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Autumns Feast

Autumn is a time where things fade and wither as the long winters sleep approaches. Till then nature recycles and replenishes it’s self. Below is a pictures of one example of this process. See one of natures Autumn Feasts. Enjoy!

As a bee harvests the last of this flowers pollen, a Cucumber Beetle enjoys the remaining petals. Nature’s Autumn juice and salad bar!

Flavors of Early Autumn

Not quite Summer. Not quite Winter. Just about perfect if you ask me. Here are three from this early part of Autumn. Enjoy!

There are blooming things and the green stuff is with us still…….

…..the days are cool, crisp and bright more than not. The clouds, of every shape and size, are a delight…..

… and the leaves both high and low are wonderful to behold!

A Few With The PowerShot SX260

I am still pretty busy but I still try to grab the rare opportunity to take the shot when I can. I am using my PowerShot SX260 as my number one shooter since I have to take my pops FujiFilm S700 back to him. Mom and pop are heading to a lake cabin for what may be their last Anniversary. He wants his camera for the occasion for obvious reasons.

After a nice talk tonight with mom I decides to take a break and look at the shots I have taken over the last several days. All are taken with my PowerShot SX260. I am heading into a new chapter with it and I am cautiously optimistic. Here are several I have taken this week. Enjoy!

Tomatoes growing on and around an old plow.

The moon taken at the digital end of the zoom.

Slowing Down

Over the next several weeks I will be slowing down the pace of my posts. I have several projects that I need to finish around our place before the weather gets to cold. I need to go see mom and get a few things done around the folks place. I also have a few opportunities to bang on the drums over the next week. As you can surmise it’s not life that’s slowing down but my photo taking play time!

So here is one to slow down on till the next time. Enjoy!

One From Awhile Ago

I took this with my now deceased PowerShot S3 point and shot back in 2009. I liked it then and I like it now. So here is one for your enjoyment from seasons past.

Beauty From The Day

I am a partial to Autumn and all its’ wondrous smells, chills and color shape shifting skills. So today I took a few on the fly shots of the last of Summers almost as wondrous Beauty. Enjoy!

This little bee was a bonus in this picture. Though I get the feeling he was giving me the “What are you looking at? “stare.

I tried the digital end of my zoom out on the PowerShot SX260. This Monarch came out pretty good, though it was hard to keep it stable, at the long end of the zoom.

This Indian Blanket is beautiful till the end.

Three Into The Sun

I have accidentally found a setting on my Canon SX260 that make cool looking sun rays while one shoots “into the sun”. The following pictures are untouched and unedited pics I took this evening on our place. I hope you enjoy them!

A Few From A Rainy Day

I for one like cool, almost Autumn, rainy days. My allergies are less intense and the memories of how hot the summer was is beginning to fade. I also like taking pictures on rainy days. The following are several from a recent rainy day here in my little corner of the world. Enjoy!

DSCF6013 — I got a little to close for the macro on my pops FujiFilm S700 but I like it anyway 🙂

DSCF6011 — I love water drops and this Lily has plenty of those!

DSCF6005 — I was not far enough back to call this a good shot but once again I like it.

DSCF6016 — This is another missed shot but it still works for me. Because I take pictures in the rain shows you I do not have the good sense to know what I am doing!

One From The Day

As I took a break from my finishing the drywall in the bathroom I had an epitome: A bad day taking pictures beats a good day dry-walling! So off for a walkabout I went. Camera in hand, and a head full of worries and wants, I proceed to untangle my being doing something I love. Here is one from the day.

DSCF5966 — I took this picture with my pops FujiFilm S700. This flower was about three inches off the ground under and surround by other plants and wild things. Life is everywhere and I find that still to this day to be wondrous.

No, Not There Yet

The journey with my new Canon SX260 HS is off to a rocky start. I like the long zoom and the screen is very nice but it does not have the same finesse, plus it lacks image stabilization, as my S3is had. I have fiddled around with the manual controls and I will get better with at it over time but right now I feel like a kid on a long journey: Are we there yet? No, not there yet. Here are several from the past weekend. Enjoy!