Category: Nature

As The Day Fades

The sun was rapidly sliding down the day into the approaching dusk as I was mowing the yard. The next few days will be rainy so I just had to stop  to get a few shots in. Here are three from around our place this evening. Enjoy!

These Thistles, along our fence line, are patiently waiting to deploy the last of its thistledown. They will not have to wait long as Autumn is steadily pushing its way into the area.
The Fleabane are all but gone from our place. The only thing that remains are the stalks and the thrones upon which they had once set.
A solitary Grasshopper was a surprise third element of this photo. I was trying to get the contrast between the rust of the fence post and the dead heads of the summers past Golden Rod. As I was focusing a little head pops over the top of the post. I just had to come around and take this shot.

I took all the above photos with my Minolta DiMage S414.

 

 

 

 

A November Morning

The Bride and I went for a walkabout this fine morning. The Boy was with us and he was delighted by the smells of deer and other furry things on our place. The temperature was somewhat nippy yet wonderfully crisp. Here are a few shots I took with my new-old Minolta DiMage S414 from that walk. Enjoy!

Some Red From The Day

As I mentioned in an earlier post I purchased a used Minolta DiMage S414. It does a decent job with reds that my other cameras do not but I am having trouble framing shots with it. Since I am starting to like this little point and shot I will keep at till I learn to drive it a little better. Till then here is some red from the day. Enjoy!

We had a heavy fog last night, combined with freezing temps, and it left its icy mark on everything.
The Knock Out Roses on our place refuse to be knocked out by the fog/frost combo.
The day got a little warmed and much sunnier. Not sure what type bush this is ( I call ever bush that produces red berries a Holly bush) but as the leaves fade the berries keep shining!

New Old Tech

In my world anything new-to-me-old-but-new-at-one-time-tech is as good as for-real-new tech. That was actually going to be post title but it is even long for me, Mr Run-On-Sentence guy! What me started on this newest quest for old tech gear was the re-birth of my Canon PowerShot SX260: I now have placed it in a safe, and dry, place and take it out only in high and dry situations. It came back to life once I do not want to try for a second go at that little miracle.

So I have purchased two used Minolta DiMage four megapixel point and shot  cameras. I have received the DiMage S414 and the photos that follow were taken with it. I hope the sun is out this weekend so I can take a walkabout and run it, and its soon to be here mate the Dimage S404, through their paces. Enjoy!

Not much left as far as colorful things go around our place. But if one looks you can usually find something to shoot.
This leaf and few of it’s fallen friends have some color left. Photo ops aside it would be nice if they would rake and bag their selves.
Me bored at lunch time today.

Four MegaPixel Love

Since the rebirth of my PowerShot SX260 HS from its water grave I have decided to use it sparingly. While it rested on rice I used my repaired-by-me PowerShot G3 in its stead. In that week or so I started to  realized how truly awesome this little camera was and still is. So here is a little four megapixel love. Enjoy!

This more than likely will be the last of the Chicory plant blooms for the year. This one was taken on our place this Sunday past.
The leaves of a soon to be sleeping tree adore a good size rock. This was taken this past Saturday.

One Great Shot

This photo in and of its self is not a great shot. Not even average really. No not great, average nor for that fact much of a shot at all. So why the title “One Great Shot”? You see I took it with my Canon PowerShot SX260 that has been in deep rice for a week and two days. Yes the one that went swimming with the fishes is back! A big Thank You to the person who did not listen to the naysayers when said person proclaimed ” I wonder if I covered with rice this electronic do- hickey that I dropped in the fish bowl       if it would dry it out?” Yes my brilliant friend it will!

Old Tech / New Tech

I have a PowerShot G3 that had some damaged pins on its built-in card reader. I was able to repair it with a cheap 10x loupe,  plus a small l.e.d. flash light and a small eye-glass screw driver. With the loupe I was able to see the pins that where bent and straighten them up.

Out I went and took a series of shots around our place this evening before the sun went down and choose a few to post. I move one to the desk top so I could add text and opened it so I could do so. A puzzled expression arose in my mind as I noticed this one already had text.  Though similar to the one I took today I knew it was not because it already had text added.  I indeed had opened the wrong one. I am just a genius smart that way. The photo I had opened was one that I took with my now-soaking-in-rice-becasue-it-took-a-swim-with-the-fishes PowerShot SX260 that I posted several post ago.

Here are those two photos:One taken with Old Tech and one with New Tech. Can you guess which tech is old and which one is new?

As Autumn Approaches

As Autumn approaches us here in the Northern hemisphere things fade in the season I called once The Season That Falls Into Night. So I expect those who are now in their spring and soon to come summer seasons to keeps us splashed with colors and blue skies till next year. Here are two pictures of things on their way out till next Spring. Enjoy!

This Monarch Butterfly is getting some fuel for it’s incredible journey to it’s Winter home. The New England Asters seem to be hanging on just for this reason.
These small White Wood Asters are hanging out on a fence roll on our place. I have several spots where they are plentiful and they draw a lovely variety of pollinators. Even as their petals start to fade there is usually, in the warm part of the day, several varieties of bees, moths and such around these beautiful flowers.