Category: Flowers

A Few From An Overcast Day

Here are a few from this overcast Labor Day. Enjoy!

New, to me, type of yellow flower that is now growing on our place. I guess I need to goggle it and see but not now.
I love rusty old things, so every once in a while I will shot a few pics of this old cattle gate on our place. The rain makes it look as if the rusty is silently weeping.
We hung up hummingbird feeders this year for the first time. Today was the first real opportunity I had to take a crack at catching one with my camera. I like it but there is much work to be done and needed skills acquired to shot hummingbirds.

Three In One

You see three separate pictures within this picture if you really look for them: The pretty yellow flowers, the ginormous rock and the shadows gracing said rocks’ side. It takes all three to make the picture but each element can be a subject in and of itself. Maybe that is how real haiku writers see the world. I have no haiku for you but feel free to add your own!

 

Two More No Less

I am on a little bit of a “shooting into the sun” journey right now. I do not believe it is in response to some inwardly morphing of my self awareness because I dive too deeply into the shallow well for that. It is something I find to be cool. Enjoy!

Not the end but a new beginning for a thistle.
A new sunflower I was introduced to but unfortunately forgot its name. I love that the colors are still vibrant even at the end of its life cycle.

 

Taking A Moment At The Lake

The Bride and I took a little walkabout at the lake this evening. It was a nice break from the going on’s in our lives at this juncture. One of the many things I love about her is she encourages and supports my photography habit. Well that is up to the point of spending dollars we do not have at this moment on a new camera! But alas all is not lost since my sister-in-law lets me borrow her Nikon D40. The following shots are from that walk with The Bride. Enjoy!

Not yet sure what type of duck this is but I love the contrast between the softness of the white with the vibrant red mask it wears.
A feather that the wind was moving across the face of the lake. It looked like a little sloop out for a evening sail.
Hanging out with my fowl friends! This picture and the next were shot with sun to our backs. There is a softness to photos taken late it the day that I love.
We have mallards mostly here in my neck of the woods but this duck is new to me. Time to google ducks I suppose.

How Do You Dew

As The Boy and I took our morning stroll, in search of the perfect poo”spot”, I noticed that dew was gracing all natures wonders this fine morning. After his business was completed we went back inside and I grabbed my Sp350 and pops FinePix S700.The hope was to get several shots with the morning sun dancing across or draping the morning dew draped landscape. Here are a few of the Dew as I see it. (As an aside to clear up any confusion The Boy is my little buddy Ficus, a Corgi, not a real boy. Upon reflection it is now past his bath time, due to an unexpected surgery, and he smells like a teenage boy so there are some similarities!)

A grass we call Sedge grass with a spider web, with said spider, as a fly in the mix. This was taken with my pops FinePix S700
A beautiful little yellow flower that I believe is a Moneywort greeting the day. Taken with my Olympus Sp350.
Another angle of the Sedge grass taken with my Sp350.
I do not know the name of this tiny purple flower but I do know Butterflies like it. Taken with my Sp350.

Good Enough

I am usually happy with most of my photos but I have struggled with my “stuff” since I started using my pops FujiFilm FinePix S700. Added to the learning curve of an unfamiliar camera is a few more health issues within the Family. My mother-in-law has been sick and has been hospitalized for several days now. It just keeps getting better and better I tell you.

As I make small but important times of quite, I also try to squeeze in a few shots here and there as well. As I look through my stuff and gather a few to post I have made the following observations:(1) I have less to choose from since my time has been limited and I take just a hand full of shots each time. (2)  They are not very good and (3) I am o.k. with that. We do not always get what we want but I have learned to enjoy what I have been given, within the space and time I have, and to find the joy in it. It really is good enough.

 

Taking A Break

This will be a my last post for a few days. I am going whitewater rafting this coming weekend. At first I was not going since I just simply could not afford it but a unanimous  “sponsor” paid my way. This will be my first time whitewater rafting so I am looking forward to it and the break it will bring in my crazy little life.

I was talking to the owner of this beautiful rose at the time I was trying to frame the shot. Well though I missed it I still like it!
AS I was waiting on a call back from the office I stopped for a break. This sweat bee came in and hung out with me for a while. I was alright with that as long as he was not trying to sting me! I love the multicolored patterns of its wings.
This one is inspired by my friends Mike look at life, which happens to by his blogs’ title.

The above picture as I said is inspired by the blog Mikes Look at Life. You should check it out!

As I was taking this photo of Rose of Sharon I got a little surprise!

An Old Friend Revisited

I have owned two Nikon Coolpix 4600 within the last year and a handful of months. One died due to the previous’ owner neglect that lead to corrosion on a few keep function keys. The other is still alive but only shoots in auto mode and the zoom does not work. I gave it to my sister-in-law and she utilizes it as an everyday type point and shot.

Below are several shots from my first-now-dead Coolpix 4600. Enjoy!