While I was in Portland, I picked up a new macro lens at Pro Photo Supply. The people there were very helpful and knowledgeable and I narrowed it down to a 90mm Tamron macro lens. It helped that there is a $50 rebate going on now. Today I went out to try it out. It …
Day 137 – A Beautiful Evening
As I was driving up my driveway this evening, this quail in a tree caught my eye. I don't usually see them up in the trees - they're usually running across the yard. She stayed still long enough for me to grab my camera and take some shots. We have a ground cover that is …
Day 135 – A Walk Around Bend
I haven't spent much time in downtown Bend recently so today I took a walk through town on my lunch hour. It's a really cool town and had a lot of interesting photo opportunities. I captured just a few in the short time I had to spend. It was very hot and very bright out …
Day 134 – More Blossoms
Today was another gorgeous day. I had so much going on that I didn't get out to do photos until late in the day and I wasn't quite sure what I was going to photograph. As I was looking out our kitchen window, one of the trees in our back yard was in full bloom …
Day 133 – Past their Prime
During the transition from Spring to Summer, all the spring flowers (and weeds) start dying off. They can leave some interesting remnants. The dandelion was in my yard (I had many samples to choose from). The other flowers were outside my doctor's office. I had seem them last week while I was there but didn't …
Through My Lens 