More than 1,000 Words

Circles

2007-09-19T22:06:00.001-07:00

Crying Over Spilled Sprinkles

2007-09-11T16:58:00.000-07:00

How INCREDIBLY ironic that this was on the eve of the 9/11 remembrance. I haven't used these sprinkles since 4th of July and knocked them over by accident yesterday.

I Guess I Like Being Mooned

2007-08-30T22:34:00.000-07:00

Just looked too pretty over the treetops to pass up.

Mooned

2007-08-28T21:12:00.000-07:00

This first one I really love because it looks as though the moon is being cradled gently in the silhouette of the branches.

Not crazy about the peak of the tree being smack dab in the center, but I do love the warmth. :)

Summery Skies

2007-08-28T21:10:00.000-07:00

Yep, the only way to get the actual shot I wanted was to stand in the middle of the street. It's not like I was standing there with my eyes closed for goodness sakes lol. Although I was in my Eeyore jammie shorts.

Consider the Bathtub of the Fields

2007-08-27T20:58:00.001-07:00

In the Dark, In the Light

2007-08-19T23:31:00.000-07:00

We'll Leave the Light On

2007-08-19T23:20:00.001-07:00

No actually we won't, sorry. Our electricity bill is through the roof...or the filaments.

Corner Window

2007-08-19T23:13:00.000-07:00

In the Car

2007-08-16T23:52:00.001-07:00

A man said "nightly challenge: cars" and because I was already disrobed and don't need to be the crazy neighbor this week (my turn is next week)... I went and took these. (and a couple in my self portrait blog)

Haunted

2007-08-14T22:29:00.001-07:00

Well, the idea behind these was "haunted", the new theme for this week. To me, haunted is not necessarily a fear or something scary, it's just something that is always present and does not settle quite right within the peace of one's being - sometimes something haunted is beautiful, but in a very sad way.

The things that haunt me most are not something I could readily photograph - those things being my lost baby, my unfulfilled relationship with my dad & within that, a fear of being forgotten because try as I might - I can't quite remember the exact sound of my dad's voice...
(though I was ready to be funny and photograph the rising gas prices cause those haunt the hell out of me)

This photograph to me represents 'haunted' because my miscarriage was something I considered very, very private, and yet it was something so open that I couldn't keep people out no matter how hard I tried. I wanted to hide, but there were the innocent questions from those who had seen the growing belly and wanted to know how the pregnancy was coming along; well-meaning people who didn't think to knock before they came inside.

Simply put, this is just a plain old frayed rope that used to hold a basket of fake flowers. I bought the basket before we moved here, just after my dad passed away. A bird lay her eggs in it two Springs in a row and her babies were quite chatty. One winter, a final storm put the basket out of its misery, ripping it from the rest ofthe rope, but we didn't take down the hooked on part. Why? I don't know. In and of itself, this represents a certain sadness and of things past. The cherubic, cast iron angel announcing to the world of joy with its trumpet and a frayed bit of rope that lends to the oddly haunting part of the image as if there's something to remember, but no one is quite sure of what that is. One thing standing strong and tall and one thing barely hanging on. This is pretty much my inside and outside at trying times - strong and tall on the outside and barely hanging on on the inside.

Shadow Lines

2007-08-14T22:28:00.001-07:00

Shadow cast by our front porch gate - not in b&w

Broken

2007-08-12T22:06:00.000-07:00

Twisted

2007-08-12T22:05:00.000-07:00

Light as a...

2007-08-12T22:04:00.000-07:00

One in the Bush

2007-08-12T18:15:00.000-07:00

This baby bird was just staring at me today from a bush right outside our front gate. It kind of freaked me out that this bird didn't move AT ALL except for blinking and I assume some very shallow breathing.

Leaf Me Alone

2007-08-12T18:14:00.000-07:00

This looks so much more like an ear than a leaf. I love how it looks leathery.

Besides the color, I love the prickly look to this one.

