Landscapes Art Exhibition, Special Merit...

'Lakeside in Colorado'

This pic of the gorgeous snow capped Rockies while standing at the lake in Cherry Creek State Park, was one of the first I took with the new camera. Still playing, allot, with the powerful zoom, I have been testing the waters, so to speak. I continue to enter on-line photo contests, and have started a gallery on the National Geographic "Your Shot' page, along with hundreds of thousands of other amazing photographers from around the globe. I have received notice from National Geographic, 2 times, of one of my pics 'trending'. Meaning it has received attention from the on-line community. This happens to hundreds of people, daily, on Nat. Geo, but, it happened to me...exciting!! I just received notice this morning that 'Lakeside in Colorado' received a Special Merit nod from the judges from the Light Space and Time On-Line Gallery! This is what was posted, for those who were awarded this recognition:

'The art which was selected for the Special Merit Category is any art from the various media categories that we believe could have also been placed in the top tier of the entries selected.  The only reason that this art was not selected for the top tier was due to the size constraints of this particular competition. Otherwise, the Special Merit art, in many cases, is interchangeable with any of the best art that we selected elsewhere.' 

This works for me and I am about to crown the new camera, my trustee little Sony. Below is one of the National Geographic pics which was trending, along with a week filled of birds. A Bald Eagle, a Hawk, with full zoom from the house, and two Pelicans. I was happy to be able to be closer to the Pelicans, as I was standing on the shore of the lake just yesterday at Cherry Creek State Park. Unfortunately, Mr. Eagle did not want to cooperate on the big screen...

April is upon us, and here, your can feel Spring literally ready to explode...more to come...

Reflection from early March sunset, using the Diptic app, trending on Nat. Geo...

Mr. Hawk...

American White Pelican...a very big bird..

....and two...

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“Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south? Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?  It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.  From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar."

                                                                                                          Job 39:26-29

Behold Man

Prismacolor pencil drawing...

Lennart Nilsson's photo

National Geographic photo of a dolphin in the womb...

 I copied this drawing years ago (prismacolor pencils) from a book called 'Behold Man', with many of the same images in 'A Child is Born' by Lennart Nilsson. For years upon years I turned the drawing sideways (just so you could see it better) until I actually gave birth, then realized I had been wrong. The drawing, and needless to say, the photo, was correct and in the 'launch position'. Lennart Nilsson, born in Strängnäs in 1922, is a pioneer in medical photography. In association with researchers and with the help of advanced, specially designed equipment, he has documented the inside of man down to the level of a cell. Throughout the years, he has devoted special attention to capturing the creation of a human being, from conception to birth. This amazing photo of an embryonic dolphin was taken using a combination of three-dimensional ultrasound scans, computer graphics and tiny cameras, no doubt with Lennart Nilsson's inspiration to 'get in there'!! (Image from the National Geographic Documentary “Extraordinary Animals in the Womb”). It is not just a beautiful sunset which has given me pause over the years....

 'I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knows right well.'  

Psalm 139:14