[faces] and he played upon a ladle...

OK, it was either Aikendrum or Ladle Ladle Lade, I made you out of clay...



1/2 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[faces] pete the post with a palm tail

At least that's what I see.



1/160 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 200 ~ 49 mm

[faces] one black eye

I think it must be a trick of the light that the right eye looks dim. I should have asked.



1/50 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 200 ~ 14 mm

[mosaic monday] patriotic

Seeing all these great Fourth of July photos puts me in the mood to show mine. But we don't really celebrate. Ryan is in bed before the fireworks start and we just stay home and listen to our neighbors blow up their money. But I love anything red white & blue and this past week's POTD theme was patriotic. So why not show all of my shots in one go. Thanks for stopping by.



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[faces] iron man

This is going to be a tough week. I usually see the faces when I am not looking for them.



1/200 @ f 2.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[patriotic] rockets red glare

The wicks on these candles were long to represent firecrackers. I tried to let them stay long but they were burning too high and getting wax all over the place. Sometimes safety is first.



1/40 @ f 2.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[patriotic] proud

I was processing this and thought the texture should be the Declaration of Independence. Of course I was too lazy to go find an image to use as an overlay. Maybe for the book?



.8 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[patriotic] pitcher full of patriotism

These flags sit on my kitchen shelf. Every few years, the boys notice and want one of the flags. After today, there are 6 left.



.8 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[patriotic] no boom, just glow

I found these today while cleaning up the lanai. I bought them years ago.



1.6 @ f 16 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[patriotic] our nutty uncle

I really love the Steinbach Nutcrackers but the original size is too expensive. So I started collecting the mini ones. They aren't cheap either and I only have a few.


1/6 @ f 4.0 ~ center average metering ~ ISO 200 ~ 50 mm

[patriotic] simplified

The Lego catalog came today. I had been thinking of using Legos to make a flag. This is a simple version. It turn out as I had envisioned. Not much interest in a flat lego creation.



1/50 @ f 4.0 ~ center weighted metering ~ ISO 200 ~ 50 mm

[patriotic] say uncle!

.6 @ f 16 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[pretend] teacher

Andy loves watching Fitness for Kids. If he can see his reflection, he will pretend he is the teacher.



1/125 @ f 8.0 ~ -.3 EV ~ ISO 100 ~ 22 mm

[play] slalom

1/100 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 200 ~ 14 mm

[play] suspended

We went to a new playground today. (This is part of a rec center so I doubt we will visit often. And there is no shade.) The structure was really cool. It consists of steel arches with rings suspended in between. You can climb up one side of the arch on the steel cables. There is also a slide and some spinning things and some bouncy pads. I have never seen anything like this. Yes, this is a more affluent area of Tampa.



1/80 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 200 ~ 14 mm

[pretend] the fat controller

Anyone with boys knows Thomas & The Fat Controller. Ryan's track layouts are just too large to be contained on the train table.



1/10 @ f 4.0 ~ ISO 200 ~ 50 mm

[play] conductor

Ryan loves the iPhone app Trains. He would play it all day long if I let him.



1/125 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 200 ~ 27 mm

[play] play doh

Yep, he still plays with this. Though he takes breaks from it for months then pulls it all out again.




1/50 @ f 4.0 ~ ISO 400 ~ 14 mm

[mosaic monday] tae kwon do

At school this year, they would watch and work out to a video called Fitness for Kids. Andy would come home and repeat the exercises. He especially loves the Tae Kwon Do portion. We finally got the video as school ended and I put it on his iPod. He loves to watch and Ryan will join in. Andy is the instructor David and Ryan is one of the students.



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[dream] on top of the world

I was taking photos of the jasmine when I say Ryan climb up out of the corner of my eye. My camera was on the tripod so it wasn't that easy to shift focus. I wasn't even sure the settings were right. Then I uploaded this into Lightroom and was pleasantly surprised by the light. I had to fight my urge to lighten up the photo so you could see more detail. But that would take away from the glow. Then again, maybe I am hoping to see something that isn't really there.



1/100 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 54mm