These Gerbera (Gerber) daisies live in a flower box on our front porch. Since I’ve been focusing on line and shapes in my photos, this caught my eye because the curve of the flowers extends into the branches of the background birch reaching into the sky behind. Click photo for larger view.
Normally I don’t like to add special effects to photos, but this sunflower picture seemed a good candidate for some heightened local contrast. What do you think? Click photo for larger view.
I just enrolled in a photo workshop titled Close to Home, which is based on the popular Craft & Vision ebook, Close to Home: Finding Great Photographs in Your Own Back Yard, this workshop is designed to help us look more closely into your local surrounding and find great photographs no matter where we live. Ray Ketchum, [...]
Usually, I either try to tell a story with my photos or at least capture a beautiful scene. But, sometimes it’s just necessary to post silly, why-not pictures. This is a small buckwheat plant that’s about 7 inches tall. Call this fun with a wide angle lens.
Wednesday night I looked out the window and stopped in awe. The sky had taken on a red-magenta glow that I seldom see. I called K to look out and grabbed my camera for a couple of pictures. Yes, I have a lot of sunset photos already but I can’t help myself. Click on the [...]
This bird feeder sits in a small Japanese Styrax tree. Mornings see a number of birds stopping by for breakfast. A female house finch agreed to pose for a photo.
Our summer has been cold enough that lavender is blooming a full month later than normal. The bees don’t seem to mind that their nectar crop is late. Our lavender plants have so many bees that you can hear the buzzing from 10 feet away.
