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 …
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 …
Through My Lens 