These photos are a story. There will be no commentary, you will just have to figure it out for yourself.

The title of this collection is "Take a Minute and Look" That's the only hint you get.

All the pictures were taken on my property

I hope you enjoyed

Until next time.

These photos have been altered, ever since Photoshop 'seeing' is no longer 'believing'

   

Someone told me that the swing annoyed them. Sooo...

*Photoshop magic* Poof! It's gone.

But matter cannot be created or destroyed, so where'd it end up?

Can you find it?

When making thinks 'unbelievable' it is much easier to do so with a side-by-side comparison with things as they actually are.

Bright, vibrant colors are commonly admired. In nature, flowers, birds and other animal's chances of success in life is tied to how 'pretty' they are. Interesting to note that even humans tend to agree when color saturation is amplified the object becomes better.

And again, a slightly less exaggerated, but nonetheless poignant example of color saturation.

Until next time.

These photos are moments captured without the knowledge of the participants to record a genuine moment. Sometimes being genuine is hard to imitate. 

Contrary to common opinion the weekends are not for rest or fun. The week's workload of school and jobs are merely replaced by more domestic demands. Roofs need cleaning, lawns need mowing and gardens need tilling in preperation for the oncoming planting season. So is life on a 'Gentlemans Farm', we work in the week, and we work on the weekends.

Of course, there are those members of the family who are too young to understand this principal, and too youthful to work effectively. These do spend most of their time playing on the weekends, in these cases the weather was perfect for the task. 'Shade in the Sun' was taken to show the warm sun contrasted by the cool shade.

These youthful figures are playing a game of basketball. Not the kind you and I are familiar with however, in order to prevent tears and anger they take turns shooting the hoop completely uncontested, and they go until one or the other gets bored or runs away with the ball. 'Taking Turns' is the epitome of the method used to prevent conflicts between these little people.

These photos demonstrate motion and stillness. 

An object's purpose is fairly easily seen even when it's not being used. A chair is obviously for sitting in, a door for opening, the desk for holding items in easy reach while sitting. It's all pretty basic stuff to us, but think of all the years of experience it took us as children to learn those functions? "Don't climb on the desk, don't slam the door, don't stand on the chair" all these things we tried many times, all the while being told by other people how not to use them.

However when we see an object in motion, we have only one mental outcome: Is it being used correctly for its intended purpose? A wheel in motion shows you the object, and its purpose. It transfers linear motion into rotational motion to conserve momentum.

Things in motion appear differently than they would in a passive state. These buckets for example list to  one side, if they were truly hanging they would be completely vertical. So they must be in motion, swinging from side to side, appearing differently in motion than when still.

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Some photos are focused on one subject, others attempt to capture an entire scene. Sometimes it can be beneficial to set everything aside and focus on a primary task. Becoming lost amidst a sea of clamoring noise disables our enormous potential for focus.

This picture focuses on only the subject. It has a shallow depth of field and simple techniques, portraits are focused precisely on the subject exclusively.

On the other hand, a landscape has no particular focus; it just captures a general theme without an exclusive subject. The entire picture is the subject.

A combination Portrait/Landscape has both a subject and a background general theme. It is less focused on one particular layer, because a camera cannot take in full detail of large changes of depth. Likewise our minds don't focus as well when there is a conflict of attention. Distractions or simple frivolity can consume precious focus, depriving us of our full capacity. 

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 These photos have different lighting. The quality of the lighting has effects on the color tones and shading of the picture itself.  

The lighting in this picture is right. That does not mean that the picture has a lot of light, but it does have the correct tone, quantity and angle to complement the picture.

On the other hand, the light in this picture it too direct, resulting in washed out lighting. What you cannot see because of the flare on the screen is the true darkness of the hallway this picture was taken in. The quality of this particular light flooding in through the windows and door only came through at these particular points, causing deep light-dark contrast, resulting in an ugly white-washed photo.

"Rise and shine" is a common saying. When taken literally it has a motivational context that in quite unfitting of the time of the day it is most often said at. However, the saying is epitomized quite nicely by the following series of pictures. Morning can be noted for its pale skies and muted landscapes.

As the sun rose, it did indeed shine. and melted off the fog that clung to the morning air, leaving only vivid, vigorous colors and strong defined shadows.

Evening closes and the light begins to wain. Clouds move in and obscure the sun behind their curtains before it descends behind the horizon, going up in a fiery orange blaze. I dunno if that's how most people's days end, but it sure doesn't end that way for me.

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These photos are a compelation. I have tried to capture as many aspects and techniques possible in them.

The rule of thirds is applied by placing the formost flower and the fence in the foreground on the top right third. The background is simple and uncluttered, with complementary colors of green and red.

Unique perspective and ballance on the rule of thirds. We finally have some sun peaking through the clouds, heralding the return of summer. Change is in the air.

Leading lines and perspective. The curb is both the subject matter, and the leading lines.

Until next time.