tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536068144326667272024-02-22T02:07:55.964-08:00chican-fotosRick Rivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660636921053646567noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253606814432666727.post-77984558264338986012016-01-12T10:26:00.003-08:002016-01-12T10:26:56.908-08:00Monterey Bay Aquarium<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Rick Rivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660636921053646567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253606814432666727.post-16357718612768552772016-01-12T10:23:00.002-08:002016-01-12T10:23:33.306-08:00Isaac, One Cool Kat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Rick Rivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660636921053646567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253606814432666727.post-45817268282543528422011-11-28T11:27:00.000-08:002011-11-28T11:27:24.554-08:00Look, there's the Penis!: A View From The Inside<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQFaQA6bc46eXsUayt3BAUXlrWi-iUzZp26GfoNDAuEztDz_5xdb1tz7nfPtXD3mC3jzV6KFBBjWPEKC1pTSpIY6KWgworjGMNFYlhTJ9M0mIhVVarGCagBX0Aj3HpD5xg3o4rfcgGuT7/s1600/Fetus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQFaQA6bc46eXsUayt3BAUXlrWi-iUzZp26GfoNDAuEztDz_5xdb1tz7nfPtXD3mC3jzV6KFBBjWPEKC1pTSpIY6KWgworjGMNFYlhTJ9M0mIhVVarGCagBX0Aj3HpD5xg3o4rfcgGuT7/s320/Fetus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The other day my younger son, and his wife came by with photos and a CD of a recent sonogram of their baby to be born in April 2012. They were, without saying, ecstatic about showing it to my wife and I, so we slipped it into the Blu-Ray disc player, and pushed "play".<br />
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Then, we all oooed and aaawed for about 10 minutes watching this mini-human, a boy, kick and squirm, roll and punch inside the womb. "Look, there's the head!" "Look, look, the penis! All in High Definition. <br />
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We marveled at the little hands and counted the tiny toes. Yup, there's five, one-two-three.... There was the little face, eyes closed, the heart beating like tiny drum, the umbilical chord. As he tumbled and kicked I said "He's gonna be a Futbol player!" And they all cracked up.<br />
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As we watched, I marveled at our new technology and how in the old days we never knew the gender of our babies until they slid out on the delivery table!<br />
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In fact, when my wife was pregnant with our youngest (we have two boys), our oldest son was already three years old and my wife, who had mysteriously forgotten about all the problems she had with that labor, crooned "Oh let's have another baby, a little <i>sister </i>so he can have somebody to play with??" She <i>talked</i> me into it. In fact, I had to be talked into the first one too!<br />
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It just so happened at the time I was reading a book about the power of the mind concerning how if you concentrated on the preferred gender of a fetus, you could kind of "will" it to be a boy or a girl. It had to be a constant and willed power of thought, each hour of every day, speaking to it, singing to it, and even calling it by his/her name, so we named our unborn baby "Christina", painted <i>her</i> room <i>pink</i>, and my wife knitted little sweaters, caps and blankets, all in<i> pink</i>, of course.<br />
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Well, it didn't work! And a bouncing baby BOY was born! We were shattered! We didn't even have a name for him! So much for the power of positive thought.<br />
