"When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused." - Rainer Maria Rilke I have always been drawn to water. There is something about …
Soft Focus Dahlias
Everyone has their personal preference on whether they like their photos completely in focus or with some soft focus. For my flowers, I generally tend to like the soft focus more. My macro lens does a beautiful job of blurring the edges when I use a small aperture. It's a long weekend for us so …
Wildflowers
There are wildflowers growing all along the trails by the river at the Old Mill. Maralee
More Hummers
I'm still enjoying watching the hummingbirds at my feeder. I haven't been able to photograph two of the fighting yet, but I have about another month before they head south for the winter. I'll keep trying. Marlaee As an aside, if you're interested in entering The Digital Lightroom's monthly photo contest, go to their blog …
Quail
These aren't very good photos, but I had to post them. We had a couple of families of quail in our yard yesterday and they had two teeny tiny chicks with them. Usually when I see quail families there are dozens of chicks. I don't know if the stray cats in the area got to …
