Here is DS getting a haircut;

End of year special soccer training

DS's team did very well this year. They were rewarded with a training session with a famous Dutch soccer player.

Today My son turns 10! Happy Birthday!

Kaleidoscopes, IPODS, drinking deep from the Well of Inspiration

I took my newly rebuilt IPOD out for a spin and what a walk down memory lane it was! Does anyone recall 'Tales of Brave Ulysses'? by Cream. Is teh awesome if you've ever holiday-ed in Greece. I found a few songs that are worth going deaf over like parts of the soundtrack to The Last of the Mohicans. World music doesn't get any better than The Chieftains in China.

And I tried to shoot some pictures of vapor trails/sunflares through with DS's open-ended kaleidoscope. I wonder if I am the first person to ever try this?



Gallery

Here's just a couple of shots from yesterday;

We decided to take advantage of DH having the time off so we took the cameras to Keukenhof.

Keukenhof is carpeted with tulips. Say what you will about tulips but they are not subtle;



I worked up the nerve to try my hand at macro shots with the 40D. I thought this little emerging bud looked very hopeful;



After looking at an ocean of eye-popping colors for a couple of hours I really enjoyed this playful pink bloom peeping out among the leaves;



I still despair of ever taking a picture in focus. Even with all the electronic/high tech assistance I'm still having trouble with that. But I will say that I truly enjoyed attempting macro shots. It's so much fun to control the depth of focus so that your eye is drawn to the subject.

I've been having fun with something called 'Kaleidofractals'

here's one example;
(click to enlarge - you won't regret it)


And I've been trying to figure out how to let the computer do all the work on an Escher division of plane. Look real close, there are both black and white dogs here;



If you like these then you'll love this.

And I've been messing around with frames and as always beauty retouching.



Maybe I should change the name of my blog to 'It must have been something I Photoshopped.' :D

We met a friend in Amsterdam yesterday.

And of course we took the cameras. Here's a vase Al shot which I've made into a kaleidoscope;


Gallery.

Also. I've been having fun making repetitive images;



I've updated my Photoshop gallery.