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White on White Tags: white   cat   whitecat   odt   romair   rogerjohnson    White is today's topic for Our Daily Challenge., and having a white cat that sleeps on a white blanket, I couldn't pass this one up. Recent Updated: 19 days ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair All Dried Out. Tags: dried   macromondays   romair   rogerjohnson   105mmmicronikkorlens    Dried is the topic for Macro Mondays, and I've had this acorn-like thing sitting in a little pot on my desk for at least a year, waiting for an excuse to photograph it, so it's safe to say it's thoroughly dried out. I picked up the dead, dried out leaves in our back yard. Recent Updated: 22 days ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Heading Towards the Golden Gate. Tags: seascape   marinheadlands   tanker   stormyseas   rogerjohnson   topazadjust   sliderssunday   magnificentmanipulatedmasterpieces   topazbweffects21    This is a composite of two images that I Created for the 25th Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces Challenge Source image with thanks to ~Brenda Starr~. I kept only the sky in Brenda's source image and replaced the foreground with a seascape taken from the Marin Headlands that I had in my archives. I then blended the two images in PSE 11, Topaz Adjust and Topaz B&W Effects 2.1. I was surprised at how much detail Topaz was able to recover in the cliff on the left, which appeared as a stark black silhouette in the original (see it in the comments below). Also, HSS! This looks way better in Lightbox Recent Updated: 27 days ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Read it and weep, birdie, cuz you ain't gettin' any... Tags: photoshopelements   rogerjohnson   topazadjust   sliderssunday   downunderchalenge677    This is a three-image composite that I put together for Down Under Challenge #677. The original challenge image was provided by Mark Rutley (see below). The dog and cat guarding the doorway are mine. Also, HSS! Recent Updated: 29 days ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Our Mail Box Eagle, In All Its Grungy Glory Tags: mailbox   eagle   macromondays   rogerjohnson    My first thought, when I saw that the Macro Mondays topic was Mail boxes, was how the heck do you make a macro, or even a close-up, out of a mail box? So, I took a look at the battered old mail box that has been hanging on the front of our house next to the front door for something over 50 years and noticed this eagle on the front of it. Sure, I'd seen the eagle every day of my life for the 46 years we've lived here, but I never paid any attention to it ~ sort of like in one eyeball and out the other... So, when the topic came up, I didn't go, "aha, I know just what I'm going to photograph." This eagle came as a pleasant surprise and undoubtedly saved me from passing up this week's topic entirely because I sure didn't know what else I could find that would fit the topic. Recent Updated: 29 days ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Hey, if a fire plug is good enough for a dog, it's good enough for me... Tags: downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   sliderssunday    This is a composite I put together in PSE 11 for Down Under Challenge #669. Thanks goes to Frank Bernard for the challenge image of the bird (see below). I got the fire hydrant from Puckett Pages Free Stock Images , which I found through Google Images. Happy Sliders Sunday! Recent Updated: 1 month ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Reminiscing over old times Tags: downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   sliderssunday    This is a composite I put together in PSE 11 for Down Under Challenge #667. The challenge image of two empty chairs was provided by OR_U (see below). The two laughing people are my wife and her brother, reminiscing about the good ol' days back on the farm. In the original, they were sitting in two rocking chairs in our living room that were positioned almost exactly the same as OR_U's chairs, so all I had to do was pick each one up individually and plunk them down in the two new chairs. They were a near perfect fit. Also, Happy Sliders Sunday. Recent Updated: 1 month ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair April Showers Tags: flowers   35mm   jasmine   raindrops   rogerjohnson   nikon35mmf18    At last, a little bit of rain. We had torrential rains in November & December that set records in some areas, and then record or near record drought during the peak of what was supposed to be our rainy season: January, February and March. Our local reservoirs are in good shape, but the Sierra snow pack, which supplies most of California's water is mighty thin, and there's not much hope for more precipitation, since summer time is normally rainless in these parts. The fence along the southern border of our property is solidly covered with these sweet smelling jasmine, and when we open our windows in the morning, their scent drifts through our entire house (one advantage of owning a small house...). I took this shot with my little 35mm f1.8 lens, a sweetheart of a lens which I, sadly, hardly have any use for. It sure performed nicely here, though. Recent Updated: 1 month ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair A Stealth UFO Tags: sunset   ufo   aprilfoolsday   rogerjohnson   macromondaysfooledyou    The other night, while marveling over a magnificent sunset, I saw this nearly invisible UFO silently drifting by. I probably wouldn't have seen it at all if the occupants hadn't left the lights on... Okay, since I know you believed me, in all fairness, and to avoid a worldwide panic, I suppose I should fess up to the truth... This "UFO" is actually the metal shade on a small, high intensity reading lamp, and I put this together for Macro Mondays. Today is April Fools Day, and the Macro Mondays topic is "Fooled You." Recent Updated: 1 month ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Split Rail Fence Tags: fence   splitrailfence   rogerjohnson   fencedfriday    I built this fence about 25 years ago along a walkway that runs along the side of our house to a rear entrance. Split rails have always been my favorite kinda fences, and when I was going through a lumber yard one day and saw a stack of cedar posts and rails, I couldn't resist buying a bunch and trying my hand at building one. It's still holding up good as new. HFF! Recent Updated: 1 month ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Split Rail Fence Tags: fence   splitrailfence   rogerjohnson   topazadjust   fencedfriday    Same fence as I posted last Friday, but this time I processed it in Topaz Adjust to give it a more rustic feel. Same story, too, but here it is again anyway ~ I built this fence about 25 years ago along a walkway that runs along the side of our house to a rear entrance. Split rails have always been my favorite kinda fences, and when I was going through a lumber yard one day and saw a stack of cedar posts and rails, I couldn't resist buying a bunch and trying my hand at building one. It's still holding up good as new. HFF! Recent Updated: 1 month ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair