The above two barns are just that, barns, yet they very different. Both I assume are working barns but are set in very different settings. I find it very cool that people are still using and maintaining older wood barns. Most new barns are made of stick and tin and lack, in my opinion, the soul of the old wooden barns.
I see a lot of barns most days and some will not be with us long . So I am motivated take as many pictures of them as I can before they are gone.
I took the above captures on the fly to create a little space on a very busy day.
Above is an unedited photo of an Apple Blossom on Grandfather Apple Tree. I took this capture with my Nikon Coolpix 5600. We will have bees doing what bees do then Apples soon after!
I took this macro of a fence post with my Powershot G3. I was drawn to it because I love photographing rusty things but upon closer inspection I noticed there was more going on here.I love the way the green paint has faded to a nice turquoise patina as the rust adds flavor overall capture.
After the events of today I needed a little nature therapy. I grabbed my camera and headed up the road looking for some color.Then I saw this Cardinal. I started tracking this Cardinal hoping it would land close so I could get a good shot of it. He was quite active and I was watching to see if there was a spot he was favoring. I was not having any luck so I just stopped and watched him flirt around a bit. I saw him land fairly close to me and decided to try tracking him with my camera. Suddenly he took off and landed on this branch and I quickly snapped this shot. Score! I not only had the pleasure of watching a beautiful bird but I got a lucky capture as well. The therapy session was a success.
Dandelions are to many a nuisance. Yet others use them as an herbal medicine or for making wine. For me they are something else entirely. I simply like taking pictures of them. The composite yellow flower is beautiful in color and a great feeding station for early pollinators. I have several photos already this year with some type of bee getting loaded up on pollen and nectar. Then there is the seed head. That is when the Dandelion starts to look like Albert Einstein’s hair. There is never one seed head that looks like the other, sort of like snow flakes, well to me anyway. So here is a seed head I took on a walk this weekend.
I took a few moments this week to try out my new-to-me Sony A300. I went to the lake and walked about in the hope of capturing Mallards in-flight and other cool things. What I found was several types of Geese that I am not familiar with and Mallards happy simple staying on the water. So I would have to settle for “other” cool things. Here is one of them and it is I believe a Embden Goose.
“We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.” Bern Williams
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