Magical Mystery Tour Photographers of Athens, GA

...and so the Magical Mystery Tour Photographers set out again - after a beautiful lunch...to explore an east side neighborhood in Athens, Ga on January 14, a very cold grey winter's day.

HERE ARE ELIZABETH'S PHOTOS, taken with a Nikon D5100:

E1 They peered into their copper (not crystal!) ball....

E2 Reflections on a cold pond........

E3 .........we found diamonds on a fallen leaf!

E4 Love the abstraction of winter's black and white...I've made several quilts based on this idea...take a look at my other blog.

E5 Shoal Creek

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AND NOW FOR PAT'S PHOTOGRAPHS......

Here are five of the photos I (Pat) took on the second Magical Mystery Tour, again using my trusty Nikon D5100. This time we were not chauffered by Jeff; we walked around Elizabeth's neighborhood, with Elizabeth as our guide.

P 1 Reflections in a Golden Eye

This copper globe in Elizabeth's yard set the tone for us as we set out on on foot to explore the neighborhood.

P 2 Shoal Creek

First we walked down to this creek behind the Barton's home. This view shows a sandbar on the middle and a fungus-covered log in the foreground. The creek is not always this shallow; in fact, it flooded last year.

P 3 Remnants of Autumn

Most of the colors around us were winter shades of brown and gray, but here and there were reminders of fall.

P 4 A Neighborhood Pond

Then Elizabeth, Jeff, and I walked down a road to the neighborhood pond in the picture. In the distance you can see Jeff and Elizabeth taking photos. Alexis remained behind finding great photo ops we had missed--in puddles in rocks.

P 5 Sweet gum balls

Returning to Eizabeth's house I saw these sweet gum balls in the driveway--such a common sight and yet I liked this picture.

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AND HERE'S JEFF!

J 1 A Japanese Maple leaf thinking of Medusa

J2 - Diamonds, per Elizabeth, or does the dew on a web?

J3 Reflections

J4 Well reflections, if you will pardon my grammar

J5 Symmetry

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and ALEXIS....is to come....

SUSPENSE BUILDS....

And here she is!

A1 Dreams on texture

A2 My take on diamonds on web

A3 As foretold by Pat, puddle on rock. I couldn't see the lake for the puddles.

A4 Blossoms

from E: this is an early witch hazel, smells wonderful!

A5 Net on fence

The Magical Mystery Tour Photographers of Athens, GA are a small group of discerning photographers, in Athens, Georgia in the South East of the United States.
We pile into Mr E's car and head off into the unknown to take photos.
People stop and ask us if we need help as we all crouch admiringly over some old bit of fencing...I'm tempted to say "Probably!!"

Members: the intrepid: Mr E: Jeff Engel,
and the three Graces: Alexis Winger, Elizabeth Barton, Pat McAlexander.

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Mystery Tour 1: Heading south from Athens towards Antioch Church Rd. December 2014

Here are Pat's photos with her Nikon 5100: