Needed some distraction this evening. After succeeding with the paypal transaction yesterday, I’m now waiting for the shipping notification – and once that comes, no doubt I’ll be sitting on hot coals until the baby makes it to Malta!!
In the meantime, I re-acquainted myself with OOB – out of bounds. Last Sunday I took the photo of a dead (!) fly I found on the floor, with the 50mm Canon lens plus extension tube (EF25):
And this is the result of my nerve-soothing photoshop activity:
Posted on September 29, 2009. Add a comment
How could I leave those palms alone! Right from the first time I saw them, I knew they’d make a good OOB subject. It was much trickier than I expected, to “free” all those fronds from the hotel background. But I think the result is reasonable…
Palms at Kempinski Hotel Airport Munich - Out Of Bounds
Posted on August 15, 2009. 1 comment
I took both these photos in Berlin last year (the courageous young man is my dad). If I could take the weather with me and were a little younger… I think I might want to give it another chance in my life. Don’t know if it’s the age or just the effects of living for too long on an island that’s too small for comfort sometimes… but I really miss my hometown, and with it all the possibilities it has.
PS… thanks to jazza on stock.xchng for the frame!
