rhynn's blog

slowly i have realized that i do not have to be qualified to do what i am asked to do, that i just have to go ahead and do it, even if i cant do it as well as i think it is to be done...this is one of the most liberating of life...the clearer the vision we know where to stand and what to stand for, makes us not just be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen...life is not a journey you want to make on autopilot, start by doing whats necessary, then whats possible and suddenly youre doing the impossible...remember, what we are is Gods gift to us...what we become is our gift to Him and our self.

i took this shots yesterday at the renaissance festival in deerfield beach, using my kodak z612 with an apperture, shutter and action setting.

i was having a bad headache from the heat and a draft cider and pinacolada that i feel a lil dizzy and blah! and i think a shakey hand adds up to the moving motions of my subjects.

i used a slow shutter speed on this one with an 3.4 f stop and 64 ISO

this is a 160 sec speed with my setting set on action

this is set on aperture with 250 sec shutter speed

this is with 160 sec shutter speed

slow shutter speed

with a 500sec shutter speed

and a 640sec shutter speed

i am not really sure if i did it right but here are m entries using my kodakz612.

shots was taken from different locations

hope everyone enjoys it

this is my entry for quest 3...took this shot at key west, its actually the lone bird that capture m attention when i took the shot, but when i uploaded the photo i was amazed how the poles form an alternate lines.

this is the original shot

 i make as a background and overlay another photo shot with lines

i change the settings to a focal black and white

 i change the settings to graduated tint with film grains

took the shot in sepia

 changed into a soft focus blur

and saturated the colors

hope you enjoy it :)

problems and predicaments come to us all...there's no sign saying, you must be this tall...to ride on the emotional roller coasters that take so many of us for a spin...the bad news is that there are times when we're passengers, whether we like it or not...the good news is that we can always choose to get off at the next stop.

don't ever try to understand everything, some things will just never make sense...don't ever be afraid to try to make things better, you might be surprised at the results...don't ever feel threathened by the future, enjoy life one day at a time...don't ever feel guilty about the past, simply learn from any mistakes that we've made...don't ever feel that you are alone, there is always somebody there for you to reach out too...don't ever forget that you can achieve so many of the things you can imagine, it's not as hard as it seems...don't ever stop loving...don't ever stop believing and don't ever stop dreaming your dreams.

i took this shot at Morikami Japanese Garden in Delray using my Kodak Z612, this monarch butterfly flying alone from flower to flower caught my attention, i don't have a story about it but i have something to share how a butterfly can be an inspiration to all of us....every chapter in our life carries a promise of a new beginning...just when the caterpillar thought it's life was over...it becomes butterfly...and the butterfly will soar to the new heights of yet unexplored new roles...and the butterfly will drink deep from the nectar of unconditional sacrifices...joyful giving...sacrificial love and selfless forgiving...and no matter how difficult life becomes we belong to a family...there maybe times when we let down those we love and and fail people who care the most...but through it all we discover a group of people who makes us feel that we belong...people who say...what happens to you matters to me...because i care.

and somehow i find this belongingness here with all of you :)

this is the original shot

 i used colored pencil filtering here

 change the filtering to crayon coute

 i cropped the original photo 

done some color enhancing and added flares and lighting

 i framed the original shot

 used infrared on this one 

used a mosaic design

and a paint dun on this one

hope you enjoy it folks....the best to everyone!

Are you holding back on your dreams and goals until the time is right? Are you waiting until you have more time, money, energy, or courage? What will you do if the conditions are never quite "right" to take action? You probably believe that conditions will somehow be better or more favorable at a later time, and it will therefore be easier to achieve the goals you have in mind. The problem with this belief is that it is rarely accurate.

There will always be obstacles to deal with, unfavorable conditions to work through, and fear lurking in the shadows of your subconscious mind. You can wait years and still never feel that the time is right to move forward. The only time to move forward is right now. Maybe you really don't have the time or money or energy to do EVERYTHING you want to do, but can you do SOME of it? Can you spare a few minutes a day to work on something so vitally important to you? Can you find alternate routes to your goal that don't require a lot of capital? Can you brainstorm ways around the obstacles that block your path? You Can!

Do yourself a favor: pretend that circumstances will never be better than they are right now...pretend that things will only get worse if you don't take some form of action...the size of the action is unimportant; just do something...take one step toward what you want...amazing things happen when you do this...first, you realize that things aren't quite as impossible as they seemed...second, the actions you do take begin opening doors to allow more opportunities to appear...finally, obstacles start to dissolve and melt into the pavement - all because you decided they weren't big enough to hold you back any longer...whatever you are yearning for today, do it now...do it now, and you'll thank yourself

 the first photo was the original shot...

this is the black and white version,

i used clone stamp and healing brush to erase the background

i use the spotlight effect on this one

i rendered a red color effect after

 and added a flare to the effects

hope this interest you :)

A group of frogs were travelling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit.

All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead.

The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their might.

The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead.

Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up.

He fell down and died.

The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die.

He jumped even harder and finally made it out.

When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?"

The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.

This story teaches two lessons:

1. there is power of life and death in the tongue...an encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day

2. a destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill them...be careful of what you say...speak life to those who cross your path...the power of words....it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way...anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times... special is the individual who will take the time to encourage another