05 October 2005
A few shots from around the villa. Rob's folks went home yesterday, so we can now seriously commit outselves to the task of lying in the sun all day. I've also added 'float in the pool' to my agenda, so the schedule's pretty packed.
On Monday morning, Rob's dad observed that it was looking a bit dull outside, even though we'd been promised bright sunny skies during our stay. Realizing it was an eclipse, not a cloud, we went to the roof and took turns looking at it through five pairs of sunglasses. I manged the above shot by turning the shutter speed to its fastest and the aperture to its smallest. The sky was still blue, of course, but the camera couldn't capture that AND the outline of the sun.
Lemons in the yard. They're not quite ripe yet, which is a shame, as one could have made another tart, this time from home grown produce. Or lemonade. They've got four days to ripen. Go, lemons, go!
A nice, purple-grey, papery daisy. I used MS Photo-something to resize these photos, but I obviously can't correct the levels, etc, the way I can in Photoshop (the trial would have taken hours to download). I might have to readjust all these photos when I get to the home computer this weekend, but it's nice to have something to show.
Great photos...I was wondering if you were able to see the eclipse in Portugal! I think I need a book on picture-taking. I have no idea what half of the doohickeys on my camera do....more than half, actually. Waaaaay more.
Have fun floating!
posted by Laura at October 5, 2005 11:12 AM
BEAUTIFUL!!!
posted by momma at October 5, 2005 12:20 PM