Credit Where It Is Due

Credit Where It is Due

I like to make photographs, and I enjoy being praised for what I have done. But God teaches a different attitude, one of thankfulness and humility. He pointed that out to me recently. I DO NOT MAKE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ALONE. I didn't create the light, or the technology which makes photography possible. I didn't buy my camera, it was a gift from my husband. I didn't give myself the ability to see through the camera in order to make an image which others find pleasing. It is right to use what I have been given to the best of my ability, but it is wrong to take credit for what I have not done. God made the light, the elements which are used to manufacture the camera, and the world from which these images come. He has given me gifts: people to teach me, eyes to see with, and a brain to process information. I am thankful for these gifts. He deserves all the praise, not I.

Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

Friday, April 5, 2013

Soft and Gray

I've been AWOL for quite a while...but it's spring, and my camera has found things to share.
This soft treatment works well for these soft flowers.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Prickly


Thistles are a lot like people.
Beautiful
Tough
Sustaining 
Prickly

Friday, April 20, 2012

Snow Drops

These flowers have faded, but they were beautiful.
I applied Picasa's "Pencil Sketch" to my black and white image;
this is the result.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Remember?

Or maybe you don't need to! Maybe you can still enjoy these in reality!

They were in a display at a store last October,
begging to have their picture taken!


As I was preparing this shot, I found a tiny reflection, too.
Do you see it?


And just because I haven't participated in a while, this is also for


Good week to everyone!

Monday, August 1, 2011

A Bee's View

This is a Close-up of, I think, a gloxinia.
I don't know if a bee has ever visited.
But if one did, this is what she would see!

Friday, July 29, 2011

Flowers

I found this flower recently while on a walk.
Each blossom is very small, about 1/2 inch across. 
I don't know what the plant is called,
but it is beautiful.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Columbine




Favorite flowers
Multi-colored, dainty blooms
Bowing Columbines


Lady Slipper



These are Lady Slipper orchids. I have a small clump of these wildflowers growing in a flower bed.
They grow about a foot high, and are often yellow instead of white. 
The Fairy Slipper, which I posted earlier this year, is much smaller.