Foto Friday - Courtesy of the Cuttlefish

Just as predicted, its been another really gray week!

And while we don't have to contend with snow, we are quite used to seeing the sun

on a regular basis. I have to say, the sun . . . its been MIA!

This past weekend my daughter had a solo and ensemble competition and instead of taking the bus and 

waiting there all day, she asked if we would drive her there when it was her turn. 

After we dropped her off we had about forty minutes until we needed to go back and get her,

and yes of course, I brought my camera. It was a very rural area, and every now and again

we would find a small herd of cattle, maybe even a very small barn. But as luck would have it on these

2 lane roads, it seemed there was always a vehicle behind us when I found something of interest

and not much a shoulder to pull off over and let them go by.

  What was that about a cuttlefish you ask?

Well, I'm sure most of us know that when we talk about Sepia in photography that we're talking about

a photograph made in a brown color. But I was curious as to what the actual definition was and found

something interesting that I didn't know. I learned that sepia is a brown ink-like pigment that is secreted

from the Cuttlefish when alarmed. It's used with brush or pen in drawing and as an artist's watercolor.

They began using this toning effect in the 1880s giving the black and white a warmer tone. And lucky

for us in the digital age we can do this with a click of a button as you can't do this to a color photograph

in the darkroom.

So, since this was such a drab and gray week and given what I did find to photograph this week (mostly brown anyway)  I decided that they looked more interesting in the sepia tones.

Soooo much rain lately, which is helping to ease our drought, but a little too much at one time....

    

Normally water isn't found in these, it's just for run off and it looks like those horses found a few puddles!

{P52 - Cabin Fever - I think even the horses were glad to get out after all this rain!}

 

This was on the coastal birding trail, and just when I was getting in the car I saw (and heard) him flying through the trees and got back out and crossed my fingers that I could find him AND that he wouldn't fly away. He must have been hungrier than he was bothered by me and I just watched in amazement as he

caught fish after fish.

{Shoot, edit, submit}

And the bees are busy again!

{Photo Art Friday choice #1 - It started out sepia and I added a little color back in, a slight dual tone

with blue and yellow, and some pencil sketch}

Is anyone else a little freaked out that February is almost over? It feels like father time has turned

up the dial and I'm not liking it at all! Hope this finds you at the edge of a wonderful weekend!!

Love, Kim

XO