I’m an avid photographer capturing beauty as I see it.
Having been immersed into nature at a young age, it has become a passionate part of my life. My desire is to capture and share some of the amazing beauty life has to offer.

Thanks so much to the “Northern California Style” Group for listing me as a Special Featured Member and displaying my work. I appreciate the encouragement so much!
October 2009 Featured Member of “Cradle Mountain Tasmania Australia” Group ~ Thank You!
September 2009 Featured Member of “Yosemite Land of Wonder” Group ~ Thank you so much!
August 2009 Featured Member of “Squirrels & Chipmunks” Group ~ Thank You so much!
June 2009 Featured Member of “Stream Crossings” Group ~ Thank you so much!
June 2009 Featured Member of “Statues and Such” Group ~ Thank you so much!!
May 2009 Featured Member of “Outsiders” Group ~ Thank you so much!!

Proud Member of “Japanfluence” Group

Featured in “A View Somewhere” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Reaching Out: A Christian Mission” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in “ImageWriting” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Yosemite Land Of Wonder” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in “Northern California Style” Group ~ Thank you!

Featured in “Bridges” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Northern California Style” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Squirrels & Chipmunks” Special Group Feature of the Week ~ Thank You!
Featured in “Squirrels & Chipmunks” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge Winner! “The Colours of Australia” “Australian Native Plant” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Northern California Style” Group ! Thank You!

Featured in “Tasmania” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Protaceae Family” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Tulip” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge “California National Parks!” “California Sound” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “Going Coastal” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Impressive Iris” Group ~ Thank You!

“Challenge “Himalayan Faces- Capturing a Person’s Story” “Himalaya” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Northern California Style” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Odd one Out” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Squirrels & Chipmunks” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Amazing Graves” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “All About Rodeos” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “A Garden Somewhere” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “All Parks” Group ~ Thank You!
Challenge “Wish You Were Here” “All Parks” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “All Parks” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge “Pathways” “Which Way?” Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “Extreme Close-Ups” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in “Old and Rusty” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “ImageWriting” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in “Dilapidated Buildings” Group ~ Thank You!”

Featured in “Rhododendron” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Rhododendron” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge “No Color” “Which Way?” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “Japanfluence” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Sea” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Northern California Style” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Reaching Out: A Christian Mission” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Reaching Out: A Christian Mission” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge “Pitch Tent Here” “All Parks” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “A Garden Somewhere” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Light Up My Life” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in the “Protaceae Family” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge “Countryside Night” “Country Bumpkin” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “ImageWriting” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured as the icon for the Group ” A Garden Somewhere” Thank You!
Featured in ” A Garden Somewhere” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in “Japanfluence” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in the “Rhododendron” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge “Light and Shadow” “Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Challenge “Camouflage” “Mood and Ambience” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in the “Rural Around the Globe” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in the “Wild West Show” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in “Gold Rush and Ghost Towns” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in the “2D Daffodils and Dahlias” Group ~ thank You!
Challenge “Yellow Daffodil with Yellow TRUMPET” “2D Daffodils and Dahlias” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “COUNTRY GARDENS! come grow with us” Group ~ Thank You!
Challenge “In the Pink” “COUNTRY GARDENS! come grow with us” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Barns! Around the World!” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Stream Crossings” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Odd One Out” Group ~ Thank You !

Challenge “Spring Scenic ~Americas” “Americas ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “Snow! Glorious Snow!!” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge “Noah’s Ark” “Happy Haven-Photography” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!
Challenge “An Image That Has A “Natural” Frame” “You’re Accepted” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Challenge “Landscape and Reflections” “Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!
Featured in “All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in the “Arachnids” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge “Lawn Ornaments” “Statues and Such” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Challenge “Photographer Reflections” “Mood & Ambience” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Challenge “Candid Captures of Children”, “Happy Haven Photography” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “Northern California Style” Group as “Special Art Features” Thank You!!
Challenge “Northern California - most unique and interesting building” “Northern California Style” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!
Featured in “California Sound” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Northern California Style” Group as “Special Art Features” Thank You!!

Featured in “Rural Around the Globe” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in “Northern California Style” Group ~ Thank You!!
Featured in “Rustic” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in “Old and Rusty” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland” Group ~ Thank You!!

