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.
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Grace on 04 Sep 2009 at 12:21 am #
Beautiful, as ever! <3
Joshua H on 04 Sep 2009 at 1:24 am #
very nice pictures…
JoyH on 04 Sep 2009 at 1:28 am #
The pictures are so beautiful! *sigh* I just LOVE sunsets like that!
~Joy
The Billupian on 04 Sep 2009 at 5:48 am #
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!
Miss Eyebright on 04 Sep 2009 at 12:14 pm #
Very pretty sunset!
Have a very bright, very cheerful day!
Miss Eyebright
Hopie on 04 Sep 2009 at 12:58 pm #
Aw, I miss Texas sunsets.
Well, I am so thankful you got outand took pictures, now i feel like I went to the lake. 
benjc91 on 04 Sep 2009 at 3:49 pm #
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?)
Dunvegan Highlander on 04 Sep 2009 at 11:31 pm #
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.
Beth on 05 Sep 2009 at 4:17 am #
Well, I think they’ll be notifying the winners around the 15th of this month. And nope, no online voting…sadly.
Bluejane on 05 Sep 2009 at 2:33 pm #
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
Johnny the....dude who wishes he had Toni's camera on 06 Sep 2009 at 9:45 pm #
THOSE PICS ARE AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AND AWESOME!!!!!!!!
great photographer + great camera = awesome pics.
Taylor on 07 Sep 2009 at 11:46 am #
Wow, that sunset is beautiful! Absolutely gorgeous!
Blessings,
Taylor
Anna on 07 Sep 2009 at 7:43 pm #
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*