Muddy Footprints

Flowers from the Flower Communion, June 11, 2006

2006-06-12T13:35:00.000-04:00

Gerbera Daisy

Arboretum

2006-06-12T13:29:00.000-04:00

Foxglove

Photos taken at the Arboretum

Madonna della Dolmades

2005-11-23T22:57:00.000-05:00

Madonna della Dolmades

This is a collage that I created. It is one of a number that I have done using paintings by old masters as the base. OIne series is called Alter Egos which allows me to step into the shoes of other women. Since most of the characters are religious themed or images of particular saints, I thought the title of the series rather appropriate.

Thanksgiving

2005-10-10T14:47:00.000-04:00

Hot Peppers All in a Row

Fotki Contest.... First Prize!

2005-10-02T22:04:00.000-04:00

"Fotki"

The object of the contest entry was to produce a photo with the word "Fotki" in it. Most people 'shopped in the word. Others made the word out of other objects. I chose to present the word in American Sign Language.

Most of the comments were amazing and most people "got" it. There were a couple who didn't, however, including the one who suggested I should put the letters for each sign on the hand or somewhere in the photo. Another person said that the hands should be on a brightly coloured background. The latter was more an aesthetic comment. I didn't agree and thought that the black and white images had more impact.

A couple of people gave really low scores. I'm not sure why and I'm not really interested in the why's. I like the image and I think it is effective. Certainly, the majority of those who voted "got" the image, or at the very least though it was technically good or interesting. So I am pretty happy.

In regards to the suggestion that I should have put the letters on the images, it just goes against the entire concept to include the letters.

I wanted the image to be a "thinker", requiring someone to really look at it and think beyond just the word. As "hearing" people, most of us have very little need to give more than a curious glance at the deaf and their world. This photo forces people to try and understand something about deaf-culture. It turns the tables on us all because it forces us into the position that the deaf find themselves in a prevailingly "hearing" world.

If it makes one person think, then it is successful.

2005-10-01T22:25:00.000-04:00

Giant Pumpkin, Byward Market

At the farm

2005-09-25T18:37:00.000-04:00

Pointsettia

2004-12-29T01:49:00.000-05:00

Driving in Fog

2004-12-20T01:03:00.000-05:00

Peacock Feathers

2004-12-01T01:18:00.000-05:00

Echinocystis lobata - Wild Cucumber

2004-11-27T01:04:00.000-05:00

Moonlight

2004-11-26T23:50:00.000-05:00

There was a full moon this evening, as I was driving out the Brockville and back. I took a few photos, of which this is one, before I left for the drive home, and, later, stopped at the Battle of the Windmill Historic site to take some more.

By the time I stopped at the windmill, the clouds had cleared and the moon was glinting off the St. Lawrence. Unfortunately, there was no safe place to pull over in order to get a photo of that. However, I did get some photos of the windmill and other buildings lit up by the light of the moon.

After seeing some exquisite photos by an Iranian woman (Salome Manouchehri). I was delighted when this photo lent itself to sepia.

Stairs, Lariault Trail, Gatineau Park, Quebec

2004-11-26T02:12:00.000-05:00

This is my favorite photo, ever..... It almost smells of wet leaves, and the cool air of one of my favorite places in the world, Gatineau Park.