Canon PowerShot SX10is – Page 4 – Daffodil Hill Photography

Leaves To Be

I took this yesterday evening, right after the apple blossoms I posted in an earlier post, and found myself drifting back in time. The little seeds that look like helicopter blades and hopefully grow up to be trees and sprout leaves were a sense of wonderment to me in my youth. We called them “whirly-gigs” or at least I did but everyone else called them whirlybirds. The ones that fell to the ground we would throw into the air and watch them descend back to earth. The best experience was if you were under a large Maple when a wind gust blew a large amount into the air at once! Cool stuff for a kid, and honestly I still love it to this day. So here is one from the past and to the future, here is some leaves to be!

After The Rain

I had a great day working in the yard today plus a lovely dinner with The Bride. After we arrived home a fast approaching storm line keep me from going out and getting any new shots for the day. So I gave in to the carbs pushing against my eye lids and laid down on the front porch to await the storm. The front part was a breath of fresh air as the coolness was welcomed after a hot day of shrubbery wrangling. The storm rolled past and I had about a half an hour of light left to grab a few shots. So here is one after the rain.

Two More To Compare

After a very good day, and a lovely dinner and drive with The Bride, I wanted to post something but realized I have not shot anything for a couple of days. I was looking for something when I revisited my post Two To Compare where I used the two free photo-editing tools Perfect Effects 8 and Paint.NET. So in that vein, and since I had nothing new to bring to the table, I decided show you two unpublished shots from earlier this week. I played with Perfect Effects 8 on these two and I am really happy with the results. I took the top one with my Canon PowerShot S3is and the bottom with my Canon PowerShot SX10is (Click on photos to enlarge them……really they are pretty cool up close).

Another Simply Beeautiful Capture

Simply Beeautiful

I Will Bee Heading Out Now

This Bumblebee was flying around our Apple Blossoms and eating well. The thing that amazed me was it was about two-thirds the size of the blooms. Big as it was it was quite agile and very elusive! Every time I tried to line up a shot it would take off! This was the best shot could get of it, it was like it was saying ” I will Bee heading out now!”

Sun Dipped

Little Bird

I have no idea what kind of bird this is but he posed, and is cute to boot, so that is good enough for me. Say Hi to a little bird.

No Words

A Voilet and A Vulture

I was trying to get a few “into the sun” shots of our Violets when I was once again interrupted by my puppy, er cat Butterfly. Where I goes she goes and though I usually do not mind there are times that it is a problem. As I tried to take a few shots more of the Violets, with her walking on me and the rubbing up against my hand and camera, I looked up and spotted something dark against the Blue sky. It was a Vulture riding the wind that is coming into our area by an approaching cold front. So I have two very different subjects but I find each to be very beautiful in their own right.