My Scooter Buddy Tags: scooter   motorscooter   downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   galonascooter    This is a composite of two images: one of my wife Sammy, taken in 1965, and one of Sammydavisdog's scooter, which I put together for Down Under Challenge #662. The reason she fits so perfectly on this scooter is, when I photographed her, she was sitting on our white, 1965 Vespa scooter, which was positioned exactly the same as this blue scooter. It was a simple task to move her from one scooter to the other. See both images below. Recent Updated: 1 month ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair The Old And The New Tags: fence   rust   rustyfence   rogerjohnson   fencedfriday    Happy Fenced Friday! Recent Updated: 1 month ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Marines Make Use of Whatever Cover is Available Tags: mushroom   marine   downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   sliderssunday    This is a composite I put together for Down Under Challenge #659. The challenge image of the mushroom patch (see below) was provided by KaCey97007. The Marine under the mushroom is me eating C-rations while on maneuvers in Hawaii in 1955, taken using a screw-in self timer on my Kodak Retina. Since the shot of me was in b&w, I converted the whole image to b&w, using Topaz BW Effects2. Recent Updated: 2 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Wood On My Winchester Model 12 Tags: wood   pumpgun   macromondays   rogerjohnson   slideaction   winchestermodel12   trapgun    The theme for Macro Mondays is Wood. This is a tiny section of the beautifully grained wood stock on my Winchester Model 12 trap gun. Today, plastic stocks are becoming increasingly more popular, and I'm well aware of advantages plastic may have over wood, namely strength, resistance to weather and cost. However, a couple of features plastic stocked guns definitely do not possess are beauty and pride of ownership. Just take a look at the Model 12 pictured in the first comment below and picture it with a black or camo plastic stock. No comparison; I wouldn't own one even if it was given to me. Recent Updated: 2 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Spilled Popcorn Tags: macro   popcorn   105mmmicronikkor   rogerjohnson   ccmphiddenathome    The theme for Closer and Closer Macro Photography is "Hidden at Home," and it was suggested that we look around the house and check the floor, among other places, to find hidden treasures, or trash, as the case may be. So, I looked down, and sure enough, there was my subject: a piece of popcorn right next to my rocker (I never have learned how to get all the popcorn into my mouth...). The CCMP group is adamant that macros posted to the group pool must be true macros, or at least 1:2 (1/2 life size); so to be on the safe side, I attached a Nikon 6t close-up diopter to my 105mm Micro Nikkor lens, which, when combined, can produce 2:1 images (double life size on the sensor). For lighting, I laid a Nikon SB 600 flash on the floor next to the popcorn and triggered it remotely via the D90's commander feature. The only problem with this project was, I'm nearly 80 years old, and crawling around on the floor and going through contortions to get into position while trying to manually focus the camera ain't quite as easy as it used to be. In fact, when it came time to get back up off the floor, I damn near had to call 911...`~' Recent Updated: 2 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair She found another mole hole... Tags: shepherd   germanshepherd   odt   rogerjohnson    Maybe not the most dignified shot I've taken of Roma, but when she's after a mole, a head shot just ain't an option. Look at that pile of dirt under her tail; that's all her doing after no more than two minutes worth of digging. ODT, "A Portrait From Behind." Recent Updated: 2 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Glub glub glub Tags: composite   splash   drowning   downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   sliderssunday    This is a composite I put together for Down Under Challenge #657. The original challenge image of the splash is mine. I'm glad no one was around to witness what I'm sure would have been a ridiculous sight of me trying to get a shot of the top of my head in hopes of coming up with an image that I could fit convincingly into the splash. I had to get both my hand and my head into the frame, while holding the camera backwards, one-handed, over my head and blindly punching the shutter button. It would have been easier with a little point 'n' shoot camera, but try that some time with a Nikon D90 with an 18-200mm lens attached... Also, HSS! Recent Updated: 3 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Alien Invasion?... Tags: helicopter   modelhelicopter   rogerjohnson    No, this is a model helicopter that I saw buzzing around while out walking my dog. I was pretty amazed with the amount of control the operator had over this strange looking bird. Recent Updated: 3 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair An Oldie (Me) Going on Liberty in Hawaii, 1956 Tags: vintage   hawaii   kaneohe   rogerjohnson   magnificentmanipulatedmasterpieces    This is a self-timer shot that I took of myself with my Kodak Retina II-a at the Marine barracks, Kaneohe, Hawaii, and I question whether I actually wore this outfit on liberty in Honolulu. I'm not even sure why I owned a jacket and tie while stationed there, except that, when this was taken, my enlistment had less than a year to go, and I remember being all fired up over getting out of the Marines and starting college on the GI Bill; so, maybe I was just getting prepared well in advance... By the way, going on liberty consisted of taking a 50¢ taxi ride into Honolulu on Friday afternoons, getting a room in the Armed Services YMCA for $1.00 a night, shooting my way up and down Hotel Street in the many shooting galleries that lined the street back then, taking a bus to Waikiki Beach and wandering through the lobby of the Royal Hawaiian and on out to the beach, where I spent part of my days, and finally returning to the base on Sunday evening. My pay was $126 a month, $40 of which I sent home to a savings account, leaving me with $86 for a month's worth of fun in Hawaii. Tough duty I know, but hey, somebody had to do it... The original color version of this was so bad, it wasn't worth trying to rescue, so I ran the image through Topaz B&W Effects and am very pleased with this vintage look. Created for 20th Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces Challenge. The topic is Vintage .................................................................................................................................................... For images and stories of this nature, I have put together a set called Our Life Story, depicting our life together over the past half century+ and containing over 275 images and descriptions which, for the most part, are in chronological order. Check it out and let me know what you think of it. .................................................................................................................................................... Recent