Category: Photography

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!

Odds And Ends

The Bride and I spent the day at a small town Festival last month. As we walked about the varies booths and shops I and took the shots I like taking. So here are a few odd and ends from the day.

Taken with my old nemesis the Olympus SP350
This picture is of an old school desk that has been used as a canvas for this lovely cat. This to was taken with my old nemesis the Olympus SP350
I found this set of statues in one of the booths. I love it!
A picture of a picture of a door.

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.

Shameless Use Of Cuteness

Really there is not much to add that the title does not say. These are the Folks dogs, Little Bit and Grace.

Little Bit is a rescue dog my mom adopted. Cute, no?
Miss Grace, or Grace for short, was rescued by The Bride and I. She was wandering around a very busy intersection that saw a lot of off and incoming Interstate traffic. That is another story in and of its self but we gave her to Pops. She landed in a very good place. Cute, Yes?

 

Self-Portrait On My Fiftieth

There has been very few new photo-ops for me as of late. I have been somewhat busy getting the house ready for the approaching winter. Oh, and working. A lot. Today I had planned on chasing the last of Autumns colors and take a nice walkabout with The Bride on this my Fiftieth Birthday. That did not happen because I had to work due to inventory. The upside is I have a job and the house is ready as it can be for the soon the be here winter. The down side is I have no recent images to post.

So what is a person supposed to do? Since winging it is my default mode,  here is a self-portrait of how most people see me. For all of my followers out there, both of you, here is my self-portrait. Enjoy!