Photography By Jane

Camera Critters: Caribbean Flamingo @ Flamingo Gardens, Florida

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:06:00 +0000

Because my sister and I had a late afternoon flight back home, we decided to take a post cruise tour of the Everglades and the Flamingo Gardens in Davie, Florida.

This sweet flamingo came close to us to eat some nibbles being offered by a fellow passenger on the tour.

This special sanctuary in the district of Davie in Florida, brings in birds and other species that have been hurt by either man or other animals and when they recover, they are released back into the wild. If somehow the owners cannot do this, then any offspring born will be released.

This species is a Caribbean Flamingo and his bright scarlet plumage is from the Vitamin A rich shellfish and other food given to him. In the wilds, Flamingo feed on Algae and Algae rich shellfish which characterises its pink plumage. In the sanctuary they slightly over-do their diet, hence the scarlet colouring.

Also posted for Weekend Reflections.

Camera Critters

Water Wednesday: Shoals of Fish Underwater @ Magens Bay, St Thomas

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:31:00 +0000

ISO 100
White Balance: Sunny ( Daylight)
UW housing: Go Nomadic

Watery Wednesday
NF Water

Camera Critters: Iguanas @ St Thomas

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:54:00 +0000

My sister and I went on a cruise to the Caribbean at Christmas, one of the destinations was at St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. These Iguanas were sunbathing and wandering about the docks near Charlotte Amalie.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Macro Monday: Fern Backlit By The Sun

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:45:00 +0000

Macro Monday By Lisa

Skywatch Friday: Clock Tower, Falkirk (HDR)

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:38:00 +0000

Looking up at the Clock Tower in Falkirk's High Street. HDR rendering of 3 exposures in HDR Darkroom, I chose to make the image slightly desaturated.

Night Shot Monday: Christmas Lights in Rainy Glasgow

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:56:00 +0000

Night shot of the Christmas lights in Glasgow's George Square on a rainy evening a couple of weeks ago, I used my camera's self timer to get a sharper image hand-held.

The Weekend In Black and White: Leaf in Monochrome

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:55:00 +0000

The Weekend In Black and White

Watery Wednesday: Loch Lomond

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:00:00 +0000

Taken on September 30th this year, near Rowardennan on the banks of Loch Lomond.

Watery Wednesday

NF Water

Our World Tuesday: Old Sign, Falkirk

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:22:00 +0000

I took this today whilst shopping in Falkirk:

I rendered this old sign with the new Topaz Adjust 5 software: The original was a little blue and I didn't like the piping so I used new Topaz Adjust 5's split toning, vignetting and borders options to process the image.

Camera Critters: Greyfriars Cat

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:45:00 +0000

Taken in June 2010 at Greyfriars Churchyard in Edinburgh.

Camera Critters

Skywatch Friday: Spanish Coast From The Air

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:06:00 +0000

Photographed in June, I took this from our plane as we were making our approach towards Barcelona.

Skywatch Friday

The Weekend in Black and White: Farm Buildings in HDR

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:47:00 +0000

5 hand-held black and white exposures, edited in HDR Darkroom with some gamma editing in Photoshop CS4 to darken the sky afterward.

The Weekend in Black and White

Sunday Bridges: Franjo Tuđman Bridge, Croatia

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:26:00 +0000

Shots of the Franjo Tuđman Bridge just outside Dubrovnik in Croatia, the first shot is on our arrival and the second is taken when we were leaving.

Sunday Bridges

Skywatch Friday: Fireworks

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:54:00 +0000

Another shot from 2010 Fireworks Festival last year in Edinburgh.

Skywatch Friday

Watery Wednesday: Waters Off Dubrovnik, Croatia

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:51:00 +0000

Shot just off the old harbour this summer.

Watery Wednesday
NF Water Meme

Macro Monday: Blackberry Bush @ Loch Lomond

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:18:00 +0000

Macro Monday

Watery Wednesday: Boating Pond With Juvenile Swans, Callender House

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:58:00 +0000

One of my shots from the visit to Callender House, and its boating lake complete with Juvenile Mute Swans.

Nature Footsteps Water Meme

Skywatch Friday: Gulls in Flight

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:05:00 +0000

These gulls were swooping and attempting at one point to land on the balconies where we and other guests were eating their breakfast, at Venice on the ship. I used my burst shooting mode to capture them.

Skywatch Friday

Macro Monday: Rosehips

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:49:00 +0000

Macro Monday

Weekend Reflections: Venetian Canal

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:35:00 +0000

Shadow Shot Sunday
Weekend Reflections

Water Wednesday: Canoeist on The Arno, Florence

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:46:00 +0000

Shot of a man in his canoe on the River Arno taken from the Ponte Vecchio in Florence.

Camera Critters: Bee Gathering Honey

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:33:00 +0000

Taken on September 8th.

Macro shot of a Bee gathering nectar from a Thistle down the road, which I took last week when we had a brief bout of sunny weather prior to our brush with Hurricane Katia.

Skywatch Friday: Inferno Sunset

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:03:00 +0000

Taken on August 28th.

This sunset was so spectacular I took 6 photographs of it and the cloud formations as they passed over our garden, this probably one of our best ones yet I think. I used Landscape scene mode to shoot them, normally I would use the Sunset one, however that was a little too red in colour for this and the camera wouldn't focus in Automatic so I chose the infinity focus mode.

For more shots of skies around the globe go to:

Skywatch Friday

The Weekend in Black and White: Farm

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:12:00 +0000

The Weekend in Black and White

In this case, rather than photoshop a colour image to Black and White, I decided to use the in camera black and white filter to photograph the side of this barn building with this bric-a-brac.

Skywatch Friday: Passing Shower

noreply@blogger.com (Jane) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:53:00 +0000

Taken last Tuesday evening during a brief spell of rain, which we have had a lot of this month. There was still some slight drizzle in the air when I took this.

Skywatch Friday