Showing posts with label Chinese Lanterns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese Lanterns. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Opening Photos 14







Opening Photos 14

Today's photos are the first in my most current Opening Photos Gallery. In addition to the three shown here, I've uploaded 3 to my Photo of the Day Blog including: a Chinese lantern flower, a sunrise and a sunset.

  1. A "painted" pink carnation allowed people to visit my "Painted" gallery. If you like abstracts, feel free to check them out.
  2. A Chinese lantern flower with a sprinkle of that year's first frost.  If you visit First Frost, you will also find a short video entitled FROSTY MORNING  Slide Show with music by Galalisa Star.
  3. The soldiers hands resting on a gun introduced Hands photos.
  4. The image of a young lady playing a flute also introduced myHands Gallery
  5. A sunrise taken from Pippy Park golf course in St. John's directed visitors to my SKY Gallery.
  6. A sunset also linked visitors to my  SKY Gallery

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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Chinese Lantern

Yesterday's photos of the vulture turned off quite a few people, but I still like the photos of the vulture eating a carcass of an alligator. Those were "documentary" photos that showed the important role of vultures in cleaning up dead animals. Here in this part of the world, crows serve the same function.

This morning I am sharing two photos that I took three years ago after a light frost. The orange flower of the Chinese lantern is dusted with tiny ice crystals. I cropped a small section to show a closer view.



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