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Yesterday I was vending at the White Rock Farmer's Market - a highly popular beach community and where I lived while my daughter was growing up. As I live further east in the lush agricultural valley, it takes me about an hour and a half to drive there, necessitating me to leave here very early, despite the market not opening until 10:00am.

The weekend was overcast and much cooler, thank goodness, which I figured would result in a busy market. Alas, it was not to be and sales were very slow. However, it did afford me the opportunity to practice street photography, and I had a lot of fun doing so. Something else to add to my photo obsession.

To start off the day, Corky the clown was setting up to make balloon animals, etc, for the kids.



Setting up the fruit for the day.


This lady doesn't want to commit to anything quite yet, so eyeballing but keeping her distance.


Concentrating on not dropping any...


Balloon lady's open! Waiting...


A cool dinosaur!


Sunflowers make everything cheerful, along with maybe some shortbread.


And what's better to start the day than a breakfast croissant?


Marching to her own tune....


Slaying dragons...


Okay, what is it?


Great view up here, Mom.


What would the market be without our four legged friends?


And sinking your teeth into some freshly baked goods.


But then, maybe not...


Indulgent Grandma's wait patiently...


Fashionable attire runs the gamut of whatever's comfortable.


Along with facial expressions....






And of course, what would street photography be without red tights of some sort?!


A totally fun day spent practicing, although I was restricted by not being able to move around the market due to working my own table. Regardless, I'm happy with what I captured, although I could use a different lens (haha, what else is new?).

As part of a photography group, we have monthly assignments that challenge us to photograph different subjects and step out of our comfort zone. This month, Fractals in Nature is the theme, and our photos have to be in by Wednesday at midnight.

Of course, I've been out on numerous occasions, looking for the perfect fractal to photograph and submit. Fractals in Nature, are, essentially, repeating patterns. Ferns are a prime example and my favourite subject for fractals.



Choosing the wetlands to hunt for fractals, on the particular day that I chose to take photos, as I stood at the top of the hill and looked across the lake, I squinted my eyes at the distant gorge down the mountain, wondering if that was water I saw cascading off the cliff.


(In the above photo, this is where I stood to take the photo below. The 'seam' you see running down the mountain is where the mudslide occurred).

Putting my zoom lens on and aiming it at the area, sure enough, it was water and chunks of snow tumbling over the edge.



Thinking it was just spring run-off, I headed down the hill to lake level, crossing the marshes and back into the woods. Walking through the poplar and alder trees, an odd roaring had me looking up into the trees, wondering what it was. As the wind had picked up, I assumed it was just the wind in the trees.



The gravel path loops around the beaver pond, which I have yet to see a beaver in. Ferns grow in abundance in the area, the fiddlehead greens unfurling in the deep shade under the evergreens. The wetlands are made of up of open areas that are largely populated by alder, birch and poplar trees and abruptly end in dense forested areas of Douglas Fir and Cedar trees, where the ferns reside.

Walking through the poplars, a snail on one of the saplings caught my attention. A perfect fractal with the spiral on it's shell! Although I hate bugs and slimy things, behind a lens, everything takes on a different perspective. I spent a long time photographing that snail from numerous angles, and was rewarded with it crawling out if it's shell to move down the slim limb.



Next, the ferns. As dusk's fingers crept in amongst the evergreens, it was time to head home before the park warden closed the gates. Logging on to my computer to download my images, someone had posted on fb that a mudslide had occurred and did anyone see it?



I realized then, that the roaring sound I'd heard had to have been the mudslide, about 10 minutes after I'd taken the photos of the water running off the cliff. Too bad I'd had no idea, or I would have waited a few more minutes and captured the actual slide. The next day, I went out to the bottom of the gorge and took photos of the after effects of the slide.



All in all, a pretty exciting and worthwhile outing. Speaking to another photo club member, noting that the pussywillows had interesting patterns when they went to seed, I told him that in going to the wetlands, I'd been in fractal heaven!

He is called A_WU ( rising intonation ). A Chinese name came from his voice. He skills at pronounce of different tones of his own language, it's so fun to hear from that.

If I came back from outside late, he run to me around with long tones of sad miaow when the door opened...

When he found a insect, the other special low voice came out of his throat which meanings "I found you, I am ready to kill you."

When he have a big Miaow,that means he is angry with me cos I brush his hair which made him uncomfortable maybe... But most of the time he is a gentle little fellow.

Picture taking of some of my roses, on 8/11/2015 (Tuesday)..
Enjoy....
~JOHN~

Today was a beautiful day! My son and I took a trip to Mabry Mills off the Parkway in Virginia and then drove the Parkway to Fancy Gap and home. I love days like this!




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Near our East Ocean,there is a Dishi Lake, ( also called waterdrop lake) an artifical one which is located at the center of Lin'gang New City, Pudong . I'v never been there though passed by it many times when went to the hospital to see Dad ... That day before Dad out of the hospital,I spent about 2 hours strolling there to relieve my mental stress which came from Dad. the weather was not good for photo, but I did take some, here picked up a few of them to share ...

Beautiful place

A long corridor by the lake

Do you think trees can dance Walz?

A quiet path

Where's my partner gone?

Don't...I feel a little shy though

Wow, it's so nice!

Four wheels bike to make you more fun

I am still busy these days. Good day to you all!

Here's a photo I saw recently,
that it might be fun to come up with captions for.

Why not have some fun.

My first entry is;

Susie invents the new game - kickballs.

I may add some others later.

Feel free to add your own entries.

Here's the photo;



Have a super Sunday !

Just took this today

And one else see the face,?

One of the things I enjoy is nature.
I used to post nature photos on CS a while back.
I'm thinking of perhaps doing it again on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis,
depending upon the level of interest.

For now, here's 3 of my photos. Let me know which of the 3 you prefer the most, if you don't mind.

1 - Soaring bald eagle;




2. Cormorant caught a fish




3. Sunset over the Raritan River, NJ



That's enough for now.

Or suggest your own caption for the following photo, if you like.
Or simply enjoy the captions eventually submitted by others.

Here's the photo;