Updated: 3 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair From the olive jar Tags: olives   onion   macromondays   rogerjohnson    The theme for Macro Mondays is the rule of thirds & 3. So, I dug two olives and an onion out of a huge jar of these things and then looked around for a surface to lay them on, and I came up with this. I'm curious to see if anyone can figure out what the background is. Recent Updated: 4 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair If the holly berries are here, can the cedar waxwings be far behind? Tags: minimalism   hollyberries   macromondays   rogerjohnson   minimalistmacro   vibrantmonimalism    Vibrant Minimalism is the topic for Macro Mondays. I placed these holly berries on a small blue corner of a Christmas card, set my 105mm Micro Nikkor lens at f2.8 to throw everything around the berry out of focus, and bounced the flash off the ceiling to get this shot. A simple set up, no fancy lighting, and, other than a bit of tweaking of the RAW image in ACR, the image required almost no post processing ~ about as close to SOOC as any image I've ever posted on Flickr.. Recent Updated: 4 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Scattered Showers Tags: rain   raindrops   marsh   showers   scattered   scatteredshowers   rogerjohnson   ourdailychallenge    Scattered is the 12/26/12 topic for Our Daily Challenge, and since my dog and I got caught in a scattered shower during our walk through the marsh this morning, I figured we might as well pull something positive out of our misery; so, using the little Canon S 95 that's permanently attached to my belt, I captured some scattered raindrops for the challenge. Recent Updated: 4 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Former GSA Administrator Roger Johnson This is a photo of former Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Roger Johnson, 07/08/93 - 02/29/96. Copyright and Other Rights Pertaining to U.S. Government Works www.usa.gov/copyright.shtml Recent Updated: 5 months ago - Created by U.S. General Services Administration - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - U.S. General Services Administration We sure do have some strange looking mushrooms growing in our yard Tags: mushrooms   rogerjohnson    These three mushrooms are all growing in our yard right now. I know the lawn needs mowing, but I don't have the heart to dig them out. Okay, I know that's a lame excuse, but still... Recent Updated: 6 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Macro Motion Tags: screw   screwdriver   screwing   macromondays   rogerjohnson    I hate to tell you how much screwing I had to do to get this shot... The theme for Macro Mondays is Motion Blur, so I charged up the dead battery on my power screwer, set the camera on a tripod and the self timer to 2-second delay and started screwing. I adjusted the shutter speed on each of many shots so I'd have a good variety to choose from, and, though there were several close contenders, this is the one I felt showed the screwing motion the best. Recent Updated: 6 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Roma is recovering very nicely from her Afghan terrorist attack Tags: shepherd   germanshepherd   leafpile   rogerjohnson   uatumnleaves    (see below for the story) Here Roma is lazying around in our garden in the warm 78° sunshine we've been enjoying lately. The "bandage" that she's wearing is two of my undershirts that we put over her to keep her from scratching at her stitches. She's healing quickly, and every morning, at the time we'd normally be heading out for the dog park, she looks expectantly at us and clearly is wondering why we're not going. It won't be long, but we want to make sure she is sufficiently healed before we turn her loose to romp among her friends. Recent Updated: 6 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair We sure do have some strange looking mushrooms growing in our yard Tags: mushrooms   odt   rogerjohnson    These three mushrooms are all growing in our yard. I know the lawn needs mowing, but I don't have the heart to dig them out. Okay, I know that's a lame excuse, but still... ODT, "Worm's eye view." Recent Updated: 6 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Roger Johnson 1st goal bet The attached is a copy of my 1st goal scorer bet on Roger Johnson in the 2008 FA Cup Final between Cardiff City and Portsmouth. The game finished 1 nil to Portsmouth Recent Updated: 6 months ago - Created by wales_gibbons - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - wales_gibbons Better late than never Tags: autumn   fall   autumnleaves   rogerjohnson    I know it's a bit late in the season to be showing fall images, but this is one I took in October that I never got around to posting, and I like it too much to just let it slip on by. Recent Updated: 6 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair My Last Fence Tags: rust   grunge   rogerjohnson   rustywirefence   fencedfriday    With this shot, I've used up all my fence images for posting in the Fenced Fridays group, and, given our restricted mobility lately, it will likely be a while before I come up with anything new. However, any chance I get, I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for new ones because rustic and rusty old fences are among my favorite subjects. Recent Updated: 7 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Google Street Shot of Our Home Tags: google   soog   rogerjohnson   straightoutofgoogle   googlestreetshot    At the rate Google's going, it won't be long before they're in our bedroom... This shot had a little help from Topaz Simplify 4, but it's pretty much SOOG (Straight out of Google). I realize you can't see much of our home because of all the birch trees in front, most of which we planted in 1992 as tiny babies. The two birch trees on the left were there when we bought the property, and they sprouted lots of baby birches all over the yard; so we dug up the babies, nursed them along and ended up planting over 45 of them on our tiny 6,600 square foot lot. As you can see, they all thrived (most are in the back yard) and keep our home nice and shady in the summer, while letting the western sun in in the winter. I always wanted to live in the woods, and this is as close as I could get...`~' Recent Updated: 8 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Wheeeeeeee!! Tags: baby   fun   waterfall   humor   downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   topazadjust   slidersundays   kidinawaterfall   ridingawaterfall    This is a composite I put together for Down Under Challenge #607 Thanks goes to Dela7 for the starter image of the waterfall (see below). The thrill seeker sliding down the waterfall is a 40+ year old shot of our son, taken when he was sliding down a kid's slide we had in our backyard (I've gotten a lot of mileage out of this shot of him in various DUC challenges...). Also, HSS! Recent Updated: 8 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Hey buddy, are you sure a putter's the club you wanna use here?... Tags: golf   sandtrap   putter   rogerjohnson    A composite I put together for Down Under Challenge #606. The base image was provided by Frank Bernard (see it below). The golfer trying to putt his way out of the sand trap is our son, taken several years ago in Cancun, Mexico. Come to think of it, he's such a good golfer, he'd probably have more success here with his putter than I would with my sand wedge...