I took these photos this morning while there was still some water drops left over from the watering last night. Our strawberry plants are starting to develop the fruit. The only problem I have with the strawberry plants is that we don't have enough of them to get much fruit. We probably will get a …
Day 167 – Working with Macro and Depth of Field
I'm still working with my new macro lens and depth-of-field. I've found that even when I use a small aperture, the depth-of-field is still fairly shallow with the macro lens. And with a large aperture, the depth-of-field is miniscule. And it changes quite a bit just moving a few inches from the subject. All of …
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Day 166 – Firecracker Sunflowers
I love sunflowers. Whatever color or size they are, I love them. My favorite is the great, big monster sunflower. I went to a local garden center hoping to find one of the big sunflower plant (or even seeds) and everyone else must like them too because there wasn't a giant sunflower plant or see …
Day 165 – Sunset
The clouds were forming last night (I'm a day behind again) that made me think we might have a nice sunset. So I headed up to Pilot Butte where we have a 360 degree view of the area. I wasn't disappointed. As with most sunsets, after the sun goes behind the horizon, most people leave. …
Day 164 – Caterpillars
While out walking, I started noticing large web-like cocoons on numerous bushes along the way. Upon a closer look, I saw that most of them were covered with many, many caterpillars. I went back with my camera to photograph some of these caterpillars. It was quite windy and the bushes were constantly moving so it …
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