A field full of blossoms in Colorado

This image looks stunning enlarged to poster size. The field full or reds, yellows, and greens is a striking array of colors to display as art.

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The perspective of a daffodil facing the camera

All in the perspective

This is a digital photographic image of a daffodil directly facing the camera and shown in this perspective as art. 

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Henna tattoo on palm of hand

Here is a henna tattoo I did on the palm of the hands using simple dots, lines, and filling in the tips of the fingers. I was speaking to the youth at an event about the cultural significance and importance of henna tattoos as a form of body art in the South Asian culture.  

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Henna Tattoo

Another henna tattoo that I did at an event to speak to the youth about the cultural importance and significance of henna tattoos as a form of body art in the South Asian culture. 
 
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Henna Tattoo Event

At an event in Summer 2010 of July, I spoke to a community youth group about the cultural significance of henna tattoos as a form of body art in the South Asian culture. After the short speaking engagement, I applied tattoos to the children in designs and words of their choice with another volunteer. They had looked up flowers, dolphins, words, and other designs they wanted in books before hand and had those readily available for me to copy the designs onto their hands, arms, feet, and legs. This was an opportunistic bunch having done much of the research beforehand! Kudos to them. Here is one of the pictures a young boy had applied to his knuckles symbolizing so much of what children see at this age at school and on television.   

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A little motion blur of a blossom on a twig

Spring in the neighborhood

As I photographed this image, a light breeze blew and I got the perfect motion blur on camera. Happy viewing as spring is in the air (or not, depending on where you live and how cold it STILL is)!

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Carnival on the Boardwalk

Atlantic City, New Jersey

This was a photograph of a carnival on the boardwalk at the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The mood was fun and festive. The sounds of the crowd having fun were heard in the distance. The scene was captured wonderfully with the bright lights, even from afar. The black night sky was a perfect contrast to the carnival lights!

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Hall of mirrors in Versailles, France

Hall of Mirrors

I was visiting France just at the outskirts of Paris in Versailles. I was at the palace (turned museum) of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette conquered by Napoleon Bonaparte. I reached the famed Hall of Mirrors with exquisite chandeliers that looked to be of crystal. Since then, the chandeliers have been updated to have electricity and no longer burn so many candles! The entire hall was gorgeous! It opened to one side with windows through which sunlight reached. Both sides were intermittently lined with mirrors, but that's not all. There were pedestals with antique art of busts of famed persons of the time period sitting atop the pedestals. The room was crystal (silver), golden, and white. Complemented with sunlight or just the dazzle of the chandelier light, it was an amazing effect. I am sure some of the grandest events of the 15th-16th century had been hosted in the hall of mirrors...I just wish I could look back in time to see it!    

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Texture and Light

Photographed this texture in the natural sunlight available in Virginia. Photographed head-on this flat image was blah and boring. Photographed at an angle, this image has depth, dimension, and looks interesting. Can be used as wall art or as a computer desktop photo or screensaver!

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Stalks reaching the sky

While exploring Texas, I came across a marshy area that was followed on the journey by these stalks reaching high into the sky. I dropped down low to get this picture from a worm's eye view (as opposed to bird's eye view) to capture the stalks towering high above me. It worked! This image was exhibited as a print at an art show. It was my entry photo into the exhibit. I loved the green-yellow stalks against the blue sky.  

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Wildflowers in New Mexico

Wildflowers on Mountain in Albuquerque

While hiking up a mountain in Albuquerque, NM in the USA, I photographed these yellow wildflowers as the sunlight shone down on the lush green mountains. These wildflowers were exhibited in an art show with a nature theme. The scene was akin to what is seen on the travel channel on television. The entire landscape was amazing to walk in with crisp, clear, cool mountain air. Can't wait to go hiking again with this view! This piece as a print is an excellent conversation starter. People will ask about where it was photographed. This will lead to the topic of travel!

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Foliage in San Antonio

At Switzerland of America: San Antonio, TX

I photographed this as the sun hit this plant at the perfect angles to make the palm tree look lit up from below. The vibrant shades of green visible in its leaves would not have been possible to capture by camera otherwise. This piece was exhibited at an art show.

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