I love the differing textures of the brick wall, the roses and the amble sunshine on both. I do not however know how to get my Roses, or Reds for that matter, not to wash out or seem “too” red. I will say I like this one anyway and if someone has any tips on why my reds are too red let me know 🙂
The top photo I captured with my Powershot SX260 HS and the bottom two I used my Olympus Sp-350.
I went to the doctor yesterday for a recurring issue and as usually she prescribed me some meds and ordered bed rest. After about seventeen hours of bed “rest” I needed a break. Bed rest wears a person out, how weird it that? So I took a walkabout on our place to soak in some rays. There is not many things on this planet better than Sunshine Therapy!
Here are a few from that walkabout.
As I preparing for a few shots of this Prairie Coneflower a little fly stopped by. As I moved around to get a shot it would follow my camera. I can picture it saying ” Whatcha you looking at?”!
Heading home today I seized the moment and I stopped by one of my favorite places to take snaps of wildflowers. Below is a Bumblebee in an Indian Blanket.
The Bride and I were at the lake again yesterday. I was hoping to get a few shots of ducks in-flight. I had to find a place were the sun was advantages to such shots. We found the area where the lighting was not great but it was about the only place we could get to. Then there is the foliage : There were just small gaps in the bushes and small trees to get a shot in. But the biggest challenge was the fifteen to twenty-mile an hour winds. Ducks can carry a serious amount of velocity with a tail wind! As we waited The bride pointed out a pair of Crows looking for food. Crows are cool.
I had a difficult time getting decent shots but I think next time out I will move a picnic table closes to the edge so I can get above some of the foliage issues. I have nothing in my bag of tricks for the wind thought! So I present a couple of almost right in flight shots.
The Bride and I were on our way back from the big city when she spotted this old fire truck. What caught her eye was the vines that were trying to claim this fine old vehicle. We doubled back and I took several shots of this old truck. As I was standing there I thought it would make a great HDR merge. I did not have a tripod so I free-handed this using the grid on my view screen. I like it but you know one is loves or hates their own stuff so let me know what you think.
The below photo is one of the originals I took for the HDR merge.
Earlier today I posted some pics from today’s walkabout on our place. Happily I am coming to grips with some of the tools my Olympus SP-350 has. I will say cloudy, low light days like today are not much of an issue but I still have not come to grips with its evaluation process on my macros. Today that was compounded by the ever-present and steady breezes we have lived with around here all year. I am not really complaining but stating a fact. Trust me come July I will be singing praises to any comforting breeze! The only downside so far is it sucks the life of AA NiMH batteries. Standard AA’s? They stand no chance at all. I will be looking at Amazon for options to this problem in the near future.
When the batteries died I switched to my-new-to-me Nikon D60. I hope you enjoy these few captures I took from a lazy Sunday walkabout!
A Damselfly on what I suspect is a weed. We welcome weeds on our place more than not.
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Another type of Damselfly on our place. I do no know the species or type but it was a hard to get a decent capture. I moved, it moved so I just stood still and it landed about six or so feet from me.
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In my minds eye I can hear the larger bee saying to the smaller one: ” Just do what I do son and we and the earth both get fed.”
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A Lady Bug. Need I say more? 🙂
The Sun has stayed out of sight for the last several days but for me that is the perfect scenario for a walkabout on our place. With the temperature in the low sixties I set about the place at a lazy pace.With no hurry in me I found several wonderful spots to stand and enjoy the world around me.
Here are a few shots I took before the batteries died on the SP-350. I had my new-to-me Nikon D60 with me as back-up and will post some of those later. I hope you too can take a lazy Sunday walkabout!
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