Stray Snaps - a Photo Blog

Water – Jacksonville Beach

straymo — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:05:08 +0000

The light was not what I had hoped for and I forgot to bring my doubler. I made the best of it and ended up with some unexpected shots.

This was an unexpected shot, but I love how the water is flying off his wings. The poor bird was waterlogged.

Riding the wave!

Casting his net.

I love how the foam looks like the froth on a cappuccino.

Shadows – (sort of)

straymo — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:34:32 +0000

Well, I didn’t really get to this one, but I did take this silly shot of Lily and I our on evening walk. I’m sooo tall!

“Your city/state (local spot)?” My answer, Friendship Fountain!

straymo — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:02:40 +0000

Friendship Fountain originally opened a few months before I was born (1965, yes I’m that old) for a cost of $1.7 million. At the time, it was considered the world’s largest and tallest fountain making it a tourist favorite. It has been a fixture in downtown Jacksonville ever since. It sits proudly on the bank of the St. Johns River overlooking the Main Street Bridge, the Jacksonville Landing and all the majestic buildings of downtown. When I was a kid, this fountain always reminded me of the spinner thing on the game of Life.

It recently underwent a $3.1 million dollar restoration, reopening in June, 2011. This was the first time I’ve seen it since it opened and I will say that I was pleased with the results. Enjoy! (((CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE)))

The Blog is BACCCKK!!

straymo — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:40:13 +0000

I’ve started back in a new group with photo themes each week. Therefore, my old blog is making a comeback. I’ve left my old projects from 2009, but they are from another photo group.

At Ground Level – Assignment Complete

straymo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:48:33 +0000

I found some great opportunities for ground level shots while visiting the Jacksonville Agricultural Fair.
Favorite…

The rest…

And one of my favorite subjects, Lily….

Capture the essense of fall – assignment

straymo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:27:51 +0000

I’d taken a little break from the photo assignments but hope that I’m back in full force. Stay tuned…Well, here we go. Fall in Florida is not quite the same as it is in other parts of the country. First I spent the early afternoon at Alpine Grove Park for a little nature stuff and then stopped at a pumpkin patch on the way home.

On to the pumpkins…..

Don’t love the light on this one – it was under a tent.

And Indian corn

Small part of something larger – assignment complete (sort of)

straymo — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:02:04 +0000

Well I don’t currently have a lens that lends itself to small part of flowers etc. I just can focus that close. So I had to think bigger and out of the box a bit. I went back to the Main Street Bridge (used in my show motion assignment). I decided to shoot a single rivet or a single lattice beam on a great big bridge.

And just for grins….Lily’s nose (small part of a bigger dog)

Small Part of a Whole – New assignment

straymo — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:58:48 +0000

Due 9/7
Photograph a small part of a whole, for example the stamen of a flower. Post 5 different photographs, choosing your top 1. As always, no post-editing. No contest this round, unless the majority would like one.

:::Off I go searching for a good lens to get in close:::

Bug-a-Boo…assignment complete.

straymo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:50:44 +0000

Well I had a little trouble with getting the focus and light just the way I wanted it on this one but managed to get a few decent shots. I need to work on shooting quicker. I missed a lot of butterfly shots because they moved out of my focal range too quickly.

Bugs, Insects, and Spiders…oh my!

straymo — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:24:22 +0000

Time to practice my macro-shots! This week’s assignment is to photograph bugs, insects, or spiders. Post my top 5, picking my top 1.

No editing in photoshop or similar. What you see is what you get.
Due Aug. 31.