BUG PAINTING PARTY

This was my other shot submitted for the BAPC assignment of "AMERICANA".  Interestingly enough this was what I considered to be my "A" shot for the night, but it turned out to be the lowest scoring photo of the night.  Meanwhile "The Pie Lady", see previous post, was the highest scoring.  Judges didn't like the effect, which started as and in-camera Olympus "art filter" and went on from there.  I guess what I liked the most about it is that it's exactly what I intended the shot to be from the time I took it.  An over-the-top representation of an over-the-top event, hence the early selection of the fish eye lens.

TROPHY BARBERSHOP #2

Another shot from of the Trophy Barber Shop on Texas Avenue in Baytown, TX.

TROPHY BARBERSHOP #1

Interior of the historic Trophy Barber Shop on Texas Ave in Baytown, TX.

Mighty Mushroom Macro

Mushroom shot from Discovery Green on Saturday morning.

Lynchburg Beach Art_3

Last in the Lynchburg beach art series.

Fifth Ward's Pavel Ruck House

Houston Artists Dan Havel and Dean Ruck moved an old home onto an empty lot on Lyons Ave and turned it into a pretty cool work of art. After using recycled materials to make the house look partially turned inside out and adding a stage it is now a publicly accessible park and community meeting place. See more @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQo6Q0AG0vA

Sold to the Man on the Front Row

A shot of an antique and collectibles auction series recently started by Jack's Hardware & Antiques in Baytown, TX. See more on the auction @ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jacks-Hardware-Antiques/224762642853

Worstell Auctions

Every second Saturday Worstell Auctions [http://www.worstellauctionco.com/] holds a public auction of a wide variety of commercial and consumer items. We had never been and decided to check it out this past Saturday. They use this vehicle, there own mobile 'popemobile" like truck, to move around in the auction yard from area to area.

Vietnam Memorial_2

Another shot from the Vietnam Memorial exhibit in Crosby this past weekend.

Honoring our Soldiers

The travelling version of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington was in Crosby, TX over the weekend and I shot this photo of it on Saturday night.

Adkins Architectural Antiques & Treasures_4

Another shot in my "Adkins Architectural Antiques & Treasures" series. http://www.adkinsantiques.com/aa/

Adkins Architectural Antiques & Treasures_3

Another shot from Adkins Architectural Antiques & Treasures taken this past Saturday.

Caribbean Cruise 1

A fish eye view of the cruise terminal in Nassau in the Bahamas, part of a cruise of the eastern Caribbean we just returned from.

San Jacinto Monument_4

Last shot in the SJM series shot last weekend.

San Jacinto Monument

I took this shot Saturday morning as the fog started to break.

Hugo Point Foot Bridge

I had several comments about the base image used in my surreal shot "Defiance" yesterday so I though I would post it here. This shot was taken right after a brief shower while the sky was still dramatic.

Hugo Point Bridge

Taken this morning at Hugo Point with my Olympus E-5 in Program Mode with the "Dramatic" Art Filter on. I cropped the angle of view my fisheye lens captured to eliminate some foreground distractions. Recorded ISO was 250, F-stop was F9, and shutter speed was 1/400.

Gaillard-Mitchell Family Cemetery

This shot of the Gaillard-Mitchell Family Cemetery was taken on today's BPC field trip. It's a single shot "pseudo" HDR conversion in Photomatix taken with a fish eye lens on my Olympus E-5. The wall around the cemetery is actually square, the perspective distortion is a result of the fish eye optics.

Harlie Looks at Freedom

A shot of our Cocker "Harlie" peering under the fence at freedom!

Trinity Bay Pier

This shot is from the end of a boat ramp on Trinity Bay this morning. When the front blew through it pushed the water out of the bay by quite a bit.