260: Blossom and Buds

Well Pay day was Monday so today was shopping and bill paying. After that there was no money to go find an image so it was back to the apple tree in the back yard. I am almost about to get the hang of the new lighting set up.

Blossom and Buds

258: Apple Blossom Revisited

Apple Blossom
An Intimate Look

257: Dandelion

Had to break down and start mowing today. This was down in the grass and the mower missed it.

Dandelion Boom

251:Tulip

I was "forced" to get out today so I decided to get a shot. Anyone tried to photograph a tulip in a hurricane? As a naturalist I prefer to shoot thing where they are.

Tulip among the Pansies

250: Delicate II

Delicate II

This representation is actually larger on the screen than it is in real life. When ever I see thing like this and recall rough mountains, I am overwhelmed by the range of GOD' creation.

249: Delicate

Delicate

Photographers Woe

I had a new experience today while making this image. Yesterday I gave my daughter a hint on a possible shot involving the full moon. The more I thought about it I began to envision a similar shot that could be taken in my area. I left well before moonrise to find a suitable location. I found a suitable location several hours before moonrise and got everything set up for this fantastic shot.

As I sat patiently (yea right), I noticed some wild flowers. I have been working on an improved method for lighting macros. This seem like a good time to experiment. I got thing set up with my backup body and started making a few exposures. After a short time I heard sirens. In a minute a rescue truck turned up the lane where I was. A fire truck followed, then a ambulance. They all came to a screeching halt at my truck. Seem a passer by saw me laying down on the ground taking picture and reported it to 911 as a possible dead person.

Before it was over there was a rescue truck, two fire trucks, An ambulance and ambulance support supervisor, a gaggle of Volunteer firemen, not to mention a couple of deputy sheriffs. One of the deputies, who has "harassed" me several times in the past walked up and said: "Oh, its you. Is there some way you can take pictures without causing a commotion."

The question is how does one explain to a bunch of rednecks, why one would want to lay down in the middle of a field and take a pictures of a weed!!

But there is more. By the time of moon rise, a total cloud cover had moved in and I got no full moon image. Now you know the rest of the story.

Disclaimer:: None of this was my fault, If anyone is to blame it is my daughter, even though she is 2000 miles away.

147: Macro -- Fall Bug

A Matching Bug

4: Some times you fail

What a day!! Got up put the coffee on. Grabbed a quick shower and got ready to take a friend to the doctor in Charlotte. Got ready to leave out and found I had forgotten to turn the coffee pot on. No coffee all morning.

While waiting at the doctor’s office, I noticed this small purple flower among the yellow ones. Being the world’s greatest photographer, I had neither macro lens nor tripod, combine that with DT’s from caffeine withdrawal, the shot lacks detail so it went into the scrap bin. By the time I got home the temp was in triple digits, too hot for an old man. As evening approached unannounced guest arrived. So it is to the trash bin as it is the only thing I shot today, and a deal is a deal.