Valfal's photos

A few days ago I was playing around with PicMonkey's mirror effect on a photo of a canna leaf back-lit by the sun.

The Staten Island Ferry taking tourists to the Statue of Liberty. HFF and a great weekend to you, my friends! :-) ~Please view enlarged on black to better see the fences on the back of the ferry~

Macro Mondays 2.0: Paper Clips Processed using three different color tints from PicMonkey. Have a nice week, friends!

Saturday Self-Challenge: Photograph an ordinary household appliance or tool in such a way that makes it look like art. The workings of a can opener that separates the seam of the lid from the can rather than cuts it open.

One of the many beautiful roses on display in the conservatory of Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA.

Beautiful orchids on display at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. I will be posting more photos from my visit to this wonderful place in the near future. Have a wonderful week, ipernity friends! ~Best viewed enlarged on black~

Macro Mondays 2.0: Flechten/Lichen This is one of the small patches of lichen growing among the moss on the bark of a tree.

Saturday Self-Challenge: Take a photo of a subject or place that reminds you of good memories One place that always gives me good memories is Longwood Gardens located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. I went there this past week to visit the amazing conservatory and made another good memory viewing all the lovely orchids on display during their yearly Orchid Extravaganza. ~Best viewed enlarged on black~

Have a great week, my friends!

Macro Mondays 2.0: Cash Money Currencies from countries various family members visited over the years. Some of the countries include Ireland, South Africa, Italy and Canada. I also added a penny from my country, the USA (seen in the background). Have a great week, everyone!

SSC: Key(s) This key opens an old lock box that belonged to my late mother. In it I keep all the correspondence and cards that she sent me over the years. It also contains love letters written to her from my dad.

The Staten Island Ferry on its way to South Manhattan as viewed from Governor's Island. HFF and a wonderful weekend to my ipernity friends! ~Best viewed enlarged on black.~ Thank you so much for your kind words, my friends! :-)

Macro Mondays: Kugeln / balls, boules Have a wonderful week, my ipernity friends!

Saturday Self-Challenge: Homemade/Handmade Item(s) My biggest challenge this week was deciding which of the many handmade items I would use for this photo. I finally settled on these three lovely teddy bears hand made by Mary George, a well known teddy bear artist. She is one of the few professional bear makers who crafts her items without help from anyone else. When I actively collected teddy bears 20 years ago, I made several as presents and for my own pleasure. The photos in the comment section are of some of the bears I made during that time. The two bears in the second image wear sweaters handmade especially for them by my late mother.

The shadow of a fence on the boardwalk of the "Promenade" located in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. HFF and H.A.N.W.E. to all my ipernity friends!

Macro Mondays 2.0: Battery This week the challenge for me was how to make an ordinary battery look interesting. I decided to play around with the tinting feature in PicMonkey.

Rusty giving me the baby faced happy look <3