Category: Things I Find Cool
By Comparison
I have posted several shot of the Daisy Fleabane and the pollinators that visit there. So yesterday I took several more shots of them and of the little Sweat Bees that drop by for a fill-up. As I was watching several fly around I thought I should take a picture tat gave you all an idea of their sizes. The first shot is of a Fleabane along side of my Wedding Band by comparison. The second is of one the Sweat Bees on a Fleabane so you can see their size by comparison.
Queen Anne’s Lace and Friend
I have had about an hour of free time the past several of days to get out and grab a few fresh captures. In between work, home projects, a fundraiser walk with friends and fixing a computer issue the opportunities have been few. As I walked about our place I noticed the Button Bushes are starting to come to life, though not yet at full blossom, and other hopeful signs of thing to come. One thing that did not come back on our place this year is the Queen Anne’s Lace. It did however appear in the ditch across the road to my delight. As I was approaching the plants I noticed a dark spot on the top of the bloom. I thought it was an insect of some kind but it was actually a deep purple bloom among the white. After a little research I found that this is an identifier of the Queen Anne’s Lace. I am not sure why I never noticed it before but I guess one is never to old to learn. I set about to get a few shots of this flower when a random bug came by and wanted in the show. So here is a Queen Anne’s Lace and Friend.
Two Using PhotoEffects 8
I am having some computer problems and may not be able to post for a bit but wanted to post something till I get them resolved. I have backed up everything, I hope, to an external hard-drive and I plan to reinstall Windows 7 be the end of the coming weekend. I would not mess with it if my programs did not keep closing and Windows 7 would find a fix but a month of this fun is all I can stand.What does this mean to you? Nothing really but for me it means a lot less frustration and hopeful a more seamless post-shot editing process after reinstall is completed.
As I hope to move into portraits sometime this year I need good software, and a solid PC, that will help me reach my potential. Trying out freeware versions of some of the software out there seemed like a no-brainier. One of the things I was doing was testing the waters of several new-to-me software before the gremlins arrived. One such was the a freeware program from OnOne software called PerfectEffects 8. I want to Thank Steve @ daPonte Photography for taking his time to responded to my question about OnOne software and LightRoom 5 and their strengths and weaknesses. Till the next time here are two using PerfectEffects 8.(Click on pictures to enlarge them).
Cat’s Eye
Let Us Prey Said The Praying Mantis
We Are Back
It took a bit longer than the past two years for the Hummingbirds to show up but three have been by the feeder today. This one was very cooperative for a Hummingbird, like they wanted me to know “We are back”.
Greeting The Day
Wee Two
For reference the daisy Fleabane is as big around as the fingernail in my fore finger. So when I took this I did not know the black “dot” was anther bug on this capture. For your viewing [pleasure, Wee Two!
Little Mystery Spider
This evening as grill was warming up I grabbed my Canon SX10is and headed to capture something I saw yesterday. Late yesterday evening I spotted something on one of the Fleabane blooms that are on our place. Since I am now a “man of a certain age” my eyes aren’t what they used to be ,I hoped a macro shot would help me confirm it was some type of spider. Well I can say it confirmed that it was something but I still am unable to positively identify it. I still believe it to be spider and am somewhat sure it is of the Orb Weaver family but……. for now it is a little mystery spider.
Daffodil Hill Photography 