Worm's Eye View

52Frames - Week 48 - Nature

Last week while on a bike ride, I saw a stand of trees along the Des Plaines River trail that I thought would make a good shot for Nature week. Had planned on using my wide angle zoom with some intentional camera movement to get vertical stripes.

When that failed miserably, I went to Plan B; zoomed out to 10mm and shot with various PoV's. Processed in LR and Silver Efex Pro 2.

Taken 11/27/20

Water's Edge

Independence Grove

Libertyville, IL

Mid-40's in mid-November and little wind; good recipe for a bike ride.  Peaceful.

Taken 11/22/20

USS Covid

52Frames - Week 47 - Circle

The helm is empty while the virus rages on.  Who is steering the ship?  Not Comrade Minus who has chosen to ignore this reality and chase his fantasy of a rigged election instead.  Also, golf instead of a  G20 Summit on the pandemic?!?!

Meanwhile, perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccine trial results announced by Pfizer and Moderna. And not soon enough, the helm will be manned by someone who gives a damn.

Taken 11/17/20

Two Elections

Landslides...both of them. The first in 2016 declared as such by Comrade Minus (a name coined by Obama's White House photographer Pete Souza) notwithstanding a popular vote loss of ~3M votes.  Since the 2020 electoral count is the same and the popular vote over 5M in the winning direction, one can only conclude the same characterization of a landslide.

The left landslide depicts the Comrade Minus administration inheriting the country at a high level and driving its descent to our current state of chaos, indecency and division.

The gap between the landslides represents the selfishness of Comrade Minus and his minions’ refusal to facilitate the transition of power to the legitimately elected administration.  America First…what a joke…it’s simply not in CM's vocabulary.

The right landslide represents the uphill climb #46 will have to restore health, truth, dignity, unity and respect to our country and national dialog.

I sincerely hope with the A-HOLE out of the White House, all Americans can move towards a civil dialog...myself included.  It will be great to be rid of that despicable excuse for a president.  I'm not proud of myself for thinking this way, but to quote, "It is what it is".

Taken 11/17/20

Rainbow Ahead!

Kauai, Hawaii (from the archive)

Playing around with some painting effects from Photoshop.

Taken 3/7/19

Ready For More

52Frames - Week 46 - Mobile Phone

My grandson enjoys mealtime.  When he's on a roll, we need to make sure there isn't too much in his mouth at a time.  In this instance, he was ready for that next piece of waffle.

Taken 11/11/20

Still Uncertain?

52Frames - Week 45 - Signs

It struck me as funny that so many campaign signs line the path to polling places.  Are folks really uncertain at that point?  Or would their mind be changed by the mere appearance of a sign?

Taken 11/3/20

Out of Control

52Frames - Week 44 - Abstract [Alternate]

Another alternate shot for the 52Frames challenge last week and another commentary on today's politics.

I experimented with rotational camera movement and long exposure to capture this image.

Taken 10/29/20

Switch

52Frames - Week 44 - Abstract [Alternate]

An alternate shot for the 52Frames challenge this week.

I called this "Switch" because when looking at it long enough, the foreground and background switch depending on what color I'm focusing on. I experimented with intentional camera movement and long exposure to capture this image.

Taken 10/29/20