Photo gallery – Page 27

Another picture

In the cathedral again, this time in the choir loft.

Panoramas and dolls

I spent some time yesterday afternoon in the cathedral with my camera. Here are a couple of the resulting images.

I also uploaded this year’s Nutcracker pictures to the gallery.

You can see the rest of the picture here and here.

Drizzle dance

I spent much of yesterday afternoon photographing the matachines at a nearby parish in the cold drizzle. More pictures below the fold.

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Pixillated, metalized, plasticized and worse

I’ve been playing around with the trial version of Filter Forge and wondering if it’s worth $50. Extensive variations on a theme below the fold.

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Visitor

Mary R. stopped by my office this afternoon and brought Duffy along.

Unexpected combination

A couple more pictures:

Iris and chrysanthemums blooming simultaneously.

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November color

Probably Malva sylvestris, photographed near the back door of the cathedral.

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Last spring I planted a packet of cosmos seeds of the old “Sensation” variety. According to the packet, the plants start blooming in midsummer and get about four feet tall, which tallies with my memories of the plants in the family garden years ago. However, summer came and went, and the plants showed no sign of flowers. Instead, they just grew and grew. The ones that didn’t flop over are all five to six feet tall now. Finally, in October, they began to bloom. Here are a few pictures I took this afternoon.

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Shades of red

Thanks to abundant moisture throughout the year and unseasonably cool temperatures the past few weeks, this is the best year for fall color that I can remember.

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Balletic debauchery

I shot over 1500 frames this week during the rehearsals of the Friends University fall ballet concert, and it’s going to take me a while to go through them all. Until then, here’s a selection from Prodigal Son, choreography by Stan Rogers after Balanchine.
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