What's the saying? The picture says it all... 

Oh My... 

The photo below and this one concentrate on catching intensity of motion and concentration, at a moment in time. I like to study the form of movement.

I like the anticipation of this shot, it would be nice if "life" could be frozen like this sometimes so we could think clearly about the action we're about to take. 

Beauty in motion

I love a one handed backhand. I know the two hander is more popular today but when I see a good one hander, I can just sit and watch..and be jealous! This sequence goes from bottom to top. Unfortunately I don't have the players name to give them credit, it was captured at a USTA women's pro-tournament last Spring. For the past few years a women's tournament has come to town, players in the top 100 (some from 50 to 100) and 100 to 300 in the rankings mostly. This young lady was "smacking" her backhands.

 

 

 

There's something calming about the simple look of a cat, looking directly at you. The simple curiosity, the response when you pet them and fill their bowl with food. That's exactly what they want, no complexity, a simple act, a simple response.

 

The sounds, lights and movement are what I like about this photo. It's posted on a photo hosting site I use and after almost a year, it's become the most popular photo of the ones I have posted, of several hundred on the site. 

While visiting New Mexico for the first time, I came upon this skull on the side of an adobe building on the Ghost Ranch, near the village of Abique. In color, the color of the building as a backdrop to the skull is striking but I also like the stark contrast of the b&w, the variation of the gray tones as the light changes on the building and the starkness of the skull itself. The flowers below are actually husks, not flowers. Unfortunately I don't know the name of the plant from which the husks were extracted.

Monaco

I visited France for the second time in 2004, but for the first time the visit was to the south of France on the Riviera. We had a house for two weeks close to the village of Vence. To say it was a great trip would be a bit of an understatement. One day trip was to Monaco. Monaco is such a visual place, the beauty and contrasts are striking. The boats were everywhere in the harbor, these are just a sample.

Are they flowers? No, they're formed from the husks of other plants (unfortunately I don't know what type.) Wandering through Santa Fe, NM a few months ago, I came upon these husks in a small shop off the main square.

The natural colors of New Mexico

Ghost Ranch, in New Mexico, over 20,000 acres of wide open spaces, the inspiration for Georgia O'Keefe.