Cubed

2007-08-09T23:02:00.000-07:00

Don't Make Me Blush

2007-08-09T22:38:00.000-07:00

Sometimes Perfection...Isn't

2007-08-09T16:54:00.001-07:00

Hot & Curvy

2007-08-09T16:54:00.000-07:00

Wedding

2007-08-09T16:30:00.000-07:00

I went to shoot a wedding for a friend of mine and she made such a beautiful bride. I was so honored to be part of her special day :)

I made this for the bride and groom :)

CobWeed

2007-07-24T21:56:00.000-07:00

Ok, so we've taken to letting our backyard grow rampant with weedage. Why? Because we're having it all ripped out and re-landscaped and in the meantime it makes a fun place to photograph.

Actually I've been noticing how my photos lately are very dark - even the bright sunflower had a very defeated posture...I don't know why, but it's interesting.

It's not very pretty, but I'm not feeling very pretty anyway. This one says to me "I will not succumb to your ways, I am not you." Of course that could just be me speaking to ... well someone.

Dark Corners

2007-07-23T22:51:00.000-07:00

I sense this is what it looks like in my mind a little lol

Shedding Light on the Subject

2007-07-22T17:56:00.001-07:00

Sad

2007-07-20T22:43:00.000-07:00

Give Me a Hand

2007-07-20T22:39:00.000-07:00

Not Black and White

2007-07-19T22:07:00.000-07:00

This is not a b&w photo, it was shot this way.

Because I'm going to get back to challenging myself to take a photo everyday even if just to get the juices flowing. I've been having some emotional blocks and it's time for me to build something out of those...

Time Out For Sean Sean

2007-07-17T18:06:00.000-07:00

He got in trouble and put himself in the corner ... so I took photos like any good mother.

More Macro Tech

2007-07-17T17:19:00.000-07:00

Heat Sink

Macro Technology

2007-07-17T17:06:00.001-07:00

This week's challenge - take a macro shot of something 'techie' - not just a close up, but a true macro shot with a shallow DOF...so I chose this soundcard's capacitor because I loved the color in the background (created by the color coded plugs on your computer). This was by window light only and because I took a few photos I had to keep moving over because the sun shifted quite a bit LOL. Also, these things are REALLY kinda tiny - like smaller than a tic-tac.

4th of July

2007-07-15T10:32:00.000-07:00

We did fireworks in the street instead of going to see them at the fairgrounds this year. It was one of the first times Matt has been off for the 4th, so we thought we'd do something different. I haven't had street fireworks of my own EVER. We always used to watch the neighbors or friends ... so this was fun for me too :)

Birds of a Feather

2007-07-15T10:27:00.000-07:00

The white peacock is mistaken for an Albino, but it is not - according to the sign at the zoo. The peacocks and chickens and roosters were just roaming free around the park and the zoo - very fun and a little crazy :) I love the colors - too bad they weren't trying to mate or scare off attackers lol - never got a raised plume.

Progression

2007-07-15T10:25:00.000-07:00

The progression from childhood to adulthood - I won this challenge :)

Nonconformity

2007-07-15T10:21:00.001-07:00

I took this for the Nonconformity Challenge (my topic). For me it was 2 levels of nonconformity - the obvious one - all those minivans and the lone SUV and because my photography group hates selective coloring so I decided to throw in some nonconforming selective coloring lol just for them. I didn't think I'd get any votes, but I actually did get a couple. I didn't place or anything, but I didn't expect to :)

This photo was too perfect to pass up.

Long Walk, Longer Pier

2007-06-25T12:53:00.000-07:00

Gone Fishin'

Alone

Don't Mean to Look Down on You

Pointed View

Benched

Aquarium of the Bay

2007-06-25T12:11:00.000-07:00

Of course I was ready to take aquarium photos and I was met with a challenge. Flat glass is rather easy to take photos through, but many of the tanks here were rounded! LOL I still got a couple that I really liked.

Life's a Beach

2007-06-25T11:23:00.000-07:00

Red Light, Green Light

2007-06-25T11:19:00.000-07:00

Luckily we didn't have to wait the whole 5 minutes on either side.

