Happy Monday! I wanted to start the week off with something bright and cheery as it looks like we are heading into some dreary weather. These are a flower I like a lot but don't grow myself because their bulbs won't survive our Kansas winters and I am too lazy to dig them up and replant every year. Being honest here. 😀 I took this image at Hershey Gardens in Pennsylvania this past July. They had lots of lovely ones there in different colors. They are called Dahlias.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is another effort at Tilt/Shift processing. Once again I used an image from the Cumbres & Toltec Railway and I think it turned out fairly well. The effect is to give the subject a sort of toy quality. These types of photos are best viewed larger by clicking on the image.
Something a little different today. This image goes back to the Udvar Hazy annex of the Air and Space Museum at Dulles outside Washington DC. This is an image of the Space Shuttle Discovery with a couple of neat satellites hung above it. I had to do a verticle panoramic image to get it all in frame up this close to it. It is 2 images stitched together.
It's Friday, TGIF! Friday's are Bokehlicious as well! Today's bokeh image is of a lovely backlit grass head that I captured last week while returning from a walk. I love the detail in a backlit piece of grass. I also loved the bubbly bokeh behind it as well.
I had several Monarchs visit my yard this past summer. This is one that I captured that was really enjoying my Coneflowers also known as Echinacea. I was really pleased with this capture, very clear straight out of the camera with great lighting. Doesn't happen that often unfortunately.
It's Wildflower Wednesday on the Blog! Today's flower is one of my favorites that I enjoy photographing. They are sunny and make me happy. This is a rather large group of Black Eyed Susans that I saw at the edge of a field on a bike ride this past summer.
On one of our cold and snowy days recently I captured this male Cardinal sitting in the Trumpet Vine. He was posing very nicely for me while trying to stay out of the wind that day.
