I've seen photos of rainbow clouds before but have never seen one in person until today. While driving, I had to pull over several times to take photos of them - it lasted for about 30 minutes. I looked it up what causes the rainbow clouds and apparently they are known in the weather …
Day 149 – A Copse of Aspen
A few years ago, on a drive to look at fall colors, we came across a copse of aspen trees nestled in a forest of pines. At the time, they were in full fall color - bright yellow against the green pines. We took a drive there today to see what it would look like …
Day 148 – Tumalo Falls
After a week of taking macro shots, I put my regular Tamron 18-250 lens on my camera and took a drive up to Tumalo Falls. This falls in at the end of a road that is closed in the winter months. You can always walk, snowshoe or ski to the falls but the gate is …
Day 146 – Textures
We have had a lot of rain (and a little snow) over the last couple of days. It finally stopped this afternoon and I ventured out to try get some raindrop and texture photos. We have a wonderful empty field across the street where there is a plethora of burned out trees, grasses and brush. …
Day 145 – Red Gerbera Daisies
I'm still practicing with my macro lens and tonight I worked on some red Gerbera Daisies. I tried using different apertures, shutter speeds, and distances from the subject. One thing I have learned is that the macro lens has a very shallow depth of field, even with a small aperture. I wanted to use natural …
Through My Lens 