Au Natural - and a Garden Frog.

A few photos I took during the summer months - each nature photo has not been retouched at all, except for some creative cropping and a border for aesthetic pleasure ;). Pure camera, imperfections and all! .....'cept for the garden frog.

BUGS!

It was past sunset - so lucky to have caught this shot in the dark :)

Talk about a trooper - I saw this guy dragging the cricket across my kitchen and didn't have the heart to kill him, so I scooped him and his cricket up and walked them outside!

Its as if someone laid the butterfly wings out - absolutely beautiful.

Black-eyed Susan, a whole field of 'em!

Another low-light situation. If only the fantastic pink and orange hues in the sunset translated through the open shutter!

.........and the garden frog.

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Something Different

With these shots, I was trying to break out of the usual "photographer" mode with different styles. I am pleased with them, but would love some feedback on what you think!

A wall tile that I found beautiful. Shot during the night with only the garden lighting around me. Taking photos of art is difficult, especially with limited lighting. I think the lomo look gives it the perfect effect to convey this photo.

The object was not in motion, but instead of taking the usual wildlife photo, I decided to focus on the textured wall, leaving the lizard as the background instead. Outside of the box or kind of pointless? Hmmm.

Ceiling light in an art museum. I literally laid myself out on the floor while taking this shot while people walked around me. It was odd, some people didn't even seem to notice or care at all. Like this was a normal thing to do....? I am most fond of the shadows the lights gave off on the ceiling - I lined up my shot as to make symmetry with those shadows.

Inside of a church, lit very dimly, was a glass cross that the priest made. He is a glass blower on his free time and sells this to make money for the church. I was more impressed with the incredible shadow then the work itself.

Tractor.

Found this gem rotting along a hiking trail. Vintage sea-green peeling paint, broken glass, and a hint of life starting from its demise. There truly is nothing more beautiful in the world than seeing new life thriving out of the old. Beauty in the Breakdown.

We weren't alone while enjoying the scenery!

Spanish Mission

Taken at one of the Missions we visited in San Antonio, Texas last month.

Train Yard

One of the many of a set I haven't found the time to go through! I picked the one that took the longest time to set up correctly... totally worth it :)

A Day at the Farm

Pumpkins!!

Caged chickens

Lovey-dovey smooshy kissyface chickens... awwww :)

MOOFACE!

Sunflower graveyard. Out of focus, yes... but I like it that way. The colors were not retouched at all. The sunset really was that vibrant!

And a fun day at farm I had. Will be going back very soon for some more apples, some yummy cooking squash, and to visit the baby piggies. