I've seen photos of rainbow clouds before but have never seen one in person until today. While driving, I had to pull over several times to take photos of them - it lasted for about 30 minutes. I looked it up what causes the rainbow clouds and apparently they are known in the weather …
Day 149 – A Copse of Aspen
A few years ago, on a drive to look at fall colors, we came across a copse of aspen trees nestled in a forest of pines. At the time, they were in full fall color - bright yellow against the green pines. We took a drive there today to see what it would look like …
Day 146 – Textures
We have had a lot of rain (and a little snow) over the last couple of days. It finally stopped this afternoon and I ventured out to try get some raindrop and texture photos. We have a wonderful empty field across the street where there is a plethora of burned out trees, grasses and brush. …
Day 143 – Hazelnut Macro
I picked up a couple of hazelnuts off the sidewalk today and thought they would be a good subject to practice with my new macro lens. These nuts were about the size of a dime and I was happy to see how well the macro lens picked up the detail on such a small subject. …
Day 142 – Mowing the Lawn
We have a family of rock chucks, aka yellow-bellied marmots, aka whistling pigs, who live in a field behind our office. I haven't seen them for a while, but today they came out to eat. They look as if they're mowing the lawn - head down in the grass, grazing forward. It appears we have …
Through My Lens 