The sun as seen through our front yard palms
The sun flare shown here was accomplished by stepping out my front door since my photo journeys have been curtailed lately. While looking at this capture, I am wondering if bracketing might have afforded better color in the picture. It has made me wonder how best to portray this scene and still maintain color and description. Oh well, back to the books!
Skiing barefoot!
In the winter season in Sarasota the Ski-A-Rees water skiing team performs each Sunday afternoon on the bay near the Mote Marine facility. The team is composed of some young skiers with a lot of athletic ability who are just learning to do the various formations and tricks on skis. Others on the team come from having had experience at different water-skiing venues throughout the United States. In this picture, a more experienced skier is skiing barefoot which requires the towing boat to be traveling at faster than normal speed coupled with a strong, athletic and experienced skier at the end of the tow rope. This skier fit the profile perfectly as he skied barefoot past the audience creating a great spray of water drops.
Ringling Bridge spanning Bird Key to downtown Sarasota, FL
One of Sarasota’s newest bridges, the John Ringling Bridge was a long time coming. Now that it has materialized, the populace seems to be liking it but there were quite a few years, while in the decision-making process, many people thought it best to keep the original drawbridge and, in doing so, keep an authentic look to Sarasota.
A foot bridge in Adventure Park leading to Paws Park.
Every day, I walk over this smaller arched bridge in our local park. It is a popular bridge for picture-taking. Most often, there are parents taking pictures of their children, high schoolers taking “selfies”, graduates recording their milestone and even an occasional bride and groom accompanied by their photographer. It is, after all, a very picturesque little bridge.
52 Weeks Of Donna's Life 