My husband has been very encouraging about my love for taking pictures. He bought me a Canon Rebel EOS for our wedding and a very nice Sigma 18-200mm lens for our anniversary. I am beginning to think he should take up the hobby as well…he always manages to get awesome pictures from just his cell phone camera! For this daily prompt I’ll show you one such picture…tables turned…photographing the photographer!
This week’s photo challenge asked us to get nostalgic. What first came to mind was our trip last year to Gettysburg and Antietam. You can’t help but feel nostalgic visiting historic places and, in my opinion, you can feel the “weight” the land holds in memories. There were also a few unique things that happened to us while visiting. My camera had unexplained problems that looked like a thin black arching line through many of my pictures. It was a new camera and lens and the problem has never occurred again! We both sensed various energies while there including a heaviness walking up the stairs in the Jenny Wade house and a random name that popped into my head (Charles Collins) who I later found out was a turncoat from Pennsylvania. In any case, we found the trip so special that we cannot wait to return…maybe even in the next few weeks! I hope the trip is as special as the first.
We have had several days of rain in a row and several more are in the forecast. While it has been a curse to our camping plans, it was fun to see these beauties spring up this morning. Thankfully I woke up early as they were shriveled up by noon.
Update: The rain has kept coming and each morning there are more and more! I have no clue what type they are but I love them as much as they seem to love our mulch!
Nature Inspired Artwork. Click this link to see some of the paintings I have made that are inspired by nature and also to help me decide on an upcoming project!
I have taken pictures of several items while hiking that I have no idea what they are. Mainly they are weird-looking things I find growing on trees. Sometimes I take the picture because I think it looks cool, and other times it is so I can look up what it is when I get home. The problem I have found is that it takes forever to find what I am looking for and often I can’t get the answer at all. This frustration led me to wonder if there was a site (or if I had the next great million dollar idea for a site) that would “read” a photograph I uploaded and refer me to sites with similar pictures. I discovered two such sites TinEye (in Beta) and Google Images photo search. So much for my dreams of becoming a millionaire off the idea…but great that I potentially found what I was needing! But not so fast…
TinEye did not produce results on any of the photos I uploaded. Looks like they have some kinks to work out in the Beta phase.
Google Images Photo Search provided mixed results. You go to the regular Google Images tab and click on the photo icon in the search field. This allows you to upload or link to a photo.
Much like their app Google Goggles, this feature works great if you upload any photo that has some sort of logo. For example when I loaded this picture, it gave me the result that it was most likely the Jim Beam distillery – but I already knew that didn’t I?
For pictures like this one with an obvious large object in the frame it did what I wanted…gave me a similar picture with a link that named the object in question. I now know I have a nice photo of a tiger swallowtail and better still I could sell it as a poster for $29.95. 🙂
This picture produced results of numerous photos of purple and pink wildflowers, none of which were the same as the one I uploaded, and a host of purple and pink items that weren’t even flowers (My Little Ponies, etc.)
I can’t even begin to wonder what might show up when I upload this one!
So in the mean time, I will continue my fruitless searches and hopefully rely on your expertise out there to help me out! What kinds of strange things have you discovered on your adventures?
This weekly photo challenge was a no brainer! You can ask anyone who knows us well and they will tell you that our reason for blogging (our love for camping) is a direct result of our love for our dogs. Camping is a wonderful way of being able to travel affordably with our pets. Most places we camp are very pet friendly and we have even been able to find locations that have pet-friendly beaches. So far, our favorite such place has been Higgins Lake State Park in Michigan. We would love to hear about other pet-friendly places from all of you! I love this picture because it shows my three best buds doing what they love best – hanging out in the sun, having fun, and enjoying each other’s company. True companions!