This was actually Matt's idea to take it when it turned green lol. I had to clear that tree first to get a good shot, so it was taken while driving albeit slowly.

Thanks K :)

2007-06-18T16:55:00.001-07:00

I received an email from a friend whose husband was looking for photos of someone taking a bite out of a strawberry to accompany a newspaper article. I was a little nervous about doing this, but once I put my mind to it, I was quite proud of what I got to fit the guidelines we'd discussed :)

This one was my favorite because of the slight tilt

I think it just says "innocence, summertime, warmth" :)

If put in the article, Zach's little nose, mouth and chin will be famous lol :)

This is the other one I submitted:

These are two that I took, but did not submit because they were a tad similar to the first. In retrospect I should have submitted them all, but that's ok.

Flights of Fancy

2007-06-15T17:01:00.000-07:00

This was the last photo of the day and one of my favorites. I took it in color, but did an infrared film conversion.

Windows

2007-06-15T16:58:00.000-07:00

A Little Eye Candy

2007-06-15T16:52:00.000-07:00

From Above, So Below

2007-06-15T16:47:00.000-07:00

I wonder what he was looking at and if he knew I was watching him. He sort of mirrored some thoughts I've been having lately.

Walking Among Trees

2007-06-08T22:26:00.000-07:00

I'm seeing a project green in the works lol. I liked this green on green going on - I do realize that this is a little...um...freudian shall we say.

I guess this one could be seen that way too, but truly I just love that this poor tree is doing the limbo

I liked the simple lines of this tree trunk, it almost represents a bone structure. Ok, this post is completely phallic. *sigh* lol

Flowers

2007-06-08T22:22:00.001-07:00

I took this first one about a week ago.

I took these 2 on a walk today.

Night Light

2007-06-06T16:34:00.000-07:00

I didn't get this quite right, but I saw something similar and wanted to try it. I think I will try a different light next time so that I don't have to be standing in the middle of the street for the shot LOL

Just love the blue of this sky

Winging It

2007-06-06T16:25:00.000-07:00

I don't much care for the center comp, but I still like it.

I think Poppa is mooning me...not something he was opposed to doing when he was alive in human form *sigh* LOL

A Little Surprise

2007-06-01T22:53:00.000-07:00

We took a walk today at nearly sunset and since I never know what I'll find, I often bring the camera with me. I ALMOST didn't today, but I'm so glad I did. This little one surprised me by flitting past me and then landing on the wall - and staying there for about 2 full minutes.

Then a dragonfly landed on a tree nearby and even though he sort of blended into the tree, I still like the overall shot. :)

Like Mother, Like Son

2007-06-01T22:38:00.001-07:00

Just a shot of my budding assistant :) I was so proud - he didn't take flower shots straight down, he got down to eye level like I do - it was just such a cute moment. I asked if he wanted to learn about composition and photographer 'things' and he said yes.

Zach's old dream: Astronaut.

Zach's new dream: Astronaut who takes pictures from the moon.

Here are a few of his photos from today that I thought were cute. I think I may give him our old 4MP since he's using Grammie's old 2MP.

His lunchable transformer guys that he loves

The Moon 3 & 5 Days Later

2007-05-30T18:05:00.001-07:00

I took the first moon photo (seen a few posts ago) on 5/24.

I took this one 5/27

and these on 5/29

Around the Town

2007-05-30T16:49:00.000-07:00

Prickly

2007-05-30T16:08:00.000-07:00

I am adding a couple of these to my Red Project.

The Offical First Photo Shoot

2007-05-29T12:11:00.000-07:00

with my Alien Bees.

Ok, enough of this photography stuff let's be silly

2 More for Project Red

2007-05-29T12:08:00.000-07:00

We took a walk yesterday and I just found a couple more things to add to project red. A different color project may be coming up soon, but I'd like to play with this a bit more. I know there is more out there I just haven't had time.

