We have a few new things blooming in the garden. Â Our rhododendron's are starting to bloom, but the are pretty puny compared to the ones we saw in Portland a few weeks ago. Â I guess it's the fact that we pretty much get no rain and they get a lot. The firecracker sunflower I picked …
Day 170 – My Neighbor’s Yard
I was at my neighbor's house today and they have some very interesting things in their back  yard.  They have numerous bird houses - I just photographed a couple.  I was hoping one would have birds in it, but no such luck. Some of their flowers are just a little past prime, but they were …
Day 169 – Benham Falls and the Big Eddy
We took a drive to a couple different places today to take some photos. Â Our first stop was at Benham Falls. Â There is a lot of water flowing at this time of year and the falls was running strong. Â It was hard to photograph because of the severe contrast in lighting. Â It was a very …
Day 168 – More Macro from the Garden
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. Â The only problem I have with the strawberry plants is that we don't have enough of them to get much fruit. Â 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. Â I've found that even when I use a small aperture, the depth-of-field is still fairly shallow with the macro lens. Â And with a large aperture, the depth-of-field is miniscule. Â And it changes quite a bit just moving a few inches from the subject. All of …
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