December 27, 2015

My PC crashed four years ago and I could not access the photos and files that were on the hard drive.  I had purchased a widget/gizmo that claimed that I could hook it up to the hard drive and download to another computer.  Well, yesterday I hooked it up and tried to download from the old PC to my Macbook, to which I have an external hard drive attached.

"Worked like a charm."  Admittedly, I do have Microsoft Office for Mac installed, which allowed the copying of the Word files.  The photos were no problem.

Here are a few pictures from the old computer taken in 2007. 


The first is from our room at the Cliff House, which is between Perkins Cove and Your Beach, Maine.

The next is of one of the tourist boats that embark from Perkins Cove and travel along the Maine coastline.

I desaturated all the colors except red.  There was little color in the photo other than the red.

The is Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse, Which was taken taken at a time.

Merry Christmas!

^"...for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."   -- Luke 2:11.

December 20, 2015

These photos were taken in the early evening as we walked around one of the neighborhoods in Stravanger, Norway.  There is so much more to see when one is not on a schedule.

The first two pictures were on the same street.  They, obviously, did not have to contend with an HOA...Home Owners Association for those in the north.

 

This one of many side streets.  I enjoy them greatly, in that they make me think of life as it used to be.

Photobombed...

 

 

 This is an actual Mini on the wall of an automobile dealer.

There is a story here.  I saw the compass in an area that I thought was a plaza.  After taking this picture, my family was laughing at me.  The compass was in the center of a traffic circle, round-about.  I did what was natural... I started to direct the traffic, what little there was.

December 18, 2015

Prince Charming...

December 13, 2015

Consider this a rerun...  not a duplicate.  Previous photos of this scene, that were published earlier, were done at that time but I came across these this morning, which are pictures taken in April of 2012 at Gibbs Garden, with the intention on creating an HDR picture.  The first picture is a result of combining the other three photos into one and making adjustments with photo processing software.

December 5, 2015

I was going through pictures on a back-up disk and came across this one.  I cannot remember which falls it is but I am sure that it was around Dillard, Ga or just across the state line in North Carolina.

Either way, it is a reminder to me to make sure that I do a better job of identifying where pictures are take.  I think that in the spring, I will re-visit some of the falls.  I came across one waterfall that had very little water flowing over it and remember seeing a picture when the water had greater volume.  Big difference.

December 1, 2015

This month's project is "The Holidays in Black and White."  I enjoy the challenges each month because it forces one to think and plan.  It gets one out of their easy mode, which for me is landscapes or stills.

These are examples of which I do not think will be submitted.  Pictures submitted are to be taken during the current month.

The first is a 'vintage' picture, which was taken two years ago.  It is a Christmas Tree made from lobster traps, located at Fox's Restaurant at Nubble Light in York Beach Maine.

The other pictures were taken in the foyer of our church.  The Manger has life-sized characters and I would venture that the tree is 14-16 feet tall.