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Waiting with a Tripod

Yesterday morning on the chance that a monarch would return to our backyard, I set up a tripod and camera a few feet from the cosmos flowers. I wanted the sharpest photo possible. I checked the area frequently without seeing a monarch. Finally around 4 p.m. a painted lady arrived. Click. I could go toContinue reading “Waiting with a Tripod”

Posted by67steffenOctober 19, 2020Posted in#butterflies, photographyTags:#tripod sharpness2 Comments on Waiting with a Tripod

“Spent” Japanese Anemone

The first fall flower to fade in our yard is the Japanese anemone. Here it is against our garage, done for 2020, the year of a pandemic, wildfires, floods and racial injustices. Spent!

Posted by67steffenOctober 15, 2020Posted inflowers, photographyTags:#spent anemoneLeave a comment on “Spent” Japanese Anemone

Three Cheers for Purple Lantana

This year the purple lantana in our backyard is thriving, attracting butterflies in large numbers during October. We also have white and yellow lantana, but those colors draw fewer butterflies than their purple counterpart. Honey bees, however, prefer the ivy which hangs over the lantana. Peace.

Posted by67steffenOctober 14, 2020Posted in#butterflies, photographyTags:#butterflies love lantanaLeave a comment on Three Cheers for Purple Lantana

Butterfly Posed Photo?

This photo of a painted lady butterfly looks posed like one of those studio shots with a wall-sized nature scene behind the subject. In this case the painted lady is on a flower by a window with curtains drawn. Next, please!

Posted by67steffenOctober 12, 2020Posted in#butterflies, photographyTags:#background, #Painted LadyLeave a comment on Butterfly Posed Photo?

Magic Carpet Ride

Two days ago with my camera on a tripod, I waited for the right lighting and, of course, a painted lady to visit a cosmos. Click!

Posted by67steffenOctober 9, 2020Posted in#butterflies, photography, UncategorizedTags:#Painted Lady2 Comments on Magic Carpet Ride

Reaching for the Sun

A cosmos flower is opened wide for morning sunlight. I took this shot into the sun, hence, those round puffs of refracted light appear to be smoke coming from the cosmos…or something like that.

Posted by67steffenOctober 7, 2020Posted inflowers, photographyTags:#cosmos flower, #refracted sunlightLeave a comment on Reaching for the Sun

Moon Craters

Three years ago, using a tripod in my backyard and a 300mm lens on a Nikon5100, I captured the bottom of a full moon. To this date I am amazed by the moon’s craters in this shot.

Posted by67steffenSeptember 26, 2020Posted in#moon, photographyTags:#moon cratersLeave a comment on Moon Craters

Sunset Without the Sun

I took this hand-held shot of Carmel Bay shortly before sunset when clouds had obscured that red rubber ball. In brief, I captured the light. And that was enough.

Posted by67steffenSeptember 24, 2020Posted inphotographyTags:#Carmel lightLeave a comment on Sunset Without the Sun

A Shadow of a Reminder

I was standing outside yesterday noticing that parts of the house need to be painted. As is my style I quickly forgot this chore until I saw a shadow cast on the house from a pergola. That clearly is a ladder brought to me in shadow form. Now I remember!

Posted by67steffenSeptember 4, 2020Posted inphotographyTags:#meaningful shadowLeave a comment on A Shadow of a Reminder

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