| Lynda's Rockin' Heart Ranch Picture Perfect Friday "HORIZON - HORIZONS - or Use it in a phrase" | for everyone |
HORIZON - HORIZONS - or Use it in a phrase
"Rain on the Horizon"
Cattle as Far as One Could See
Carson National Forest
New Mexico
We
helped move cattle from the summer range to the fall grazing range. It
was quite an adventure and a different experience even for my husband
who had farmed and ranched in eastern New Mexico all his life. Moving
cattle in the mountains was quite different. It was threatening rain as
you can see from the horizon.
As we rounded the valley it was an amazing site. Cattle as far as we
could see looking like dots in the landscape. A very beautiful site.
But it was starting to rain so the camera stayed in my pocket. This
was the last photo that I took that day with an old Sony Cyber Shot
DSC-P30 1.3 Mega Pixels. The camera still works great, just have
replaced it with a more updated and smaller pocket sized one. Slight
adjustments were made on Adobe Photo Shop Elements 4.0 and that whole
file was resized to small long before I purchased an external hard
drive.
For those wondering, the palomino horse Colt that my husband is riding is the same horse featured in PPF themes:
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| Lynda's Rockin' Heart Ranch Picture Perfect "Up Close & Personal" | for everyone |
I've
got to go out of the box for this one. I have several micro shots of
flowers (yes I do take photos of things besides horses), close up photos
of horse eyes, mane hair, and other close up horse photos but I happen
to like this one. It is titled: "We Need to Have a Man to Man Talk".
To understand the title read this blog that is full of photos. http://mrsrh.multiply.com/journal/item/104/A_New_Meaning_to_Pasture_Ornaments
This little buckskin stud colt Doc De Oros Poco Joe aka "Little Joe" is
a full brother to the filly "Diamond" that was featured in last's week
theme of Growth. http://mrsrh.multiply.com/journal/item/161/Lyndas_Rockin_Heart_Ranch_Picture_Perfect_Growth
Little Joe was born July 15, 2008. This photo was taken December 11,
2008. I used my Nikon D-50 on automatic. Did minor adjustments,
enlarged and cropped on Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.
"We Need to Have a Man to Man Talk"
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| Lynda's Rockin' Heart Ranch Picture Perfect "Growth" | for everyone |
In mineralogy, diamond (from the ancient Greek ἀδάμας, adámas) is the allotrope of carbon where the carbon atoms are arranged in an isometric-hexoctahedral crystal lattice. After graphite, diamond is the second most stable form of carbon. Its hardness and high dispersion of light make it useful for industrial applications and jewelry. It is the hardest known naturally occurring mineral.
It is possible to treat regular diamonds under a combination of high
pressure and high temperature to produce diamonds that are harder than
the diamonds used in hardness gauges.
Diamonds are specifically renowned as a material with superlative physical qualities; they make excellent abrasives because few substances can scratch them. As a result they hold a polish extremely well and retain their lustre.
Let me introduce you to our diamond in the making. Rockin Heart Diamond aka Diamond is a palomino American Quarter Horse filly that was born April 30, 2007 on our Rockin' Heart Ranch to Poco Doc De Oro (sire) and Special Sapphire (dam). This collage is from birth to the present in her growth from a new born to a filly ready to be ridden.
If
you would like to view the other photos in this week's Picture Perfect
Firday with the theme of Growth, or join in on the fun, just click on
this link:
Diamonds are specifically renowned as a material with superlative physical qualities; they make excellent abrasives because few substances can scratch them. As a result they hold a polish extremely well and retain their lustre.
Let me introduce you to our diamond in the making. Rockin Heart Diamond aka Diamond is a palomino American Quarter Horse filly that was born April 30, 2007 on our Rockin' Heart Ranch to Poco Doc De Oro (sire) and Special Sapphire (dam). This collage is from birth to the present in her growth from a new born to a filly ready to be ridden.
| Lynda's Rockin' Heart Ranch Picture Perfect Friday "What Am I?" | for everyone |
This week the theme for Picture Perfect Friday is "What Am I?" Here are the instructions:
A poet, I'm not so don't expect that.
I've already told you, I'm in the house, weather is bad out
I've already told you, it's not one of our horses
Made by craftsman
Made for a purpose & used by many
A necessity for that purpose
Do you know "What Is It?"
I'll send you a personal message if you guess.
To join the fun or just take a look at all the "What Is Its?" this week:
* Post up a picture of something which leaves us all guessing
* write a poem or a short HINT of what it is, to make the guessing game a little easier.
