Photo of the day

The day is still young, but these were from this morning. This is a good example of an nearly impossible shot without a tripod and a HDR software package.  I actually tried to have Photoshop do an HDR conversion (High Dynamic Range) but it didn’t work out, so what I ended up doing was taking […]

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Today, its about the bugs. Those wings look like plastic. And this guy – I guess I’ll have to change my strategy to take bug photos, especially with larger bugs.  The macro mode on my camera will focus down to one inch, and as you can see, parts of the bee are in focus, and […]

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I suppose it’s fitting to post a flower called a skyrocket on the 4th of July. I had no idea of it’s name till after I was back editing images. The flower is a biennial, with clusters of bright red, trumpet-shaped flowers on slender, often solitary stems up to 2-2 1/2 feet tall.  Typical of […]

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Fruit of the sun For the last two years late frosts have kept us from having a crop.  I think I had one peach 2 summers ago, and there was not a one on the tree last year. This year it’s all about peaches and I’ve already gotten 4 freezer bags done.  I suspect I’ll […]

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Last night marks the second week since the big eclipse event in Albuquerque.  That means that the moon moved to the opposite side of the playground and set the stage for another eclipse.  Last time the moon moved between the earth and sun, this time the earth was to move between the sun and the […]

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