Time for a Close-Up!

My kit lense was attached to my camera and I picked up my 50mm, reversed it, and held it up to the kit lense and looked through both at this flower. It's a tiny flower and I was able to get a good close-up look. It's a new technique I learned, so it's still in the works. I guess you're supposed to crop the black part off when you edit it. So next time that's what I'll do.

Zoo

The Vineyard

As I mentioned in my other blog, I got lost in a vineyard last Monday. Well, not like physically lost where I was crying-for-my-momma lost, but mentally, emotionally lost in the beauty. It was quiet except for the rustling of the leaves in the wind. I'm not very poetic, so to describe it wouldn't do it justice.

Anyway... I got lots of photos of grapes and grape parts and vines and stuff. I thought I'd add some texture to the photos to make them seem rustic and antique-ish.

Nice grouping...

Where raisins really come from:

I pretended this grape could talk and was saying, "What, I'm not good enough for your wine? Pfft."

Can you see the bee on the top grape?
I loved the way the vines reached out and got ahold of the support wire. Look at that grip! I call this "Grape Knots".

You may notice that I placed my logo in the middle of the photos. I'm trying to discourage people from stealing my work. I haven't had any stolen yet, but I've got a couple of friends whose work has been stolen and the theif uses it as their own. Not cool.

Beautiful Clouds!

The skies were awesome last night. I tried to get to a place to take pictures where I didn't have to worry about power lines, but I ran out of time. The colors changed so fast, so I just pulled over behind a liquor store. I got pictures of a rainbow, too, but they didn't turn out. BUT, check out The Hayes' blog. They got some good shots of it!

Sunflower Sunset

FIRE!!!

Fire ants, that is. I upset a fire ant hill while taking pictures of sunflowers. I only got bit by one ant, but it got me several times on the leg. These things are evil. They should be called "hell ants" because they are of the devil.

Beautiful Skies

I couldn't take pictures fast enough this evening. The skies were beautiful and they changed so fast!

We Need to Mow

I almost got lost in the lawn yesterday! Well, not really. Too bad Rob didn't get pictures of me getting this shot. I was sprawled out all over the place! And I got really itchy.

Just some fun pictures...

Pretty little flowers in Aunt Sharon's back yard.
Emily's newest bear.

Good Morning! Good Friday!

More from the Back Forty

Here is a ball that was thrown into our yard by some neighbor kids. I want to kick it.

I want to blow on these. It's funny how as a kid, these were pretty cool. Now, they're bad news.

And I love these pretty weeds. They make me happy...until I realize that they're weeds and they have to be pulled.

Until next time...

Bee on a Bonnet

Cool Tree

This is a series of pictures of a tree in Mom and Dad's yard. I was outside trying to get pictures of the cute birds, but I couldn't get them to pose for me. Hmph.

So this first picture is untouched by any program (except for the program that uploaded the pictures from my camera to the computer, but you know what I mean).
And these last three pictures I tinkered with in Photoshop. Cool, huh? I like how they turned out. Do you have a favorite?

More From the Back Forty

I wish I had forty acres. I wish I had one acre. Sheesh. But, I have weeds. And pretty ones, too.
I think this is where the neighbor's cat disappeared to. Look at those cracks! Makes me thirsty just looking at them.

Daffodils

Here are some of my daffodils. I think they're pretty. It was dang windy when I took the pictures, so in the second picture, the daffodil is almost out of the picture. (Kinda artsy-ish) The flowers are out of focus, too.

I snapped the pics in sports mode so that the lense would continuously focus on the flower, but it kept focusing on the wrong one. Oh well, I'll try again later.

Spring Has Sprung

Or at least the daffodils have.