It's Friday, TGIF! Today's image is one I lucked out with as I captured a Monarch Butterfly in flight and it was in focus! 😂 I hope to get more butterfly photo chances this year, we shall see how it goes though. I loved the bokeh in this image as well and posting it for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
Today's image is one that I was able to capture of a Collared Lizard where I know a spot that I can regularly see it and keep an eye out for it. It's on a route I take for bike rides somewhat regularly. This is most likely a male due to the green color, females are more muted in color. They are named for the black band that is seen around their neck. They like rocky areas where they can sun themselves.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog and I am late posting! Eek. Today's flower is one of my very favorites and will be one of the first to bloom though this variety is not wild in our area. This is a Columbine which is in the Buttercup family. This version is more wild in places like Colorado. Columbines normally bloom in April and May. Ruby throated Hummingbirds and bees love them.
It's a double digit day today! 😃 Today's image is one I was able to get in Florida. This is a Great Blue Heron. This bird was relatively close to me and unbothered by my presence, unlike here in Kansas where I can't seem to get within a quarter mile of them most times. There is also another bird in this picture, I believe it's a female Mallard but could be mistaken.
Happy Monday and happy new week! Should be a warmer week too! I grew a few Gladiolas for the first time this past year. They produce quite lovely looking blooms on tall stalks. The colors were bright and vibrant on the ones I had. This was a red variety and I also had an Apricot color one.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! I have a project coming up where I need to do some photos that look antique so I decided to practice with a great subject for that, trains! This is locomotive 353 from the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion that I get to help fire on processed with an antique look to it.
We have had so much snow this winter compared to other years, it's been crazy. With what we received this past week we are up over 20 inches total now. Most of it has been icy or tiny broken pieces but we had one very small flurry where it was producing some lovely flakes. This is one of them. This is a 5 stack image. I use Affinity Photo to stack and process the image.