Happy Trail

2007-05-25T23:08:00.000-07:00

I have been staring at this preserve we have - I drive past it and wish there were a place to park so I could take a walk through it. Sometimes an egret or two stand there and I long to take their photos (still waiting on that)...today I had a chance to go through the trail on my bike and I took my camera with me. I only took a little time because I had Sean with me in the bike trailer and it was closing in on 90 degrees.

Cattails

Red Light

2007-05-25T13:18:00.001-07:00

More photos for my red project

Moonlit Night

2007-05-24T22:52:00.000-07:00

I have just wanted to take some moon photos ... and discovered that my tripod does not tilt that far back - so this is hand held and I think came out pretty darn decent for my first attempts (now that I kinda know what I'm doing).

Well He is Red...

2007-05-24T22:50:00.000-07:00

Breasted...

Red

2007-05-24T14:39:00.001-07:00

Just for fun I'm taking photos of red items and trying to make them interesting/pretty...but also to have a 'project'. The challenge was extended last week and so I didn't have anything really to work on. I also broke out my new Bees and played around w/those.

Zach's Spiderman football

I love these next few :)

Taillight on my car

Silver & Black

2007-05-17T22:37:00.001-07:00

No, not a Raiders fan, sorry.

The challenge this week was silver and black. The challenge has been extended for an extra week, but I think it's safe to post this here since it's not really accessible to the challengers.

I had a difficult week - my computer went kind of haywire and for a few days it was out of commission - I didn't have access to any of my camera stuff, so I had to upload and see what I had in camera on another household computer.

Out of all the silver and black items I took photos of, this was my favorite because it wasn't cliche. (it won't enlarge that much since I had it copied on another computer/site) Hopefully I'll catch up with all of my photos soon, but many were of my children anyway :)

(Give up? It's the handle of our flashlight)

Life is a Bowl

2007-05-10T13:25:00.000-07:00

I had a request for some cherry photos that could grace a kitchen wall :) I'm happy to report that this project was not only SUPER fun, but I made my cherry loving friend happy as well.

Foiled Again

2007-05-10T13:11:00.000-07:00

Before embarking on a project that included a tin foil layer, I thought I'd take some shots of the foil itself and the foil with water. Not the most colorful, but when I get my lights I bet the gels will make them kinda pretty.

In the Wild

2007-05-03T22:56:00.000-07:00

Tree Talk

2007-05-03T22:37:00.000-07:00

I like how this photo above shows a tree that has no leaves, trees that have very light leaves and then trees in the back that have a deep green associated with a robustness (is that a word? LOL) and health.

This tree above looks like it's pointing to the water.

Just like how twisty this one is

Canyon View

2007-05-03T21:51:00.000-07:00

Can you almost feel like you were standing here looking at it all with me? :)

Fluidity in Motion or Form

2007-05-03T21:36:00.000-07:00

This week I've been a little blah recovering from the party and having been debating and researching and debating (and researching) studio lighting. I am NO closer now than I was when I started this search. Actually new options keep arising and I'm so confused I don't know whether to wind my butt or scratch my watch (Steel Magnolias :)).
So this week's challenge was Fluidity in Motion. I actually thought about entering something I'd done previously, but the point is to 'challenge' yourself photographically speaking, so I took an old ribbon dancing ribbon that I've had for forever and played around. I got quite a few shots that were interesting.

I entered this one.

Here are a couple of others that didn't make the cut lol

We have this thingy that is supposed to spin in the wind, but since we have it hanging on the wall it never gets to spin lol. I decided to give it a chance.

And here it is in form vs. motion.

Portraits and Dialogue

2007-05-01T21:38:00.000-07:00

Ok... so I've been having this dilemma about lighting. I really would like to get some lighting to play with, but the cost is a bit more than I want to think about right now. I had read somewhere that getting daylight bulbs would be a good start so I got a couple of shop lights, an umbrella and tried it out. I wasn't incredibly impressed with my first attempts in which I used 2 regular halogens and 8 inch shop light reflectors (and also had my user defined setting on which ups the saturation in camera) directly on the subjects (myself and kids). That set up gave me these photos. Not bad for a first attempt with some fabric store clearance bin backdrops (very very small width so we were sitting and slouching for most of these). It's also because of this lighting (read: harsh) that I discovered my older son has 2 moles...gonna be just like dad in that respect.

