Around the block

V got a bike for her birthday, so I took her outside to ride for a bit on Sunday afternoon.

It's still a bit big for her, so after a while she wanted to take her trike for a ride around the block.

Was really wanting to stop and take pictures of these in b&w. But V's a girl on the go and I had to keep up.

Around the bend, we came to this yellow and green lawn, which I thought would look pretty cool in b&w.

Feels a bit surreal to me.

Deb, one of my twitter contacts gave me a link to a great post on the Digital Photography School blog on different ways to convert color photos to black and white.

And I found this blog, K AB A K UBA, with some pretty intense b&w photography via another twitter contact, LensBaby. (Have I mentioned before how much I want this LensBaby with the plastic optic? No? Well, I do. Hopefully Santa reads my blog [or Lensbaby. ha].)

Comments

[Monkey's Momma]

Maya, First of all, beautiful images! Secondly, thanks for the great links. And lastly....and this is important....
I,too,was salivating over the Lensbaby. I took a deep breathe and emailed them with a link to my blog. They offered me a really great Lensbaby Lens WITH macro lenses to boot. All I have to do is try it out and if I like it, I can purchase it for 50% off. Soooo....I have been playing with it for a couple of months now. Review coming soon!

[Porch Days]

You didn't explain why the lawn was green and yellow and had that pattern in it!

[maya]

I don't have any idea why it's like that! Maybe someone else knows...

[Sandra Olensky]

A bike! How awesome Maya :) the perfect gift for a girl who loves to be outdoors! I love the picture of that lawn too; how did they get that pattern????

[Damien Franco]

You'll love the Lensbaby Composer with plastic optics. I always look for excuses to use mine. It takes some getting used to and quite a bit of fiddling around, but it can add so much creativity to your photography.

[Yvonne]

I'm right there with you on that Lensbaby fun so totally want that one too. What fun you can have with it!

[Gayle]

Wow, a new bike is so exciting! These images are great, and that grass is weird! I wonder what caused that.

[Diane]

I adore the first two photos and the ones of the bi-colour lawn -- wow, that must have been a lot of work to create it so well. They are obviously creative people.

So glad you found the DIgital photography school. I check them out weekly -- a great resource.

I think I'm in the minority but I don't care for Lensbaby lenses at all. I think your photography is great without it :)

[Jude Cowell]

the lawn IS cool in b'n'w! and the white rabbit and see-saw are nice touches too

[Puna]

Maya, I can't believe it's been a year! I found you again through Gayle at Planet M Files and would love to play along with you from time to time this month. Wonderful!

[Toni]

I love my Lensbaby. I just saw Monkey's Momma's comment - I would have never thought to contact them, I just forked over the cash! I would like some of the optics, though... =)

[patty]

these are stunning photos... i love the first two best, but i'm a mom.. maybe i'm biased?! :)