Ugly

Okay, came up for a U word......Ugly...as I do not really care for spiders so they are Ugly! This one was hanging out on the girls play house out side so I got a few pictures and then the spider......well.....it ran into my gloved hand and it did not survive. Poor thing, well it lives on in this picture.

Flowers

While we were at Tom and Ginny's last night I photographed these flowers they have growing in their backyard. The over cast skies made it nice for some diffused even light.

Taking Time

Today we took Time to go have a picnic at Lahontan Reservoir and do a little swimming. Beth had to drive out to Fallon this afternoon so we went with her then after we drove over to Lahontan and let the kids play in the water for a bit and had a picnic dinner. This is a shot of the dam at the reservoir, I just thought the building looked interesting.

Black and White

We went for a drive out to Crystal Mine today and dug around the rocks a bit. On the way back out I stopped a few times to photograph a few different flowers and these plants. I am not sure just what they are but I thought they would be good for doing some black and white conversions. The lines created by the leaves and the tonal range of the scene is something that works well with black and white photography. I liked playing with this one and I have a couple different shots from this spot I will probably do the same with as well as I will have to make it back to this spot sometime to get some other angles and compositions.

Strawberries

These Strawberries became the subject of my S photo. I like the way the red stands out on the white plate and background, I have also seen some nice images done with strawberries either splashing into a bowl of cream or cream splashing onto them. I decided for my shots I would keep it a bit more simple and not as messy this time. (click on image to view larger version)

This last photo is to show what we must do with the strawberries when we are done.....eat them!

Rocks

I went out for a bike ride last night on a hill near our house and put my Sony point & shoot camera in my camelbak. I wanted to have a camera in case I came across something worth grabbing a few pictures of and my old Sony is much smaller than my Nikon DSLR and therefore easier to take along on a quick bike ride. When I was out on the top of the hill I thought I could try taking some pictures of the Rock outcroppings to use for R. So I played around with it for a while trying to find some good angles and ways to frame it to make it somewhat interesting. I also find that when I am trying to take more than just a snap shot I have a harder time with the Sony as I am wanting all the controls my Nikon gives me. It was a nice ride and I think it was a good exercise to make my self work within the confines of the Sony camera to come up with some images. Part of the ride I did was on a very narrow trail with a pretty steep hill right next to it that you would not want to fall down (right by the rocks in the last photo), not totally sure what the trail was from but it may have been an old trail from wildlife going threw there.

Quarters Falling in Water

So Q came up and Quarters falling in a glass dish full of green water came to mind. I know! This is probably what you were thinking also because what else would one do for Q other than Quarters falling in green water!? So that is what I did and the hardest part was getting the camera to fire when I dropped the quarters. I started off trying to use my remote trigger and each time I dropped the quarters I was holding the remote at the wrong angle to even trigger the camera, so my first 3 attempts the camera did not even go off. Finally I decided I was able to reach the camera with one hand and drop the quarters in with the other hand at the same time (I actually slid them off in a row from a piece of paper I was holding so they all did not fall in one group) and that started working for me. In the end I think three of the images had some real interesting looks going on with the water but I chose this one as the water is interesting and I managed to catch one of the quarters still falling.