Art of Observation
Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have someone click the shutter.
- Ansel Adams
(Unedited, straight out of the camera. Hence the crooked horizon lines…still, it bears mentioning that these are all copyrighted by myself. Thanks!)
Words cannot describe how happy I am to have a big sister willing to invest in the camera that took the above photos. I spent the evening of my birthday at the lake with my family, snapping pictures for a photography contest Toni and I were planning on entering. We turned in our submissions on Tuesday, and I must say that the cash prize for 1st place is extremely tempting…
On that note, thanks so much to all of you who took the time to comment and leave happy birthday notes! One of these days, I will overcome my bad habits of never returning said comments. Really.
Beautiful, as ever! <3
very nice pictures…
The pictures are so beautiful! *sigh* I just LOVE sunsets like that!
~Joy
If you want to copyright them why do you not? Picasa has a copyrighting feature, not quite as good as a watermark but it works.
Anyway, good pictures!
Very pretty sunset!
Have a very bright, very cheerful day!
Miss Eyebright
Aw, I miss Texas sunsets.
Well, I am so thankful you got outand took pictures, now i feel like I went to the lake. 
I’m with Hopie, missing the Texas sunsets… and… feeling slightly transported… breathtaking pictures, hope you win!!
(btw, when will we find out if you won? is there like, a voting system or what? can we help?)
Well, I think they’ll be notifying the winners around the 15th of this month. And nope, no online voting…sadly.
Beautiful. That is the kind of thing I’m hoping to encourage people to acknowledge more often…we have really been given a beautiful world to live in.
-NathanH.
Ah! I love the last picture! It’s perfect… even without editing… I’d probably change my mind if I saw it edited, but that’s beside the point!
Great job Beth! I hope you win!
Out of the Blue:jane
THOSE PICS ARE AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AND AWESOME!!!!!!!!
great photographer + great camera = awesome pics.
Wow, that sunset is beautiful! Absolutely gorgeous!
Blessings,
Taylor
Oh!! Those are sooooo pretty!! By the way! I LOVE the picture below, somewhere, with Toni and you dressing up!!! It’s sooo cute!!!
Oh! And guess what?! We went to Chattanooga also!! (is that spelled right?) *blinks* Is there a city below it? and do they have a few cannons on the hill?
We went there a few years ago while on the way to my brother’s graduation from the army training camp-thingy….. *grin*
Love, Anna
*hugs Beth, and is still very upset she missed her birthday*