Day 414

While waiting for a table at Denny's, for breakfast, I took some photos of the clouds.

Day 398

Today, we went to Maymont with friends.

Day 371

During our first full day, we did a lot of visiting. We went to breakfast with my grandmother. In the afternoon, we went to my aunt and uncle's cattle farm to visit them and let Alex see the cows. In the evening, we meet up with my other aunt, my other uncle, their daughter (my cousin), and my parents (who had just arrived in TN) for dinner. After dinner, we went to my aunt, uncle and cousin's house for dessert.

The car windows were frosted over. My husband was defrosting them. As the frost was melting, I took photos, to the amusement of my grandmother, who after all these years is used to me having a camera in my hands and taking "weird" photos.

My uncle took Alex and I out on his Kubota (like a golf cart, but more sturdy and for farms), to see the herd and the farm. I never realized how large the farm was. The dark horizon line under the tree line is a river. To the left is a bit of flooding in the lower field. The cattle were all on the upper field...which you will see in a moment.

There were several calves in the herd. This one was having a snack.

This is part of the upper field, where the cattle were.

As we were headed back inside the house, I noticed how lovely the sun was through the trees and the long tree shadow it was casting.

This is the full moon at my other aunt, other uncle and cousin's house.

Day 360

The varying colors of leaves on the trees are perfect for panoramic photos. In addition to that, my husband decided to stop on a road that went over the James River. There was low traffic and a side walk. I wanted to take another photo of the river, but from a different view.

Day 318

More mushrooms have been sprouting up. The existing ones grow larger every day. Reasoning for the increased population is thought to be due to the recent hurricane blowing spores around in combination with the wet, dark and warm weather.

Overcast and sunny at the same time...wet, dark and warm.

Day 302

It's been very rainy lately. Though today was nice, we had big fluffy clouds, puddles and decaying plants left over from the rains.

Day 286

While at my parents' house, I noticed this type of tree had started changing colors. Their tree was too hard to photograph well. This one is between two driveways in a cul-de-sac by their house. The wind was blowing the tree around while I was trying to photograph it, but I managed to get these two nice photos.

This is a panoramic of the cul-de-sac from the top where we were standing, across the clouds and down to the road where the trees overlap. This neighborhood is slightly over 30 years old, but it was farm land before that, so the trees are very tall and old. I love older neighborhoods like this because privacy is fantastic, especially during foliage heavy months.

Day 277

The clouds were so beautiful today, they deserved a panoramic view. Panoramics are hard to take and sometimes have some striping in them. These are the best of the ones I took. I hurried on these, because I was standing in a lane in a parking lot and trying to avoid being hit by a car. Alex, while sitting on our car's back bumper, was my look out.

Day 272

I've been cloud watching from my couch again, so I decided to go outside to photograph the evening clouds.

Day 262 - Photo Effects

I liked the cloud variance in the panoramic I took. Since sky photos work well for photo effects, I decided to play with it. I used Picnik for this. Since pans look better larger, you definitely want to click on the photos to see the color details better.

Original photo with no effects.

HDR-ish and Heat Map on Thermal

HDR-ish and Hogla-ish

HDR-ish and Invert

HSL Filter

Day 262

Kit and I spent today in Northern, Va, driving back to Richmond, VA and in Richmond, VA.

We had gone to a Korean spa late last night. This was the sky when we got back to the apartment building. Note that you can see a star.

After some much needed rest, we went to the Asian grocery for treats. This was a tree outside the store.

I rode in the back on the way to the apartment, so I took some photos of the weeds along the shoulder of 7 Corners.

This is a panoramic of the sky by a cute shop called Thingamajigs.

After returning home and on the way to dinner with John and Alex, I found this beetle laying on the parking lot. There are lots of beetles here during the Summer, but you rarely see them. This one is deceased. 

Day 171

Today, we drove to Saint Augustine, FL and to Orlando, FL.

There are many marshes along the southern coast.

The clouds were fluffy and abundant. Yet, the weren't any storms, which is different than where we live.

While walking around historic Saint Augustine, I took lots of photos. There are lot of private gardens by shops and a fort to explore.

Oak tree with Spanish moss

Roses 

Vines growing on a wall in a garden

Sun through the canopy of trees in a garden

Ferns

Flower box

These were in the garden of Columbia.

These white flower vines were growing along the front of a cafe.

We went to explore the fort. This is the a view of the river beside the fort wall.

These are plants growing the the top of the fort wall. You can walk and sit on the wall. The wall is made from cement and oyster shells.

There were a few plants growing in the shallow water along the river.

There were pigeons on the fort wall.

The tide was crashing along the sand of the fort wall.

After sitting on the fort wall for a bit, we walked across the field on the way to our car.

There were a few pretty wild plants growing.

When we got to Orlando, we went in search of food. We went to Downtown Disney. I was exhausted by now and the overwhelming amount of people took the last of my energy. I relaxed outside while John and Alex got dinner.