Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: COTH5

My first HDR image!! (My husband learned how to do long-exposure and HDR images, and taught me how to do it, and this was my first attempt!) This picture was taken on our aborted July 2, 2011 hike to Stuart Falls by way of the Red Blanket Trail in the Sky Lakes Wilderness area of Southern Oregon. NOTES from FLICKR: Thank you everyone for helping this image reach 1300+ views, 950+ comments, 54 favorites and 1 Gallery placement!!! This image has attained these highest rankings in the following award groups and is very proudly and humbly displayed with thanks to each of you for your awards, comments and favorites in these top tier Gallery Threads and high-level groups: Flickr Award Gallery (L3) * Finest Diamond Gallery (L3) * The Magic of the Nature Gallery * iPhoto Hobby Gallery (L3) * Colors of the Heart Gallery * My Favorite Forest Gallery * Landscapes, Sunsets, Waterscapes Winning Gallery * Triple Ring of Excellence Gallery (L3) * Best of DAMN! I Wish I'd Taken That! * Photography for Recreation: Diamond (L6) * WoW (L5) * Creative Master (L2) * FlickrDuel contest: +10 Long Exposure * View Awards Count

Steve and I went to the historical town of Jacksonville, Oregon last week to see if there were any interesting pictures to take of the buildings there. Well...as it turned out, we weren't inspired by the buildings, but I certainly went crazy with my macro lens and had a grand time! After weeding out all the bad shots, I got 85 keepers! Whee!!! :D This was a maple tree I noticed as we walked up one street and I simply had to stop and take pictures of the sun shining through some leaves! Work is keeping me buried, but I'll have about 20 minutes tonight to bounce around to some of your lovely photo streams! It will be a very nice adventure for me and I can't wait to see what you all have for me to see! :)