Day 30 - karma karma karma karma karma chamelon....

Ok there is some blue in there too , but I like the song... I was sitting in the computer room and I noticed the Galileo thermometer there and thought such nice colors I bet it would make a good picture. In case you don't know how to read a thermometer like this, you read the # on the lowest floating bulb in the tube and that is your temperature, it only has a range from 64-80 though so it's only good for an an average home. It's not very precise either as it is in 4 degree increments as well.

I did position the thermometer in front of an open window get get the focus on the tube itself and have the blurred blackground. I really love the way the colors came out in this shot, very clear, crisp and the thermomenter centered nicely in the picture. You can really read everything easily as well. I'm waiting for the day now where all those bulbs are down the bottom and it says 80 again, that would be nice right about now It's cold out there.

Red gold and green, red gold and greeeeeeeen.....
(and blue) :)

Day 15 - frosty spring

It was a cold and windy day yesterday. I was driving in Johnston on Hartford Ave when I noticed a state park on the right. I stopped on in for a quick look around since it was lunch time anyways. There is a couple ponds here with bridges, a walkway, and some trails that head off into the woods.

I headed over to a small waterfall that runs underneath the road and noticed this bright green moss. I thought it was such a great hint of the warmer weather to come, so I got a few shots from different angles in the sun and this shot here.

What I like about this shot is the contrast of colors and the idea of these too complete opposites in one shot. The cold ice of winter and the warm lush green of the moss. The shot is complete by the wooden branch that spans across the both almost as if it's joining them to one. The colors of the shot stand out with great contrast, as well as the different textures.

Groundhog day is just around the corner, are there 6 weeks of winter left ? Of course, but seeing this green makes me all the more hopeful for the springtime.