the pumpkin patch

ansel adams said the secret to taking good photos is to take lots of them, and hopefully a couple of them will be really good. at the zoo i took over 100, and here at the pumpkin patch i took about 85! ok, some of them were of my kids and husband. anyway, here are some of my fall favorites...

the potawatomi zoo in south bend, indiana

Autumn

my latest masterpiece

this photo was my inspiration, but obviously i strayed a bit - i wasn't looking at the photo when i did the painting, i just tried to remember it in my head... and i had a hard time making orange with my very limited selection of paint colors.

i rather like the way it turned out anyway

some computer editing - this is the "watercolor" version

and the "oil paint" version - kinda fun - i think i like this one best.

august 2008

sunflowers

see the birds?

um... can corn get cancer???