Lamp posts and other scenes

from Myrtle Beach. I love the uniqueness of their styles, the little brick steps that begin the sidewalk to the home, the ivy planted around the lamp posts, and the cactus on the grounds around the beach.

Sad Old Buildings

CS3 or Elements 5?

I am learning to love editing with both programs, but by far cs3 offers so many more features
that I realize now that my 30 day freebee is over....but it went SO much faster with only the one program on my computer. This was done VERY quickly, and with Elements, and I know I over-
processed...(need to use that opacity slider). But the more I play around the easier it becomes.
This was shot at the House of Blues, Myrtle Beach.

Forgotten

A few more shots from last weekend, a rainy day which I wanted to help with the mood of the photos (but then I lightened them in photoshop, so ...).

Going out again today, after many household items get a little more caught up. This hobby seems to be taking over, but it's so much fun.

Wish I would have been able to take my camera in to the Opera last night at the Detroit Opera House. We saw La Rondine and it was wonderful, the soprano was phenominal and the theater was beautiful!

More forgotten

Old Buildings

The topic for one of my series is "forgotten" so my husband drove me around and we found quite a few buildings, houses and cemetaries. These are two of many that I've taken...still editing the photos and I'm SLOW! More to come of a cemetary and playground.

House of Blues

These are lighted tiles covering the ceilings, and at night they turn to a blue light.

What a great place to eat, and I wish I had all day and a lot of models. There is so much

here that is interesting. There is a music theater attached for weekend shows with big names.

We had to go back a second time...we enjoyed it so much. Every wall and ceiling had

paintings on them, graffitti like, and there were a million guitars that were painted and

decorated with buttons and jewels, bottle-caps, etc.