Featured in “Northern California Style” Group ~ Thank You!!

Challenge Macro Snow or Ice “Snow! Glorious Snow!” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!
Challenge “Ice” “Mood and Ambience” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “All About Rodeos” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge All Things Beautiful “Reaching Out: A Christian Mission” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Challenge Night Light, “The Woman Photographer” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “Sierra Nevada” Group ~ Thank You!!

Featured in “Rhododendron” Group ~ Thank You!
Challenge One Two or Three Rhododendrons, “Rhododendron” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!
Challenge “Rhododendron Group Avatar” Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “Old and Rusty” Group ~ Thank You!!

Featured in “Statues and Such” Group ~ Thank You!!

Featured in “PostCard Style” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Barns! around the World!” Group ~ Thank You!!
Featured in “Northern California Style” Group as “Special Art Features” Thank You!!

Featured in “The Wild West Show” Group ~ Thank You!!

Featured in “Elegant Elephants” Group ~ Thank You!
Challenge, Stamp of Approval “Elegant Elephant” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!!

Featured in “Rhododendron” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Made By Nature” Group ~ Thank You!!
Challenge Grasses “Made By Nature” Group Top Ten ~ Thank You!!

Featured in “Rural Around The Globe” Group ~ Thank You!!

Featured in “National Parks of The World” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in “Leaves” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Northern California Style” Group ~ Thank You!!

Featured in “The Wild West Show” Group ~ Thank you!!
Featured in “Old & Rusty” Group ~ Thank You!!
Featured in “Rustic” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Of Noble Birth” Group ~ Thank You!!
Challenge Dark and Moody “The Woman Photographer” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!!
Challenge Many Moons “Mood & Ambience Strictly Photos” Group ! Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “Blooming Trees” Group ~ Thank You!!
Challenge “Spring Trees” “Trees” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “Rural Around the Globe” Group ~ Thank You!!
Featured in “Northern California Style” Group ~ Thank You!!
Featured in “Gold Rush and Ghost Towns” Group ~ Thank You!
Challenge “Old Churches In a Mining or Ghost Town” “Gold Rush and Ghost Towns” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!
Featured in “The Wild West Show” Group ~ Thank You!

Featured in “Old & Rusty” Group ~ Thank You!!

Featured in “Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland” Group ~ Thank you!!

Featured in “The Woman Photographer” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in “Northern California Style” Group as “Special Art Features” Thank You!!

Featured in “Natural Color and Light” Group, Thank You!!
Featured in “Sierra Nevada” Group ~ Thank You!
Featured in “Yosemite Land of Wonder” Group ~ Thank You!

Wooo Hooo, sold a calendar, Thank You!

Featured in “Amazing Graves” Group ~ Thank you!!

Featured in the “Buddha” group ~ Thank you!

Featured in “Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland: ~ Thank you!

Featured in “Sierra Nevada” Group ~ Thank you!
Challenge, My Favorite Home “California Sound Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Featured in “Spring Blooms” Group ~ Thank you!

Featured in “Buddha” Group ~ Thank you!

Challenge Water Fountains or Designs, “You’re Accepted” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!

Challenge, Blooming Prickles “Cacti and other Succulents” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!!

Challenge, The Body of a Flower “Photography 101” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!!
Featured in “Flowers in Macro” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge, A Pretty Pair “All About Flowers” Group ~ Top Ten Thank You!!

Challenge Bi-Color “Impressive Iris” Group Top Ten ~ Thank you!
Featured in “Impressive Iris” Group ~ Thank You!

