“Unexpected Treasures”
I love color / colour. My most treasured images are filled with it. My unexpected shots, images that happen out of the blue may or may not be, but to be treasured they have something, a quality, to cause them to be “Treasured”.
A few of my images,
Treasured, YES,
Unexpected, DEFINITELY
#1 This cat is fast becoming treasured for several reasons. First, it’s very smart. It wheedled its way into our pocketbook to feed it and now it has wheedled its way into our house. It’s fast becoming an expensive treasure as its shots, worming, de-fleaing and spay is a pretty big bank account. Add in the toys and the bed and a toll on my sleep. Its personality is maturing nicely, it isn’t as skinny, it knows how to ask to be let in and out and to be fed or to be petted and it allows us to live here. It was most definitely an “Unexpected but Treasured” addition to our home.
#2 This “Unexpected Treasure” is one of a series I snapped on the way home from Rockford, Illinois in July, 2008. The sunset is what my rear view mirror sees reflected in the side of our car.
#3 I love a redhead and this beautiful family came to the lake to spend time together with a picnic on the water. She is lovely and the children are beautiful, a perfect ”Unexpected Treasure”.
#4 This was a definite unexpected. We were out for dinner and after the fact, I took some images working with no flash but changing light settings. I really liked what happened in this image. Just a building is what I was thinking, but it came out as an “Unexpected Treasure”.
#5 Another image from Rockford/Loves Park, Illinois, July of this year. I had seen Turkeys on past visits but this trip, we went on a hunt, a photographic hunt and this “Unexpected Treasure”, one out of many, was on the hoof.
#6 This image was taken only this Thanksgiving weekend, near an eating place we enjoy. I am sure the wreck was unexpected but as it was raining, not all that surprising. It was an unexpected opportunity for my photographic curiosities, but I hesitate calling it a treasured moment.
#7 The fact this image turned out at all was totally unexpected. It was taken while driving at a pretty good clip on the expressway from Rockford to Cincinnati. I saw the fun colors out of the corner of my eye as I was concentrating on other things. I lifted, aimed and snapped and It came out quite well. It was a nearly missed, fun and “Unexpected Treasure”.
If there is one thing I have learned about photos, you can’t catch them all. You have to leave some “Unexpected Treasures” for others to shoot at, photographically speaking. There have been many I missed for others to take advantage of with their cameras. Many images lie beautifully in wait, in Xanga entries for the thought, “I wish I had taken that one.”
Have a super week.
Keep on taking those photos and
thanks always for your comments.
#1 This cat is fast becoming treasured for several reasons. First, it’s very smart. It wheedled its way into our pocketbook to feed it and now it has wheedled its way into our house. It’s fast becoming an expensive treasure as its shots, worming, de-fleaing and spay is a pretty big bank account. Add in the toys and the bed and a toll on my sleep. Its personality is maturing nicely, it isn’t as skinny, it knows how to ask to be let in and out and to be fed or to be petted and it allows us to live here. It was most definitely an “Unexpected but Treasured” addition to our home.
#2 This “Unexpected Treasure” is one of a series I snapped on the way home from Rockford, Illinois in July, 2008. The sunset is what my rear view mirror sees reflected in the side of our car.
#3 I love a redhead and this beautiful family came to the lake to spend time together with a picnic on the water. She is lovely and the children are beautiful, a perfect ”Unexpected Treasure”.
#4 This was a definite unexpected. We were out for dinner and after the fact, I took some images working with no flash but changing light settings. I really liked what happened in this image. Just a building is what I was thinking, but it came out as an “Unexpected Treasure”.
#5 Another image from Rockford/Loves Park, Illinois, July of this year. I had seen Turkeys on past visits but this trip, we went on a hunt, a photographic hunt and this “Unexpected Treasure”, one out of many, was on the hoof.
#6 This image was taken only this Thanksgiving weekend, near an eating place we enjoy. I am sure the wreck was unexpected but as it was raining, not all that surprising. It was an unexpected opportunity for my photographic curiosities, but I hesitate calling it a treasured moment.
#7 The fact this image turned out at all was totally unexpected. It was taken while driving at a pretty good clip on the expressway from Rockford to Cincinnati. I saw the fun colors out of the corner of my eye as I was concentrating on other things. I lifted, aimed and snapped and It came out quite well. It was a nearly missed, fun and “Unexpected Treasure”.If there is one thing I have learned about photos, you can’t catch them all. You have to leave some “Unexpected Treasures” for others to shoot at, photographically speaking. There have been many I missed for others to take advantage of with their cameras. Many images lie beautifully in wait, in Xanga entries for the thought, “I wish I had taken that one.”Have a super week.Keep on taking those photos andthanks always for your comments.
Comments (7)
I love the way #7 looks, like some drawing out of an old school “social studies” book!! They’re all great!
sunset and the gingers in the boat for me…
Hi Becca, love the sunset, i enjoy seeing images within images, and a great shot of the tractors, even better if you took that on the move!
I like all of them,too
You certainly have a lot of fun in that car of yours Becca. I see your newly found predator looks happy in his new home. The sunset reflected in the side of the car through the rear view mirror is an amazing shot. You certainly know when to press the camera button. All your photos are an example of that. All are so colourful
I like the ” redhead ” on the lake . In my family all the girls are redhaid !
Thanks you for your kind comment for janine ‘ s birthday .
Love
Michel
Great as usual. I love the sunset picture the most of the group but I also like the cat photo for the colors. It’s amazing how animals can figure out how to get us to spoil them. Some say because they are small that they are not very smart but I disagree.