Round Robin Challenge: Reflection

Reflections ... Round Robin Challenge

Round Robin Challenge.  YAY!!!  This one really grabbed me ... I knew immediately that I was in!!!  Reflection photography excites me the most, thanks   Cheryl, a.k.a. BoiseLadie, for this great challenge.  I have three shots for this selection, well four ... okay!  I have five, but heaps more in archives!!!  Thank me for my self control.
This first one, is possibly my "first ever" reflection photograph, and one that has spurred on the excitement ever since.  Ducks at a man-made pond at our nations capitol.  This particular picture was taken just after my very first photography class, and today I can see some techniques paying off..  Trust me, the pictures did get better after a time.

Here is a photograph that just HAPPENED the day after the challenge was announced.  I went out to get a photograph of the apple tree in full bloom before the wind knocked off most of the blossoms. Mysteriously, yet perfectly timed, a clean window appeared.

This third photograph is my favorite reflection photo taken in at Indian River in Theresa, NY this past autumn. 

Here is an attempt at skillfully capturing a dragonfly before it notices and flies away.

 I was totally honoured when my niece called me up asking me to do her university graduation photographs.  We loved how these came out!

  Please visit Round Robin Challenge for a list of the other participating photo journalists!

The Beauty of Imperfections

               
I found this wonderously weathered dragonfly living out it's peaceful life in this serene setting along the Natchez Trace Parkway.  Summer 2005 

Round Robin Challenge: FREE

Round Robin Challenge.  Free.  Not many of my photographs really express "FREE", so I have to use a little imagination here.  You will truly discover what a zany woman I am when I finish this challenge.  Mowing the lawn, with gas push mower, can be quite B-O-R-I-N-G ... ask any teenager!  I have about 1.41 acres to mow, and the riding lawn mower was still not cranking, so it was "huff and puff" much of the afternoon.  Ho Hum ... I was fully protected from any aggressive allergens .. I was really HUFFING and PUFFING!  THEN, I came across masses of mushrooms under the old willow tree.  Well, I stopped to look.  Of course there was cut grass obstructing my view .. so I ran in the house for a water bottle AND my camera.  I washed off the mushrooms, then picked a few dandelion flowers, composed my salad and SNAPPED the photograph.  NO.  Something was still missing.  I dashed back in and came out this time with a pair of hashi (chopsticks) and holder.

 

Arrangement: my fresh organic salad, free for the taking!  Who says yard work has to be boring!!!  PLEASE check out these other entries http://roundrobinphoto.blogspot.com/2006/04/round-robin-challenge-free.html#links