Show me Autumn ...

Well hello again :)

Not much needs to be said about this weeks topic...

except that i really had fun shooting for it :)

My little 'sailboat'

I had fun watching the breeze 'play' with this leaf...

'Sailboat' shot from under the water...

me trying out my new camera...

More underwater shots...

sticking my arm into a rather freezing pool...

colour me brave :)

A bee on a leaf...more than half submerged...

yes i save him :)

My little sidekick :)

always willing to take direction...

 half in...or is it half out...?

this shot is taken from under the waterline ...

plays tricks on the eyes hey ...

Fallen

Rust

Bare...

I noticed this little mama bird nesting while Bradley learns to play tennis...

Golden :)

Driving down this street at this time of year...

 always pleases me :)

Autumn's Glow :)

Me and my new camera having some fun :)

The brief was 'Show Me Autumn'...

and i think this shot does just that...

as the weather changes from cooler to cold...

the steam tells the story :)

Through Merita's Lens

Autumn

I enjoyed taking these photos.  Amazing how the leaves change so quickly, one day the leaves look red and beautiful  and by the next day the leaves are brown.

That's All Folks :)
Hope you are enjoying whatever season you happen to be living :)

Faces :)

Hey all :)

I dunno...*sigh*

i found this topic tough...

While here in SA there are many 'interesting' faces...

pretty ones or ones that tell a story...

i am not happy to ask strangers to pose for me to shoot them...

and so...

 my shots are ...

predictable...

Funny Face :)

3-D glasses at Gold Reef or is it 4-D...?

i wasn't there... i was at the Bieber Concert :)

and i can't remember from previous times...

oh sugar!! now u all know the truth...

 i am not perfect lol :)

Google Shots :)

luv the way her eyes take on the blue of the water...

and the green of the grass...

2 faces i know well :)

we were getting ready to go...and she leaned against the wall...

at the concert...

a sea of faces :)

MONSTER grapes...huge!

one in Bradley's cheek...

one in each cheek...

how big is this grape :o

^^^

From Merita's Lens...

Face

Thought this topic would be easier than it was.  Had a lot of ideas but difficult to capture.  Went back to the photos I took last year and found these.

That's All Folks :)

Recent Best Shots :)

Hello... I am no longer flying solo :)

So...we didn't really have a photo challenge topic in mind...

but needed to 'get back in the saddle' so to speak...

so i suggested...

The Best Shots taken over the last week or two... 

ALSO

I said to include a quote or line from a song...

that best describes ourselves at this time...

Have spray-bottle...will spray :)

Just love this...make a wish...

On this day...it was dreary out...and normally i feel like my chance to take 'nice' photos...

vanishes along with the sun...but here i decided to prove to myself that i could still get a 'pretty' photo

even on a rainy day...

Plenty of rain fell...

and there i was...shooting away...rain falling softly at first and then...

getting down to business...my camera... under Bradley's Ben 10 kids umbrella...

me...my back...my bum...NOT SO MUCH lol

Look what the sun brought along with her when she returned the next day...

CRAZY...they had sprung up overnight...in patches...

mushroom forests :)

<3<3<3

The next 3 shots are of my favorite faces... 

my recent... favorite sun-kissed shots of  them :) 

Next...

One of my All-Time-Best-Shots...

the kind that keeps me coming back for more...

You wait and wait...feeling like a 'great' photo is about to happen...

you wait some more...almost giving up... deciding to just hang in there...

try to ignore sore arms and an eye tired of being scrunched up...finger on the trigger...

think of quitting again...but that 'feeling' keeps you rooted to the spot...

and then...I GotMyShot :)

#Thrilling 

My Quote = words from a song...

I was driving in my car on the highway...enjoying a new dawn...

blue sky and golden sun...trees...the veld...

when this song came on the radio...my first time hearing it...

this line gave me goosebumps...

still does :)

"I just want to FEEL this moment..."

because this thing we call 'life' is really just many moments...

...pearls...

strung together by time...and i don't want to miss a single moment...

by being numb...complacent...

And now for my partner in crime :)

Best 5

All these photos were taken on our holiday to Madeira during the Easter holidays.

Merita's Quote:

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...

it's about learning to dance in the rain..."

^^^

Published...and then returned to add the song i speak of...