The Joker

(lyrics from Steve Miller's "the Joker" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFV2iG3dnpU ) "Some people call me the space cowboy yeah Some call me the gangster of love Some people call me Maurice Cause' I speak of the pompetous of love People talk about me baby Say I'm doin' you w...

For: teddy love contest

Oh... Hai Thar.

"You've got my attention...now what do you want? Can't you see i'm busy here?"

For: spiders contest

Rain Drops On Roses

on a warm summers day

For: favorite things contest

Garden Delight

This is an older picture from the days when i shot with a sony digital mavica. Low megapixels, but amazing results. I never really was disapointed with that camera. Minor contrast adjustments done in lightroom, black levels raised a hair as well. We tried and tried to get this guy to take down a ...

For: spiders contest

whiskers....

again. so many shots of whiskers. but... i couldn't help myself. i LOOOOOVE kitties. :)

For: favorite things contest

May I Take Your Order?

Somehow, even with the changes in technology, some things remain as simple as they started. basic tools of the waitress trade...guest checks and a pen. ;)

For: tool and trade contest

mobile hands

texting...how would we ever do anything without our lovely hands? image desaturated almost completely and guassion blurred for softness.

For: hands contest

Get Sauced

This is going to be a birthday must....Famous Daves Flaming Long Island. Two of these and you are cut off from the bar...well...i got cut off. well before 6pm. and then traveled the aisles of Home Depot. hehehehe Check out the high res...and see the accidental repeat of the neon sign. pretty i...

For: beverages contest

roadside art

painted train cars along the tracks . . . brightness and contrast adjusted, and saturation increased slightly.

For: paint contest

Snackage...squared

For: squared contest

Noxious Beauty

whats considered a noxious weed to most...is still an oddly beautiful flower to see gracing the otherwise bland ditches around the country side. black levels were raised, brightness and contrast adjusted.

For: flower closeup contest

Under the Pink

For: make up contest

Days Come and Gone

These walls have seen the days coming and going for a century.....

For: abandoned buildings contest

House On the Hill

reminds me of one of them horror movie houses...the slasher or something... like some crazy person with a hockey mask on is ready to escape and slit my throat open. i had the creeps the whole time i was taking shots of this place.

For: abandoned buildings contest

grain elevator lost to time

its common to see grain elevators along the stretch of roads between one small town and another in our part of the country...some still in operation...this one...abandoned after a new state of the art elevator was constructed in a town 10 minutes from this one.

For: abandoned buildings contest

field of petals

a patch of lilies in full bloom captured my eye....maybe yours too?

For: flower closeup contest

Sunny Side Up

brightness and contrast adjusted, and saturation increased.

For: flower closeup contest

sunset

For: mystic woods contest

Floor Plans

architects delights...and subcontractors headaches. reading the fine print to find area measurements, flooring types, casement heights. its all relative. better have a ruler and conversion chart handy.....How many cms in an inch again?

For: math contest

sweet nothings

;) white lace...always better off than on. only brightness and contrast adjusted.

For: white contest

Whitened Memories

white headstone weathered and bleached by the years.

For: white contest

Milkweed

the white fluff of a milkweed plant. *cropped and brightness/contrast adjusted.

For: white contest

Hard Hat

For: hats contest

I AM...back again.

Because my previous entry was removed, I'm submitting a full color entry. NO selective editing. Adjusted Black tones, which I am SURE is allowable, per examples set by not just other members, but MODERATORS as well. and OH YEAH...almost forgot.. "“Beauty is only skin deep, but...

For: self portraits contest