MAGICAL TIGER, LEOPARD, GIRAFFES, OSTRICH AND AMPHIBIAN PHOTOS

 

 

 

I've had these photos for a while and wouldn't touch them until I felt inspired to create something which would compliment the beauty of these creatures.    Yes ....... even the ostrich!

 

I thoroughly enjoyed adapting the backgrounds to place maximum emphasis on the beauty of these animals.  

 

These prints will be available on FineArt America or can be obtained at various Craft Markets throughout summer.   

 

I hope you enjoy them as much as I have loved putting them together.

 

JO COHN

 

 

 

 



I SAW THE ASTEROID

I  SAW  THE  2013 ASTEROID

 

 

WHERE is the camera when you need it???!!!!!!!?????   

 

 

Early morning has always been my favorite time of the day and very often even if it's cold, I'll go outside to have some quiet time and contemplate and plan my day.

 

Well I got a surprise this morning!

 

I don't really live in Houston - about thirty miles away actually.   The plus and upside to that is that we have big skies, dark nights and plenty stars.    At 5.45am this morning I noticed something odd.    Somewhere between the stars and higher than the  highest airplane flight path, I saw the asteroid.    It wasn't high enough to be a satellite and not low enough to be a plane.

 

It was about six times larger than the morning star and was moving S L O W L Y away from me.    Within 45 seconds it diminished from this extremely bright light to nothing.    Didn't think a whole lot about it until I checked out the morning news.    It's not the meteorite which gave Russians a fright but I'm pretty certain it wasn't the normal order things either.

 

I have to consider myself blessed.    This is really cool - but why didn't I have my camera handy?!?

 

JO COHN

There's an old proverb "Idle hands are the devil's workshop" which goes right back to the 12th century.   These words seem to have been graffitied somewhere deep down and keep me constantly busy and productive.  

Spring/summer and fall I'm committed to my photography.    Winter seems to be a time of preparation and planning.    

Last year I introduced a range of chili plants which pretty much sold out.    The results were encouraging and I therefore spent the whole of this winter adding a whole bunch of other plant varieties to my range.    The chili's are only now starting to grow but I have the following plants for sale:    Green and red striped canna, beautifully fragrant hyacinths, variegated liriope, sweet potato vines, social garlic which, although it makes a nice landscaping filler, can also be added to salads.   Wait, there's more.    Peppermint for those mojitos, rosemary for those veggie bakes and Coppertone Stonecrop.   This is a really nice yellow, green and red succulent.   Also dwarf dune aloes - a compact plant with blue-ish leaves and pink tips.   

I'll be at the Imperial Farmers Market, Sugarland this Saturday 16th Feb. - so why don't you swing by and see what I've got.    

The mild winter in Houston did allow me to get out down to the beach to do some more reflection photos with sea water.     I'm hoping to find the time to get some of this work processed and printed.   I've been talking about photographing reflections of large shells using sea water for some time.   So far they look really good.   If I can I will have this new matieral at the market this Saturday.

Hope you have all launched into 2013 firing on all cylinders!   Looking forward to seeing you!

JO COHN @ MyTerraTree