Flock

I took a trip up to Tahoe with the boys this past weekend and the weather was not the greatest. The boys snowboarded at Squaw Valley and after a series of mishaps I attempted to ski there as well. I took the tram up to 8200 ft and it was blizzarding like crazy so I came back down and happened upon this view. I entitled this "Flock" because my gal friend told me later that she had first thought that this was a photo of sheep. That made me crack up cause where in the heck would I have found sheep to photograph??? After looking at it several more times, the shapes began to take on the shape of sheep-- so now thats what I am stuck with.

Looking down

Sometimes a photograph happens in the least likely of places. Me and two of my boys were coming home from a stay at the Embassy Suites where we had spent some post-Christmas time with two of my longest-and dearest friends and their kids. I took a walk across the parking lot to see a plane land at SFO and when I turned back to look at the car here was this reflection. As you can see, the sun was hitting it just right and the palm tree made for some good contrast. Reflections seem a bit magical to me as it isn't just what is there that you see but also what isn't there and to me that makes it an interesting photo to see and think about..

Mushroom..

before.....

after......

I found this mushroom while I was taking a hike with my dogs and I brought it home so that I could play with it ie; take photos and such. It has amazing colors, shape and texture and I knew that it would photograph well. The first photo is straight out of the camera and the second one I threw a texture over. Which one do you like best?