Taking Time

Today we took Time to go have a picnic at Lahontan Reservoir and do a little swimming. Beth had to drive out to Fallon this afternoon so we went with her then after we drove over to Lahontan and let the kids play in the water for a bit and had a picnic dinner. This is a shot of the dam at the reservoir, I just thought the building looked interesting.

Black and White

We went for a drive out to Crystal Mine today and dug around the rocks a bit. On the way back out I stopped a few times to photograph a few different flowers and these plants. I am not sure just what they are but I thought they would be good for doing some black and white conversions. The lines created by the leaves and the tonal range of the scene is something that works well with black and white photography. I liked playing with this one and I have a couple different shots from this spot I will probably do the same with as well as I will have to make it back to this spot sometime to get some other angles and compositions.