* if you like, post up the bigger picture on Sunday evening and put us all out of our misery!!
~ Have fun with it ~
your host this week is Heather
Well Heather sure has me guessing about her photo (http://fotofriday.multiply.com/journal/item/203).
I thought about what to do all day. It's snowing and really bad out
today so everything I could come up with was outside and I couldn't find
anything in my files I wanted to use. Close ups of horse manes and all
sorts of things like that but I figured those that knew I take lots of
horse photos would guess that. So inlisted the help of my
husband. Ready or not, here's my
"What Am I"
I've already told you, I'm in the house, weather is bad out
I've already told you, it's not one of our horses
Made by craftsman
Made for a purpose & used by many
A necessity for that purpose
Do you know "What Is It?"
I'll send you a personal message if you guess.
To join the fun or just take a look at all the "What Is Its?" this week:
The answer to my "What Is It": A 24" Mohair Cinch to be used on one of our 2 year old colts.
The black arrow points to the cinch on this kid's saddle on my horse Jake.
| Lynda's Rockin' Heart Ranch Picture Perfect "March Madness" | for everyone |
Several of you asked for more Colt pictures. Well here's what Colt thinks about
March Madness!
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Nikon D-50 Automatic setting
2006
Enlarged and Cropped
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0
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| Lynda's Rockin' Heart Ranch Picture Perfect "Extreme" | for everyone |
My
subject for this week is again "Colt", the same horse featured in last
week's Black and White entry. We have a walker - It's a horse thing -
exercises 4 horses at a time, at a chosen pace. Colt gets bored and
will go to the EXTREME to
catch his lead rope which is always in front of him but moving at the
same speed as he. Before you can ask, I will answer - yes he does on
occasion catch the rope. This is one photo in a series of burst shots
that I took March 3, 2006 with my Nikon D-50. I used Adobe Photoshop
elements 4.0 to slightly tweak, to enlarge, and crop. Colt is so funny
and has tons of personality.
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Here's an update on the poll for the cover of America's Horse Magazine that is published by the American Quarter Horse Asspciation. The poll is still open but will close very shortly as there is a publisher dead line. I am currently in the lead. If you would like to vote on what cover you think should be used follow this link to vote: http://americashorsedaily.com/pick-the-next-americas-horse-cover/ The photo that I took is the "blue" one and I hope you think it is the best one for your vote. A lady on a black horse with the Spanish Skirts rock formation in the back ground. The photo was taken at Palo Duro Canyon State Park (Texas) last year during a horse clinic. I always carry a point and shoot camera in my pocket.
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Here's an update on the poll for the cover of America's Horse Magazine that is published by the American Quarter Horse Asspciation. The poll is still open but will close very shortly as there is a publisher dead line. I am currently in the lead. If you would like to vote on what cover you think should be used follow this link to vote: http://americashorsedaily.com/pick-the-next-americas-horse-cover/ The photo that I took is the "blue" one and I hope you think it is the best one for your vote. A lady on a black horse with the Spanish Skirts rock formation in the back ground. The photo was taken at Palo Duro Canyon State Park (Texas) last year during a horse clinic. I always carry a point and shoot camera in my pocket.
| Lynda's Rockin' Heart Ranch Picture Perfect "Black & White" | for everyone |
The theme for this week is Black and White.
This is a photo that I took 7/14/07 with my at that time new Sony
Cybershot - the one that broke this winter and was replaced with a
Cannon. I was sitting on my horse when I took this photo. The title of
my photo is "The New Saddle". The horse is a palomino American Quarter
Horse by the registered name of Triangle F Palo Mine but is known
by Colt. This year Colt will be 6 years old on April 15th -- yes he was
a tax foal. We have two horses born on that day. I used Adobe
Photoshop Elements 4.0 to crop and then used Microsoft Picture It 7.0 to
make the photo black and white.
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become a contact. Then you will receive a notice of the theme. Follow
the guide lines and the few rules. Then have have fun with your camera. Out of the Box Thinking is encouraged.
| Lynda's Rockin' Heart Ranch Picture Perfect "Lines" | for everyone |
To
most of you this photo may be out of the box thinking but to us it is a
common thing to do with our young horses. This photo was taken 2/24/09
in our round pen. My husband is working "Diamond" our 5/30/07 filly,
preparing her for the time when she will be ridden. This is the second
day of her being saddled. We raised this filly and watched being born.
By using Driving Lines, one can teach horses to do all sorts of things long before they are ever ridden.