Ok, so maybe those would have been ok if the saturation hadn't been so deep. I'm not sure. All I know is I was proud until my husband said something. I mean the lighting was at least pretty even, but what I was aspiring to here was along the lines of getting something akin to school portraits.

So my 2nd attempt had a much bigger backdrop and I decided to shoot my flash gun (Canon 580 EX Speedlite or however it's spelled) into an umbrella. I was using a stand instead of clipping the shop lights to the back of toddler chairs so I had a bit more height if I needed it and at least some adjustability. For the fill I tried to use one of the shoplights with the 60 Watt daylight bulb clipped on another stand, but I found that that ALMOST didn't make a darn difference - at one instance I turned off the daylight bulb and the result was practically identical.
I tried then using that for background light and then hair light - It wasn't working so well, but that's what practice is about I guess. I could have used my other shop light, but stuff was getting in the picture as it was. So with my flash gun set on ETTL, I got a pretty powerful flash bounced, (and I tried it at varying power as well)...the biggest challenge for me is always the timer and grabbing the baby and trying to pose properly to where I set the lights for in the time it takes for the timer to go off. Not easy - not only that but running back and forth I sweat my makeup right off...and well I just prove why I should not be a model lol.

But we had fun with this session at least and I got to try something different. This was more 'dramatic' lighting in some of these although the poses are still very 'mall studio' (which is not bad at all, I'd be lucky to get that!) The best news about all this is that I now have more photos of myself and the boys in the last 2 weeks than I had with them their whole lives. I do NOT like being in front of the camera.

Here are some of the results of that day's shots:

Inanimate Emotion

2007-04-24T17:55:00.000-07:00

Well, the fun news is that I won the challenge for last week (see Food, Glorious Food, top photo). The un-fun news is that I was in charge of picking the new topic and that was really super hard for me LOL. These are some great photographers and it was difficult!

Anyway "Inanimate Emotion" is what I chose - givng an inanimate subject a soul and making the viewer feel what the object is feeling. I added the word 'faceless' because I didn't want someone just taking a photo of a doll's face. However things that looked like faces, but weren't actually faces, seemed to be popular, so that was ok. Here is my entry this week. The face was UNINTENTIONAL! It just melted that way, but I felt lucky to capture it. (Go ahead, ask me for the long story behind it...it has to do with a certain 6 year old eating my other prop and me having to go in a completely different direction).

Hive Mind

2007-04-18T13:49:00.000-07:00

No more Star Trek Voyager for me

and if you don't understand that, then we can't be friends anymore lol.

One-Eyed, One-Horned Flyin'

2007-04-18T13:48:00.000-07:00

Brown Mosquito Eater

Yes, just a play on the song. If you've never heard it, please return to your rock and wait for the apocalypse.

Snail's Pace

2007-04-18T13:43:00.000-07:00

Found the perfect subject LOL - he doesn't move very much

Weather or Not

2007-04-18T13:25:00.000-07:00

These nice fluffy clouds look soft enough to touch

This little guy was having a hard time staying on the tree because it was shaking in the wind.

And then it was a dark and stormy day. (but it didn't rain)

Before Dinner

2007-04-16T22:38:00.000-07:00

I can't think of a clever title - I've exceeded my quota of cleverness for today. I took these before dinner...end of story LOL

I just like this photo - as well as the panning photos I'm fond of, it's full of some very rich color (if only it were straight, but artistic license says panning need not be straight!). It was completely a sunset warmed coloring, no post processing.

Looks like this guy was hanging out waiting to find dinner too.

This bird looks full...so this is probably his evening 'stroll'

We have a nice tree in the front yard and it has one of these little berry/cherry things - here it is...all by itself.

