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5/20/13

Flowers,Macro Photography — @ 4:52 pm

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I had purchased this flower at a nursery last Saturday. It’s a Bracteantha, better known as a Straw Flower. I took this shot right after watering it so that’s where the water droplets came from. I ended up changing the background because I wasn’t happy with it and liked it on the black better.

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7/19/13

Landscapes,Waterfalls — @ 8:28 am

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Last weekend we went to the Overland Park, KS Arboretum. Quite the beautiful place. They had 3 different fairly good sized waterfalls and this is the first one. It’s a 2.5 second shot to get the water to look as it does. I also used a neutral density filter to be able to do the long exposure.

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5/18/13

Flowers,Insects,Nature — @ 9:11 pm

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Here is a Grape Hyacinth shot from earlier this spring being photo bombed as they say by a honey bee. Liked this one because you can see the wings. Bees and butterflies are slowly coming back after the big cold snap and snow.

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5/17/13

Birds,Nature — @ 4:47 pm

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The Baltimore Orioles are fully back. They are eating jelly like crazy. We have 5 of them at least this year! I have to feed them jelly twice a day and also have an orange half out for them. They are very cool to watch but very skittish and difficult to get a shot of. This one turned out rather well in spite of that.

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5/16/13

Landscapes — @ 5:18 pm

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We finally had a beautiful sunset in late April. This was on April 28. The sky was glowing red quite nicely.

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5/15/13

Flowers,Macro Photography — @ 5:21 pm

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These are some tulips that I love with the light and dark pink. I shot this trio of them. Tulips are just about done now so glad other things are beginning to bloom again.

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5/14/13

Macro Photography,Weather — @ 4:35 pm

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I got this shot a little while ago after it had rained of droplets on clover leaves. I was using a ring flash and if you look closely at the water droplets you can see reflections of tiny rings of light. Remember you can always click on a photo to see it larger.

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5/13/13

Black & White,Railroading — @ 4:42 pm

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Time for another railroading shot. This is one I took a couple of years ago at Georgetown Loop in Colorado. I converted it to B&W and I liked the old time feel it gave to it.It was about to rain the day we were there and the treatment makes the sky even more dramatic.

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5/12/13

Birds,Nature — @ 8:09 am

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We had a bird visit last week that isn’t usually found in our area. This is a White Crowned Sparrow. They are usually found further south of us but this guy was around for at least a couple of days. Haven’t seen it since so might have moved on. I loved his little black and white cap. Very different looking. I upped the contrast a bit to bring him out against the Safflower seed shells he was standing in.

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5/11/13

Flowers,Macro Photography — @ 8:58 pm

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I took this shot a couple weeks ago when the Ornamental Pear trees were really blooming at their best. I got this shot as the sun was setting. I thought it turned out pretty neat with the back lighting and bit of sun flare.

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. Last weekend we went to the Overland Park, KS Arboretum. Quite the beautiful place. They had 3 different fairly good sized waterfalls and this is the first one. It’s a 2.5 second shot to get the water to look as it does. I also used a neutral density filter to be able to do the long exposure.

. Here is a Grape Hyacinth shot from earlier this spring being photo bombed as they say by a honey bee. Liked this one because you can see the wings. Bees and butterflies are slowly coming back after the big cold snap and snow.

. We finally had a beautiful sunset in late April. This was on April 28. The sky was glowing red quite nicely.

. These are some tulips that I love with the light and dark pink. I shot this trio of them. Tulips are just about done now so glad other things are beginning to bloom again.

. I got this shot a little while ago after it had rained of droplets on clover leaves. I was using a ring flash and if you look closely at the water droplets you can see reflections of tiny rings of light. Remember you can always click on a photo to see it larger.

. Time for another railroading shot. This is one I took a couple of years ago at Georgetown Loop in Colorado. I converted it to B&W and I liked the old time feel it gave to it.It was about to rain the day we were there and the treatment makes the sky even more dramatic.

. I took this shot a couple weeks ago when the Ornamental Pear trees were really blooming at their best. I got this shot as the sun was setting. I thought it turned out pretty neat with the back lighting and bit of sun flare.

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Last weekend we went to the Overland Park, KS Arboretum. Quite the beautiful place. They had 3 different fairly good sized waterfalls and this is the first one. It’s a 2.5 second shot to get the water to look as it does. I also used a neutral density filter to be able to do the long exposure.

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Here is a Grape Hyacinth shot from earlier this spring being photo bombed as they say by a honey bee. Liked this one because you can see the wings. Bees and butterflies are slowly coming back after the big cold snap and snow.

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We finally had a beautiful sunset in late April. This was on April 28. The sky was glowing red quite nicely.

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These are some tulips that I love with the light and dark pink. I shot this trio of them. Tulips are just about done now so glad other things are beginning to bloom again.

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I got this shot a little while ago after it had rained of droplets on clover leaves. I was using a ring flash and if you look closely at the water droplets you can see reflections of tiny rings of light. Remember you can always click on a photo to see it larger.

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Time for another railroading shot. This is one I took a couple of years ago at Georgetown Loop in Colorado. I converted it to B&W and I liked the old time feel it gave to it.It was about to rain the day we were there and the treatment makes the sky even more dramatic.

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I took this shot a couple weeks ago when the Ornamental Pear trees were really blooming at their best. I got this shot as the sun was setting. I thought it turned out pretty neat with the back lighting and bit of sun flare.