Photo was taken while sitting on a fence with my new Cannon Power Shot A1000IS. I used Adobe Photoshoop Elements 4.0 to lighten shadows, darken high lights just a bit, zoom, and crop. I had to buy a new point and shoot pocket type camera. My year and half old Sony stopped! Sony want $98.50 to fix plus the shipping to them on a $200 camera. I told them forget it. Bought this one for just a bit more than fixing the Sony. Not sure yet if I purchased the right camera for my needs but will make it do.
Photo was taken while sitting on a fence with my new Cannon Power Shot A1000IS. I used Adobe Photoshoop Elements 4.0 to lighten shadows, darken high lights just a bit, zoom, and crop. I had to buy a new point and shoot pocket type camera. My year and half old Sony stopped! Sony want $98.50 to fix plus the shipping to them on a $200 camera. I told them forget it. Bought this one for just a bit more than fixing the Sony. Not sure yet if I purchased the right camera for my needs but will make it do.
Driving Lines
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| Lynda's Rockin' Heart Ranch PP's entry for Loud | for everyone |
My loud entry:
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Mama where are you!
I
am visiting my parents this week. I snapped this shot of a baby kid
goat calling for his mama (a nanny goat) after he woke from a nap.
Nikon D-50
Enlarged and Cropped on Picture It
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| Lynda's Rockin' Heart Ranch Picture Perfect "Texture" | for everyone |
Week one: Cold
Week two: Disordered
Week three: Conserve
Week four: Collection
Week five: Texture
My entry this week fits into all five weeks categories. Protection from the cold and the heat, quite a disordered collection of texture to conserve energy,
food, and provide shelter. My entry this week is the pack rat's nest.
I'm sure many of you have heard the expression "you're a pack rat" or
your mom might have said "your room is just like a pack rat's nest".
But have you ever seen a pack rat's nest. I took this photo today
(2/5/09) on the north side of our west pasture. It is not a mound of
dirt as it might appear but a collection of cow manure, sticks, rocks,
grass, prickly pear cactus, cholla cactus, bones and anything a pack rat
comes across. Piled and carefully built around yucca. Notice the
chewed off yucca near the entrance. They build their mound of many
different textures.
A pack rat will find an object and carry it until he finds a more
suitable object. Leaving the first object in place of the new found
treasure. Tales of treasure have been told and written about the inside
of a pack rat's nest. 
Camera: Nikon D-50 automatic setting
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0: Enlarged & cropped, highlights darkened.
Southwest West Randall County in the Texas Panhandle on the Rockin' Heart Ranch.
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| (Lynda) Rockin' Heart Ranch's PP Week #3 "Collective" | for everyone |
My
first thought was this is going to be easy. I have so many small
collections of various things and then decided to go with "collection"
as defined in the horse world by clinician Craig Cameron in his book
Ride Smart: "In true collection, there's a weight transfer from the
front end to the engaged hindquarters." Easy, I have lots of photos of
my husband and his palomino gelding practicing collection but then I
decided I had better read the dictionary.
According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Collective the term collection when refered to the horse did not apply. Defination according to this site:
Camera: Nikon D-50 Automatic setting (only setting I know how to use)
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1.3.5-4.5G ED (don't have clue as to what this means)
Programs: Slight adjustments in constrast on Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 (this program does a lot but I don't know how to use most of it).
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According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Collective the term collection when refered to the horse did not apply. Defination according to this site:
1: denoting a number of persons or things considered as one group or whole <flock is a collective word>2 a: formed by collecting : aggregated bof a fruit : multiple3 a: of, relating to, or being a group of individuals b: involving all members of a group as distinct from its individuals <a collective action>4: marked by similarity among or with the members of a group5: collectivized or characterized by collectivism6: shared or assumed by all members of the group <collective responsibility>
— col·lec·tive·ly adverb
So
after a lot of thought ----- or maybe not so much thought, here's my
entry for Picture Perfect's Week #3 theme: Collective. I am quite a
collective person with lots of collections mostly on the theme of
horses, old west, family items, and a bit of country thrown in for fun.
In a dark corner of a bedroom is a side saddle. A gift from someone
long gone. I've thought of selling it, but why. For one there's really
not a place to showcase this saddle made by a company no longer in
business, so it sits collecting what I found was my biggest collection
of all ------------- DUST! My collections have a collection all their
own.
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1.3.5-4.5G ED (don't have clue as to what this means)
Programs: Slight adjustments in constrast on Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 (this program does a lot but I don't know how to use most of it).
If you are interested in the Picture Perfect weekly for fun contest go to this Multiply site and read and follow the rules.
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