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And now, as we watched the 42" flat screen in our bedroom, we<i> </i>all<i> "knew".</i> It will be a boy. No surprises. No amazement. No wondering. No mystery. No waiting. There was no mistake; there was the<b> penis.</b><br />
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But as we watched I could stop myself from wondering about how we would feel if we saw the baby had no hands, no feet, or only two fingers on one hand? After all, we had asked to <i>"see"?.</i> We had asked to <i>"know"?.</i> Could this be why we all <i>count </i>the toes?<br />
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I those ten minutes I also could not stop from thinking about abortion, and about the debate concerning when "life" begins and at what point is a fetus in actually <i>human.</i> As long as we don't see the baby moving inside the womb, the heart beating, and count the five fingers on a tiny hand already, we can justify abortion.<br />
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But the sonogram should put all that to rest: We rest our case. There, in plain view is the penis.Rick Rivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660636921053646567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253606814432666727.post-37739078175134307862011-11-18T10:45:00.000-08:002011-11-18T10:57:40.556-08:00New Peechurs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDIZsgfXbp7mad9-PqNy36_06ekmEF6CgDp5wq_z91MYzqprvQFDd8_XkPjvhKHd83SzpPDdzn3u8Fn8Vkm1ZpFqbzkoqM9jGTfIaBxNT1ePb1VYaeZ3Dk5INBvixMk-siGMygbUP_u8o/s1600/Grandkids+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDIZsgfXbp7mad9-PqNy36_06ekmEF6CgDp5wq_z91MYzqprvQFDd8_XkPjvhKHd83SzpPDdzn3u8Fn8Vkm1ZpFqbzkoqM9jGTfIaBxNT1ePb1VYaeZ3Dk5INBvixMk-siGMygbUP_u8o/s320/Grandkids+002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Proud Grandma with her grand kids.<br />
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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430851976713413490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVE4i1W1Edo14CefO6Hj2F4TQwXxF6A1ljf_hkvFMU3a_yUmZLowbSQuQ7tXUBPIFMAIZlvAy5oKn3-4R47ggfLQqvifmmX3ng-1b3AAAZ1bME9DLLtSLlUG_CWRQj6SqMXSq0oaroL0ph/s320/Stills,+Formal+y+Mas+003.JPG" /></a> "Old Bananas Have a Place in Life Too"<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMgYCo6lotEewq8Hvj6i3YnMr8CDKvHXyh6rbhcbgnJr2H3xID5JOr8A5mqb2HDk5PbGarKWec6NEWEiOJlyWeiJnqJSN-q0IeSyry4RfUhFxD6MR-K7lwuXJqJ9NUyktp2RvtAJ5lARn/s1600-h/Stills,+Formal+y+Mas+001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430851969690977074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMgYCo6lotEewq8Hvj6i3YnMr8CDKvHXyh6rbhcbgnJr2H3xID5JOr8A5mqb2HDk5PbGarKWec6NEWEiOJlyWeiJnqJSN-q0IeSyry4RfUhFxD6MR-K7lwuXJqJ9NUyktp2RvtAJ5lARn/s320/Stills,+Formal+y+Mas+001.JPG" /></a> "Mango Communion"<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuSuWZXh8qAyfwFx9WKmbw59essk5AzLPh618gRghHHk8Z1ooIeTydPE-GzvO9rCGP7c5l6Ik3czpgBjmwLTACInAQuuodBSbasNoqJmT7El327WAX-XiUgATb9bN6SyYzWDxJCRTYWVv/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430846707110318066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuSuWZXh8qAyfwFx9WKmbw59essk5AzLPh618gRghHHk8Z1ooIeTydPE-GzvO9rCGP7c5l6Ik3czpgBjmwLTACInAQuuodBSbasNoqJmT7El327WAX-XiUgATb9bN6SyYzWDxJCRTYWVv/s320/003.JPG" /></a> "Best of Two Worlds"<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpaBkJLXIXR3BsejrSJpVmSUHcEeDshofPlU3HuPPnYR-8kDBkefqzWRvRpoBgrkwkBdekAVvbd0KJuuthLfDH6dDsqu4X2Ef8lWUUxbl5sasUBVR_A-rG0rAOcRCmHTXsnYXdXpsoh1t/s1600-h/Guacamole+For+The+Soul+003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430846703560404834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpaBkJLXIXR3BsejrSJpVmSUHcEeDshofPlU3HuPPnYR-8kDBkefqzWRvRpoBgrkwkBdekAVvbd0KJuuthLfDH6dDsqu4X2Ef8lWUUxbl5sasUBVR_A-rG0rAOcRCmHTXsnYXdXpsoh1t/s320/Guacamole+For+The+Soul+003.JPG" /></a> "Guacamole For The Soul"<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04UwD1CL7vSK0FNGh6_UJOw3nFjgJ0Nl028bQAuoLm5TZ56dFtjuwko_CZhw3kHaUhLw91h_dycuyTYKv-vlWAV2i2JD9qDk4q2ytnguT2c7VIMwYLBf-H2Z6JzuqDIoiYxi5rZVuJzDS/s1600-h/DSCN0026.