Two Into The Sun

As The Bride took a moment at the lake yesterday something became quickly apparent: I realized getting good shots with a favorable sun and angles was going to be tough. Why? Because families were out feeding the ducks and such and that meant they moved from where I have had some good conditions before. This is not a real problem because it is nice to see parents and their children doing something together! So here is two into the sun. Enjoy!

 

How Do You Dew

As The Boy and I took our morning stroll, in search of the perfect poo”spot”, I noticed that dew was gracing all natures wonders this fine morning. After his business was completed we went back inside and I grabbed my Sp350 and pops FinePix S700.The hope was to get several shots with the morning sun dancing across or draping the morning dew draped landscape. Here are a few of the Dew as I see it. (As an aside to clear up any confusion The Boy is my little buddy Ficus, a Corgi, not a real boy. Upon reflection it is now past his bath time, due to an unexpected surgery, and he smells like a teenage boy so there are some similarities!)

A grass we call Sedge grass with a spider web, with said spider, as a fly in the mix. This was taken with my pops FinePix S700
A beautiful little yellow flower that I believe is a Moneywort greeting the day. Taken with my Olympus Sp350.
Another angle of the Sedge grass taken with my Sp350.
I do not know the name of this tiny purple flower but I do know Butterflies like it. Taken with my Sp350.

Two From The Coming Fall

This week I took several shots I was hoping to post on this blog. As I was perusing those few worth (read: those I got lucky on) photos I choose these two pictures. As I did so something seemed off until a little bell awakened me: These two photos look as if I took them in the Fall not in the Summer. Weird but beautiful for I am an Autumn kind of guy. Until the next time Enjoy!

 

An Old Friend Revisited

I have owned two Nikon Coolpix 4600 within the last year and a handful of months. One died due to the previous’ owner neglect that lead to corrosion on a few keep function keys. The other is still alive but only shoots in auto mode and the zoom does not work. I gave it to my sister-in-law and she utilizes it as an everyday type point and shot.

Below are several shots from my first-now-dead Coolpix 4600. Enjoy!

A Mixed Bag

I wanted to title this hodgepodge of shots Sir Mix A Lot butt …never mind. Here are several from a day to days past. Enjoy!

Apple blossom on Grandfather Apple Tree this past spring. Taken with my beloved S3is PowerShot.
Reflecting is part of who I am so shooting reflections is not much of a stretch.
A lovely Lily I found growing in a small stand of trees.
This picture was taken several years ago, on 35mm film, of an old Sear Catalog.
Flutterbies as so called by The Bride. I like it!

 

 

 

 

Precious Sight

I spent most of today in pain and moderate discomfort from an issue with my eye. I tried to flush it myself but ended up going to an eye doctor. Turns out it was a sliver of wood stuck in my eye. Nice. I left the eye doctors and was going to take a walkabout but the eye, though no longer hurting, was still weeping a lot. I think I am an above average in being aware to how good most of us have it but I never realized how much impact not having vision in one of our eyes can impact ones life.

Since I was not comfortable going for a walkabout I went through some pictures I took Friday. The morning was humbly cool and I had a small window of time during a break in the rain. Here a few from that set. It is good to see them, though they are not my best, and to know how precious that is.

Buttonbush using my old barn as a backdrop…kind of. Missed by this….. much!
I look around a lot will on walkabout. Up, down and all around! I found this little flower and though I do not know what it is one thing is sure: It is tiny. See the next picture for comparison.
The comparison shot for the above picture. I told you the were tiny!
I believe this the flower of a plant called Common Mullein.
We have always called this a Night Shade flower but the correct name is Horse Nettle.