Sweet haze

What a joy the weather has been for the past few days here in Maryland. As I walked around the property this afternoon, I could hear the crunch of leaves under my feet. I could also hear birds singing and the lilt of children’s laughter coming from the development next to us. There’s something lovely about the laughter of children, isn’t there?

I’m just fooling around here with my macro lens. For the photo above, I used an action from the Florabella Color & Haze Set called Sweet Haze. It gave it a milky soft finish.

I used the same action on this photo but added a texture from les brumes on Flickr.

I call this doggie bokeh. Perhaps you’ll agree.

I took all of the photos you see here during magic hour with my Nikon D80. Magic hour is the hour before the sun sets and the light is just beautiful.

And so is George. Yes you are, pup pup. Or as I call him sometimes, Monsieur le pup pup. I guess you can gag now, but I’ve always called him that. In fact, I’ve called all my dogs that name.

Thanks to those who responded via comments and e-mails to my question about advertising yesterday. Your advice is really appreciated. Rest assured that my blog will remain the place of peace and quiet that it’s always been. I’m not going anywhere fast.

So what plans do you have for the weekend?

I’ve got an eight o’clock appointment Saturday morning to get the Element serviced and then the world is my oyster.

Until tomorrow, my friends . . .