Tones on Tuesday #83 7.9.13

Happy July! I thought I was going to be back on track this month with all my editing and posting, but I have been in an editing rut. I have had an amazing time shooting lately, but I get to editing and my excitement wanes. I am hoping to get back to enjoying editing soon. Anyone else going through a rut right now? What do you do to get back to enjoying the process?

Now onto Tones on Tuesday! I would like to try something new with the link up. I would like to invite you to choose the showcases for the week. I love providing a bit of acknowledgement to your talent by showcasing photos, but with just me picking you are only seeing my picks. I would love to have other perspectives. If you would like to participate and pick the 3 showcased photos for the week please read the guidelines below and then email me. I hope to start this next week!

Guidelines for picking showcased photos...
1. You must wait until the link up has closed on Friday night and look at all of the photos.
2. You must pick 3 photos and write a sentence describing what catches your eye about each photo.
3. You must email me the links to each photo and the descriptions by midnight on Sunday.
4. Most likely goes without saying, but you cannot pick your own photo.
5. Have an alternate or two ready in case one of the photos you have chosen does not follow the guidelines.

Please email me at scatteredhorizons.esc@gmail.com if you are interested!

Also, don't forget to link back to Scattered Horizons so your photo can be considered for showcasing!

Synnöve at Seraphina's Phantasie

I love the sense of place in this photo. The natural colors and textures are lovely as well. Thank you for sharing!

Laurie at Pride in Photos

I love the details in this photo. The prickly parts, the buds and the ridges all combine to showcase this beautiful and misunderstood plant. Thank you for linking up!

Pieni at Pieni Lintu

Beautiful dramatic light and a lovely collection of flowers. Thank you for sharing this lovely image!

Synnöve, Laurie and Pieni please go HERE to grab your showcase button.

Now it's your turn to share your photo with altered tones. Here are the guidelines for Tones on Tuesday:

• The basic idea is to share one photo where you have altered the tones. Such as a black and white, sepia toned, selective coloring or colored photo. Feel free to share the original and edit, or just the edit.
• Please share a photo that you have taken and edited yourself.
• One photo per photographer please. If you have more than one photo in your post please indicate which one is for Tones on Tuesday. If you link up more than once only the first photo will be considered for showcasing.
• Please link up with your permalink and not your blog address.
• Attach the Tones on Tuesday button or a link to Scattered Horizons to your post.
• Leave comments for at least 3 other participants, share the love :o)!
• Have fun!

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Disclaimer - By participating you give Scattered Horizons permission to share your photo on this blog. Photographers will be given credit for their work.

As I mentioned, I have been having a lot of fun shooting lately. Here is a shot from a photography meet up I went to with the Clickin Moms in my area. We went to a strawberry patch to pick berries. Here is a shot of blackberries and one of rasperries - I did not pick these :).

I also made a new watermark. What do you think?

Settings: ISO 100, 100mm, ss1/50, f/2.8

Settings: ISO 100, 100mm, ss1/80, f/2.8

"Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go." - Natalie Goldberg

Joining the link ups below. Be sure to check out the beautiful shots and join the Tones on Tuesday link up found further down!

   

Tones on Tuesday #82 6.25.13

Step one of getting back on track with blogging is Tones on Tuesday!

Tina at Tina's PicStory

I love how you can see the sky in the droplets! Beautiful capture Tina! Thank you for sharing with us.

Leovi at La Fotografia Efectista Abstracta

The colors in this shot are lovely! The soft glow and the texture draws you in. Thank you for linking up Leovi!

Huldra's Life and Liveliness

What a striking ship! I love how the processing gives a vintage feel that works so well with the subject. Thank you for sharing!

Tina, Leovi and Huldra please go HERE to grab your showcase button.

Now it's your turn to share your photo with altered tones. Here are the guidelines for Tones on Tuesday:

• The basic idea is to share one photo where you have altered the tones. Such as a black and white, sepia toned, selective coloring or colored photo. Feel free to share the original and edit, or just the edit.
• Please share a photo that you have taken and edited yourself.
• One photo per photographer please. If you have more than one photo in your post please indicate which one is for Tones on Tuesday. If you link up more than once only the first photo will be considered for showcasing.
• Please link up with your permalink and not your blog address.
• Attach the Tones on Tuesday button or a link back here to your post.
• Leave comments for at least 3 other participants, share the love :o)!
• Have fun!

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Disclaimer - By participating you give Scattered Horizons permission to share your photo on this blog. Photographers will be given credit for their work.

I have been taking a little break from blogging to move my classroom, which is amazingly time consuming when you want to go through everything and get rid of things. I have been at it for 4 days and hope to be done tomorrow. Getting Tones on Tuesday up is one step toward getting back on track with my blogging goals. Today I am sharing a photo from my trip to Astoria, Oregon to visit my dad for Father's Day and a photo from this past Saturday when I was blessed to see an amazing sunset at the Edmond's waterfront. I plan to share more from both of these events on Thursday!

