As you can see, I am still playing with b/w and color. This might be my last for a while. I found it a bit too time-consuming... But it is something I've wanted to do for a while. Perhaps there are better things than this complicated passion flower to play this game with.

What's next?

This is my cousin Wendy. She's my cousin by marriage - my wife's cousin. That makes her my cousin, right? All of my girl-cousins are beautiful so she fits right in with the rest of them...

Anyway, this is my first attempt in Aperture with bringing color into a black and white picture. Hardly a better subject than Wendy. If she looks familiar to you, that's no mistake on your part. She's kind of a big deal.

Damn the fishnet but that's how it was taken. And actually, I have to give credit where credit is earned. I did not take this picture, it was taken from our wedding photographer, Mike. Damn the fishnet, Mike.

just stuff

Sometimes there isn't a reason to think of a fancy title. it's just stuff. no big deal.

These cats aren't real.

My wife recently ran into the house, out of breath and wide-eyed. I knew immediately that the situation wasn't dangerous, as I know her looks and expressions. "Now what?" is what I thought to myself as I begrudgingly got out of my chair to see what the commotion was all about.

Eggs.

Eggs in our teeny, tiny little fish pond of three goldfish. Frog eggs, to be exact.

The next few weeks entailed daily progress trips and viewings of the eggs. Then the tadpole/polliwogs.

Recently we have seen these little guys, no larger than your thumbnail. I've got dozens of photos on these. Expect more in the near future...

Felines... When is enough enough?

This is Reesey. That is her name because her color reminds me of chocolate and peanut butter.

Kitty Behind the pathetic looking kitty is one of the twin set. Icky and Nicky. Nicky has a distinct nick in her left ear. She got names Nicky and Icky was the best rhyme we could come up with. Yeah, we know it sucks...

This is the silver queen of it all. The mother cat. Her name is Eaty because she loves to eat. Don't read her wrong, this is no prissy feline. She's tough as nails and will stand up to anything nature ever dished out. She is also VERY fertile...

Seen enough? There are seven more...

A Girl and Her Dog

She loves him.

He loves her.

I love them.

I shot these two with the 5DII and a macro tube on my new 135L. I'm not sure what they are but they showed up on evening and seem to find safe harbor on the blades of our lemon grass. They settle in around dusk, clamp on to the leaves with their wicked jaws and that's that for the night.

I shot this with my little pocket S90. I'm diggin' the S90. For a point and shoot camera it is fairly awesome. You'll see more from this little gem.

I also shot this with the S90. This guy was chewing the wood on the chair. Talk about a bad-ass; you could hear it munching from ten feet away!