4/7/22

 I know it is spring but I had to share one more snowflake.  I processed this one the other day and really liked how it turned out and didn't want to wait till next winter.  😁  This is made from 27 shots, focus stacked and it was shot on March 10.

4/6/22

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Today's image is of one of my favorites.  This is Queen Anne's Lace.  I planted some of this last year from seed I had collected from some near me and I saw that it seems to have survived and is coming up.  I am looking forward to it blooming this year, it doesn't bloom until the second year.

4/5/22

 Spring in Kansas means some birds are back in the area.  One of these is our state bird, the Western Meadowlark.  I was able to get a pretty good shot of one while on a bike ride the other day.  

4/4/22

 Happy Monday!  Spring has finally sprung but some days with as cold as it was you would never know.  The flowers know it is as they are opening up around the yard.  This is an image of my large Purple Hyacinth that I shot the other day.

4/3/22

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Today's image goes back to Minnesota and the Steam Thresher's Reunion.  This was just after my first shift of the show.  We change shifts at the Baker Depot which is at the opposite end of the grounds from the roundhouse. This is former Soo Line Switch engine 353, now 101 years old.

4/2/22

 This is another of the test shots I did with my new camera update.  This is a stacked image of the Pleiades constellation, also known as the 7 Sisters.  I took 4 images and stacked them together to get a clearer image without so much "noise" that results in low light images.  I shot this with my 300mm at 40 seconds each image at F11 and 800 ISO.  When viewed large you can see rays coming off the larger stars so I was pretty pleased with how this turned out.

4/1/22

 Happy Friday!  TGIF!  Happy April 1, hope no one gets fooled today.  😄  Today's image is a turtle that I captured while on a bike ride last summer.  It was in the road and I moved it off to the side in the direction it was headed after I took this pic.  I liked the bubbly bokeh created by the gravel in back of it.  If you follow the Blog you know that Friday's Are Bokehlicious!  I believe it's a Box turtle.