Point Betsie Light, Michigan

Point Betsie Light, Michigan © Robert Jay Matejcek

Point Betsie… last summer-ish.

About this image: digital photograph taken and modified with smart phone

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Pierce Stocking Pop

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Pierce Stocking Overlook. All popped-out.

Warhol Girl: “Andy, Yoko’s here to see you.”

Andy Warhol: “Oh, Yoko. Tell her I’m filming this man eating a hamburger… it’s… transcendent. Okay, now the pickle!”

– Francesca Tedeschi & Bill Hader – Men in Black 3

About this image: digital photograph taken and modified with smart phone (minimally edited in Photoshop)

Hydrophobic Universe

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Oil and water. Just chillin’. Or… not.

Ron Burgundy: “If you want to throw down in fisticuffs, fine. I’ve got Jack Johnson and Tom O’Leary waiting for ya, right here.”

– Will Ferrell – Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

About this image: digital photograph (Canon 600D) lightly modified in Adobe Photoshop

A Little Splash (water droplet no. 1)

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Kinda’ makes me want a Coke. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Bobby Boucher: “Now that’s what I call high quality H2O.”

– Adam Sandler – The Waterboy

About this image: digital photograph (Canon 300D) lightly modified in Adobe Photoshop

A Pink Kind of Blue

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This is pretty close to ‘what I saw’, although I did pump-up the color a ‘bit’, etc. Shocking, right?!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Mrs. Tarantino: “Are you the police?”

Elwood Blues: “No, ma’am. We’re musicians.”

– Toni Fleming & Dan Aykroyd – The Blues Brothers

About this image: digital photograph (Canon 300D) lightly modified  in Adobe Photoshop

Water’s Edge – Lake Michigan

Decent beach. Quite a few pirates this time of year, though. *Hrmph*… tourists.

Mr. Gibbs: “Then, on the fourth day, he roped himself a couple of sea turtles, lashed ’em together and made a raft.”

Will Turner: “He roped a couple of sea turtles?”

Mr. Gibbs: “Aye. Sea turtles.”

Will Turner: “What did he use for rope?”

Captain Jack Sparrow: “Human hair. From my back.”

– Kevin McNally, Orlando Bloom & Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

About this image: digital photograph (Canon 300D) lightly modified in Adobe Photoshop

Water Lily

Shadow detail… HA! Rules. Whatever, dude.

Walter Sobchack: “You mark that frame an eight, and you’re entering a world of pain.”

Smokey: “I’m not…”

Walter Sobchack: “A world of pain.”

Smokey: “Dude, he’s your partner…”

Walter Sobchack: “Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who gives a s**t about the rules?! Mark it zero! ”

– John Goodman & Jimmy Dale Gilmore – The Big Lebowski

About this image: digital photograph, lightly modified

Ice Abstract No. 1

Leave it to me to trash the entire blogosphere with a rapidly melting post. Now where did I leave that mop again?

Harry Dunne (with his tongue stuck to a frosty chairlift pole): “Hi there! Say, kids… you wouldn’t happen to have a cup of warm water, would ya?!”

– Jeff Daniels – Dumb & Dumber

About this image: digital photograph, lightly modified

Water and Plastic

When I saw successful water-on-a-CD photographs in the Shutterbug eNewsletter I decided to do the ethical thing and completely steal the idea. My ‘results’ must be karma. It should be out of my system, though. For now, anyway. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Royal Tenenbaum: “I’ve always been considered an a*****e for about as long as I can remember. That’s just my style. But I’d really feel blue if I didn’t think you were going to forgive me.”

Henry Sherman: “I don’t think you’re an a*****e, Royal. I just think you’re kind of a son-of-a-b***h.”

Royal Tenenbaum: “Well, I really appreciate that.”

– Gene Hackman & Danny Glover – The Royal Tenenbaums

About this image: digital photograph, moderately modified