Challenge B&W “Tulip” Group Top Ten ~ Thank you!
Featured in “Tulip” Group ~ Thank You!
Patty Boyte hosts "Nepal ~ Urban and Rural" (2 photo per day or 24 hour limit), Beautiful ~ 1 submission per 24 hours and Going Coastal (2 art per day) and is a member of # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , Yellow Gallery, " You Big SOFTY", "All parks", "Streams & Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, *Focus and Lighting*, 2D - Daffodils & Dahlias , A Garden somewhere....., A Place To Call Home, A View somewhere....., Aeronautics & Aviation, All About Flowers, All About Rodeos, All About Water, All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers, All Street Portraiture & Photography:: Portraits only , add Location , All That is Nature (Photography Only), All the Colors of the Rainbow, All things in the Natural World, All Trucks, All Water in Motion (A Camera In The Description Before It Will Be Accepted), Amazing Asia, Amazing Graves, AMERICA's National Parks and WILDLIFE Habitat, AMERICAS NATURAL WONDERS, Americas ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free, Animal Kingdom, Arachnids, Architecture and cityscapes, Australia's Great Coastline, Australian Bush ☼ (aspects of Landscapes - ie No Macros please!), Australian Landmarks and Icons, Australian Native Plants-2 per day, Australian Travel Photography and Writing - 1 a day, Australian Wildlife, Baby Animals (No Kittens or Puppies, 3/day), Backyard Macro and Closeups (3 a day), BARNS & Old Grist Mills and Covered Bridges from around the World!, Beach Art, Best from Around the Barnyard {2 A Day}, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Bits and Pieces , Black and White Photography, Blooming Trees - 2 per day, Bokeh, Both Sides Now, Bridges, Buddha, Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Cacti and other Succulents, California Sound , Canberra , Cee's Fun Artsy Friends, Christian Churches, Statues and Crosses, Classic Cars Worldwide, Colour and light, Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Country Bumpkin, COUNTRY GARDENS! Come and grow with us! *NO SINGLE FLOWER SHOTS*, COUNTRY ROADS / around the World, Cover Shots, Covered Bridges, Cradle Mountain Tasmania Australia, Day Hikes , Dilapidated Buildings, Elegant Elephants!, Everything Winter, Extreme Close-Ups, Eye Contact (Animals Only), Fabulous Flowers, Falling Leaves, Featured Features - For Featured Art, Photography, T-Shirts, Writing, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro (very close macro please), Forests, Freedom to Shine, Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland, Friends of RedBubble, Glorious Lilies, Goldrush and Ghost Towns, Green!, Hawai'i ~ Aloha Na'au, Heritage in Stone, High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, Himalaya, Historic Places *2 per day*, History, Horse and Rider , Human and Nature, ImageWriting (2/24), Impressive Irises, Ireland , Japanfluence, JPG Cast-Offs, Just Butterflies, Lakes and Inland Waterways *one* per day, focal point - the water!, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Leaves , Light and Reflection 1/24, Light up My Life (all about lamps), Live, Love, Dream: , Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {Nature images only!}, Mans Best Friend's (Dogs only), Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Mountains Across the Globe, Mountains and Mountain Light, Mysteries of the Common, National Parks of the World, Nature's Wonders, Northern California Style (4 art per day) , Odd One Out, Of Noble Birth, Old & Rusty, One Single Flower On Show.. 2 Photo's per day, Only Orchids!, Outsiders, Paws n Claws <3 per day><Domestic cats & dogs only>, PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY, Photo-Zen, Photography 101, Point and Shooters, PostCard Style (Describe your image please) Limit 2 per day), Protaceae Family - 2 per day, Railway Art and Photography, Reaching Out : A Christian Mission , Religious Art & Photography, Rhododendrons, Rocks and Stones, Rural Around The Globe, Rustic, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits - 2 Per 24 Hours, Safe Haven, Scenery, SEA, Seasonal 'Scapes, Shadows & Reflections, Shameless Self-Promotion, Shoot The Moon, Sierra Nevada, Silhouette, Skyscapes, Snow! Glorious Snow!! 2 a day, Soul reflections, SPIRIT, Spring Blooms - 2 per day, Squirrels & Chipmunks, Statues and Such, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Strictly Human Faces , Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!, Sunrise, Sunset, Tasmania, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made), The FENCE group, The true beauty, The Wild West Show, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, The World, Trains, Travel and Adventure, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, Tulips, United States, Unwanted , Abandoned & Saved Through Preservation., Vibrant and Vivid Color, Waterfall Photography, Waterfowl, Western United States Artists and Photographers, Which Way - walkways, pathways, stairways, and roadways, Who are YOU to Judge?, Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best, Wild Nature Photography & Writing, Wildflowers of North America - 3/day, Windows and Doors, YOSEMITE LAND OF WONDER, You're Accepted, Your Country's Best (2 images per day) and Your Magic PLACE.