Valfal's photos

Macro Mondays 2.0: Door Handle I submitted another photo for MM, but then realized that this challenge is about door handle , not door knob! I had to quickly think of something else to photograph, and since I have only door knobs in my house, the car door handle would have to do. The other photo I almost submitted to MM is in the note.

The knob on my front door.

Saturday Self-Challenge: Signs of Spring/Autumn At the beginning of the week, I wasn't sure if I would find any signs of life yet, but checking my garden the other day, I saw these bluebells break ground...Glory Hallelujah, spring is finally making its appearance!! Have a good weekend, everyone! Hope you are seeing green, too, Pam! ;-)

My sister and I are sharing the project of restoring our childhood photos, so needless to say, it's been fun going back in time! This image was taken either July or August of 1958, making me nearly two years old at the time. One thing I love about looking at these photos from so long ago is that I can see my life from the eyes of my parents who snapped them. As I continue to work on these images, I will post some of the best ones in the coming weeks. Have a great Thursday, everyone! Hugs to Pam!

Macro Mondays 2.1: Shoe Soles The sole of my Converse sneaker. Have a wonderful week ahead, my friends!

Saturday Self-Challenge: Frame within a Frame in Black & White The toughest part of the challenge was finding a suitable subject to shoot! After several failed attempts with different things, I finally chose a couple of my photo books that I display on the coffee table. Have a great weekend, everybody! I wish Pam a healthy, happy week ahead!

Saturday Self-Challenge: "One" How can you make a composition interesting when using only one subject?" I've always been fascinated with the simple beauty and functionality of an hourglass. I keep this one on my coffee table. Have a wonderful weekend, Pam and Ipernity Friends!

Macro Mondays 2.0: Belongings A Pandora bangle bracelet that I wear every day. I bought the center charm in honor of my mother on the day she died. Roses were her favorite flower and red was her favorite color.

Saturday Self-Challenge: Focus A couple of days ago, I found my two cats in a napping position that I had to grab the camera for! Luckily I had enough time to carefully set the camera and grab some clear shots; this was the best of the lot. The only post-processing I did was slight cropping and increased highlights (and of course convert to b&w). Better viewed enlarged on black to see the details. Hope you had a good week, Pam, and wish I wish you and everyone a wonderful weekend!

Saturday Self-Challenge: Photograph your image in portrait orientation. I have taken photos of this doll before, but I thought she would make a good subject for the challenge. This image is SOOC and has not been processed in any way. Portrait orientation is perfect for a live, or in this case doll model, but it also has creative uses for abstract, landscape and street work. Hope this image makes you smile, Pam, and have a great weekend, everyone!

Saturday Self-Challenge: Patterns (no b&w) There was a variety of ways I could go with this challenge, but in the end I chose this simple yet powerful Lego base-plate to use as my subject. In the note is a photo of my wooden color pattern puzzle. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

A color pattern puzzle made of wooden triangles. An alternative image for Saturday Self-Challenge.

Macro Mondays 2.1: Dots or Spots Have a wonderful week, my friends!

Macro Mondays 2.1: Porcelain/China Have a wonderful week ahead, everyone, and especially Pam!

Saturday Self-Challenge: take only one shot of anything of your choosing, relying on your knowledge of manual settings. I've been shooting in manual on a regular basis for maybe the past year, but it is still a challenge for me to get everything right the first time. Even though this isn't my favorite picture ever taken, I was surprised that I got a half decent shot considering the sun was in front of me (it was a weak sun, thankfully). I was attracted to the tree shadows on the white snow, hence why I chose to shoot this subject. Since I knew I wanted to photograph the snow, I used my polarizing filter. I carefully positioned myself to get the composition I wanted, then shot the image. I do admit that my automatic focus was on, but everything else was manually set. This image is SOOC, no processing. Looks best enlarged on black. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

Macro Mondays: Medicine

Saturday Self-Challenge: Glass in Black and White This week's challenge was a great opportunity to do two things I like: photograph glass and play with monochrome. I was spoiled for choices this week! The image above was taken of a beautiful glass candy jar I received as a gift from a patient I treated during my time as a Physical Therapist. Other photos I took of the jar and of some old bottles are below in the comment section. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

Saturday Self-Challenge:negative or inverted photography This was probably one of the most interesting challenges for me to date. First challenge was finding the right subject to photograph. The next challenge was to see if it would look good negative. Once I decided what image to use, I found that the contrast and color needed to be increased in order for the details to be seen better. I also applied the urbane effect by PicMonkey to give it a little more depth. I thought the colors were quite striking like this. Below is another version of this image cropped differently, another inverted shot of the same fish tank and an inverted photo of my front yard tree. Happy Weekend, Ipernity Friends!