The Weekly Winners is the great idea of Lotus at Sarcastic Mom – click on her for the original weekly winners post, and to see more great weekly winners!
I’m happy with this week’s collection, and I started to play with Photoshop just a bit. I ended up heading into Birmingham for a bit on Friday, so I made an effort to try to take some new shots I’ve never taken before.
I grilled steaks on Wednesday, and this was the view off the deck while I was cooking…
I’m determined to learn how to shoot the moon well (that sounds kind of dirty, doesn’t it??)
A lonely bench…
Fire hydrant…
Hydrangeas in the garden at Cathedral Church of the Advent
Statue in the same garden…
This man was drawing the church…
Windows looking from the church garden out to the street
Looking up and out in a mall downtown
Flag Reflections
Thanks for visiting!
I love the picture of the moon, that is a great shot. All the pictures of the cathedral are beautiful as well!
By: Christie on June 22, 2008
at 12:13 am
LOL at the man drawing with a hard hat on
Love the fire hydrant!
By: jenty on June 22, 2008
at 12:51 am
Wow, those are just gorgeous! I love that we both found empty benches this week. Too funny.
By: Maggie's Mind on June 22, 2008
at 12:58 am
Very nice selection for the weekly winners !
By: Gattina on June 22, 2008
at 1:48 am
What fun. My favorite it the hydrant. I need to do more photoshop play.
By: HRH on June 22, 2008
at 7:27 am
Beautiful!! Some very artistic shots…and the hydrangeas are just beautiful!!
By: Sarah on June 22, 2008
at 8:57 am
Love the shot of the moon! Well done!!!
By: Karen of Sillymonkeez on June 22, 2008
at 9:19 am
Oh I love these all. The man drawing and the fire hydrant are my favorites!
By: Secret Agent Mama on June 22, 2008
at 9:57 am
I love your photos. The moon, the statue and the park bench! The drawing man – why the hard hat? That’s funny.
By: Kat on June 22, 2008
at 11:35 am
Great shots this week! Love the moon shot.
By: Kelly on June 22, 2008
at 12:52 pm
I’m not sure why, but the shot of the man painiting the church REALLY appeals to me. Maybe it’s the hard hat and the dress shirt…I don’t know. ALL of them are fabulous shots!!
By: Cecily on June 22, 2008
at 1:34 pm
I think you did a fabulous job at photographing the moon. It’s tough without a tripod, believe me, I’ve tried it.
Great photos! Love them all.
By: Amy on June 22, 2008
at 2:10 pm
Great winners! My faves are the hydrangeas & the flags but all of these are great
By: Connie on June 22, 2008
at 2:25 pm
Beautiful moon and sky shots, and I love the colors in the hydrangea photo!
We’ve been feeding our backyard kitty for seven years now, so she’s only a stray in that she lives outside and is a bit jumpy when we’re out in the yard! We can pet her and she’ll rub against our legs, but she’s too wild to be taken inside.
By: merrymishaps on June 22, 2008
at 5:01 pm
Great shots but the moon is my favorite.
(BTW Born in the south, drink sweet tea and I love Yankees!)
By: Lisa Ann on June 22, 2008
at 6:00 pm
I love the hydrant as well. And how funny that that guy was drawing in a hard hat!
Great shots!
By: VDog on June 22, 2008
at 6:13 pm
Beautiful pictures. Love the first one!
By: Jeanette on June 22, 2008
at 7:11 pm
Great moon shot! We had this beautiful yellow moon rise this week but my pictures were all terrible blurs.
By: Beth on June 22, 2008
at 10:26 pm
love the WW pictures as always.
i think my favorite is the flowers in the garden or… maybe even the fire hydrant. 
I really like the coloring in them both. 
I didn’t do weekly winners, i always miss it… not sure how but I do.
but anyway… i’m about to put some pics on my computer from yesterday and the post them… just thought i’d let you know. 
great job!!
xoxoxo
By: jenn on June 23, 2008
at 6:50 am
I dont get the shoot the moon ref. Im gonna look it up. I hate not knowing dirty things.
By: Suzie on June 23, 2008
at 8:42 am
I REALLY like your photos this week, Annie.
The moon shot is nice!
Question, do you have a camera with which you can “fiddle” (that is the technical term) with the focus? If yes, you can focus on infinity (by selecting that feature) or by turning the camera to manual focus and moving the focus wheel until you get to infinity. (My camera doesn’t have a “mark” for when you’ve moved the wheel to infinity, so I just turn, turn, turn.) The moon will be in focus and the leaves will be blurry — if that’s the look you’re going for. Also, you can increase the shutter speed (make the shutter open for less time) and get a bit more detail in the moon.
That’s not to diss your moon — I really do like it. But you said you wanted to shoot the moon better, and my husband told me these tips, so I thought I’d “pay it forward.”
Rebecca
By: Rebecca on June 23, 2008
at 5:24 pm