Day 330: Ivy

All alone curving up the overflow drain from the water heater.

Day 305: Shoes tied and ready to go

Overwhelming day for me today.  1st day of school for my boys & me.  I not only had a day class, but a 4 hour night class tonight.  I'm exhausted, but I did get a shot in this morning.

Day 137: A part of a cloud

Sometimes doing a series with your 1000 mm lens is not always a good idea.  It rained buckets until about 5:15 then this strange light came through the windows and I realized it was sun, so I grabbed the tripod and ran outside and there was the most amazing rainbow, it was actually a double rainbow or a rainbow with a halo effect or whatever.  But guess what?  Couldn't take it with the 1000 mm lens.  NO.  So I got part of a cloud and got frustrated and quit.

This is the last picture in the 1000 mm lens series.

Day 136: An Announcement

I love spring.  Spring with its bright bold colors, bright flowers, green grass, blue skies and the ever-present opportunities to day dream at the drop of a hat.  On a bright sunny day (yesterday) I took this and somehow managed to to get no light except for the light reflecting on the flower.  The background was really green bushes, but that pesky giant 1000mm lens just got me the flower. As my daffodil bulbs are the first true flower of spring in my yard I feel like this flower is screaming - "IT IS COMING! SPRING IS COMING!"

Day 135: Daffodil

The daffodils are open in my front yard, I was shooting and shooting and then went to the side of my house to get the dual-colored ones.  I couldn't get a good shot so I thought "PROFILE", and wa-la.

Day 132: Acorn Top

This was the shot I was trying to get yesterday.  Finally did it.  YEA!  Persistence does pay off.

Manual:  I'm reading a whole section.  Its not manual Monday, but I need to catch up.