Settings: ISO 250, 100mm, ss1/640, f/11

 Settings: ISO 100, 50mm, ss1/5sec, f/22 (on tripod)

“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” - Carl Bard

Joining the link ups below. Be sure to check out the beautiful shots and join the Tones on Tuesday link up found further down!

   

Just a little break...

If you are stopping by to check out my Reverse 365 or Tones on Tuesday, I apologize that you will not be able to find any new posts today. My job as a teacher is taking over my life at the moment as the end of the school year approaches in less than 2 days! Feel free to look at past posts, explore and be sure to come back next week for a new Tones on Tuesday.

In the mean time I am providing a prize for the one year anniversary of a photographer who has participated in Tones on Tuesday many times and has such a unique perspective in her photos! Be sure to check out the giveaway with an amazing collection of prizes by a bunch of great ladies...

My Mind's Lens Giveaway!

Reverse 365: Simplicity - Day 165/365 6.14.13

Settings: ISO 1600, 100mm, ss1/800, f/5.6

Date: December 9th, 2012

Location: Stevens Pass, Washington

165/365 - June 14th, 2013

“What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer. ”  ― William Albert Allard

Reverse 365: Permission to See - Day 164/365 6.13.13

Settings: ISO 1600, 100mm, ss1/500, f/5.6

Date: December 9th, 2012

Location: Stevens Pass, Washington

164/365 - June 13th, 2013

“While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.”  ― Dorothea Lange

Reverse 365: Abstraction - Day 163/365 6.12.13

I felt like trying a series of black and white images and these snow and ice crystals were the perfect canvas. 

Settings: ISO 1600, 100mm, ss1/2500, f/5.6

Date: December 9th, 2012

Location: Stevens Pass, Washington

163/365 - June 12th, 2013

"I work in colour sometimes, but I guess the images I most connect to, historically speaking, are in black and white. I see more in black and white - I like the abstraction of it." - Mary Ellen Mark

Reverse 365: Outside World is a Dream - Day 162/365 6.11.13

Settings: ISO 1600, 100mm, ss1/2000, f/2.8

Date: December 2nd, 2012

Location: Snoqualmie Pass

162/365 - June 11th, 2013

“Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream.” - Vera Nazarian

Tones on Tuesday #81 6.11.13

Flowers, flowers and more flowers! So many beautiful photographs and talented photographers, here are 3 I am showcasing this week:

Msdewberry at Dew Drops

The tones in this photo are lovely! I love how the brightness shines through the flowers as though they are shining. Thank you for sharing Msdewberry!

NatureFootstep

Amazing light in this photo! The vibrant colors are stunning as well. Thank you for linking up!

Rebecca at The Crazy Redhead Photographer

Soft, ethereal, dream-like! This photo just makes me what to go there and sit among the flowers. Thank you for sharing Rebecca!

Msdewberry, NatureFootstep and Rebecca please go HERE to grab your showcase button.

Now it's your turn to share your photo with altered tones. Here are the guidelines for Tones on Tuesday:

• The basic idea is to share one photo where you have altered the tones. Such as a black and white, sepia toned, selective coloring or colored photo. Feel free to share the original and edit, or just the edit.
• Please share a photo that you have taken and edited yourself.
• One photo per photographer please. If you have more than one photo in your post please indicate which one is for Tones on Tuesday. If you link up more than once only the first photo will be considered for showcasing.
• Please link up with your permalink and not your blog address.
• Attach the Tones on Tuesday button or a link back here to your post.
• Leave comments for at least 3 other participants, share the love :o)!
• Have fun!

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Disclaimer - By participating you give Scattered Horizons permission to share your photo on this blog. Photographers will be given credit for their work.

This year I have been working on a Reverse 365 Project where I edit a photo a day taken in 2012. I love looking back on photos I took, but never had the chance to edit and share. I get ideas for new photos, learn more about editing and stretch my creativity. It also reminds me of amazing places and experiences. I have been editing a lot of sunset photos from last year and realized how long it has been since I have experienced and captured a sunset. Sunsets truly are food for my soul and leave me feeling peaceful, content and renewed. This weekend I rewarded myself for finishing report cards with a evening of shooting a sunset at Brown's Point between Des Moines and Tacoma, Washington. It was amazing watching the sun hit the water and descend below the clouds. My favorite natural event!

Settings: ISO 250, 50mm, ss1/2500, f/11

“One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine.  A hundred such thoughts paint a sunrise.  A thousand will rival the glaring sky at noonday - for gratitude is light against the darkness.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

Joining the link ups below. Be sure to check out the beautiful shots and join the Tones on Tuesday link up found further down!