Third attempt at posting to Facebook.  After the changes made recently - it does not seem to work to well!

I´m trying to remember to post everything I post on Google Plus on this blog as well - as baldur.org is one of the few places on the internet I have (almost) complete control over.

Yesterday I took these photos of a rainbow, following a rain shower just before sunset.  Today I watched a video which explained how to add textures to images (see here), and wanted to try it out.  Choosing pictures of a rainbow may not have been sensible, as the texture "kills" the colours of the rainbow (depends on the texture, I know, but this is what happened in my case).  

I still like the overall feel of these pictures - for now.  

The more I practice, the more I dislike many of my older shots - which is probably a good sign.  So, a few months from now I might seriously dislike these pictures.  Such is life.  

I haven´t uploaded any pictures to baldur.org, Flickr or Facebook for a long time, as I mainly use Google Plus these days.  Here are a few of the pictures I have been uploading to Google in the past few weeks.  My hard drive is getting to be quite messy - hundreds of pictures I haven´t even looked at (probably all crap) and I can´t find anything.  I really need to get organised.

I bought a Gorilla Pod earlier this week.  First trial was in Ilkley Toy Museum, using the "hold your breath, press it against your chest and take a picture" method, someone on Google Plus recommended.

The Gorilla Pod can actually be seen in the reflection in one of the images (boy and girl dolls).

A sample of what I have been shooting the last few days - from surrounding areas.

We spent the afternoon by the river (Wharfe), then went home in time for Athena´s birthday party.  Sadly, Athena ate too much chocolate and has an upset tummy today.

Today I spent four hours cleaning the kitchen. Tomorrow it will get dirty again. I will never get these hours back.