The BellGab Gallery

[starrmtn001]

random pics:

Absolutely beautiful wr250! 

The red flowers are Indian Paintbrush.  I think the orange flowers are Wallflowers, but I'm not sure.  I'll have to look it up.  Do I see snow on your mountains in the background (last pic)?

[chefist]

random pics:

Do you live in the Southwest? I recognize the plants...

[Meister_000]

Some of my favorites from outside my window.

Ice Storm Pics

Brig, you have an exceptional eye -- seriously good!

[Meister_000]

A couple of Equine Family Members.

Star, "One Lucky Girl" hardly begins to say it.  Wow

[Lilith]

Brig, you have an exceptional eye -- seriously good!

Thank You so much for your kind words Meister.....made me smile 

Heres a couple of my old favorites, just for you Meister   the top one is a meld of two photos I took.  The bottom layer of the first photo is a pictures of a seagull in the sky, and the overlay is the sunflower in the second posted picture, rotated and stretched.

[Meister_000]

Thank You so much for your kind words Meister.....made me smile 

Heres a couple of my old favorites, just for you Meister   the top one is a meld of two photos I took.  The bottom layer of the first photo is a pictures of a seagull in the sky, and the overlay is the sunflower in the second posted picture, rotated and stretched.

You're still batting a thousand  They're both great. I wouldn't have guessed that's how the melded one was achieved. At first it looked like some kind of smokey holocost had been captured while retaining the just-prior-to normal and serene state, as-things-had-been moments earlier, in the above part, and the lone soaring bird, while having symbolic potential, might also have been part of the same lucky and serendipitous catch, the cherry on top.

But then, it started looking like some kind of "eye in the sky" thing goin on, also very cool, but still having no idea exactly how it was done.  It's "painterly", and of an uncommonly good hand.

In any event, the color(s), and composition, and framing, are great -- which is exactly what I said to myself earlier when I first saw your stuff. The first series alone was striking if only for the color pallets of the combined grouping of thumbs. The second set , which I wasn't expecting, was so vastly different, yet even more stunning, elegant, and like off-the charts "this is no average stuff", hey now, antenna are up, you have our attention, Ms Brig.

So there!   

And thanks for showing it (them) to me.

[wr250]

Absolutely beautiful wr250! 

The red flowers are Indian Paintbrush.  I think the orange flowers are Wallflowers, but I'm not sure.  I'll have to look it up.  Do I see snow on your mountains in the background (last pic)?

the orange flowers are orange mallow.
yes thats snow , but they are older pics.

Do you live in the Southwest? I recognize the plants...

yes.

[starrmtn001]

First Snow At The Circle M.

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First Snow At The Circle M.

[wr250]

moar pics

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moar pics

Ah.  Sharing snow lol!

These are beautiful wr250!

[starrmtn001]

November Snow Storm (Taken 5:00 PM.  11/29/15).

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November Snow Storm (Taken 5:00 PM.  11/29/15).

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November Snow Storm (Taken 5:00 PM.  11/29/15).

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12.12.15
Mid December Snow.

[Ciardelo]

12.12.15
Mid December Snow.

brrr. Thanks Starr!

[starrmtn001]

brrr. Thanks Starr!

You are welcome, Ciardelo, but I'm not through yet lol.  Here are a couple more.

[starrmtn001]

12.12.15
Mid December Snow.

[Ciardelo]

You are welcome, Ciardelo, but I'm not through yet lol.  Here are a couple more.

So sorry, I usually last longer, next time I'll try to wait until you are through

[Yorkshire pud]

You are welcome, Ciardelo, but I'm not through yet lol.  Here are a couple more.

Just a tip for your photos Starr; Increase the exposure when you photograph snow. If you have manual overide make the shutter speed slower. If it's auto, then move the Exposure compensation to +0.5 or +1. The exposure meter is fooled because of the light reflection and thinks it's brighter than it is, and so under exposes.

[starrmtn001]

Just a tip for your photos Starr; Increase the exposure when you photograph snow. If you have manual overide make the shutter speed slower. If it's auto, then move the Exposure compensation to +0.5 or +1. The exposure meter is fooled because of the light reflection and thinks it's brighter than it is, and so under exposes.

Thank you Yorkshire Pud.  You know way more about the mechanics of photography than I do, so I'm not sure what you said.

I chose the sunset setting cause I wanted the effect you see above.  I wanted the photo to feel as cold as it was when I was shooting.

At least I know who to come to when I get those "what the hell did I do wrong here" shots lol.

[Meister_000]

12.12.15
Mid December Snow.

Such beautiful but crazy geology all around you!  How is it you have such a dead flat area upon which the house rests, yet all around you is either sheer mountain-face OR deep ravine?!  Is the flat also solid rock?, and made flat by what action event or process?  Fluke?  Act of God?    Ancient river bed?

[Claudius]

Skiing last weekend.

[starrmtn001]

Skiing last weekend.

That is beautiful.  Where are you?

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Such beautiful but crazy geology all around you!  How is it you have such a dead flat area upon which the house rests, yet all around you is either sheer mountain-face OR deep ravine?!  Is the flat also solid rock?, and made flat by what action event or process?  Fluke?  Act of God?    Ancient river bed?

It is a river valley.  

[Claudius]

That is beautiful.  Where are you?

Colorado where I live now. More specifically at Keystone.

[Meister_000]

It is a river valley.

ah ha!

[serenity]

12.12.15
Mid December Snow.

Looks cold brrrrrrr! Nice shots Starr but it looks like your front loader could use some oil lol

[maureen]

gardenia with lime

[starrmtn001]

gardenia with lime

That is exquisite.  I love the way you captured the reflection of the crystal.  Reminds me of angel feathers.