Community Photo Challenge- GREETING CARDS

With the Holidays approaching I thought it would be fun to create our own greeting cards.
It could be Christmas theme, Festival of Lights or any religion holiday you celebrate, or.....New Years, birthdays, anniversaries.........Landscapes, Still Life, portraits....any type image can be used. You can do more than one.
This should be a good challenge for everyone. So please find the time to join in, I know that will be hard this time of the year.
You can add text to it. If you don't have any software to edit it, you can add your text in the post.
ANYTHING goes on this one. Be creative & have fun! Check out Our Community Photo Challenge-GREETING CARDS & join in!
Here is my Christmas card.

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.
~Laura Ingalls Wilder

My sister asked me to create someone for her daughter's friends, using her fencing image.

Community Photo Challenge-LEADING LINES

Our new challenge, LEADING LINES, starts today & ends on Dec. 15th . There are many lines to look for when shooting your images....Vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curves & "S" curve....even converging lines.

So visit Our Leading Line challenge & leave your link in the comment section on the challenge blog.

The Colors Of Autumn

Taken Oct. 14, 2009
This photo is now available on my new Portfolio.

2007


Our challenge this month is "The Colors of Autumn"
Be creative if you do not have the typical autumn that New Yorkers have. We will be giving you a FULL month to find some AUTUMN images. Have fun. Post your photos on your blog, come back here & leave your link.

The Challenge starts today & ends on Nov. 15th. The each challenge will be posted on the 15th of every month.

We will be posting some changes in the challenge. So watch for the post. BUT for now, lets get out & find some beautiful scenes.

Check my New Portfolio here

RedBubble

I started a new RedBubble account & have been working on images using layers in Photoshop.
It's a very creative atmosphere with artists posting paintings, drawings, photos & tee shirt designs.
You can check it out here..
This is my RedBubble

Sunday Stills the Next Challenge: Water Towers or Grain Silos

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Taken at a farm in Dover Plains NY

Pocantico Hills' Stone Barns at Rockefeller State Park.
This photo was one of 2 that was published in a new book call "Walkable Westchester",
a guide to trails throughout Westchester County.

Storage area for grain at Muscoot Farms.

An old flour mill in Sorrento Italy, there is a tower..;)
The unedited(all green) can be seen in my Italy album.
I Photoshoped this one.

Sunday Stills-Powerlines & Landscapes
(or seascapes)

My powerlines is more like a radio tower,(I think)....Not sure, but it's by the Coast Guard station. I am posting early b/c I have plans tomorrow. This was taken last weekend.
To join....Go to Sunday Stills.

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Community Photo Challenge- FLOWERS

Click here to join in-Community Photo Challenge-Flowers

Flowers is the last challenge. We will resume in September. So go find some flowers....or anything to do with flowers for the challenge. Post anytime from now till Thursday, June 4th 9PM EST.
Remember to follow the Guidelines.

A Photo Story

Here is another example of a Photo Story.
To Join in click here Starts May 14th!! All are welcome~



THIS IS AN ARTIST PAINTING AT OLD WESTBURY GARDENS.
LONG ISLAND, SPRING 2008

Community Photo Challenge-Tranquility

This week's Challenge-Tranquility. Find something that represents tranquility to you. For me it is the beach & water, what is yours??
Starts today & ends May 7th. All are welcome to join in.
Please follow the Guidelines

The beach has always been my tranquility. ;) So I had to include a beach.
I added another which was taken at Old Westbury Gardens.
To Join in Click Here-The Challenge Blog

Sunday Stills-BARNS

Sunday Stills challenge this week- BARNS & it happens to be one of my favorite subjects to photograph. To join in any of the Sunday Stills photo challenge Click Here.
I have not been able to get out & shoot this year due to weather & some personal events. Here are a few file images. They were taken from local historic places in Westchester.
More are found HERE, my Gallery.

Philipsburg Manor is a small historic manor, gristmill museum located in Tarrytown NY along the Hudson River. The manor dates back to 1693 & was built by Frederick Philipse. The next two images from the Manor, the outside & inside of the barn found on the grounds.

The next 3 images are from Muscoot Farms located in Somers. It was a "Gentleman's Farm" owned by the Hopkins family, used as a dairy farm between 1880-1924 & a summer estate. In 1924 the family moved there as their year-round home & continued to operated the dairy farm till 1967. Westchester County acquired the property in the late 60's & is now an Interpretive Farm.

Blogger's Community Photo Challenge- THE GREAT OUTDOORS!

This weeks challenge is "The Great Outdoors".
Anything goes as long as it is taken outdoors. Starts today & ends Thursday April 23th at 9 PM EST. Remember to follow the GUIDELINES
All are welcome, click here to join in!

Sunday Stills- RELIGION
For more Religion Sunday Stills, click here

A church along the Amalfi Coast, in Italy

Salerno, Italy

Salerno, Italy

A glimpse of Italy & a few of the many churches along the Amalfi Coast. More images of Italy are posted on my gallery-ITALY. Non of my indoor images of the churches from Italy will ever compare to being there in person! Amazing architecture & detailed artwork through out Italy. A must see to believe. SO if you never went to Italy, I totally recommend it.
http://www.pbase.com/mariesimages/italy

1957 Pontiac

1957 Pontiac, 1990 Young Man
©2009

Sunday Stills-The Color RED

More of the color Red can be found on Sunday Stills~

The Hat from the Cat in "Seussical"

Red Eyes at The Bronx Zoo

A Red Barn on the NorthFork of LI

A Red Toy

Walkable Westchester

Yesterday, GREENBURGH NATURE CENTER launched a new book "Walkable Westchester", a guide to parks & trails of Westchester County.
I learned that this was the effort of many volunteers & all proceeds go towards The New York-New Jersery Trail Conference. Two of my photos were included in this book.
So if you live in the lower Hudson Valley, & enjoy hiking, walking, nature/landscape photography, this is the book for you. It describes each park, its history, uses, ecology, location of parks & maps of trails.

For more information, click here- http://westchester.nynjtc.org/

Sunday Stills

Click here to play-Sunday Stills Challenge: Animals of Husbandry

Community Photo Challenge-Spring

This Week's Photo challenge is Spring....or the first sign of Spring. Here in NY we are just starting to see some flowers popping up through the ground. So lets see what Spring looks like by you. When posting your image, tell us where the photo was taken (include state &/or country) & when. You can use a file photo, but remember to give us a location & date.
Challenge starts today & ends April 9 @ 9PM EST
All are welcome to join in.

Spring in NY 4/15/07 (filefoto)

SUNDAY STILLS•LANDSCAPES

Here are a few file photos I had. NY is still grey & dull. For more Sunday Stills visit here:
http://sundaystills.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/sunday-stills-the-next-challenge-landscapes/
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Sunday Stills-LINES

Taking at the entrance to the rose garden at Old Westbury Gardens, on Long Island.
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Montauk 2007