One of our solar lights casting a shadow...not with its own light of course.

Lend Me Your ...

2007-04-16T21:40:00.000-07:00

This was all natural lighting - longer exposures, but no flash or other light source besides some nice afternoon lighting.

Don't these look like little pearls all in a row?

Not very appetizing, but the end of the corn cob had an interesting texture.

Food! Glorious Food!

2007-04-16T21:24:00.000-07:00

What is better than having a girl, who is trying to lose weight, take photos of food? LOL But I actually enjoy taking pics of the food more than eating it, so it's a start! (Next time I will concentrate on those imperfections too!)

I definitely could have picked a different backdrop for this...maybe next time, seeing as this dessert went the way of my boys' tummies! (ETA: I actually couldn't stand the backdrop on the one I had up, so I changed the photo)

But not the kiwi - the kiwi was all mine :)

There is a Boy Under All This Pudding

2007-04-16T14:27:00.000-07:00

No, really, there is. Good thing it was shower time after this!

Let's make sure there's enough for spreading on my hair too.

Drop Kick

2007-04-16T14:15:00.000-07:00

Oh you'd think after a rainy day I'd want to stay away from all things water based lol... but as much as I suffer from hay fever, I can't stay away from the great outdoors...at least my great front and back yards.

Holes in my Drawers

2007-04-15T18:42:00.000-07:00

Come on, it's hard to come up with these titles lol. I took a couple of things out of the utensil drawer to photograph. I really like the first one a lot.

Grater than (ha ha - yes I can spell)

Steamy

Measuring Up

2007-04-15T18:27:00.000-07:00

(My husband is 32 and a stud :) had to take this photo)

Junk Drawer

2007-04-15T18:20:00.000-07:00

Everyone has a junk drawer, I'm sure...anyone who doesn't live inside a bubble anyway. This is sort of like my junk drawer day. It's not my best stuff, but it needed to be done.

I like how this looks like I'm pouring fire.

This one is just kind of fun

Sharp

2007-04-14T23:25:00.000-07:00

I bet you can guess where I was hanging out for tonight's macro shots. These are staples for a staple gun. I like the first one best because it was exactly what I was hoping for. I'm not too great at the non-nature photos, but I'm working on it!

Random Curves

2007-04-14T23:20:00.000-07:00

The first photo is of a spring from our porch swing

I could not begin to tell you what this is, but I can ask my husband if you really want to know because it was on his workbench LOL. I just liked the way the inside of it looked.

Under Lock & Key

2007-04-14T23:17:00.000-07:00

Yes, it's been done, but it was on my husband's workbench and I hadn't been able to shoot anything today because of the rain...and besides, it hadn't been done by me yet. But now I can't say that.

And a smile

2007-04-14T18:15:00.000-07:00

Well, I promised myself that I'd start adding other things to the portfolio other than just nature.
This is just a start. Be ready for a slew of very weird things I encounter...nothing is safe. I will shoot anything LOL.

A Little Nature

2007-04-14T15:21:00.000-07:00

Took a friend's "daughter" to the park today. I put that in quotes because I really only took a photo of the little girl to the park for a school project. While we were there (my 3D son was with me as well) we took a couple of photos. I had hoped for more time, but my 3D child complained about the heat and being thirsty. Would you believe, today it is raining?

T(h)orn

2007-04-12T16:30:00.000-07:00

These two photos are exactly how I'm feeling today.

This leaf with the tears in it caught my eye and it almost seems like the forefront leaf is pointing right to its imperfections. (love the colors)

This says "I will poke you if provoked, I'm pissed, leave me alone"

Along Came a...

2007-04-12T16:26:00.000-07:00

He didn't sit down beside me, but yes, he did frighten me away. Ok, not away, but enough to take a step back.

Remember Captain EO? Well when I was little it scared the heck out of me so I took off my 3D glasses and it wasn't so scary anymore and quite tolerable. Same thing with looking TTL. All this spider did was turn around and it was enough of a quick movement to make me rip the camera from my eye and take a stumbling step away.

