black & white collections

....recently a friend shared with me a website of black and white photo's and I've become quite fascinated with the look of these black & white photos one can take....and many of these are done in groups so they show many different angles of the same subject...
....this look and what it does to the actual view of the image is unique because each view gives no clue of what colors are viewed or in focus...your imagination can lead you anywhere...
....my flickr site shows a large and growing variety of these black and whites that i have taken...
enjoy...as i have...

nc countryside wandering

wandering in nc is one of my favorite things to do and this feb 12 & 13 i had a excellent road trip with my nikon 3000 and a 18-200 mm lens...I started with just some stops as i drove thru roxoboro and had a quick bite to eat at stuarts resturants, a great must eat family restaurant, the brunswick stew was awesome..., then on to leasburg, reidsville, madison, danbury and hanging rock st park before ending up in mt airy... i took some of a lucky strike smokestack in reidsville and hanging rock state park... then had a wonderful dinner at harvest grill at shelton's vineyard and met chef paul... the next morning started in mt airy and worked my way back to pilot mounatin, then to king and germantown, had lunch in walnut cove at a fabulous small town restaurant and then outside of yanceville i shot the sheds, barns and old houses, even a old out house...then on to prospect hill where the old warrens store and the sky chief pumps are a classic...hope you enjoy the shots as much as i did...

wandering san francisco and northern california jan 2011

a early year 2011 wandering trip to visit my sister and her family in northern california and a hotel conference in san francisco...jan 21-27 and weather was fantastic...took my nikon d3000 and my 18-200 lens and had some fun...the shots are fun and at all different times...from the trollies and those hills, to the vineyards and lot's of them, to the massive redwoods that i couldn't figure quite out how to shoot, to the farms and the animals...to the incredible golden gate bridge...to the awesome concert that don felder did..so much to choose from and i'll need another trip to do the city...a fantastic wandering...i posted some below...enjoy...

it was over thanksgiving i realized....

it was over thanksgiving i realized how special mom's and dad's and grand mom's and grand dad's are and how precious life is with and without them..in watching several generations and several families with and without certain parents and grand parents was a life changing event...
thanksgiving...a time to give thanks....
I hope to share some of these special photo's in the upcoming months...

carolina wanderer

welcome to my very 1st blog..it's a sharing of my nikon camera photo's during my wanderings..you see i am a wanderer...I like to explore and just plain wander around...to see whats around the corner, the bend, or over the hill, or thru this town, and what about that county seat or village, and what about that road, or that park...you see i just keep on...wandering...exploring...seeing if i can just plain ole do it, now there's a lot to taking photo's..and i'm wanting to learn and do more....so i'll be adding and changing...so enjoy..and check back often...more to come...