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 232px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430846688854958578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04UwD1CL7vSK0FNGh6_UJOw3nFjgJ0Nl028bQAuoLm5TZ56dFtjuwko_CZhw3kHaUhLw91h_dycuyTYKv-vlWAV2i2JD9qDk4q2ytnguT2c7VIMwYLBf-H2Z6JzuqDIoiYxi5rZVuJzDS/s320/DSCN0026.JPG" /></a> "Things Are Harder Than You Think"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOuXOAwQ0-fjHx3NFTv3za4ruRcf_bzNyARYkjQ928rMq-SW-xsSENtu3PxZApKDBliGDJzTGQzaVtCPDEBldtNLz4Jo4TQI8h8Mxhg0sClgvCSvQOlCt-ifvQrgrUFmpjsepc8mIpNVp/s1600-h/DSCN0010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430846682189504674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOuXOAwQ0-fjHx3NFTv3za4ruRcf_bzNyARYkjQ928rMq-SW-xsSENtu3PxZApKDBliGDJzTGQzaVtCPDEBldtNLz4Jo4TQI8h8Mxhg0sClgvCSvQOlCt-ifvQrgrUFmpjsepc8mIpNVp/s320/DSCN0010.JPG" /></a> "Montezuma's Revenge" </div></div></div></div></div>Rick Rivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660636921053646567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253606814432666727.post-16830464512069072512009-12-28T16:49:00.000-08:002009-12-28T17:07:37.259-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcyDm5Wr3KytNZJtpIKJlQNXLQ0_4MS86b7nR0OILevE3Z7Q0O72xYgFKw0zzgjoMQ4nleXMfuQB6jCGYWqhNVt1I9q-Sk2i2gfg1s4C-aJ1ES_uQe1_4KEXv3H7kFYNiGYgg0S5-njD8/s1600-h/Mas+Still+Lifes+2+008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420457657012152690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcyDm5Wr3KytNZJtpIKJlQNXLQ0_4MS86b7nR0OILevE3Z7Q0O72xYgFKw0zzgjoMQ4nleXMfuQB6jCGYWqhNVt1I9q-Sk2i2gfg1s4C-aJ1ES_uQe1_4KEXv3H7kFYNiGYgg0S5-njD8/s320/Mas+Still+Lifes+2+008.JPG" /></a> This one is titled "Summit Meeting between Six Avocados and One Persimmon".<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr88mT6MDzspB94SaxI_eS_JImmR8gtdKSRmW0qjswj0UBqSb4bHgIZsg8IlNUgPNhiGSI7s2W80H5y-1kJVek5g5IoQ5Std9lm87RrTsauPjcI7q5qe7P8EzWaHdAs2sIgpAO9LaWcupm/s1600-h/Mas+Still+Lifes+2+005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420457651731917474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr88mT6MDzspB94SaxI_eS_JImmR8gtdKSRmW0qjswj0UBqSb4bHgIZsg8IlNUgPNhiGSI7s2W80H5y-1kJVek5g5IoQ5Std9lm87RrTsauPjcI7q5qe7P8EzWaHdAs2sIgpAO9LaWcupm/s320/Mas+Still+Lifes+2+005.JPG" /></a> This one "Summit Meeting Between One Lemon and Six Avocados"<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kRIv6VOUBviYdGZ5xwKOWbRLt9U9hX17xunRs_fvzWddEtVwxf86uwAMQQX3Fw0wupSzWxqfX0pW3v_sYNqf5150rV8mfKTGciPuATb0JilKyLAR3I27YGrYhMa-32BdmXiShOxthG0y/s1600-h/Mas+Still+Lifes+005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420455896558195890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kRIv6VOUBviYdGZ5xwKOWbRLt9U9hX17xunRs_fvzWddEtVwxf86uwAMQQX3Fw0wupSzWxqfX0pW3v_sYNqf5150rV8mfKTGciPuATb0JilKyLAR3I27YGrYhMa-32BdmXiShOxthG0y/s320/Mas+Still+Lifes+005.JPG" /></a> Discovered Pomelos in my son's backyard the other day. They are huge and tasty. Natural light on images is so beautiful, especially when it's coming through windows for some reason.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8dpuFAnUhO2CyZMLBcwpEQQQIQK9fvasJLTFYlHHK2rD1cVmDTACELhzhjMAWAffm43pzxvQyQ6FbdL-ajcoDv5bSG3tifk1uXKl9Whsdw2rWovy7WuL0CRKBHbVHhPoRWjUbQ5sNNfl/s1600-h/Mas+Still+Lifes+004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420454637051544578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8dpuFAnUhO2CyZMLBcwpEQQQIQK9fvasJLTFYlHHK2rD1cVmDTACELhzhjMAWAffm43pzxvQyQ6FbdL-ajcoDv5bSG3tifk1uXKl9Whsdw2rWovy7WuL0CRKBHbVHhPoRWjUbQ5sNNfl/s320/Mas+Still+Lifes+004.JPG" /></a>Lately, I've been composing still lifes to photograph. It is a simple and creative way of taking interesting photos.