horned Sheep, Carol. They just look like squirrels out where Laura lives! LOL! :D #8879377Ruth E. Foster-Lindsay September 03, 2010
Cool image Laura! Love your creativity!Karen Kessler September 03, 2010
Beautifully doctored...especially the Long Horned Sheep's eye in the pipe! :) Love the framing of this one as well as the eye of the pipe! #8880753Laura E. Swan September 03, 2010
Lol...Yep. That's what it is alright. Long Horned sheep. ALL OF THEM."Seeing" is believing! HA!
Thanks everyone. Nice way to end my day!
-Laura, Lala #8880922
Nancyj E. Hovey September 04, 2010
Love your creativity.... always surprising us with another fun image!Nancyj E. Hovey September 04, 2010
#8881364Laura E. Swan September 04, 2010
Ask Sister Lorna! She will tell you Mumj!!! Or go back to the image that I named "Long Horned Sheep" in my gallery this week!Must run. I am late! :D Kiki and Leif are so much fun! Many laughs and even tears of joy! Wish you were here!!!
I have a new post! Not from our visit...
-Lalelulem #8881418
Mary K. Robison September 06, 2010
Pom, please tell Nancy that her "squirrel photographer" is outstanding!Laura E. Swan June 25, 2011
Mare! Thank you so much! Sorry to be so tardy in responding. Not all of my BP threads alert me when a comment comes in.I think I might dig up the other one with the squirrel in it and re-sub it. (Lorna's Long Horned Mtn Sheep Goat".)
My BP family is so much fun. I will never stop appreciating you. :D
Thanks again to all!!!
-Laura :) #9485999
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