Virginia Breeze

I have found lately that some of the best communication I have with fellow bloggers is not coming through comments here but through the Stumble Toolbar.  And that’s great.   It’s a very convenient way to communicate and you can get more done there with thumbs up and reviews and so forth.

It’s quick and that’s important to someone like me who can hold a thought for about ten seconds.  And so I will try to remember to respond more quickly to the SU toolbar message deal.

I’m feeling better this morning.  And I have been thinking about making frames and displaying some of my favorite photos.  The old neglected woodshop could use some activity too.  Here is something I was reading this am that convinced me to try it.

http://www.knottyplans.com/index.php?page=200421

I have also been playing around at photo.net .   Posting a few photos and exploring the area.  They have some amazing photographers here.  The photos are stunning.  It makes me want to just become totally immersed in the art form.

Here are a few favorites I have collected in just a short while there.  The Osprey is just amazing, isn’t it?   I couldn’t take a photo like that in a million years of trying.  Perhaps I could take one of a girl taking a bath with a thirsty horse.  But I would have to find a girl willing to take a bath, a large container of water and a horse first of all.

Plus the lighting would have to be really nice and maybe a few other things that I haven’t even thought about.

Then there is this slide show deal that looks like it has possibilities.  The photos in general are not as great but they do an excellent job of allowing you to present your work. And while photo.net limits the size to 1500 pixels you can choose larger sizes with this setup.

So I’m focusing on the photos as we move forward and hoping to learn more about taking good ones. Better ones. Always hoping to move forward and someday take photos that will amaze the world.

We can all dream. That’s what we are doing in fact.

It’s just nicer when we have pleasant ones.

I found the bug that caused this post to go away. And this seems like the perfect time to also bring it back. So here it is.

, originally uploaded by Davidlind.

I was looking around at the crowd yesterday at the Richmond Folk Festival.

I have trouble being in crowds. It’s a lot better than it used to be and since I have started taking photos I feel practically normal in the midst of my fellow human beings.

It has reached a point where I can enjoy them and yesterday it went a step beyond that.

I was looking around and it suddenly hit me that I owe a debt to all these people. Because they form the society that protects us in many different ways from many different things including powerful entities that can get out of control.

Many of them are involved in some way or another in every thing that I have as well. And at the top of this list is freedom. I wouldn’t do well living in a fascist state and am unhappy when someone suggests I do.  Communism would not be much fun either.  In the real world.

It is my belief that (although they often do not realize it) the soldier and the protester are actually fighting for the same thing.  Freedom from oppression.  One looks outward and the other more inward.  Together they find a most difficult balance in a society like ours.

Some I do not see as I look around today. They cannot enjoy the beautiful weather and the entertainment. I cannot take their photo.

But their names are engraved on glass at the top of the hill. And when the sun sets it casts a beautiful light across them.
Perhaps I have not done that light justice in these photo. But it was there and I wanted to try and share it with you.

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All my animal friends were over for a party last night and they wanted to play some music.  Then they wanted to make a video.

What can you do?

, originally uploaded by Davidlind.

Someone from back home has inspired me to think about doing some wedding photography. So I have been practicing. What do you think so far?