</div></div></div>Rick Rivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660636921053646567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253606814432666727.post-66214300475414820332009-12-24T10:54:00.000-08:002009-12-24T11:36:01.824-08:00Navidad 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NpSXbi6EZ2GL842cIPEwYkYe_XbMTjajmwgBC6S69dy_QAheVFV0Y8E8rQtFqyLmVuWFEnf0NGiY07H6KO63f9wMsYQOID2WhLD7YoQZRCaRCslhc87V-ms9t1ZJIdFNkO5kA62q_H5P/s1600-h/Xmas+Ornaments+005.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418887163240609330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NpSXbi6EZ2GL842cIPEwYkYe_XbMTjajmwgBC6S69dy_QAheVFV0Y8E8rQtFqyLmVuWFEnf0NGiY07H6KO63f9wMsYQOID2WhLD7YoQZRCaRCslhc87V-ms9t1ZJIdFNkO5kA62q_H5P/s320/Xmas+Ornaments+005.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXYBWMHSMCtwvnSDfWODqUp1lZmZ-jOCHWANEc4XdRZ2cokbwPptR0uH5q80Yfk44-i_13KjnWMVgOymHd4F9xGT8HSryhxRdTRrJsrKDE17dPcD-8wLLaRXIFnBs0dp2WkjCPkU71jE6F/s1600-h/Xmas+Ornaments+004.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418887152577882706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXYBWMHSMCtwvnSDfWODqUp1lZmZ-jOCHWANEc4XdRZ2cokbwPptR0uH5q80Yfk44-i_13KjnWMVgOymHd4F9xGT8HSryhxRdTRrJsrKDE17dPcD-8wLLaRXIFnBs0dp2WkjCPkU71jE6F/s320/Xmas+Ornaments+004.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlO951iERHMkxhJNgyZ9Z4_v2ElmqrFpO-wtm5nu5v-3746EIRYQ48bG1XAWWpC6h1hyphenhyphenkwXuO1TTp0m9cx4hGfhYwXBrTg_1Jnh5Z5hm1zzQ2d6zmEwuq5WtNl4yAUVraNllRPPfHX8Gzw/s1600-h/Xmas+Ornaments+003.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418887143017582786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlO951iERHMkxhJNgyZ9Z4_v2ElmqrFpO-wtm5nu5v-3746EIRYQ48bG1XAWWpC6h1hyphenhyphenkwXuO1TTp0m9cx4hGfhYwXBrTg_1Jnh5Z5hm1zzQ2d6zmEwuq5WtNl4yAUVraNllRPPfHX8Gzw/s320/Xmas+Ornaments+003.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYh9Pq04zKAys_6bHLAZ_mfh2Jg3-s9iA9VCqqo2BSgRPT4a9mZnD28L8o7CNcDWkmsQe-Q4BUAxpV5eEE_jb7kS4vtOxSMTQWw5Ib6MxCQeCXpZinWX2HYCtchKgi2gjJB3equRYnNGH/s1600-h/Xmas+Ornaments+001.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418887136497774050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYh9Pq04zKAys_6bHLAZ_mfh2Jg3-s9iA9VCqqo2BSgRPT4a9mZnD28L8o7CNcDWkmsQe-Q4BUAxpV5eEE_jb7kS4vtOxSMTQWw5Ib6MxCQeCXpZinWX2HYCtchKgi2gjJB3equRYnNGH/s320/Xmas+Ornaments+001.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wZJqdncfTfYD1kSJ9oNLCuNZNAXv1sgYK7hcFAQiz4DO-LfAMBVVsglgQug0KtZUMh-nPOLscGlhPhWs9Kr0DR2hrRk4xGDl4KJiESA7Jgx0amRD1qsarVIohJB5kIaPcnispPaBL4Ai/s1600-h/Roses+N+Tree+002.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418878770078744674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wZJqdncfTfYD1kSJ9oNLCuNZNAXv1sgYK7hcFAQiz4DO-LfAMBVVsglgQug0KtZUMh-nPOLscGlhPhWs9Kr0DR2hrRk4xGDl4KJiESA7Jgx0amRD1qsarVIohJB5kIaPcnispPaBL4Ai/s320/Roses+N+Tree+002.JPG" /></a> I have always been a foto buff and have an enormous collection of shots I've taken for years. Many of them are still on 35mm slides which I someday how to transfer to digital.<br /><br />Since I accidentally spilled coffee on my old 35mm that I had place at my feet and it died, I have progressed to point and shoot digital camera and am amazed at some of the stuff I am still able to do.<br /><br />I own a digital Nikon CoolPix and on occasion still pull off a good shot. I hate the flash and try to capture the beauty of natural light on my surroundings, not always an easy task.</div><div> </div><div></div><div>These are some of the special ornaments I have collected over the years.</div><div> </div><div></div><div>I find that good natural lighting and composition, the angle or the way the images are arranged on the page is critical to a photo I am pleased with.</div><div> </div><div></div><div>But I miss my old telefoto lenses!</div></div></div></div>Rick Rivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660636921053646567noreply@blogger.com0