Gotta Love Sunsets

Sunsets are my favorite type of pictures! The lighting is just so warm and awesome. XD They are also not all that hard to take, if you time it right and your camera is halfway decent.

Isn't it interesting that when you look at a nice scene, your eyes are actually being selective? It is a good scene, but often it has objects in it that aren't as pretty - but your mind just ignores them and sees the beauty of it.

Not so with pictures. It is much easier to see the things that don't belong. :-/

Please click to view full size! :-D I love the grass in the foreground.

Now to the beach! Again, please view full size!(ignore the ppl in it :-P)

My sister and a friend of hers. These silhouette pics didn't turn out quite like we wanted, but oh well. *shrug*

So what do you think? What are your favorites? Why?

Icons

A few days ago I created some icons for a photography group on deviantART called "ThatPerfectMoment".
At first I used some cat pictures and added the group's name on it (which can be seen Here), but decided it was probably better to create blank icons that text can be added to later on.
Here are some of the one's I made, of course they look better small:

 

The purple flower on the left could have probably used better focus, lol.

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Both of these shots are very nice in my opinion. I hope to add the full-size pictures very soon. :-D

If you've been following this blog for some time, then you've already seen the originals of these beach pictures.

River 'n' Surfin'

Contrary to what the title may suggest, I have no picture of someone surfing on a river, lol. Just an ocean surfer and some more river pics. ;-D Enjoy!

The logo on this one above is weird, but I like the focus of the splash and the green. :-)

I like rapids! Too bad I didn't get some close up ones (would have if I had a waterproof camera).

It was fun standing in the river. This one didn't focus quite right.

I love the color in this shot! and the bubbly water.

I still have more river pictures coming, so stay tuned, and please comment! :-D

Beaches: in day and dusk

Beaches! Beaches are so nice and varied, you can get all sorts of shots when your there - depending on the time of day. Here are some pictures I've been wanting to share here for awhile, though they aren't exactly new because I don't get down there on a good day often. Enjoy and please comment!

 

I like this one a lot! :-D

Sky and a little Sand

Hey all, decided to post some sky pics! They aren't the best though so I'd be glad of your opinions. ;-D Btw, I may not be around for a little while, so if you don't see a post in 5-7 days I went someplace (and hopefully is taking pictures). Enjoy and have a good week!

 

This one's my fav ^

Next time I'll be having some beach pictures, so here's a taste! lol :-D

Rivers and Flowers and Faces (oh my!)

Hey all! I've been in the picture taking and processing mood for the last week (but didn't get to those River pics till today, so the Beaches will be for next entry) and now you get to finally see them here! (yes....I've been neglecting this blog a bit and posting most of it on DeviantART)
Here are a few of my River pics first:

I call this one "I'm Sinking!" - lol

This I call "Not the best shot in the world" :P

This one's one of my favs. :-D

The water was definitely clear. :-)

There's a story behind the shots of this flower. ;-D

The story is that I took them while I was weeding - I just happened to see an oddly beautiful weed that I thought would make a good photo - So I took the camera, set it to macro, and took a few quick shots before throwing the weed away. :-) Amazing all 3 shots I took are pretty decent and I was even able to see my preview screen, lol.

He was being funny. XD This was his pose for me.

This shot wasn't posed for, but it's the better of the two in my opinion. ;-D

Wow, that was long, 'eh?

Beach Hike Photos (two)

The continuation of my last post (beach hike photos one)!
Location: Central California Coast
Time: Toward evening
Event: Hike
Time: Dec 2010 - Feb 2011

Can you tell I like sunsets? lol.
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This one's nice, even if it does have oil rigs in it.
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Just figured out how to make my watermarks trasparent! :-D

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Beach Hike Photos (One)

Hey all! I've been quite busy with everything about this page except the posting part, lol. I've added a couple new SideBar gadgets and even a page on Facebook! (I hope the extras don't slow down any of your browsers, if it does, please post something in the "Contact Me" page)

Speaking of Facebook, I added a bunch of new pics on there that I hadn't yet here, so this post is one a few that are going to fix that (minus the Facebook exclusive pics). Enjoy!

Most of these photos were taken on a hike along the beach some time in 2009. They look like dunes because they are, lol. It's pretty awesome to see dunes and ocean in the same shot. I've also been getting better at placing my watermarks, lol.

 

^This picture was not on that hike, but it is the same beach^

Ocean Spray

The footprints add to the effect, no?

If anyone wants to see them, I have a few just-desert shots that I could show upon request 

Paradise Beach (actual name)

Thank you for visiting my blog! Please Comment!

~GT