Red Faced and Lovin' It

Red Faced and Lovin' It
Originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

Yesterday I had to leave my car in the shop for service so I decided to grab my camera and stroll around East Helena (very small town) for the hour. Found a pile of old, rusty tractors and other farm machinery and I knew right away there were some good photos lurking there. This one reminds me of a human face, something you'd see at a carnival, a masquerade or costume ball.


I put together a series of photo-abstracts from my stroll around the machinery graveyard. Check it out on Flickr if you want to see more like these.

Why Am I Here?

Curvaceous

Curvaceous
Originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

I had fun one day playing with my camera -- hunting around the house and garden for natural objects that reminded me of human body parts. This first one recalls a variety of female body shapes, mostly round and curvy ...

Or two breasts

two kissing lovers

a belly button

Incredible Color

Incredible Color
Originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

A couple days ago I chose a few of my 120 photos of Tim Carney and Barry Hood installing the Grandstreet Theatre window ... and made a set on my Flickr account showing the progress of the window's creation. Fatima blogged this photo on the Catchy Colors photoblog (which, by the way has some incredible vibrant color photos) and it actually looks much better against the black background of her photoblog.

From inside the theater, at least when the balcony curtains are open, on a sunny day the colors of this window are intense. When they get the lighting installed, people passing by outside will be able to see how beautiful the colors are, as well.

Here are several more photos showing Tim and Barry installing the window. It is huge -- and was quite a task to install. Click here to see the whole set of making-the-window photos, arranged in progressive order.

Pattern

Playing with my Artemesia
Originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

I was just playing around with a ho-hum photo of some artemesia growing in our garden ... and ended up with this, which I think is kinda cool. Not a great work of art, but fun (for me anyway)

Here's the original photo for comparison:



and the photo I blended with the first one:

Hangin Out

Hangin Out
Originally uploaded by MontanaRaven.

My Photo Friday photo. This guys been hanging on a lilac branch in our garden for 2 years. A little worse for the weather, but still cute.