The Jack Frost Art Gallery

The Jack Frost Art Gallery

This post is dedicated to the snow lovers out there that revel in the intrinsic beauty of the miniature crystal world of snow and ice.  Wouldn't it be exquisite to experience a walk through a snow flake alley with flakes as big as bushes or trees.  We could examine the miniscule detail that makes up each completely unique flake of snow.  Just imagine.....

Photographer:  Photo Amature

 

 Ice Crystal Necklace

 

This and That....

Its time for a New Years resolution......

After a very hectic and emotional year (due to family illnesses and tragedy) I am trying to get my blog back into the swing of things. 
    Have you been missing us?  I have and I hope that some of our favorite amateur photographers will once again be willing to share some of their favorite photos with us all. 
    I will open the year with an eclectic group of miscellaneous photos I've taken over the last 9 months or so.  Please feel free to comment and or to share with your friends and family and invite anyone you know that enjoys carrying their camera around to give us a try.  Just read the instructions and mission of this blog to the right and jump right in.

Photographer:  Photo Amature

{you may recognize a few of these from previous posts}

How much does rain weigh to a beetle?

 

Tip Toe through the Tulips with Me....

Evening Sunset on the Beach

 

 

 Where are the footprints?

Evening Flight where sea and sky blend...



Stop Action...

OK, your turn!  I hope you enjoy viewing sights in my world and I sure would love to experience some of your special photos and moments found in your world.  Let's try some winter scenes next...(although, secretly I am ready for some warm sunshine shots in my days, how about you?)

If you have questions about joining this blog you can email me at photoamatures@hotmail.com.  Note... all photos will be protected with a watermark.


 

Sand and Feathers....

What goes together better than Sand and Feathers...  What...?  When you think about it, where ever you find sand you will usually find feathers, whether on the sands of Death Valley or the sands of a coastal beach.  Let's check it out.

Photographer:  Photo Amature

The colors of the rainbow are displayed in the sands of

Virginia Beach

What jewels of geologic and aquatic history

 can be found in the sands of our coastal shores

 

The Blending of Air, Sand and Water..

 

Feathers that mimic the flow of wind

 on the ocean currents

Is it a leopard, and ostrich or one of the first feathered experiments in the quest for flight?

Nope, it's just a Duck!

 

The Sands of Time...

What a beautiful combination of Air, Sand and Water...

What is that I spy?  A nest full of feathers?

 

Yes, of the most Regal kind!

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Isn't it fun to find even simple surprises in our world?  We don't have to be world class photographers, reporters, authors or scientists to take note of the massive, the powerful or even the weakest and most intricate parts of the earth and the living mammals, birds, insects, plant and tree life water life and natures geology and to share the wonder with others.  Please join in and share! We welcome and encourage you to become one of those amateurs, family, friends, neighbors and strangers who just love being alive and checking out everything around you.

   We enjoy photos of mighty vistas, rough terrain, machinery and other man made interests, animal life and even some human subjects that just plain catch your eye and make an interesting subject you would like to share.

   Please read the sidebar at the top right of this page and Please feel free to send your pictures in.  All photographs will be watermarked to protect your ownership and its use in this blog!

The Birds and the Bees and the Squirrels??

 

The Birds and the Bees and the Squirrels??

 

Photographer:  Photo Amature

 

 Moths gathering Nectar

  

 Playmates...

 

 

 Ready to Pounce...

 

 Too slow me.....

 

 

 Caught you checking me out!

Want a close up?

 

 How's this for a real close up?  Aren't I cute?

 

Close ups or not...Nature and the wildlife that we find near us, around us, and among us is a reminder of the wonder of this world we call home!

 

Join in...Share Please! 

 

Bugs....

Bugs...

Rainy Days and Bugs...the outdoor kind.  Kinda cute too....

Photographer:  Photo Amature

 

Big Eyed Lady Bug...

Stripes in every direction...

Rain Laden Beetle.....

Wonder if his stripes tell his age too?

Treking on...

Showers are so refreshing....

Hey, y'all.... where's the bugs...and spiders...and snakes...eeee..yikes....  Come on and see what the intricate and beautiful bug life is like in your neighborhood.  Kids, this would be a good one for you to join in too.  Show us your butterflies, millers, fire flies, garter snakes or other creepy crawly things and flying things too.
  Everyone is welcome to join in.  Remember, no photography classes, or experience is needed.  This is a fun blog for all of us amateurs who just love to take pictures of the world around us.
  Just follow the instructions on the upper right hand side bar on this page to join us.

What DO Hippos do all day?

What DO Hippos do all day?


Here's a fun post for all zoo lovers.  Today's photographer asked that question and had a "ball" watching and finding out what this hippo enjoyed doing all day!

Photographer:  Photo Amature


Location: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, Colorado

"Here I am, standing here looking at you looking at me,"

says the hippo.

I'm bored, think I'll go for a swim

Wanna play with me?

Bet you can't do this.....

Just like Tiddly Winks....When I squish it hard enough

 it pops right out of my mouth.  Cool....

Come on kids and adults.  Let's have some fun this summer.  Share your fun and adventures with us.  Let's see how many animal and wild life pictures we can gather.  I hope to post a set of wildlife, domestic, zoo and other animals and birds you send in but don't forget those bugs, spiders and snakes just for some eewww... factor. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Birds Day at the Beach

Do birds enjoy the beach and ocean air as much as we humans do?  According to these photos taken  recently along the Virginia Beaches, they sure do.

Photographer:  Photo Amature

Along a boating dock, this black bird found a perch

 to stretch and feel the cool refreshing breeze flow 

through his wings.

 

 

 
Can't you feel that breeze and freedom he felt?  Photo Amature almost joined in.

 Virginia Beach

A Moment in Time 

 

 Pigeons prancing and enjoying the view

Almost Camo colors on the gravel pavement

 

Sea Gull on the Glide

Ocean Breezes..Whee.......

 

Birds in Flight as the sun sets over the Chesapeake Bay

 

A Birds Day on the Beach is Done.....

 

   To all amateur photographers or just picture takers (how ever you think of yourselves), we are anxiously anticipating your entries to share on this blog.  Whether you have just one favorite picture or a series of a particular subject or even a few miscellaneous pictures you've taken that you just had a great time with, please get them sent in soon. 
   Follow the directions shown in the sidebar at the top of this page and provide an alias you would like to be known as and let's get this summer season out there for the rest of us to enjoy along with you.

Do you still smell those ocean breezes??