I had a dentist appointment today and when I was walking by my neighbors house I noticed these roses hanging over onto the brick wall. I came back later in the day and tried a few shots. I looked through the images and decided that I wanted to crop one a little differently. I liked the more angular look of the groove of cement between the bricks. I’ve tried titling the crop before on other versions of PhotoShop Elements. It works great with Elements 7.
After work I took Eva out to the back yard so she could play. I changed a few of my camera settings and tried a few shots in black and white. I’d probably not do that too often but rather change my images to Black and White in post production, but it is cool seeing the image right away on the LCD screen.
My sister Tara’s dog Taylor was out back with us and we played ball with her. She’s a photogenic dog even if she isn’t facing you.
If you missed it, Allison, Eva and I are walking in the Relay for Life and we are looking for help in the form of donations, tweets and blog posts. In return I’ll post up tweets, blog posts and reviews. Plus you’ll have our thanks and the thanks of all those who are dealing with Cancer.
I love having a day where you have nothing planned. We are such over-scheduled people that we sometimes cannot have fun in the moment because we have to rush off to something else. Today was one of those rare days where we had nowhere to be and no agenda. Rather than bum around the house we decided to take advantage of our Zoo New England passes. We took a ride into Boston to go to Franklin Park Zoo.
The zoo is nearly 100 years old (100 years in 2012) and it is one pretty nice zoo. There are many excellent exhibits and a wide variety of animals. We immediately saw Zebras and Wildebeasts in a large habitat. There were even viewing stations up high so that you could see the animals better. I think they should have had a few of those for some of the more exciting animals like the tigers or the lion though. We spent about 5 hours there walking around, taking photos, having lunch and of course riding the carousel. The carousel is Eva’s newest obsession. She never tires of it and she wants to ride by herself. She was pushing my hands and Allison’s hands off of that middle pole down each animal. We had to hold our hands directly behind her and out of sight to make sure that we were right there if she started to slip. She did not, she held tight and went round and round for 6 separate spins on the carousel. She rode the Lion, The Tiger, The Dog (2x) the Zebra and one of the horses. Get the all day pass and just keep riding, it is worth it at $6.00 if it makes your kid happy and it certainly made Eva one happy camper.
You can check out my latest gallery on Flickr with all of our photos from the trip to Franklin Park Zoo.