`~' Recent Updated: 8 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Checking out the breakfast menu Tags: beach   geese   hawk   ducks   rogerjohnson    I haven't been able to ID this hawk, but the way he was cruising along the beach, checking out all the sun bathers, he does appear to be searching for the perfect meal. As you can see, none of the geese, ducks and even smaller birds seem to be too concerned, and the hawk flew off to check for mice in a nearby field. Recent Updated: 8 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Once upon a time there was a fence... Tags: fence   digitalpainting   rogerjohnson   fencedfriday   topazsimplify4    Way back in "The Good Ol' Days," folks made do with the materials at hand and didn't require fancy, precisely milled fence posts, if that's what these are. I expect at some time there was wire stretched between these posts, or maybe they were just stakes to let others know someone had laid claim to land on one side or the other of this line. But now only these remnants remain, serving as wonderful photo ops for those of us who wonder about what went on before. This is a digital painting, created with the just released Topaz Simplify 4. Happy Fenced Friday! Recent Updated: 8 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair 20120910-OSEC-RBN-0540 Tags: dc   jeffersonauditorium   nationalfarmersunion   osec   officeofthesecretary   usda   unitedstatesdepartmentofagriculture   washington   farmandforeignagriculturalservices   michaelscuse   rogerjohnson   president   unitedstates    National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson (left) and Agriculture Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Under Secretary Michael Scuse (right) listen to questions posed by members of the National Farmers Union at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. The National Farmers Union was in Washington to discuss the 2012 Farm Bill, economics, exports and rural America. USDA photo by Bob Nichols Recent Updated: 8 months ago - Created by USDAgov - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - USDAgov 20120910-OSEC-RBN-0466 Tags: dc   washington   unitedstates   chief   president   secretary   osec   usda   unitedstatesdepartmentofagriculture   tomvilsack   davewhite   rogerjohnson   nationalfarmersunion   jeffersonauditorium   officeofthesecretary   naturalresouresconservationservice    U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Dave White (left) and National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson (right) listen to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack address the National Farmers Union at the USDA in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Secretary Vilsack discussed the economics of agriculture, conservation, exports, Rural America and the 2012 Farm Bill. USDA photo by Bob Nichols Recent Updated: 8 months ago - Created by USDAgov - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - USDAgov Intoxicating, But Definitely Not Hazardous to My Health. Tags: downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   blondeunderglass    Created in PSE9 for Down Under Challenge #603. See below for the original target image. I photographed my hand specifically for this project, and The photo of my wife Sammy is another 60th birthday shot from my archives. Also, this is for Sliders Sunday. Recent Updated: 8 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Still being worn ~ by the farmer's daughter Tags: hat   strawhat   rogerjohnson   old   torn   battered   frugality   decrepit   farmersdaughter   odt    We grew up during the war years, when absolutely nothing was wasted and everything was saved until it totally fell apart, and 70 years later, my wife Sammy hasn't changed a bit. So, she still wears this quite serviceable(?) hat while gardening (in the back yard only...) and insists it still has quite a long life ahead of it. She says the hat's one real advantage is, when she sits in her garden chair, or lies in the hammock, she can lay her head back without the brim getting in the way, and she really loves a hat that's well ventilated. At least it keeps the sun out of her eyes... However, frugal though she may be, I doubt this hat has more then three or four years of useful(?) wear left ahead of it... I would love to have posted a shot of her wearing it, but if I did, a half century of wedded bliss might suddenly become a lot less blissful...`~' ODT. "Begins with O." Recent Updated: 8 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Nut by candle light Tags: candlelight   nut   macromondays   rogerjohnson   nutbycandlelight    The topic for Macro Mondays is Lit by Candlelight. I tried lighting this nut with the candle outside of the picture frame, but the resulting images could have been lit by flash, flashlight, or any other directional light source, and I wanted something that clearly fit the the candlelight theme. So, I included the votive candle in the frame, which, needless to say, created a bit of an exposure dilemma. I more or less resolved the dilemma by creating two RAW exposures from the single image (one exposure for the flame and one for the nut), and then blending the two in PSE9. Recent Updated: 9 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair DUC's 600th Challenge Tags: 600   downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   topazadjust    Congrats and thanks to all you DUClings that have made this such a fun group. My first DUC entry was five years ago, #83. Anyone out there in Flickrville who enjoys manipulating, reworking and mangling pixels, give Down Under Challenge a look-see. Guaranteed fun if you join the party, and you don't even have to reside down under. Recent Updated: 9 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Sitting Pretty Tags: duc   rogerjohnson    This is a composite I put together for Down Under Challenge #596. The source image (see below) was provided by Doxieone. The blonde is my wife Sammy, taken 16 years ago on her 60th birthday in a much more comfortable setting than this...`~' I used several Topaz Adjust presets on the background (source) image to try to add some interest to a rather drab setting. Recent Updated: 9 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Our two sons Tags: photoshopelements   odt   rogerjohnson   sliderssunday   magnificentmanipulatedmasterpieces    Created for 10th MMM Challenge This really needs to be viewed larger in Lightbox The tutorial for this Apple Reflection Technique. was set up for Photoshop, and since I use Photoshop Elements 9, I had to do a bit of finagling to get it to all come together. For the most part, I think it worked pretty well. Also, HSS! ODT, "Multiple Choice." Recent Updated: 9 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair An Estonian Vodka Bottle - The photo may be mediocre, but it's a fun and interesting story, so please read on. Tags: bottle   estonia   vodka   rogerjohnson   sliderssunday    This vodka bottle has quite a history. When little 6-year old Mairi (now my wife Sammy) and her brother and parents were frantically racing across war torn Europe in 1940 at the very beginning of World War II, while escaping from the communists who had taken over their country of Estonia (her father was Counsel General to the U.S.), they could carry only a limited number of possessions, and this bottle of vodka was one of those treasured possessions. And they decided the bottle was so special, they would open it only on some very special occasion. That special occasion arrived 20 years later in 1960, when they decided to celebrate the engagement of their daughter Mairi to yours truly. There were several Estonians in attendance, including some very prominent friends from Venezuela, who had also escaped the Soviets in Estonia; and of course, I was there, the only non-Estonian in the bunch. So, when the moment for a toast arrived, the vodka was poured into the little shot glasses you see here. However, as you can see, it isn't a very big bottle, and by the time it got to me, it was running dry, so when my turn came to have my glass filled, my future father-in-law set the celebratory Estonian bottle down and filled my glass with Smirnoff! By the way, I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression - I loved Sammy's parents, and we had a wonderful relationship throughout the years. However, that particular bottle of Estonian vodka was too precious to be consumed by this Irish/German/English/Swedish mongrel, when it became apparent that there might not be quite enough to go around, even if I was one of the "celebrities" being toasted. The map reference shows the bottle's origin, not where the photo was taken, since, given the sad state of geographical knowledge today, I expect there are very few U.S Flickrites who even know where Estonia is.. For the Slider Sunday group, way too much sliding went into this image to try to describe the steps I took. Suffice it to say, I took this photo over 50 years ago, and even this image is far better than what I started out with. .................................................................................................................................................... For images and stories of this nature, I have put together a set called Our Life Story, depicting our life together over the past half century plus and containing over 250 images and descriptions which, for the most part, are in chronological order. Check it out and let me know what you think of it. .................................................................................................................................................... Recent Updated: 9 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Here's the ball daddy. Aren't I a good doggie? Tags: shepherd   germanshepherd   macromondays   rogerjohnson    Make Me Smile is the topic for Macro Mondays today. I don't know about you, but I can't look at this without smiling. I know this is no macro, but I hope it's enough of a close-up ot be o.k. Recent Updated: 10 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Grey Goose Vodka Bottle Tags: bottle   vodka   greygoose   macromondays   rogerjohnson    Todaay's topic for Macro Mondays is Bottle, and since a bottle is too large an object to make anything even approaching a macro out of it, I chose to photograph this small portion of the label on a Grey Goose vodka bottle. And, no, I didn't buy the Grey Goose myself, not at $48 a bottle. It was a Christmas gift from one of our sons years ago, and I just never threw the bottle away after I'd drained it... Recent Updated: 10 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair HELP!! LEMME OUTA HERE! Tags: downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   sliderssunday    Created for Down Under Challenge #587. The original source image (see below) was provided by Frank Bernard. The cat, who we call Screechy, is mine. Also, HSS! Recent Updated: 10 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Topaz Roses Tags: flowers   roses   topaz   rogerjohnson   downinderchallenge    Down Under Challenge #586 Dan Rhett provided the original image to the group. I applied a variety of Topaz presets to the flowers, and came up with several different versions. This may or may not be the best of the bunch. I've posted another one in the first comment below, along with Dan's original. Recent Updated: 10 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Roger Johnson Tags: street   baker   banquet    Roger Johnson Recent Updated: 11 months ago - Created by grayshott.com - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - grayshott.com Welcome To My Website Tags: fence   pipe   spiderwebs   rogerjohnson   topazadjust   sliderssunday   magnificentmanipulatedmasterpieces    Created for 14th MMM Challenge. The theme is Halloween This is the end of a pipe that is part of a fallen fence (see it in the first comment below). After cropping the image, I loaded it into Topaz Adjust and went wild with several of the presets, layering one on top of the other, until I came up with something that I thought was sufficiently Halloweeny. Then I took one of our cats and placed him snugly in his lair behind the safety of the spider webs. It's even scarier looking in Lightbox Also, HSS! Recent Updated: 11 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Look What I Found Tags: closeup   pen   pencil   odc   rogerjohnson    Actually, I had to lose it first before I could find it, but there it was amongst the shrubbery in the back yard this morning, and I thought it looked so pretty laying there where it was that I decided it would make a perfect subject for today's Our Daily Challenge topic, which is Macro/Close-up. Since I love shooting macros and have a great macro lens, I was planning to set up a true macro shot for the challenge later today, but I'm happy this pencil jumped out at me and saved me the trouble. It's certainly no macro, but fortunately close-ups count, too. Recent Updated: 11 months ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Roger Johnson reports for Northwest Tonight Tags: city   man   square   manchester   town   hall   northwest   albert   johnson   may   front   victory   parade   bbc   roger   title   14th   monday   tonight   premier   epic   league   champions   manchestercity   mcfc   winning   2012   presenter    Roger Johnson, the new front man for BBC Northwest Tonight, was also broadcasting from Albert Square as the excitement grew. Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by zawtowers - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - zawtowers One great big beautiful moon Tags: moon   rogerjohnson   supermoon    Fortunately, we had a crystal clear night tonight to capture the Supermoon. Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Back off, Buster, there's only room for one at the top Tags: shepherd   germanshepherd   duc   rogerjohnson   rubystreasures    A composite created for Down Under Challenge #566 Thanks to Rubyblossom for the target image of the black dog (see 1st comment below). This was a real convenient challenge for me, since I had taken the shot of our German shepherd just a few days ago, and Buster fit right in. Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Ain't he just the cutest little bug you ever did see?... Tags: green   bug   camouflaged   macromondays   rogerjohnson    The 6/18/12 theme for Macro Mondays is camouflage, and this greenish bug on a green leaf was was the closest I could come to anything that would fit the theme. I found plenty of larger critters that blended nicely into their surroundings, but this is a macro group, so I had to think small. Of course, trying to claim that this bug with its big red eyes is camouflaged is really stretching it, but I guess the bugs that were really camouflaged were so well hidden I just couldn't find them. Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Getting down and dirty with a salamander Tags: salamander   lizzard   bugeyed   rogerjohnson   canons95    Today I was doing some yard work and moved a log and found this guy looking all confused by being so suddenly exposed to the sunlight. My tiny Canon S95 is permanently attached to my belt, so, rather than run into the house for my SLR, I grabbed the Canon and held it down at ground level a few inches in front of the salamander and started shooting. I couldn't frame him in the monitor because these ancient bones of mine would object vigorously if I tried climbing down there with the camera, so I just shot from the hip, or I should say from the foot. Since he was so lethargic, I had plenty of time to keep on shooting until I saw a decent image on the monitor and then escorted him into a protected area so I wouldn't grind him up with the lawn mower. Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Rule #1 - Check the Depth Before You Dive Tags: water   dive   diver   downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson    This is a two-shot composite for Down Under Challenge #590. Thanks goes to Simply Shar♥n for the starter image (see below). The diver is our son Greg taken a few decades ago. Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Waiting for the doors to open. Tags: drunk   grunge   scotch   duc   rogerjohnson   topazadjust   slidersunday    Created for Down Under Challenge #559, using the source image of the Scotch Shop provided by Frank Bernard (See 1st comment below). I retrieved the inebriated gentleman from Google Images. The grunge effect was achieved through Topaz Adjust. HSS! Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair I thought the idea was to take time to smell the flowers, not dig them up... Tags: flowers   dog   shepherd   digging   germanshepherd   rogerjohnson    Actually, she's digging for another vole. I'll swear she's dug more holes in the marsh where we walk every day than all the voles, gophers and rabbits combined. Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair A toy truck for Macro Monday Tags: truck   toy   mayflower   macromonday   rogerjohnson   topazadjust    When we fled New England's inhospitable climate 45 years ago and struck out for Sunny California, we had Mayflower move our meager belongings for us, and seeing that huge truck back up our narrow gravel, 200-foot long driveway was an impressive sight, to say the least. It was also quite emotional, and when a few years later my wife Sammy found this little palm-sized toy Mayflower truck, she just had to have it. "Toy" is today's topic for Macro Monday (This is really a very small toy...). See the real thing in the first comment below this image. Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair A Golden Sunrise Tags: sunrise   duc   rogerjohnson    This will be the challenge image for Down Under Challenge #473 Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair 20110912-OC-RBN-5499 Tags: dc   washington   unitedstates   president   oc   usda   washinngton   rogerjohnson   usdasouthbuilding   nationalfarmersunion   jeffersonauditorium   unitedstatesdepartmnetofagriculture   officeofcomunications    President, National Farmer’s Union (left) Roger Johnson and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (right) listen to questions posed by members of the National Farmer’s Union during their annual Fall Legislative Fly-In at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C. on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. Johnson is a third-generation family farmer from Turtle Lake, ND. USDA Photo by Bob Nichols. Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by USDAgov - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - USDAgov 20110912-OC-RBN-5490 Tags: dc   washington   unitedstates   president   oc   usda   washinngton   rogerjohnson   usdasouthbuilding   nationalfarmersunion   jeffersonauditorium   unitedstatesdepartmnetofagriculture   officeofcomunications    President, National Farmer’s Union (left) Roger Johnson and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (right) listen to questions posed by members of the National Farmer’s Union during their annual Fall Legislative Fly-In at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C. on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. Johnson is a third-generation family farmer from Turtle Lake, N.D. USDA Photo by Bob Nichols. Recent Updated: 1 year ago - Created by USDAgov - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - USDAgov Roger Johnson, NFU president Tags: executive   committee    Roger Johnson, National Farmers Union president, spoke to ASTA's Executive Committee at a dinner April 6, 2011. Recent Updated: 2 years ago - Created by American Seed Trade Association - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - American Seed Trade Association Goodbye Cruel World Tags: whirlpool   downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   sliderssunday    This is a composite I put together for Down Under Challenge #661, using Photoshop Elements 11 and Topaz Adjust. The original challenge image of the smiling boy was provided by Gravityx9 (See below). The whirlpool is mine. It developed during a rapidly flowing outgoing tide in the Corte Madera marsh. Sorry for the rather sad and tragic subject matter. Maybe if you keep in mind this was a statue and not a real boy, it'll help... This edit really wasn't working for me until I managed to change his expression from happy (see below) to sad. HSS! Recent Updated: 2 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Roger Johnson, Tomáš Rosický and Sebastian Larsson Tags: football   soccer   emirates   arsenal   exodus   tcw   city”   photos”   league”   sebastianlarsson   rogerjohnson   “birmingham   “premier   “ronmac   tomášrosický    Arsenal v Birmingham City The Emirates 16 October 2010 (2-1) Recent Updated: 2 years ago - Created by Ronnie Macdonald - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Ronnie Macdonald Roger Johnson, Marouane Chamakh and Abou Diaby Tags: football   soccer   emirates   arsenal   exodus   tcw   city”   photos”   league”   aboudiaby   rogerjohnson   “birmingham   marouanechamakh   “premier   “ronmac    Arsenal v Birmingham City The Emirates 16 October 2010 (2-1) Recent Updated: 2 years ago - Created by Ronnie Macdonald - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Ronnie Macdonald Roger Johnson and Marouane Chamakh Tags: football   soccer   emirates   arsenal   exodus   tcw   city”   photos”   league”   rogerjohnson   “birmingham   marouanechamakh   “premier   “ronmac    Arsenal v Birmingham City The Emirates 16 October 2010 (2-1) Recent Updated: 2 years ago - Created by Ronnie Macdonald - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Ronnie Macdonald Roger Johnson and Marouane Chamakh Tags: football   soccer   emirates   arsenal   exodus   tcw   city”   photos”   league”   rogerjohnson   “birmingham   marouanechamakh   “premier   “ronmac    Arsenal v Birmingham City The Emirates 16 October 2010 (2-1) Recent Updated: 2 years ago - Created by Ronnie Macdonald - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Ronnie Macdonald A rescued image - sort of. Tags: cat   rogerjohnson   topazadjust   sliderssunday   kidsplayinggame    You need to see the original photo in the comments below to appreciate what I was working with here. It was scanned from a deteriorated 35- year old Ektachrome slide that, at its best, was never very good. As you can see from the harsh shadows, it was taken using a camera-mounted direct flash, which doomed it to mediocrity from the start. Technically, it was definitely no keeper, but it is a fun memory shot, and I didn't have the heart to throw it out, so I threw it into a shoe box, where it languished for 35 years. Then, eventually computers and scanners got invented and Adobe came up with Photoshop, and Topaz came up with Adjust, and I once again came across this old slide and realized maybe, just maybe there was hope. However, except for a B&W version that was pretty good, I didn't come up with anything I was willing to allow into my photostream until I tried the Venice Painting preset in Topaz Adjust. It's a long way from perfect, but it's a vast improvement over the original shown below, and it does a much better job of preserving a fun memory.. HSS! Recent Updated: 2 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Roger Johnson Tags: chorus   christian   mens   sda   wwu   cbar   oamc   wallawallauniversity   missiontoamerica    Early afternoon practice before our concert. Pastor Roger Johnson was one of the violinists we recruited for our concert. Recent Updated: 2 years ago - Created by youngwarrior - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - youngwarrior Meltdown Tags: duc   hss   rogerjohnson    A 3-image composite for Down Under Challenge #589. Credit for the source image goes to Sir Frog. The other two images are mine. The reason for the strained look on my face is that I was actually holding up two salmon that I had caught earlier in the day that weighed a total of 40 pounds... Also, this is for Slider Sundays Recent Updated: 3 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair The Hideaway 12/22/09 - #3 Tags: holiday   blurry   drinking   missouri   saintlouis   hideaway   rogerjohnson    Of course any photograph of Roger Johnson out on the town is a blurry one. Recent Updated: 3 years ago - Created by Pancake Master - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Pancake Master Sometimes the aging process can be a bit uneven... Tags: mannequin   downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson    Created for Down Under Challenge #560. Thanks goes to iamdogsmom for the source image of the headless mannequin (see 1st comment below) I got the old lady's head from Goggle Images, and the bench is from my archives. This is not what I had in mind when I started working on this image. The old lady's face was a florid red, while the mannequin had a greenish tint to it, and I had hoped to alter the colors so at least the colors would be reasonably compatible, even though the face and the body obviously didn't belong together. By the time I finished (having spent way too much time on it}, I ended up with a near sepia image, and it would have been so much easier just to convert the whole thing to sepia, or some form of monochrome right from the start. Oh well, live and learn... Recent Updated: 3 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair _0051785 Tags: automotive   29   1972   porsche911   limerockpark   group8   rogerjohnson   27thlimerockparkvintagefestival    27th Lime Rock Park Vintage Festival Group 8 1972, Porsche 911, Driver: Roger Johnson Recent Updated: 3 years ago - Created by kptyson - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - kptyson Executive Vice Pres of AAL, Roger Johnson & District... Tags: pchs:resource=2008023017    Executive Vice Pres of AAL, Roger Johnson & District Representative, Jeanette Reierson. More at pchs.org/resources/2008-023-017 Recent Updated: 3 years ago - Created by pchs.org - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - pchs.org All overgrown and rusty, but still standing strong. Tags: cortemaderamarsh   romair   rogerjohnson   fencedfridays    Same fence as I've posted for several previous Fenced Fridays, but different time of year, different view and different processing. Recent Updated: 3 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Racing with the wind Tags: ethereal   macromondays   romair   rogerjohnson    This week's theme for Macro Mondays is Ethereal. Actually, this wasn't taken out in the wind; it was an indoor setup, taken a few years ago with my 105mm Micro Nikkor lens and ethereally processed today in Topaz Simplify and PSE 11 for this week's theme. Recent Updated: 3 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair What's wrong with this picture? Tags: california   roadrunner   palmdesert   rogerjohnson    What's wrong is roadrunners belong in the desert, not perched on a resort railing over a lake in the midst of a golf course in Palm Desert, CA. Maybe he figured Wiley Coyote would never think to look for him here, but even so, he still belongs in a desert setting; so I'm posting this as the challenge image in Down Under Challenge #665 in hopes the pixel manglers in that group can relocate him to where he belongs ~ or do whatever else they want with him for that matter... Recent Updated: 4 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Roger Johnson at SCUPE Tags: chicagooctober2008    Roger Johnson at SCUPE Recent Updated: 4 years ago - Created by Simon Winn - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Simon Winn Roger Johnson and Hans Peter Geiser at SCUPE Tags: chicagooctober2008    Roger Johnson and Hans Peter Geiser at SCUPE Recent Updated: 4 years ago - Created by Simon Winn - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Simon Winn Roger & Sue Johnson Tags: suejohnson   rogerjohnson   suzannebywaters    taken at Emily's 21st Recent Updated: 4 years ago - Created by Kylie McLoughlin - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Kylie McLoughlin Bicycle Museum Tags: scannedphoto   hadleymassachusetts   bicyclemuseum   sandrapipczynski   rogerjohnson    Owned by Roger Johnson I have been searching online for more information about this museum but I have found nothing. Roger's brother Irving Johnson and his wife Electa were known for their sailing experiences including sailing around the world seven times. Click here to see the building as it is today. Recent Updated: 5 years ago - Created by S Pipczynski - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - S