Brenda’s Blog

I made a weekend trip to San Antonio with photography friends.  Anytime in San Antonio, the Mission Trail has to be on the agenda.  This from San Jose Mission, the largest of the San Antonia Missions.

I was happy to find this beauty of a sunset over Prien Lake.  It always pays to wait it out.   I had taken several shots just as the sun was setting.  I was about to pack it in but decided to wait just a few more minutes.  Glad I did.  Really treated to a beautiful sky as the sun lit the overhead clouds.  I-10 Bridge in the distance as this is from the Lake Charles Civic Center grounds.

I drove out to Big Lake with a friend over the weekend.  We found a great sunset waiting for us.

Shot at Calcasieu Point a few weeks.  I like the closeup of the posing pelican.  

In an effort to hurry the arrival of spring…..lovely blooms.  This image was taken at Mercer Gardens in Spring, Texas, one of my favorite spring haunts.  I always try to plan  a trip there to shoot blooms.  

I’ve been going through my photo files and attempting to get things better organized.  I came across several images from my trip last summer to British Columbia that hadn’t been edited.  This one from the Parliament Building in Victoria.  I like all the texture and detail.  The original sky was dull so I exchanged for one with a more interesting cloud design.    Voila!

This was shot at the San Diego Zoo in November of 2008.  I’ve been going through unedited images lurking still on my hard drive and found this gem.    Edited in Photoshop by cloning out some unwanted areas. 

This one from a trip to San Antonio along the Riverwalk.  I used the Buzz Simplifier to make the photo look more artistic and then bordered with a sloppy border that I have saved for uses like this.  San Antonio is a great place for photographers.  Lots of opportunities….Riverwalk, the missions, and a nice zoo, too.  

 I took a drive Saturday afternoon through the Lacassine Nature Preserve.  Not a lot of wildlife but there were a few alligators visible.

Also a few birds out soaking up the sun.       

 My favorites are the Great Blue Herons.  These images were all captured from my vehicle and shot through an open window.          

This was shot last spring on a Florida beach.   I used some color overlays to heighten the sunset hues.