have just about given up on blogger....can't get images uploaded most nights. Been using suemack.buzznet.com/user/

try again

No image first time round, uploaded when I re-edited the post. Bit frustrating!

Yes, I actually made it up just after dawn! Doesn't happen often :)

Having a frustrating morning here.....can't seem to u/l any images :( Will try again later.

eggs in one basket

Not many of these shots worked out cos it was kinda windy and the bumblebees kept blowing away :)

Real progress

Another week on and these little guys have made such amazing progress they're ready for new homes.

Visiting with Twiggy( the cat) at one of the resthomes today

Closeup of a dandelion, then messed round in photoshop

The Mountain

I came.......I saw........eventually I conquered!

ps playing round again.....

Playing round with an old photo of a glass in ps today....thoughts of the 'square crop'

At the stock car track yesturday. No energy left to u/l them from the camera till this morning.
Must have been tired though, going to have to rotate a whole bunch of them cos they're crooked!

I'm not doing to well with my people shots am I! Just can't seem to get interested in pointing the camera at people at the moment. Will try to work on it over the weekend and post something apart from animals

Babies are growing up. This is one of the bigger keyhole cichlid babies that I really...... I mean really, need to get into the local petshop. Now that they're getting bigger the tank is becoming very overcrowded. Couple of weeks ago caught 8 of them, plus a few of the guppies (95) and took them in, am planning on catching more this weekend.

These babies are quick though, almost defeated me last time. Now the guppies......just scoop them out with a cup LOL

Hard to believe, but this was taken a week after she was found and she's gained weight. She will be ok. Somedays I really don't like people very much!

Arggggh printing b/w!!!

Grrrrrrr.....I'm having real problems printing b/w on my printer! Upgraded to a Canon Pixma iP4200. Prints beautiful colour but the b/w.......... they're b/w with distinct pink tones to them.

Fine if you want pink, but when you're trying to get a gritty kinda look!! Played round in the colour balance in ps tonight, trying to see if I could work out a balance. Lowered the red tones, slight green with a touch of yellow......better, but now a bit greeny yellowy ....... pffffft!

Got my old printer here, might have to get another connection cord and see if I can set it up to print b/w.

The beautiful hands are courtesy of the most amazing and wonderful 96yr young woman I know. 'Katie's hands'

playing round in ps

Lazy kinda Sunday today. Got up late.....blobbed round on the computer for a while, fed the animals......finally got round to cleaning out one of the fish tanks. Went into town for some fuel, shoes, milk...the essentials (jandals finally died after 8+ years)

Got home and decided to torture one of the fish....well not really, just popped him into a glass and took some pics. He didn't seem too worried, specially when he got rewarded with food when I put him back in the tank.

Need to work on better lighting. Had the glass on a white sheep of paper outside, but the light was beginning to fade. That and read the manual on WB :))

the kitten

Mostly animal shots this week at work...this is one of our foster babies. Not sure about my editing....let me know what you think :))

She's changing from a little girl into a beautiful young woman..

They're not pretty.....but at this age they're cute. Only a month old and all 7 piglets have homes waiting till they're old enough.

'the pup'

Animals get in the darndest places!

just me and my shadow

Strange how you get an impression of size from a shadow......

Hello!

Went into the local pet shop to get some supplies for the fish tanks, spotted this guy and couldn't resist getting a few shots of him. Glass in the tank is very scratched .....got the worst off, but still some work to do but needed to post my PaD

mostly cute kitty pics today

Little punk heron again. Lighting in the room was very difficult.....late in the day and could only use natural light w/out upsetting the birds. Used ISO 400-800 knowing that they'd be noisy.....but probably my one chance at getting some shots of a baby of this age.

Punk rock baby

Little dude with attitude.....looks like he's having a bad hair day. Baby white faced heron at the Bird Recovery Centre. He's fine, fit and healthy, will be released as soon as he's old enough.

Little bun

hopes and dreams

Little cutie

How do you tie them down. This little cutie never stops still for more than a brief second or 2....then she's off again.

Horrible headache tonight....landlord's been painting the outside door for the last few days. Though the door and windows have been open the fumes have gotten to me.

Armour

The details in these cicada shells amaze me. You can see the hairs on their chin!

bent not broken

Spent a short time (battery on the camera wasn't fully charged and went flat) at the stock car track today. Got 3 shots of the cart as it flipped.

Nothing for the panning challenge....too fast a shutter speed and I froze the action instead. Have to work on some new ideas tomorrow.

off out to try and get some inspiration for abstract

still a few miles left in the tread of these......my sister-out-law's beloved old sneakers

Too many....

Was trying for a photo of 'feeding the fish' ....dunno why but it seemed like a good idea at the time. Problem was there are too many fish in the tank .......the guppies and growing on keyhole babies kept crowding round, getting out of focus. They seemed to enjoy being models though!

Hadn't realised how hard it is to stand with 1 hand in the tank with food, t'other with the camera trying to focus on these tiny fast moving objects in a low light environment. Many more misses than in focus shots from this shoot! LOL

Considered this one for freestudy, but no....... went with a completely different theme.

Playing with the settings on the camera today...taken in sepia mode (Sony 717) converted to b/w.

this little piggy.....

3 day old Kunekune piglets....they're just the cutest babies!! This was their first venture out into the world.

keyhole kid

Keyhole kid has a completely different meaning round my house. Meet mama and one of the keyhole kids. Poor old mama, in her last tank when she had the previous batch of babies, had some major run-ins with the loaches......which is why the holes in her nose. She and 'the mister' now have their own luxurious apartment, which they share with about 30 minuscule fry.

on the wall at work

the pup

Taking the photos for the work website today. This little girl was sitting with her mum and brother in one of our outside pens one morning when we got to work. Never did find out where they came from.

She should be going out to her new home soon

I'm in awe...

I'm in awe of all your wonderful children images. How do you keep them still long enough to get a shot......and clean!

My little buddy here is 18mnths old. She zoomed round the house at great speed, majority of my shots were blurred (incredibly 'soft focus') .....she was fascinated with the lens of the camera and kept wanting to touch it (fingers matched the flavour and texture of her face LOL).

It was late in the day so the light wasn't wonderful, will try again round at her own home earlier in the day.

My wildlife entry.....

Attack of the killer guppies........well it was either that or Attack of the cuddly kittens!! Trouble is, couldn't get the gupps to attack anything, and the kittens weren't being cuddly!

Didn't think that would go down too well with the voters so am entering tribute......well I think I am.......possibly. LOL Too late to be decisive......will decide in the morning.

In memory of Tomsk

Tomsk was only a couple of weeks old when he and his littermates came into the spca. They'd been abandoned on the side of the road. 2 of his littermates didn't make it....they just faded away.

Tomsk has had problems all along.....oh his foster mum has fought so hard, but he just wouldn't thrive. Today she lost that battle. His little bladder hadn't developed properly, he was becoming more and more toxic.......and he was too young and sick for surgery.

Tomsk......you will not be forgotten. Though you only walked in this world for a short time, you left your footprints on our souls.

'the feather'

Rapidly running out of time to come up with an entry for fantasy....total mental blank!

Old technology

Visited a resthome yesturday, one of the residents was sitting in his room watching the 6 million dollar man (very loudly) on his TV. Fascinating.....TV was bout 20yrs old, b/w!

bejewelled

Raindrops on one of the succulents at work. Took lots of different angles, dof.....if it ever rains again here would like to try again

In the land of nod

She's looks such an angel when she's asleep......Kyra's new baby.......right little monkey when she's awake. You forget how energetic and enthusiastic baby animals are.

Yesturday's PaD...ran out of editing day yesturday. Today's will have to wait till I've visited the land of nod myself.

night :))

'sparrow'

Supposedly a pest, but I love these little guys...... they're always so cheerful, so friendly.

Too little time....

there's never enough hours in the day to fit everything in.............if only I didn't have to work to pay the bills!

Taken in a quick break in the lunchroom, most of the rest of the shots were oof.....was trying not to get caught 'mucking round' with the camera!

One of those days.....

Definitely one of those days today.......sinus and throat infection so not much sleep. Did go out today and try for a shot for the Singled out challenge but nothing even average........came home and had a nana-nap (for 5 hours!!)

Tonight, I'm twiddling about here, managed to change the template to relocate my dpc links ......then changed it back cos I'm in a minimalistic mood. Ended up just editing a shot taken earlier in the week. 'Honey' in the resthome. Very tricky sometimes getting these shots as the lighting is less that optimal, generally have to juggle the animal I'm holding and the camera, and just grab what I can. Taken with Sony 717, it's little and light when you're carrying cages, towels, kitten, dirtbox, water etc :))