Pipczynski Outa My Way, I'm Comin' In Tags: outofbounds   oob   rogerjohnson   magnificentmanipulatedmasterpieces    Created for 23rd MMM Challenge. The theme is Out of Bounds, and since I haven't done much with OOBs, this provided the perfect incentive to try my hand at them. This is a simple one, but y'gotta start somewhere. Recent Updated: 5 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Genetically Engineered Tags: downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   topazadjust   topazremask    A composite I put together using PSE 11, Topaz Remask and Topaz Adjust for Down Under Challenge #630 Frank-Bernard provided the challenge image of the owl. Recent Updated: 5 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Help! The crick's risin' and I can't fly. Tags: photoshopelements   downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson   topazadjust    A composite I created in PSE 11 and Topaz Adjust for Down Under Challenge #626 Thanks goes to Ochileer for providing the group with the starter image (see below). Recent Updated: 5 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Beat it, big boy, this is MY spaghetti Tags: chickens   rooster   spaghetti   downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson    This is a 3-image composite I put together in PSE 11 for Down Under Challenge #666. Thanks goes to Rubyblossom for the rooster image. The background and the chicken with spaghetti are mine. There's a fun story that goes with that white chicken. For our six-month wedding anniversary, while attending graduate school in Indiana in 1961, my wife Sammy and I bought each other a German shepherd puppy, whom we named Romair. This presented a potential problem because back home in Massachusetts, we would be introducing Romair to 10,000 free range chickens on her family's farm, where a renegade Romair could raise all kinds of havoc. So, we bought Romair a couple of newborn chicks, whom we named Matilda and Penelope, and when we introduced them, it was love at first sight. They crawled all over Romair and even shared his food (including this bowl of spaghetti...), and he kept the kitchen floor clean by gobbling up their poops. And, happily, back on the farm, chicken lover Romair was a perfect gentleman among his 10,000 new best friends. Recent Updated: 5 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair In the zone Tags: duc   budah   rogerjohnson   topazbweffects    Created for Down Under Challenge #554. Thanks goes to Mark_Rutley for the source image. I selected out two of the objects in Mark's image (see below), put them together and then ran them through Topaz B&W Effects (The background swirl is mine.) Recent Updated: 6 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair A Painted Pot Tags: flowers   pot   rogerjohnson   topazsimplify   buzsim    This is an oldie that I ran through Topaz Simplify and applied the BuzSim preset to. Recent Updated: 6 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Autumn Colors Tags: autumnleaves   autumncolors   acorns   rogerjohnson   topazadjust   topazsimplify4    This is an artsified version of my previously posted image. I applied several filters from Topaz Simplify 4 and Topaz Adjust, but please don't ask me to remember which ones... Recent Updated: 6 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair rj's burgers. Tags: denton   rjsburgers   rogerjohnson    Recent Updated: 6 years ago - Created by of_clem - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - of_clem rj's burgers. Tags: denton   rjsburgers   rogerjohnson    Recent Updated: 6 years ago - Created by of_clem - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - of_clem rj's burgers. Tags: denton   rjsburgers   rogerjohnson    Recent Updated: 6 years ago - Created by of_clem - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - of_clem Hawaii and California combined Tags: downunderchallenge   rogerjohnson    This is a composite of two images I combined in PSE 11 for Down Under Challenge #640. The rock is an image taken by KaCey97007 on California's Mendocino coast (See it below), and the surf image is one I took at Hanalei Bay on Kauai, Hawaii several years ago. Recent Updated: 7 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair 100_6240.jpg Tags: janaleyde   withciaraandrogerjohnsonreadytocutthecake    Jana Leyde with Ciara and Roger Johnson getting ready to cut the cake Recent Updated: 8 years ago - Created by mhcallantine@aol.com - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - mhcallantine@aol.com WARNING! Consuming this meal may be hazardous to your health Tags: burger   hamburger   duc   rogerjohnson    Created for Down Under Challenge #556. Thanks to Cindy (KaCey97007) for the two source images (see below). The burger and tater salad are mine, and, since I'm still kickin', I can vouch for both the healthfulness and tastiness of this scrumptious meal. Recent Updated: 8 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep Tags: canada   sheep   albertacanada   bighornsheep   rogerjohnson   sliderssunday   rockymoubtainsheep    Twenty years ago, my wife Sammy and I took a road trip up through Glacier National Park and the Canadian Rockies, and along the way, we spotted this sheep sunning himself on the mountain side within range of my 200mm lens + 1.7x tele extender. I first posted this shot, SOOC, in 2007, but lately I've been wanting to play around with textures and picked this image out of my archives to play with. I posted the SOOC version in the comments below, so you can see the difference. HSS! . Recent Updated: 19 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair Roger Johnson Tags: rogerjohnson    Recent Updated: 23 years ago - Created by Kylie McLoughlin - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Kylie McLoughlin Predictive Graffiti ~ This is straight out of Woo Woo land... Tags: fence   graffiti   maine   predictions   rogerjohnson   fencedfriday   geograqphy    Talk about strange ~ I was in college on a Geography Club field trip somewhere in Maine in 1957, when our group came upon this bit of graffiti and gleefully pointed it out to me. I (Roger) had a female friend whom I called Sam (later softened to Sammy). We were classmates but were definitely not "an item," had never gone out on a date together, and in fact, at that time, Sam thought of me as a bit of a pest (to say the least...). Obviously, the creator of this graffiti had someone other than the two of us in mind, but all the guys and gals on that field trip decided he was psychic and that my destiny had been sealed. Turns out he was right... Poor Sam was very upset that I had taken this photo and shown it to our fellow classmates - and I mean very upset -. Even the suggestion of us being in any kind of a "relationship" was downright repulsive to her, and she didn't find this in the least bit funny and certainly not even remotely predictive of the future. We were married three years later...`~' I first posted this a few years ago, but I decided to run it by again so that, after a little bit of tweaking, I'd have something for the Fenced Friday Group. Recent Updated: 55 years ago - Created by Romair - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Romair