Swan 2012

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Robert Thompson

This time of year is a busy time for raising young. My brother found this swan nest and of course I had to photograph it. I’m sure I could have positioned myself better but I did not want to disturb the swans. My wife was in a riding clinic so I’m throwing a picture of her and her horse in.

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Ocean City 2012

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Robert Thompson

We went to OC, NJ to visit friends and had a great time, good company and good food! We visited a couple of estuaries, always thinking we would get a winning photo. Didn’t happen but it was just great to be there and see the protected land, water and birds. We saw 4 pair of nesting Falcons and just a lot of bird activity.

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1st Kayak 2012

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Robert Thompson

We took the kayak out today, the 1st this year. It was nice to get out and check around, nice weather but really windy.  Last year this time the rivers were so high from all the rain we couldn’t get on them. Although it was hot the river still looked like it was winter, the blossoms and vegetation aren’t there yet. We saw ducks, hawks, geese, frogs and turtles but I forgot how difficult it is to shoot from a kayak. The wind added to the difficulty. Anyway, I didn’t get very many shots and none that were really good but I will post three. The frogs were in a mating frenzy and the geese were sitting on eggs. Hopefully I’ll improve as the season goes on.

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Blossom 2012

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Robert Thompson

We have a really large bush that blossoms each year with beautiful blossoms, later in the Summer it gets a few small fruit that look like real small green apples. So far no one has been able to identify it.

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Sheep Shearing 2012 at Jenny Jump Farm

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Robert Thompson

Tom was back again at Jenny Jump Farm to shear the sheep. He does a great job and is a real work horse, he sheared 19 sheep and an angora goat in about an hour and a half even with bad hips. A lot of friends came up to help Joanie, I think everyone had a god time.

ends came up to help Joanie and I think everyone had fun.

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New Mexico – images processed

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Robert Thompson

My post of NM pics was made before I finished processing the images. In this post I processed some of the color images and also did a B&W with toning. There were bad storms on the flight out, I took a picture out of the window.

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New Mexico

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Robert Thompson

I went to NM to see my friend Ken. After college I lost track of him and haven’t seen him for 35 years, just by luck I found him on people search. When I called him it was like I talked to him yesterday. Sure was good to see him. He is a disabled veteran from Vietnam. While I was there I also saw one of my professors and his wife, good to see them also. It wasn’t a photo trip but I took some pictures. I really like the NM sun! I lived in NM for about 7 years while in school, if my family didn’t live so far away I’d still live there.

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Another composit image

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Robert Thompson

I’m having fun with making composites. I watched a tutorial by a guy that did sports portraits, he would do the portrait in the studio and then shoot whatever he needed like a hockey field etc and make an image from them. Since I have been taking pictures of my neighbors daughter playing basketball I have been practicing with her. No studio images, just taking her out on a photo and placing her in another and adding some atmosphere effects. Click on the image to enlarge.

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Composite Image

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Robert Thompson

I have been experimenting with composite images, taking two or three images and making a composite from them. It’s really interesting what one can do with photography and Photoshop, I figure photography isn’t reality anyway but a representation of reality so I just have fun with it. In this picture I took a photograph of my friends daughter while she was playing basketball and a picture of the court and made the composite. After I made the composite I painted in light streaks as though there was a light coming from the top left and shining on the basket ball player. Click on image to enlarge.

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Delaware Water Gap

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Robert Thompson

While diving across the bridge I held up my camera and shot 2 images of the Delaware Water Gap. I also went by the eagle nest to check on the eagles (first time this year) and sure enough they were sitting there. I think they are rebuilding the nest, I don’t think laid eggs yet but not sure.

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