fun with aperture.

i've been staring at this photo for a couple of days now, and i really want to like it, but i don't, it's just not perfect. granted,i was slightly tipsy (wink wink), camera hanging out of bus window, blindly attempting to capture it right. harrumphing when i knew i hadn't. regardless of blowing the shot, i'm just tickled pink to think about the fact that for a couple of minutes, i stood up on a big yellow school bus, slightly tipsy (wink wink), wind blowing mischievously, arms hanging outside, crossing the st. johns bridge. 

today i decided to remember that inner child i recaptured on the bus and let loose, be a kid again, go wild. so, i played with aperture. i know i know i know. but what the heck. it turned out kinda  fun. thoughts?

the first one is the original photo taken without the manipulation.

and then this is where i decided to start to play.

xoxo.

sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.

since moving to the pnw, i have done something that i RARELY do, i have gotten lost in the moment. i can't count the number of times that i have stopped and gone, crap, no camera, or crap, how did i only take 5 pictures, or crap, none at all. well the truth is, i have been to busy living to stop and watch. which is awesome for me, piss poor for sticking to goals and working on what i am here for. although, really, i am here for life anyways so i guess, who's to say that i am not doing exactly what i am supposed to be doing. but anywho, as always, i digress. but i am making an honest attempt to get back into the swing of things, start carving out my niche and going with it. 

i took this picture the other day. for those of you who know me, know i love birds, and this i love. too me it's haunting and poetic. enough said by me.  what do you think?

xoxo.