Weekly Photo Challenge: Entrance

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entrance, Florida, photography, postaweek2011, Texas, weekly photo challenge

For this week’s challenge I’m re-using some photos. I’ve shot several interesting entrances over the years and thought I would share a few.

Replica of Timucuan Hut at the Morningside Nature Center, Gainesville, FL.

The Chapel of Our Lady of La Leche, 1615. St. Augustine, FL

Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augsutine, Fl

Church of the Heavenly Rest, Abilene, TX

Church of the Heavenly Rest, Abilene, TX

Paramount Theater, Abilene, TX

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Cinderella's Castle at the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fl. This may be one of the most recognizable and iconic entrances in the world.

Day 17: Technology

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30 Day Photo Challenge, dysgraphia

There were so many choices for today’s subject. After much consideration I selected my trusty laptop.

You may be wondering why my laptop.  For me a computer has been one of the biggest tools in compensating for dysgraphia. With a computer I am not bound by the limitations I feel when using other forms of written communication. I may not be able to write legibly but I can do just about anything on the computer.

That Crazy Lady

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Christianity, Crazy Lady, Ministry of Jesus

In my hometown there was a woman known as the Crazy Lady. Her house backed up to a major street and had a wooden fence. She had conspiracy theory signs and graffiti on the fence. She would sit or stand near the top of the fence and yell at passing cars. I think that she might have even thrown things at cars.

Recently, I heard a little bit of her story.   Apparently, she was from another country and had lived a normal life until her husband died. She blamed a nearby industrial site for her husband’s death. After hearing her story, she became a person not that Crazy Lady. She was a widow in need of someone who cared. Before there had never been a reason for me to interact with her.  Guess I thought she was someone  else’s responsibility. I never took the time to see her as a person that God cared about or in need. Then it hit me how many other times am I too busy with my life to really care about others or take the time to even see those in need around me?

³⁶ “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”  ³⁷Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’  ³⁸This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’  ⁴⁰All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:36-40, New International Version)

Day 16: Long Exposure

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30 Day Photo Challenge, Long exposure photography

One of the things I liked about this photo challenge was the inclusion of some techniques I had not tried before. So this is my first attempt at long exposure. I wasn’t totally satisfied with my results but decided to post some.  I will definitely try some more later. I took these shots at our church. I wanted a location where I could safely set up my tripod and not get run over or run off.

One of the things I had read about long exposure said to twirl/move the camera after the shot is set. This is supposed to get light streaks or movement. Thought the motion effect  was cool. I kind of like the 2 moons.

While this is a nice clear shot of the church. It didn’t really have any of the cool effects I wanted.

Yes, I should have zoomed in on the steeple or steeples. This may be my favorite.

It’s All in A Name

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Blogging

Or how The Dee Zone Got its Name?

That is an interesting question and I’m glad that the Daily Post asked.

To answer that I need to rewind the clock back to about 1997. I created a web page for class. (That is a link to a very old version that was supposedly deleted. I no longer have access to it.)  I decided that I enjoyed programing. I turned over all of the historical stuff to my mom and moved on to a GeoCities site. It was there that I created The Dee Zone based on a cool looking door image I found or someone created for me. The logo kind of made me think of the Twilight Zone. So that is how the name The Dee Zone came about

I was always more interested in creating a quality website and perfecting my programming skills than in creating a “Me Page”.  In the process I began a little section called “Soap Box” where I wrote editorials.  So I guess I was blogging before I even knew what it was.  Then I graduated from grad school and got married.

Sky Watch Friday: Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge

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Atsena Otie Key, birds, Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Sky Watch Friday, Travel and Tourism, wild life

From the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s website.

Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1929 by President Herbert Hoover to protect a breeding ground for colonial nesting migratory birds during a time when market hunters, desiring feathers for the ladies’ apparel industry, were slaughtering millions of birds.

Today, the threat is much different – coastal islands are being rapidly developed and habitat is lost forever. Congress strenghtened the refuge in 1972 when it designated four of the original refuge islands as National Wilderness Areas under the Wilderness Act. Presently, the refuge is comprised of 13 islands ranging in size from 1 to 120 acres and totaling 762 acres.

The most recent addition to the refuge was Atsena Otie Key, which was purchased in 1997 by Florida’s Suwannee River Water Management District and managed as part of the refuge through a partnership agreement.

 

Check out The Sky Watch Blog.

Day 15: Silhouette

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30 Day Photo Challenge, Cedar Key Florida, photography, Visual Arts

I took these when we went to Cedar Key, Fl. I took several shots of the abandoned Sea Breeze restaurant. It is a pretty imposing figure on Dock Street.

I used black and white to emphasize the emptiness of the structure.  Cedar Key is a small fishing/vacation village. The Sea Breeze is one of the larger structures on Dock Street.

First silhouette I took using “natural” settings. This is about 30 minutes before it got dark.

Same shot using the orange emphasis filter.