Photo of the Day-Tuesday

Thursday-Photo of the Day

Without waves, the world would be a different place. Waves cannot exist by themselves for they are caused by the winds. Without waves, the winds would have only a very small grip on the water and would not be able to move it as much. The waves allow the wind to transfer it's energy to the water's surface and to make it move.
http://www.seafriends.org.nz/oceano/waves.htm

Wednesday-Photo of the Day

Stonehenge is surely Britain's greatest national icon, symbolizing mystery, power and endurance. Its original purpose is unclear to us, but some have speculated that it was a temple made for the worship of ancient earth deities. It has been called an astronomical observatory for marking significant events on the prehistoric calendar. Others claim that it was a sacred site for the burial of high-ranking citizens from the societies of long ago.

While we can't say with any degree of certainty what it was for, we can say that it wasn't constructed for any casual purpose. Only something very important to the ancients would have been worth the effort and investment that it took to construct Stonehenge.

http://www.britannia.com/history/h7.html

Tuesday Assignment

When looking at the Earth you may just think that it is brown… or green if covered with vegetation… but there is actually an immense variety of hues if you look for them.
Your task is to take photos showing this great variation

•  You might find colors varying from white sand, pebbles,red earth, yellowish earth,brown or almost black earth, all kinds in between.
• Find areas where there are different soil colors, or the vegetation gives a different colored impression.
• Take photos showing this variety.
• For most of these photos you will need to be up close so your camera should be in macro mode (the setting with the flower)
• Plants may give a pale or dark green impression, silvery or white, or blue or olive green and many other shades.
• A very mossy area, or bright orange lichen, will color an area.
• If there's a mass of flowers they will dominate the scene.
• Photography this amazing kaleidoscope of color!

Photo of the Day-Soldiers Raising a Flag on Iwo Jima

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.

The photograph was extremely popular, being reprinted in thousands of publications. Later, it became the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the same year as its publication, and ultimately came to be regarded as one of the most significant and recognizable images of the war, and possibly the most reproduced photograph of all times.

http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/index.php/2007/03/28/us-marines-raising-the-flag-on-iwo-jima-1945/

Pictures of the Day-

Check out this website. Select your favorite picture and email it to me.
http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/21-creative-examples-of-reflective-photography

To email a picture:

Right click on the image
Select "Save Picture As"-DO NOT SELECT EMAIL PICTURE!!
Choose a new name for the picture (Make sure it is something you will remember)
Open up your email and choose compose email, or new message
In most emails, just below the Subject line there will be something that says "Attach a File"-click on it
It should open a window that will allow you to find the picture that you saved-
   on the left hand side you may have to choose the "Picture" folder
Once you have attached the file send it to abodell@srithunderbolts.org. Make sure your name is on it somewhere!!!

Picture of the Day-Linda O'Dell and Azzam Merchant

Photo by Linda O'Dell

Using reflections in photography can lead to some amazing effects and beautiful images. Using water, windows, mirrors or any sort of reflective surface can change an image into a work of art.

photo by Azzam Merchant

For my photo examples of Reflective Photography click on the link below

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/30/50-beautiful-examples-of-reflections-photography/