A sprint through the woods today, just beat the rain.

[alfredo]

Used the lomo filter on all images.






Processed using a high pass filter. I looked at the use of this filter as damaging the image, then using levels, curves, and lomo to cover the damage.

[snappyturtle]

1. Filter schmilter....they're wonderful....peaceful....thanks. nt

[alfredo]

2. Thank you.

[snappyturtle]

3. You're welcome. I'm certain photography buffs will really appreciate

that you told the filter thingy.....I know too little to appreciate that but I know what I really enjoy. I miss the woodlands I roamed from my childhood...these pics are reminders of that sweet time of my life that I especially liked in the springtime when the wildlowers poked up through the woodland floor...much to my delight. It was always like seeing friends I hadn't seen in some time.

[alfredo]

4. I used to spend my days in the woods. It was a refuge. I lived in Colorado for a time, but

I soon started missing the embrace of the hardwood forest of the East. I loaded up my bicycle and headed east back to Kentucky.

[snappyturtle]

5. My woodlands are hardwoods too....hickory, oaks, maples in NW Indiana.

Probably very similar to Kentucky. You rode a bicycle from CO to KY? !!!

[alfredo]

6. and South Michigan. I was an avid cyclist. I did what is called Credit Card touring.

Instead of camping I slept in Motels. I could average 100 miles a day on flat terrain. It took some planning, but it worked out OK.

[snappyturtle]

7. I used to ride but not 100 miles per day....my ex could but not me. That's quite a

feat for you. I've done enough to know! I like the motel part....good planning.

[alfredo]

8. I became acquainted with many forms of mildew. There's some nasty motels

in middle America.

[snappyturtle]

9. Oh yes! I took pictures (oddly enough) of a mildew engulfed air conditioner in

I hate to say it, OK City. Then there was the roach infestation in Ardmore,OK and the Retro Bates motel near Hudson,MN....and, and, and.....

[alfredo]

10. Too often, quaint smells like mold.

[snappyturtle]

11. It certainly does! nt

[alfredo]

12. Today, if the winds die down, I will do some macro. The wind picks up pollen

and even worse, it makes sharp macro impossible.

[snappyturtle]

13. I love macro.....I know what that is! Be sure to post when you do get some. nt

[alfredo]

14. I will probably go out after 4 PM. Winds usually die down because of less

heating from the sun. I learned that lesson when I flew kites. A lower sun also makes for better photos.

[Mz Pip]

15. I love these

Especially the black and whites. The hint of green is just magical. Nicely done!