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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.

Time Passed Me By

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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.

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Test Driving New Themes

Over the next few weeks or so I am going to test drive different themes. I really did not put much thought into my theme when I first started: I just wanted to get my stuff out there and share it others! So let me know what you think and till the next time meet one of my favorite sweat bees: Genus Agapostemon – Metallic Green Bees. Not the best capture but one does the best one can on windy days!

Notice the pollen on the rear legs. Just amazing! I used my Olympus Sp-350 in the commission of this capture.
Notice the pollen on the rear legs. Just amazing!
I used my Olympus Sp-350 in the commission of this capture.

A Lovely Start

I love photographing thistles in full bloom and the potpourri of pollinators that populate them. I have tried several times to get an acceptable capture of the thistle as it starts to bloom but I have not been happy with the results. That changed tonight, when I downloaded the below picture, and finally got a decent shot of a thistle in the early stage of blooming. Yes I think it is a lovely start.

I used the long end of the zoom on my Powershot SX10is in this shot.
I used the long end of the zoom on my Powershot SX10is in this shot.

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.

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A Door With A Story

I came across this door and felt it had a story. Turns out the wooden frame and the door under the metal was part of a very old, and now departed, tobacco barn. It now resides as the gate-keeper to an old storage building.Though I like nature photography I still find old and rusty things very cool, especially when I learn a little about its story.

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