No Scrapping.....

actually I have scrapped, just have not taken a pic.

At least I dont think I have, hmmm

not sure now.

And I have not taken a lot of photos

either, my littlest model is being

very unco-operative, too busy

being hard to get on with to have

a photo taken.

So I will bore you with the photos I

have taken for the photography comp

at Bons. First prompt was bright colours.

Last minute job this one, threw some

icing on arrowroot biccies and

added 100's & 1000's.

Second prompt was a pic of an awesome

sunset, take something from that, the colour,

the sunset itself, a silhouette, or group of people

(they were in the photo).

We are not getting great sunsets at the

moment, so I borrowed a flower

from the motel, Graham gave me permission,

and scooted over to Bruce Steer Pool

to take this pic, pretty rapt with

the way it turned out.

This was my second choice,

feeble looking sunset in the background.

A practice shot with the 50mm lens.

Gotta love the effect. This is a tiny

little weed from out the side, it was about

as big as a little fingernail, but you get

the gist of what the lens can do.

Same lens, and a picture of my

reluctant model. She yawned, sneezed,

shivered, turned away, you name it

anything so I could not take a pic.

This was the best i could come up with.

Thanks for stopping by,

please come back another day,

and see if I have got my lazy self

on her and done another post.

Catch ya on the flip side.

New Camera....Nikon D90

Ok, in all my excitement the other night

I forgot to actually tell you what I got.

Silly me.

I got a Nikon D90 with 18-105mm lens.

I looked at the twin lens kit, but

decided to get something a little better,

figured if I was spending that sort of money

I should get quality to start with, I am sure

it will save me money in the long run.

Somewhere down the track I will look

at getting a longer zoom but that can wait

for the time being.

So I have charged the battery and

am ready to go, and wouldn't you know

it the girls have both gone awol for

a few nights, who can I practice on now.

I did snap a few flower pics when

I went to feed a friends chooks.

I love this little bee, he looks so busy.

I am no gardener so I will say

this is a red flower,

and this is an orange one, hehehe,

I know I am hopeless.

So today I thought the sun is out,

should be a nice sunset, bah, stupid

clouds rolled in at 5 o'clock, so

I just got a couple of the beach and walkway.

Hope the girls realise I am going to drive

them crazy when they get home tomorrow.

I cant wait to have a real play.

*******

While I am here chewing your ear, how

about popping over to Bons Scraps

on Tuesday April 20th @ 7.30

for this months CyberCrop.

There will be the usual fun and games

and lots of chatter in chatzy.

Come and play Bingo,

have a go at the

Sketch, Colour and Scraplift challenges.

Flis will be running this months

free online class on the night.

Her sneak is looking pretty good too.

So come on, why not join in the fun.

*******

Thanks for stopping by,

be good and I will catch you again

another time (hopefully tomorrow)

with some scrapping (if my mojo shows up)

and photos.

Scary Much.....

I paid for my new camera this morning.

I think it would have to be one

of the scariest things I have ever done.

Have I done the right thing....

I can tell you I had to take

a very deep breath before I confirmed

my purchase.

But....YIPEE

I am going to own a super duper

fantastic camera, and I am

stoked, cant wait for it to

arrive. It might be here tomorrow

but more likely it will be Wed

Thurs at the latest.

Patience, patience, but yay,

how totally exciting.

Oh dear......

You are not going to believe what happened this morning.

I was taking pics across the road from the shop

using Tara's camera, came back to the

shop and said to Mark, I really

wish I had of got the camera the other day,

he asked how much etc, and said I could

use some of the money from the sale

of the boat, until I got the money I am

expecting. The bloody sale ended yesterday.

Typical, now I have to wait until they

come on sale again, I told him I wont

get it until I am sure the money is

there, so I was not too dissappointed.

But gee I wish he had of said it

a couple of days ago, I would

have been there in a shot.

Sat and Sun photos....

Looking for a 'Retro' pic. I remembered my

coat from 1978. The girls reaction

'please tell us you didnt actually go outside

wearing that'. Cheeky brats.

Took a couple of weeks to convince Tiff

to be my model, as you can see she was

far from impressed. Honestly the coat

is not that bad.

So then I took a pic of Sheri wearing her

cool blue 'shades'. Pretty 'retro', I could

imagine someone wearing these in the 60's.

I played with the settings in photoshop to

take away all but the blue colour.

Yesterdays prompt was - feeling the cold!

What makes you feel warm.

My interpretation, my lovely, smelly, comfy

uggies and a good book.

Todays prompt - A rainbow of colour!

Sadly my colour pallette was sadly lacking colour.

It was overcast/smoky all day, I am not sure

the sun even came out. I took this

photo at nearly 7pm while I was waiting for

my order of chips. Even the usual colours

of the setting sun were letting me down.

Tomorrows prompt is - the weather today!

I bet it is blowing and miserable, the wind

is supposed to swing nor-east, so it wont

be good.

Thanks for stopping by, and if you have

left some love, thanks, much appreciated.

No photos today...

I went shopping instead.

Sheri is turning 15 on Easter Friday

so it was off to the shops today

to try and find a gift for her.

All I got from my shopping trip is:

I dont like the fashions they have for

this winter, I thought leggins went

out years ago.

And those funny knitted tops/dresses

or what ever they are dont have

much going for them.

She thought she would like a book,

huh right, they dont have that

in the Bay anywhere.

So I came home with very little

towards a gift.

While I was there I checked out

the camera's at Harvey Norman.....

Man I am so spewing that the

Taxation Dept has decided

they dont owe me anything.

The Nikon D90 is on special

for $1770, with a cashback voucher

for $200. You dont know how hard

it was to walk out of that shop

without one of those little babies

tucked securely under my arm.

All the way home I tried to come up

with some way to raise that sort of

money, but I cant see it happening

by the end of the weekend.

I will try to take a pic tomorrow,

I promise. I conned Tiff into

posing in my 'retro' coat

for a pic, but sadly the light

was all wrong and none of the

photoes worked. Not sure I can get

her to put it on again.

Thanks for stopping by,

thanks even more if you have left some love.

Day 2 of the March CC

Think fallen leaves???

I took a couple of pics today, Tiff

picked this one.

This one is sort of like autumn colours,

but just a bit blah.

I like this one, but too much like

yesterdays prompt.

Just took this one cause I liked it.

This is the other one I was going to use.

I like the curly leaves.

Just a quick post today, I worked

so not much to chat about.

So thank you for visiting,

catch you again, maybe tomorrow,

maybe not.