2007-04-12T16:22:00.000-07:00

I was sitting at the computer when I heard some tweeting outside and I decided to have a look. Found this little one in the tree outside and decided to make her famous.

Somewhere Over the...

2007-04-12T16:19:00.000-07:00

I was reading to Zach when I glanced outside and saw a rainbow - I ran to grab my camera and went outside in the backyard only to realize that you could see the full arc. It was the 2nd rainbow of the day (the first set of photos didn't turn out well) and I was darned if I was going to miss it. I know I'm suffering from dust spots, but normally I'm a macro girl...I had to live with it or not get my rainbow.

The Road Taken

2007-04-10T23:18:00.000-07:00

On Saturday after Zach attended a party, we took a drive. The sky was beautiful and I wanted to try to capture some of it. Most of the roads I was on did not have a side to pull off to, so I just (safely) stopped in the middle of driving and took some photos. It was a very desolate road, so no traffic was coming or going.

I know it's not a road, but I also took a photo of a grove of trees. If it counts, I took it from the road lol.

I wouldn't like the power cables in this photo normally, but it lends to the lines and repetition

Birds and the Bees

2007-04-10T23:08:00.000-07:00

I wish I could have gotten closer, but I really liked these pictures. The wasp scared me though.

Searching for dinner

I wish this bird wasn't against the dark bark of the tree, but, the evil look was too perfect not to capture.

The wasp came earlier in the day and I missed the chance to shoot. When he came back I got these.

A little OOF, but quite close to what I hoped for - a flight of a bumblebee...or wasp :)

Unassuming

2007-04-10T23:06:00.000-07:00

Curled petals of an unassuming daisy. I liked it too much to not include it in the blog.

Color in Nature

2007-04-10T22:48:00.000-07:00

Today there were little pieces of color (ha, pieces of flair) that just caught my eye - so here they are.

A red leaf or petal laying in the grass

This bunch of leaves were red tinged and just really seemed to literally pop out at me

I know it's just a daisy, but this particular one strayed from its group to stand alone.

I really kind of like the leathery look to this yellow leaf, but it also says, to me, "I'm going to hang on and thrive" even though it's stemming from dead leaves and twigs.

This tiny patch of flowers lives on one part of a very large bush wall.

Even though the sun was fully out, these little flowers didn't want to open. Their undersides are a deep purple.

I loved the way this deep red popped against the green and gold.

Well this is our 'king flower' - it's bright and cheery all the time.

The Tiny Yellow Flower Has Friends

2007-04-10T22:37:00.000-07:00

I like the personality these tiny little flowers have. If I wasn't purposely looking for tiny things, I would pass over them. I mean, I have for years just walked past them on my lawn. Today I found out that this little yellow flower has friends.

There is a tiny little patch in my backyard of these orange flowers, the same size as the yellow ones.

In the front yard, these tiny white flowers with colorful anther will be as "big" as the yellow and orange flowers when they fully bloom. (I almost couldn't find these again for a 2nd set of shots)

Perfect Harmony

2007-04-10T22:27:00.000-07:00

This first one, you'll have to enlarge, but there's a bug inside this very tiny flower.

At first I thought this was just a couple of dirt spots on this leaf, but I realized it was 2 little bugs (ticks?) about to get down tonight.

Until I pulled the camera away and saw this little guy with my actual eye, I forgot how tiny this flower was.

Fly By

2007-04-10T22:14:00.000-07:00

I realize the last one is a little overexposed, but I still liked the way it looked.

Chug, Chug, Chug

2007-04-10T22:06:00.000-07:00

The 2nd photo makes me laugh because that bee was super hungry/thirsty and stuck his whole head in the flower.

Apples to Apples

2007-04-10T21:49:00.000-07:00

Just playing around with some lighting.

Still

2007-04-06T20:58:00.000-07:00

This little guy was just incredibly still as I took his photo. He seemed to just be sunbathing and enjoying the day with us. If you enlarge it you'll be able to see him better...um duh.