http://www.photographyandtransformation.com Seeing Your World Through New Eyes Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:21:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the sun and the year 2008 set, may they bring the beauty of their reflected light into your 2009 with the same celebration and joy that we see the children expressing at sunrise Today's Picture to Ponder Photos A December Sunset in Wakodahtachee Wetlands and children celebrating a December Sunrise ... http://www.photographyandtransformation.com/picture-to-ponder-vol-4-issue-49-endings-at-sunset-and-beginnings-expressed-by-children-at-sunrise/2008/12/30       Today's Picture to Ponder Photos Sunset and Sunrise in Wakodahtachee Wetlands The top photo was taken at sunset. As I looked at the screen, after I snapped the first picture, it looked to me like the sun was setting behind a ski slope. In Sunset Rays you can see the rays of ... http://www.photographyandtransformation.com/sunset-and-sunrise-at-wakodahatchee-wetlands-cast-light-on-the-holidays-picture-to-ponder-vol-4-i-ssue-48/2008/12/23 Today's Picture to Ponder Photos a Round Cactus first featured in Picture to Ponder in February 2005 The top photo is the one featured in Issue 39 and discussed in Issue 40 . In 2005 the plant at that point resided on a table on my patio. It now resides on a ... http://www.photographyandtransformation.com/picture-to-ponder-vol-4-issue-47-round-cactus-shedding-and-new-growth/2008/12/18 Happy 4th Birthday Picture to Ponder and subscribers. Special thanks to those of you have been with us since Issue 1 - December 9, 2004. Click on the link to see what my mission was. I think you'll agree that together we've been fulfilling on it. Much delight and joy to all as ... http://www.photographyandtransformation.com/picture-to-ponder-4th-birthday-celebrating-with-bougainvillea-vol-4-issue-46/2008/12/10 2009 - 12 month Calendars have been updated with several new sunsets in the Sunrise/Sunset Calendar and new flowers in the Flowers Calendar. See 2009 Calendars. Be sure also to check out the year-at-a-glance calendars. I keep one above my computer and one on my refrigerator. Today's Picture to Ponder Photos Wood ... http://www.photographyandtransformation.com/wood-knots-pondering-attracting-whats-next-picture-to-ponder-vol-4-issue-45/2008/12/02 Today's Picture to Ponder Photos two seemingly incongruous photos, wishing you in the United States a Happy Thanksgiving and all of you Dear Readers a joyful time of Gratitude. The top photo is a Phalaenopsis Orchid from the American Orchid Society Gardens in Delray Beach, FL and the lower photo is ... http://www.photographyandtransformation.com/heart-in-nature-express-gratitude-picture-to-ponder-vol-4-issue-44/2008/11/25 Today's Picture to Ponder Photos Tropical Water Lilies in a pond at the Four Arts Gardens in Palm Beach, FL. The intent of today's photos are are meant to offer peace and simplicity. The upper pink tropical water lily feels particularly serene to me, far more so than the more active photo ... http://www.photographyandtransformation.com/serenity-from-tropical-water-lilies-picture-to-ponder-vol-4-issue-43/2008/11/19 Today's Picture to Ponder Photos Vidalia onion, with focus on the stem - Top photo is the stem of the layer of the onion just peeled, still attached to the main stem. I like the cheerful, playful feeling of this image. The middle photo shows the completion of the peeling of that ... http://www.photographyandtransformation.com/art-and-beauty-in-the-unexpected-vidalia-layer-6-picture-to-ponder-vol-4-issue-42/2008/11/11           Less than ten minutes of photographing different stages and artful groupings after the crown was lifted off the Vidalia onion, also separating the skin. http://www.photographyandtransformation.com/vidalia-onion-art-continues-day-5/2008/11/09   Queenly in appearance before disrobing In order to peel the onion layers, I had to create a slit around the top before slicing into to the next layer to open it up to separate it. I then decided that I wanted to pull away the stem and discovered that it ... http://www.photographyandtransformation.com/vidalia-onion-art-in-the-stem/2008/11/08