
Apparently my enthusiasm about the National Park 'The Bavarian Forest' was catching, because when I showed Dennis Rademaker the pictures, he immediately suggested to jump in the car and go, before the snow would melt. As I think spontaneous ideas are often the best; so we did! Last friday we dro...

I have received several Flickr mails asking me to post this shot which is in the slide show separately. I hope it lives up to their expectations! Thanks for all your kind comments over the last week on my stream. I hope you have enjoyed them.

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This is the first one of the last two images taken at Baladrar cove this year. I won't visit it until next winter. It was a nice moment spent with my good friends Paco P. Font and SebaS. Baladrar cove, is located at Benissa, Alicante (Spain). Thanks for stopping by and have a nice weekend. A...

Explore #1 - March 4 2010 Please view large on black. --- jonaspeterson.com

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for ten days i was down with the flu, but i am on the run again and took a new photo of my favourite model ? the sx-70 :) please do not invite me to any of those icon groups or put pictures in your comments.

found these cool walking sticks and just had to share his site with everyone. I love how you can see his hand on the side of his face thru the fabric... used a sheer silk chiffon that I bought online. Late night surfing for this whole set-up... gotta love online shopping! This is Bennett, 1...

sunshine on a cloudy day Not a sunny day at all today... but hey, that's what photo manipulation is for!! Happy Sunday Flickr! My mother in law has an extra turkey left from the holidays and she is cooking it up today! Yippee! Holiday meal without the holiday stress, my fave! And turkey sammies...

EXPLORED NO.1 | FRONT PAGE Highest Position #1 | Interestingness | Front Page | February 27, 2010 Saturday Fast Fact Here is my initial output of our Invitational Drag Race Competition Hosting during the 7th Araw ng Zamboanga Sibugay Province last February 20, 2010. Dedicated to the Gorgeous ...

Today is "Wear Red To Work" Day for the British Heart Foundation. As my job is to be a Mum, "The Boss" and I went out for a walk wearing our red uniform (coats and wellies!). It took us a few attempts as "The Boss" kept turning round to wave bye-bye to the camera! Dress up, dress down, bake, p...

Generally i avoid taking my camera out in the rain but Sophie told me to get over it. Last night was perfect for that, but if it doesn't work tomorrow i'm blaming her. Update: Explore number 1! Thanks everyone... i guess i should listen to Sophie more often Oh, and the camera still works so i g...
To help out with the
zoo photography assignment I have two announcements. First, the zoo photography assignment is being extended until the end of the month to give everyone more time to get to a zoo. The new deadline is March 31st.
Second, I have added a new zoo photography lesson. The new le...
Stormy Crossing

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Photo of the Week - March 10, 2010 originally appeared on About.com Photography on Wednesday, March 10t...

Spring is a traditionally busy time of year. School is nearing the end of the year so there is tons of extra work, Easter and other religious holidays add to the schedule confusion, the dreaded tax deadline in the United States falls in April, and so many more additional situations that add t...
Sometimes even photographers want to just relax and do silly things. What better way to relax than to combine photography and silliness? Here are my picks for the
top 5 sites to play with your photos.
Top 5 Sites to "Play" With Your Photos originally appeared on About.com Photography on Monday, ...
I often see people taking pictures at sunset. After all, I'm often right there with them, doing the same thing. As the evening progresses though, most everyone else leaves by the time the sun goes down. But with plenty of great images to be made as the light continues to fade, they're missing out...

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Don't forget our March forum
photo contest is c...

Our learning assignment for February was action. From action coming straight at the viewer to wild fights, we had an interesting batch of entries this round.
If you would like a critique of your non-winning entry, please let me know and I will be glad to provide one. You can see all of our fin...
Nature's Abstract Art

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Photo of the Week - March 3, 2010 originally appeared on About.com Photography on Wednesday, March 3...

Congratulations to our February forum theme winner, Pam Bycraft! Her image of a wedding ring casting a heart shaped shadow nicely illustrates our February theme, love.
Our
March Forum Theme is "cats and dogs" so be sure to stop by the forum and post your photos of cats and/or dogs. Your photo ...
They say March roars in like a lion so our fun assignment for March is zoo photography! Zoos are a great place to photograph animals you would not ordinarily get the opportunity to see. The last few decades have seen more and more zoos adding much more natural habitat exhibits for these magnific...
I wrote an article some while back on some of my favorite keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Photoshop. Ever since, I've gotten requests to do a similar article on keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom....

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Forum Flashback Series - 27 February 2010 originally a...

St. Patrick's Day is only a couple of weeks away so its certainly time to start thinking up your "wee folk" photo ideas. To help you add a magical touch to your Leprechaun, fairy, and elf images this year we have added a tutorial on how to
easily create elf ears in Photoshop Elements.
And do...
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Photo of the Week - February 24, 2010 originally appeared on About.com Photography on Wednesday, February 24th...

Did you ever send a photo to a friend via email and it took 30 minutes or more to send? That's due to a large file size. The size of the photo file is affected by several factors and megapixels is actually not the most important. One of the big contributors to file size is your subject. Th...
This past Friday the 19th, Adobe Photoshop turned twenty years old. In the world of computer software, that's a long time, but Photoshop is still going strong, with the release of the upcoming Photoshop CS5 due out in the second quarter this year....