Monthly Archives: November 2013

Thanksgiving Greetings

If you don’t celebrate it then I wish you a blessed day whatever your day may entail.  Right now this greeting is coming early because I will be up to my elbows in cooking and then relatives.  This year I … Continue reading

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Another Granville, Ohio home

I don’t recall seeing any plaques on this one and I’ve been unable to research anything on it but from the looks of it I just bet it’s something historical.  I was immediately drawn to it by the mere size … Continue reading

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Granville, Ohio Homes

Granville is a village in Ohio founded by settlers from Granville, Massachusetts and Granby, Connecticut; the first European settlers arrived in 1800 with the first census of the village taken in 1880 listing a population of 1,127.  As of the … Continue reading

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It’s that seagull again!

I’ve gotten a few comments about the seagull that I converted using Topaz Simplify4 and one that struck me was that the sky was too blown out; not dark enough.  Well I revisited my gull buddy and realized that I … Continue reading

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Portraits with one light – part 2

I am primarily a natural light photographer but have begun to work more with other lighting.  It is a learning experience but after getting over the initial fear of flash, some classes, working with a mentor and experience…I can now … Continue reading

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Simplify a seagull

As you can see by the screen shot below this picture of a seagull in the Boston Harbor was edited using the Topaz Labs Simplify 4 plug in.  This time I used the sketch effect – pastel preset to convert … Continue reading

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Home with ocean view

Other than the fact that in winter it has got to be VERY cold here, this would be a dream.  To live in a lovely home with the ocean as my back yard.  Oh sure during the summer I’d have … Continue reading

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Not quite wordless Wednesday…

August in New England; a beautiful home on a hill with the proverbial white picket fence of many a story and song in Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts. F4.5 – 1/500 – ISO 100 – 35mm – Canon 5D

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Busted at Snappy Sushi

Newbury Street in Boston is where you will find all manner of restaurants, upscale shopping, gorgeous brownstones, and fantastic people watching.  We were walking around trying to find a place to eat (which by this time of night on this … Continue reading

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Farmer’s Market Bounty

And a lot of it!  Now that it’s almost winter I will so miss farm fresh produce like this.  Are these different types of tomatoes or just picked at various stages; anyone know?  Photo taken in Copley Square,  Boston. F4.0 … Continue reading

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