Andrew’s Thoughts

I’m not currently at my computer, and may not be able to get to it before Friday is over, so I’ll make a quick post right now and then add to it tomorrow.  Thankfully, I had uploaded a few pictures earlier this week, so this post will not just be filled with boring ol’ words.  Last weekend I went to the zoo!  I love zoos.  They’re great.  Woodland Park Zoo is about five blocks away from my house and I’m a memeber, so I go fairly often.  However, this was my first visit since receiving my fancy new camera, and cute animals make excellent subjects photographs.  I also stopped by the rose garden, which is located next to the zoo to snap some photos of a few flowers.  The following are my favorites.

This is… a rose.  It’s quite amazing that I was able to capture such an elusive flower, especially in a rose garden.  I know that you’re impressed.  I really like this photograph because the darker background contrasts wonderfully with the bloom allowing the pink hues to radiate in a most please manner.

Here is a bee.  He was kind enough to take a break from his lunch in order to buzz around and provide me with a spiffy action shot.

Once inisde of the zoo there are animals that aren’t insects.  Like this one.  Kitty!  Ocelot, to be exact.  I think she’s looking at a big bug that was flying around in her exhibit.  And what a nice exhibit it is; the cement wall in the back is definitely modeled off of something that you’d find in her natural habitat.

Alright, I’ll grab more pictures to throw up here and improve this post later.  Promise.

See y’all soon.

Happy Friday! As mentioned previously, Fridays will be the days when I share some pictures that I have taken over the previous week. Initially, I came up with this idea when the digital camera I had was a four year old clunker.  But now I have a Canon Rebel XS, so the pictures needn’t be crappy.  Hooray!

This being said, I would definitely rank my camera skills as “novice” and I haven’t had a chance to read the big ol’ manual for this bad boy yet, so for now the pictures are far from extraordinary.  Additionally, I’ve also only taken the camera out once and haven’t had much of a chance to experiment with it.  In the future, I may attempt some fancier photographs, but for now all I have are some simple portraits and landscapes to share.

On Sunday evening, Leslie and I went to Golden Garden Park over in Ballard.  This park is located right on Puget Sound facing west, and it’s really pretty.  We went around 7:30, so the light was starting to fade and the sky had gotten sick and tired of being blue, but there was still plenty of time for picture taking.

Although this park contains one of the few sandy beaches in Seattle, it’s certainly not the typical resort-style beach. The actual beach is fairly narrow, between 20 and 100 feet for the most part, and it’s flanked on the eastern side by shrubs and dunes and small copses of trees.

Dunes and sea grasses are fairly common, but I was surprised by these trees, growing right out of the sand.  They looked a little foreign, but they made for a nice photograph.

There were lots of people out enjoying the sunset, taking advantage of the mild summer evening.  Kites are the coolest.

There were also puppies.  Romping puppies.  Adorable romping puppies.  I want one.

This is Leslie.  She provided the wonderful gift that enables me to take these photos.  Hooray.  And thank you.

And this is me.

Sunsets are probably the most photographed events ever. Please excuse my extreme lack of originality in subject matter, but come on. What is prettier than a sunset? Nothing! Those peaks you see are part of the Olympic Mountain range over on the peninsula.  They’re quite I majestic. I only wish the sky had been purpler.

Anyway, the above images are my favorites that I took while we were down at the park. Hopefully they have not offended you or made you want to quit the Internet. I’ll try and take some better pictures over the next week so I have something super exciting to share next Friday.

See y’all soon.