Christmas at Loretto

Christmas at Loretto, by Mary Stebbins. Click on photo to see larger.

more portraits can be seen at portraits
more family photos can be seen at usnfriends

Footshadows

Footshadows, by Mary Stebbins. Click on image or visit BP to see larger. Merry Christmas (or Happy Holidays) to you!!! 

Aspens in Snow

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice. Aspens in Snow, by Mary Stebbins. Click on photo to see larger or visit BP. 

Ljubljana in Rain

Ljubljana in Rain, by Mary Stebbins, from my June 2002 trip to SLovenia (new version). Click on the image to see larger. 

Sunset at Woodmere

Sunset at Woodmere, by Mary Stebbins. Click on photo to see larger or view at BP. Woodmere is an old cemetery in Detroit with lots of interesting history. 

Butterfly at the Detroit Zoo

Butterfly at the Detroit Zoo Butterfly Garden, photo by Mary Stebbins. Click on the image to see larger or visit BP. Happy Holidays, everyone! Mary 

Red Leaf on Green Leaf

Red leaf on Green Leaf, by Mary Stebbins. This is a version of the photo that won a finalist today at BP. Click on the photo to see larger.

small piece of good news

I won a finalist at BetterPhoto.com for the month of November for my picture Red Leaf on Green Leaf. You may have already seen the picture, but if not, you can view it at BP.
--
I am certain of nothing but the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination- John Keats
Mary

Fishing Santa

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Fishing Santa made by Joan Albert, photo by Mary Stebbins. Click on the image to see larger.

Out in the Snow

Out in the Snow, by Mary Stebbins. While we were posing this picture of the haves and the have-nots, of the differential holiday spirit, a homeless man came up beside us and was rooting aorund in the garbage for cans etc. Unfortunately, he disappeared again before we could offer him any cheer. Click on the image to see larger, or visit BP.

Friends Forever!

Friends Forever, photo by Mary Stebbins

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There are also new images in my portraits blog and on my ecards blog. 

Tree at Sunset

Tree at Sunset, Lake St. Clair, photo by Mary Stebbins. Click on photo to see larger. Or visit BP.

Note: this is the first photo I have taken using raw mode and worked with. I am pleased with the results. 

Guava Flower

Guava Flower, by Mary Stebbins, Belle Isle Conservatory.

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See Keith with flower at Portraits.

Orange

ORANGE, by Mary Stebbins. At the Detroit Zoo Saturday December 3. Click on photo to view larger. Or visit BP.

For Thursday Challenge.

Dance of Joy

Elation: A Dance of Joy. Photoart by Mary Stebbins. Click on photo to see larger. Or go to BP. Original photo, before I played with it.

Abandonment

Abandonment: Flower on the floor at the Belle Isle Conservatory, photo by Mary Stebbins.

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"My Dad"

"My Dad." Graham with Keith, Photo by Mary Stebbins. Click on picture to see larger.

Tree Inversion, Purple

Tree Inversion, purple, photoart by Mary Stebbins. Click on picture to see larger.

In the small size, I like this one better than the blue one becaes you can't see the details in the small blue one and it just looks out of focus. 

BLUE: Blue Tree

Blue Tree, photoart by Mary Stebbins, (Click on picture to see bigger) or

For Illustration Friday

More BLUE:

blue ribbon bananas

blue bricks

blue lion

blue stairs

blues festival beer

blue water lilies (moonlit)

The Photographer

The Photographer, photo by Mary Stebbins

Cootes Trail, Botanical Garden Arboretum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

(click the photo to see larger image)

see a slightly different and maybe a little better version of this at betterphoto.com

Keith at the Belle Isle Casino

Keith at the Belle Isle Casino, photo by Mary Stebbins. This is another of the frame within a frame wanna-bes--I like it, I think it's cute.

At the Theater Bunny Game

At the Theater Bunny Game, photo by Mary Stebbins. This is another shot that was taken for the frame within a frame lesson at BP.

Keith at Belle Isle Casino

Keith at Belle Isle Casino, by Mary Stebbins. A Frame within a frame for BP assignment. Remember if you click on this or any of the other photos, it will display a larger photo. To see another photo from the frame within the frame series, visit No Polar Coordinates.

Getting to the lighthouse

Getting to the Lighthouse, by Mary Stebbins. This is supposedly the only marble lIghthouse in the world.

Belle Isle Lighthouse, part I

Belle Isle Lighthouse, part I, by Mary Stebbins. The first part of a photo within a photo assignment for BP.

Keith at the Belle Isle Lighthouse, part II

Keith at the Belle Isle Lighthouse, Part II, by Mary Stebbins. For a BP assignment on a picture within a picture.