The Cormorant, the Dragonfly, and the Bee: drops

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

In the Green

Here's a subset of spring flora with a predominant green (or "greenish") color. Plus one bird, "in the green."

These first two photos were taken after overnight rain.

Drops on Tops

This is an arrangement Deb made. The top part didn't have enough green to qualify for this post's theme:)

No worries, though... I plan to show that in another post.

What Lurks Beneath

This mourning dove parent sits atop his/her nest just above me on our pergola. It was nice she/he didn't fly away.

Eye Above

More green in the garden ...

Open Wide

Uncurl Progress

Heading Northwest

Saturday, December 12, 2020

It caught my attention when I saw late day sun streaming in through a window lighting up mist expelling from a humidifier. The mist made some pleasant patterns in the air. I tried to capture some of that with my camera. These are taken with my 60mm lens. See the results below.

I was initially surprised when first viewing these photos that I could see distinct points of water visible within the mist. They are not normally noticeable to the naked eye. Perhaps this is due, in part, to the camera's relatively fast shutter speed of 1/1200 to 1/1600 second that I used to create these photos.

Spirits

Face in the Mist

Tresses

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Autumn Leaves After the Rain

All photos in this post were taken the morning after a night with rainfall. The cloudy weather added a pleasant ambiance to the mood. Several of the photos are of spiraea (also spelled 'spirea') and smoke bush (aka 'smoketree').

Wet Spiraea #1

Wet Spiraea #2

Garden Clump

Single Smoke Bush Leaf #1

Single Smoke Bush Leaf #2

Single Smoke Bush Leaf #3

Smoke Bush Leaf Tongue

Fall Curve

Yellow-Green Veins

Smoke Bush Leaf Team

Wet Spiraea #3

Wet Spiraea #4

Friday, September 27, 2019

Rain Effect

As a followup to my last post, here are some more photos of plants in our garden the morning after rain.

Drops Aplenty

Folds Invite

This next specimen looks like maybe it's had too much rain, having a bit of a weary look. I still liked it for its character: still standing strong out in the garden.

Bedraggled and Still Glorious

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Wet Flowers

Here's a small collection of flower shots in our garden after rain and during sun - which is always a good combination.

All photos taken handheld with my Olympus 60mm macro lens using all natural light and after a natural rain (no hand spraying or watering).

On Point

Bubble City

Bubble Magnification

Flower Recursion

Sun Spots

Forked Tongue

Delicate

Monday, May 1, 2017

Macro Monday

The buds and blossoms of spring merit a closer look. Actually, a really close look.
Today's post contains some recent favorite shots taken with my 60mm macro lens, some at 1:1 magnification. All photos are taken with natural light and with no props to modify the light; all photos are handheld except for one taken with a tripod.

Our redbud tree is remarkably enjoyable to observe this time of year. Here's a sample taken after a recent rain.

Redbud Water Drops

Azalea Performance

Soaking Up Some Sun

Skywards

Paperbark Curl

While walking around the Ashland Reservoir, I met a woman walking in the opposite direction who told me to look for this turtle she saw a few minutes earlier on her walk. No way I would have noticed this small creature, an inch in length, had I not received a warning. She told me about it because she saw I was taking pictures. The turtle's color was extremely dark, so it made for an extra photographic challenge to take some of his highlights out of the shadows. Needless to say, the end of my macro lens was larger than the turtle and less than an inch away to take this photo.