Things I Find Cool – Page 32 – Daffodil Hill Photography

Feline Friday…..

…..uh, well it is still Friday somewhere 🙂

With the dog days of Summer upon us it can only mean one thing: It’s Cruisin’ Time! I have an affection for old cars and trucks so I am looking forward to the varies Cruises coming up here soon. In that spirit I started looking at some of my past shots. I am trying to get better at composing a photo when there is a crowd around. So I figured looking back was a way of planning ahead and being forward leaning. I found the photo below (A HDR merge I did several months back) I took when there was no one around and like it but the question I had was a simple one: How can I replicate this when cars are parked side by side AND people are in the mix. The answer is simple as well:I have no idea!

Well till the next time enjoy this really cool old car!

A Sleeping Lady and One Cool Bee

Since the Sun rejoined the party I decided I would go for a little walkabout this morning. The objectives were simple. One: Get to know the full range of my Canon Powershot SX10is a little better. Two: Get a handle on manually focusing my D60 since it does not focus how I think it should. Three: Enjoy this wonderful cool and sunny morning. Mission accomplished.

Since most of my photos are from my Point and Shoots I have not been using my DSLR equipment much at all. I bought them for portrait shooting and have a class I am taking in the Fall to get lined up on that end. Well enough babble. Here are two I took this morning with my Powershot SX10is. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed just being out and surrounded by nature!

A Little Something Till The Next Time

This little Long Horn Grasshopper nymph was a surprise find when I went to take a picture of this leaf. I did not want to scare it off so I had to take the shot into the-sun but I am happy with the result and the guest poser. I guess it is time to get done what needs to be done. So here is a little something till the next time!

I used my Olympus SP-350 on this capture.

A Couple Of Crazy Days

I have had two of the craziest days this weekend. The Bride is in school again and I am her lab partner or ” slave monkey and photo bug” if you wish. The great thing of on-line schooling is that which is also the worst thing: Technology! We are having issues to say the least…uh not us but with the techno-stuff.

I also have had a mechanical issue with my ride and found out today I will have to get the last little part, to finish the job, from the dealer. Oh, I also got a foreign object stuck in my eye.( I seem have a gift for this but it still stinks when it happens.) After flushing my eye for at least a half an hour, and what seems to have been divine intervention, I am object free in the eye department.I have never felt pain like that before and I am gratefully for the gift of sight.

So what to do in such a frenzied mess? Share some captures I grabbed in between the madness!

I used my SX260 on Live mode for this hand held shot last night of the Supermoon.

The Fleabane are back and I am glad. I grabbed this shot as they were closing for the evening. I used my SP-350 for this one.

This is a Buttonbush bud and when they bloom they are a great asset to nature. I used my SP-350 on this shot as well.

I love Damselflies and this one is really cool. I used my Powershot Sx10is in this capture.

I have a FujiFilm S700 my dad gave me and I used that for this shot. I by the way love taking pictures of rusty things!

I took this last night using a tripod and my Powershot SX10is on full manual. I was having a issue with it being to beige and set the white balance on "florescent" and this is the result. — I took this last night using a tripod and my Powershot SX10is on full manual. I was having a issue with it being to beige and set the white balance on “florescent” and this is the result.

Super Moon To Be

With the moon reaching it’s most super-sized girth of 2013 on June 23rd I had an opportunity tonight/tomorrow morning to try a few captures before hand. I used my Powershot SX10is in this photo.

Time Passed Me By

If this old wooden bridge could talk I am betting it would bemoan the feeling that it is past its usefully prime. I can sense it would lament that fact and say “Time passed me by”. Yet I would argue with this fine old bridge and say it is still very useful.

For one I would point out that it is a reminder of a simpler time, when things were not hurried and rushed. Next I would attest to the fact it was fortunate that the builders built it well, as it has stood the test of time. It is, I must reminded it, a place where other have left their mark, not as vandals, but as people needing to make their mark in time for future reference. And finally I would confirm that it brings joy to many of us who have had the pleasure of its very presence.

Below is my tribute to this very cool and wonderfully bridge, rendered in HDR, from photos I took with my Powershot SX10is.

Do You See What I See?

I was driving down a private lane and stumbled upon a wonderful sight. See if you can see what I did in the photo below.

I was not sure if you could find the wonderment I found, so I took the below picture for your enjoyment!

Floating Dew Drop Pearls

A spider web on Our Place. I used my Olympus SP-350 for this capture.

A Caboose In HDR

I took the series of photos for this HDR merge without the aid of a tripod. I seem to see things that sing to me when I am not able to carry all my gear with me. I used my Powershot SX10is and just free-handed it. I used the grid in the view finder as a guide on each shot. I then did the merge with Corel PaintShop Pro X4. I am happy with it and hope you like it as well.