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Pinwheels

2007.07.28

These are from my grandpa's yard and they were taken with my Coolpix. I don't know what it is about these, but I've always liked them. Maybe it's because they remind me of pinwheels.

When I was going thru the photos on my laptop, I "found" them. I forgot I had taken them. :) I've been cleaning up the files on my laptop this week because it was starting to get a little slow. Could have been the 4000+ photos I had on it! I bought an external drive a while back and I've been backing up my files onto it (9,100 photos so far). Just in case. Since I have all files on the external drive, I periodically go thru them and only keep my favorites on the laptop. This time I went thru every photo...twice. I only got rid of 1000 photos. It's too hard to choose! By not keeping them on the laptop, it feels like I'm rejecting them. ;)

26 Comments

I'm the same way with my computer but i may have a little bit more pictures..and i also had to get another drive because my computer was going so slow..Lovely photographs btw. First one is my favorite. very beautiful!

beverage22 · 2007-07-27: 22:58

love them in black and white ..I love these flowers ..whatever they are :) great find and keep:)

Lindyart · 2007-07-28: 00:36

These are so beautiful...

I know what you mean about your laptop slowing down, mine is the same and I always promise myself to keep on top of not storing too much, but it's difficult.

deleted090307 · 2007-07-28: 02:58

I've been doing that too - it's hard :-) Lovely shot!

jet28 · 2007-07-28: 03:12

In b/w hydrangea look quite fragile. Great !!!
I have five different sorts and colours in my garden. The shrub reminds me of old farm gardens.
BTW, it seems to be the day of external drives ! :-)
I have also bought myself an ED.

elkegrocholl · 2007-07-28: 03:20

I need to clear my laptop too.

Very gorgeous shots!, even in black and white I still can see the pretty of it as colors.

OC110481 · 2007-07-28: 07:16

Nice black and white pic

Karibbean · 2007-07-28: 07:19

Good flowers for grandparents somehow. (And for others no doubt.) Nice in b&w and also in colour I suspect.

rolpa · 2007-07-28: 07:41

we have a mess of them in our backyard. they always make me think of my grandmother. (i just wish i could find fried chicken somewhere that reminded me of her.)

chipotle · 2007-07-28: 09:27

very nice. I need an external hard drive too.

makaid · 2007-07-28: 11:10

Thanks! Hydrangea! For the life of me, I couldn't remember the name last night. :) Thanks. They seem like a sturdy plant.

vollenda · 2007-07-28: 11:44

Nice shots !

nadoune · 2007-07-28: 13:14

I know the feeling - way more photos than hard drive space or time to look at them! LOL These are wonderful and I like your choice to view them in B+W.

harryOB · 2007-07-28: 17:41

C'est vraiment joli en noir et blanc.
Nice pics.

LisetteT · 2007-07-28: 20:07

Beautiful b&w !!!
I feel the same way, plus I'm so afraid of loosing any picture that I save them on 3 external drives, plus CDs and DVDs.... :))) crazy !!! I'm thinking of buying another drive to leave it in Paris so i'm sure to have all my pictures in Martinique and France :))) crazy !! and just like you I try to keep the best on the laptop... sometimes, the best is those who speaks to us... even if they're out of focus ;)

jendayee · 2007-07-28: 21:57

Great photos! They do look like pinwheels. Cleaning out the picture folder is a task I keep avoiding. Congrats on accomplishing that! 1000 photos is a pretty good number to get rid of. Way to go!

jwideman · 2007-07-28: 23:55

I love this too. Definitely one to keep on your laptop. :-)

t2d4th · 2007-07-29: 22:43

Fabulous B&W hydrangeas! Awesome! I know what you mean about moving & deleting photos. Makes me twitch just to think about it!

Jannie · 2007-07-29: 23:27

perfect title! Ive never seen these in b&w - they are lovely

magpy · 2007-07-30: 18:27

nice BW...still beautiful flower although you make flower in BW.

Godin · 2007-07-30: 21:16

i love this flower... very my type...

emmetan · 2007-07-31: 08:06

Isn't it funny how attached we become to our photos?! I'm that way too. I absolutely stress about deleting too much.

ACH365 · 2007-07-31: 09:36

I hit enter a little too quickly... I meant to add that I'm getting better with that delete button now that I'm taking a picture every day. Whew. Photoblog is helping me with my issues. Who knew that would be a benefit to this whole process?!

ACH365 · 2007-07-31: 09:37