Nature – Page 15 – Daffodil Hill Photography

Yellow At Dusk

I took this one at dusk as the last bit of sun peeked through the clouds that had set in for most of the day.

I took this yesterday evening, right after the apple blossoms I posted in an earlier post, and found myself drifting back in time. The little seeds that look like helicopter blades and hopefully grow up to be trees and sprout leaves were a sense of wonderment to me in my youth. We called them “whirly-gigs” or at least I did but everyone else called them whirlybirds. The ones that fell to the ground we would throw into the air and watch them descend back to earth. The best experience was if you were under a large Maple when a wind gust blew a large amount into the air at once! Cool stuff for a kid, and honestly I still love it to this day. So here is one from the past and to the future, here is some leaves to be!

After The Rain

I had a great day working in the yard today plus a lovely dinner with The Bride. After we arrived home a fast approaching storm line keep me from going out and getting any new shots for the day. So I gave in to the carbs pushing against my eye lids and laid down on the front porch to await the storm. The front part was a breath of fresh air as the coolness was welcomed after a hot day of shrubbery wrangling. The storm rolled past and I had about a half an hour of light left to grab a few shots. So here is one after the rain.

Some 35MM Film

A friend of mine gave me a Nikon 35MM film camera sometime ago. Last year, before things got a little wiggy, I had purchased some out-of-date film at a local salvage grocery store. I set out to get some captures on film over a period of a few weeks but that stretched into a, oh six to seven months. Here a is some 35MM film.

Two More To Compare

After a very good day, and a lovely dinner and drive with The Bride, I wanted to post something but realized I have not shot anything for a couple of days. I was looking for something when I revisited my post Two To Compare where I used the two free photo-editing tools Perfect Effects 8 and Paint.NET. So in that vein, and since I had nothing new to bring to the table, I decided show you two unpublished shots from earlier this week. I played with Perfect Effects 8 on these two and I am really happy with the results. I took the top one with my Canon PowerShot S3is and the bottom with my Canon PowerShot SX10is (Click on photos to enlarge them……really they are pretty cool up close).

Another Simply Beeautiful Capture

Red-Winged Black Birds Are Back……

…..maybe. We have not had Red-winged blackbirds on our place for many years now. This past Sunday I saw a Male and Female in what appeared to be a mating ritual. My hope is there is other such as these around the area. The first photo is of a male in the underbrush. I spotted him by his call and once I looked in the calls direction the red of the wings were easy to find. The second photo is of a female and the shot is not to great because I was into the digital end of the zoom. The third is of the male again shaking his wings and making a bunch of noise. I hope they stay and if they do once they settle in I will try to get more captures.

Bee At The Long End

I took my Canon S3is and Canon Sx10is out to Grandfather Apple tree for some photo therapy. As I had very little sunlight left, and wanted to get few shots the bees and the blooms, I decided to take some fast macro snaps of them at the long end of the zoom. Here is one from the S3is.