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Sibley Mill

June 11, 2016 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment







We went to an old textile mill in Augusta, GA. It has been closed for many years but still has lots of charm and vestiges of what it was in it’s hay day.

Filed Under: Landscapes, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Mill, Old Mill, Sibley Mill, Textile Mill

Flowers in my Studio

June 11, 2016 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment





I have been experimenting with using studio lights to take pictures of flowers. Here are some Mother’s day flowers as well as some I bought. I like the effect.

Filed Under: Flowers and Trees Tagged With: flowers, lilies, pink flowers, studio lighting, yellow flowers

Sunsets

April 22, 2016 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

Brick Pond sunset
Brick Pond sunset
Brick Pond

Brick Pond
Brick Pond
Brick Pond

Brick Pond
Brick Pond pre-sunset
Brick Pond

Brick Pond
Brick Pond
Brick Pond dock

Brick Pond
Brick Pond
sunset in parking lot

Sunset in parking lot
Sunset in parking lot
Whitney Place - Marilyn Botta Photography
Whitney Place

Sunset at Whitney Place
Sunset in parking lot
Sunset in parking lot

Sunset in Parking lot

I was in the midst of an amazing sunset while I was in a  lighting class. I know I should’ve been focused on the class (and I was) but I was very distracted by the gorgeous sunset that was unfolding. It was a cloudy day and had just rained and, in my opinion, that is the absolute best time to get sunsets. When it is too overcast, it is hard to get a good sunset shot, but when the sky is full of roiling billowy white and gray puffy clouds, the colors of red, gold yellow, and orange mix in the clouds creating an amazing image. The first few were taken after a rain in, of all places, a parking lot. The next batch were taken at Brick Pond Park about 7:30 – 8 pm on a Saturday night. Beauty can be seen anywhere and a few of these were taken right in my neighborhood at sunset.

Filed Under: Landscapes, Uncategorized Tagged With: beautiful sky, clouds, cloudy day setset, orange sky, parking lot sunset, rainy day, red sky, Sunset, sunsets in park

Birding

April 1, 2016 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment




A friend invited me to his house to shoot pictures of the many birds that frequent his front yard. I always wondered how he gets the super close up shots of these birds and the answer is that he hides. By that I mean that he has something called a Hunting Blind, which essentially is a small tent in his yard with a net in the front which is cut out to allow your long camera lens through. You must be extra quiet and not move too much. Basically just sit still and wait and wait and wait. To entice the birds to perch, he stocks a spot with lots of bird food. Eventually your patience pays off when these gorgeous winged creatures  perch to eat and, with your long lens, you get remarkably close up shots. I borrowed his long lens for this to test it out to see if I want to buy one for myself.

Filed Under: Animals Tagged With: bird food, birding, birds, Blind, hiding, Hunting Blind, long lens, net, patience, tent, waiting, wild birds, yard

Peach Blossoms

April 1, 2016 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

The peach blossoms are now blooming and soon those delectable sweet fruits will be available. So, one of the member of the Chicks that Click photo group invited us to her orchard to take photos of the gorgeous blossoms that are so very beautiful. What a treat it was to get shots of those lovely blooms that will be gone shortly.




Filed Under: Flowers and Trees, Landscapes Tagged With: blossom, orchard, orchards, peach, Peach blossom, peach orchard, peach trees, peaches, pink flowers

Brick Pond in Winter

February 29, 2016 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

Brick Pond park is so beautiful in the fall and I’ve gotten so many pictures of that time of the year. But, much to my surprise, it also has its own charm in the Winter. Here are several photos of Brick Pond in the Winter. It was a bit cloudy on the day I took these photos, which is better because you get the white fluffy clouds in the sky. It is prettier then if the sky were all blue.




Filed Under: Landscapes, Uncategorized Tagged With: blue sky, blue water, Brick Pond, clouds, Pond, ponds., Winter landscapes

Parrots

February 29, 2016 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

Parrots are such beautiful birds. I happen to have two of them who literally own me. So, I decided to take some pictures upstairs in my studio of my beautiful parrots. They were very cooperative. I used a speed light, LED flashlight, shot into an umbrella. Cord attached to the stand with the speed light and to my camera hot shoe. I used a second umbrella on the other side with a reflector. No tripod was needed. I was pretty pleased with the results.





Filed Under: Animals, Uncategorized Tagged With: green parrot, parrots, red parrot

Columbia Zoo

January 26, 2016 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment






I took a trip to the Columbia Zoo to get photos of all these wonderful animals. I especially loved the super cute Koalas and Meerkats. The lions we gracious enough to pose for me. All in all it was a great day.[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”10″ gal_title=”Columbia Zoo”]

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Fall Foliage at Brick Pond Park

December 20, 2015 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment





The Fall foliage has not been too brilliant this year. But it finally arrived, although not as good as last year, it was still nice nevertheless. Here are a few foliage pics taken at Brick Pond Park.

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Filed Under: Landscapes, Uncategorized Tagged With: Autumn, Autumn colors, Autumn foliage, Brick Pond, fall colors, Fall Foliage, Fall landscapes

Sunrise at Phinizy Swamp

December 5, 2015 by Marilyn Botta Leave a Comment

On Saturday, October 24th, we ventured out to Phinizy Swamp to take some sunrise photos. We assembled our equipment–camera, tripods, shutter releases, on the boardwalk over the water that faced where the sun would rise. We waited a bit and around 7 am the sky began to get orange, and glow with the impending sunrise. We started to snap away, moving the camera in different directions to capture the beauty from different angles. The instructor, Ed B. told us to set our ISO to about 400 and the Exposure Compensation down about 2 stops. I set my EV to negative 1.7. Here are some of the amazing images I shot on that gorgeous, glorious morning.





Filed Under: Landscapes Tagged With: Phinizy swamp, Sunrise, sunrise on water

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