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Sunday, April 15, 2012

scavenger hunt Sunday - - -

can you believe it - we've made it through another scavenger hunt.

* simple *
immediately thought of the infant dish that belonged to my grandmother.


* grain *
spent a fair amount of time this week working on applying textures - including grain.


* bubbles *
I managed the bubbly fruit shot. second take. booyah!


* transportation *
I confess that I had to pull from the archives for this (lest I venture to the driveway and photograph a filthy dirty, pollen laden mini-suv - and since I've already stooped to photographing the bathroom sink for last week's hunt, I refuse to go lower).
Great thing about this bus - it is a soft-serve yogurt vendor at Disney.
Pretty and tasty.

* stitch *
a sample of my great-grandmother's needlepoint. Based on the number of items with needlepoint by my great-grandmother and grandmother, this was apparently a weekly activity. (I wouldn't be surprised if they cross-stitched their underwear)

Visit Ashley Sisk's blog for even more scavenger hunt entries.


44 comments:

  1. Fantastic photos. I'm going to have to try the fruit in the water shot, that looks fun. I love all your shots, the plate is beautiful , and so is the needlework. Thankyou for visiting mine and leaving a lovely lovely comment, you gladdened my heart. Have a great week !

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  2. Gorgeous photos!! LOVE your bubble shot! And grain is AMAZING, it looks like the flowers center is coming right off the screen!! BEAUTIFUL!!!

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  3. Gosh, they are good and the bubble shot...WOW! Suzy x

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  4. I love your stitch, transportation and bubbles photos !!! Colorful and beautiful !

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  5. These are great! I love the bubble fruit and that old bus.

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  6. Oh, that strawberry bubble shot is just plain awesome!

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  7. That strawberry shot is amazing! I also love the shot of the needlepoint. It's wonderful that you have your great - grandmother and grandmother's handiwork. Nice photo!

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  8. beautiful set! I'm envious how quickly you captured bubbles...I need to try it again, enough said. Your simple shot is such a treasure! Lovely shots, nice job.

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  9. Gorgeous photos-I will have to check out that scavenger hunt, sounds like fun!

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  10. Bubbles is so cool! How did you do that?

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    1. Megan it is pretty simple. clear class - better if flat edges (think small square vase) - but I used a small round glass. Pour in some 7up, Sprite, seltzer water (in my case - Serra Mist), run a skewer through your fruit and either clip it to the top of the glass container (or in my case - have your child hold it steady). I used card stock for background, one direct light from overhead lamp and my speedlight. I used a macro lens - but I think this could be achieved with a good low f/stop wide angle that lets you get in close. Once you submerge the fruit, it will start bubbling. For blow-by-blow instructions with pictures - check out Angela over at Mypixelatedoasis.blogspot.com - she was my inspiration on this one.

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  11. Nicki, those photos are great, love the strawberry/bubble and the colorful bus. Take care. :)

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  12. As soon as I saw your "Stitch" shot I thought.....GRANDMOM!!!! It's perfect! And my Oma had lots like this too :)

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  13. That bubble shot is nothing short of awesome!

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  14. Nicki, Awesome bubble/strawberry!!!

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  15. Love that bubbly fruit shot! Fantastic captures!

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  16. Terrific representations of the prompts. I would love riding around in that bus!

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  17. Ohhhhhhh, love love that bubble shot! Awesome!

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  18. Oh WOW - love your bubble covered strawberry!
    And your stitch shot too :D
    GREAT set!!!!

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  19. I love bubbles - that turned out awesome!

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  20. Your bubble shot is awesome! I thought about attempting this, but wasn't sure I could pull it off. Do you have a macro lens? I wonder if I could get it to work with my macro filters?
    Love transportation as well!

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    1. I do have a macro lens - but I think it would be possible with macro filters. Thanks!

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  21. WoW!! these are all great but my favorite is bubbles, what an amazing shot!!

    i did make the counted cross stich that i pictured, several years ago!!

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  22. nice!! new to the Scavenger Hunt..and learning photography!! sometimes it's overload!! lol but I LOVE it! Love your bubbles shot! http://beautifulthemessweare.wordpress.com/

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  23. These are all wonderful! The strawberries are so hard to do with the bubbles. The needlepoint is impressive.

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  24. WOW! That strawberry shot is awesome!!!!

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  25. I love Transportation. It reminded me of the old colorful jeepneys on our road!

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  26. Oh great shots! I love the strawberry and nicely done on the texture! What a fun yogurt shot!

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  27. Bubbles and transportation are stealing the show for me. But all great photos for sure!

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  28. Wow ! That shot of the bubbly strawberry is just fantastic! And the others are also wonderful !

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  29. What a wonderful set of photos!
    What a great take on "simple!"
    The Disney yogurt truck is great!
    and that luscious strawberry!

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  30. I love all of those photos!! The bubble one really makes me swoon though!!!

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  31. These are all fantastic. You did a great job with the bubbles!

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  32. I enjoyed all your photos but the bubble is amazing! Thanks for your visit to my blog.

    Linda @ Viewing My World

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  33. LOVE all of yours so much that I can't even pick my favorite. I guess if I HAD to it would be the bubbles one. That photo is absolutely AMAZING!

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  34. I love all of them!! I not thought about simple simon in soooo long. And your bubble shot!! fabulous!

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  35. Love the strawberry shot! Wow!

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  36. Cool bubbles shot and great details on the stitch photo.

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  37. Wow......fabulous bubble shot!!! Just a gorgeous photo!!!

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