Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)'s photos

Part of a series I took for the In the Garden challenge for TSC.

A stink bug who came in with the raspberries.

Prophet Elias Monastery, Hydra, Greece. Staying on the theme of rock fences this week. HFF.

From one of the monasteries at Meteora, Greece. I am fairly certain that I made this photo from The Holy Monastery of St. Stephen.

Everyone enjoys a view. This flower on Hydra, Greece is enjoying a sunny day and a view of the ocean.

For my car loving contacts out there. c.1967? Sight and Sound: Pictures and Music. "The Corvette Song" www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1RaLL_g4g0 Another Link in the Chain. Red car in reflection to red Corvette.

TSC - Have fun with white balance. Coloring is fun and I generally like to stay inside the lines. I used a brush on Lightroom and programmed it to the coldest WB temperature I could find. I had some fun with these buildings.

TSC - Fun with White Balance On this photo (original in note) I changed the white balance to tungsten to get the blue effect. In processing in Lightroom I took a brush, (as one would do for selective colour) and set it for a more normal white balance for the scene. With the brush I brushed the tree branch the bird is perched upon, his white feathers, his beak and the CD. I also had some fun with an older picture, photographed outside of our challenge week. It is also in the notes and on Not the Sunday Challenge. We have a couple of juvenile magpies learning the ropes in our back yard. Notice his baby feathers and that his (or her) tail feathers are not yet fully grown. They are mature enough to hop/fly from branch to branch but little more. During a strong wind the other day it was amusing to see one of them holding his balance while balancing on the fence. The parents are never far away and nag constantly at their young. I think once this one learns to fly he will get his own Discman.

We have a couple of juvenile magpies learning the ropes in our back yard. Notice his baby feathers and that his (or her) tail feathers are not yet fully grown. They are mature enough to hop/fly from branch to branch but little more. During a strong wind the other day it was amusing to see one of them holding his balance while balancing on the fence. The parents are never far away and nag constantly at their young. I think once this one learns to fly he will get his own Discman. For Sight and Sound: Pictures and Music. Yakity Yak. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtTC3pGBjs4

At the ferry port at Metochi, Greece, with the island of Hydra in the background.

View from our hotel room at Citadines Place d'Italie, Paris. With help from a Panasonic Fisheye Conversion Lens GFC1.

This stone fence was built by my wife's grandfather c.1935-1942. It is on their lake property at Pigeon Lake, Alberta. HFF

Under the blue Greek sky the white wind turbines stood out as we passed by on the highway. I liked this angle as the blades would disappear and then reappear.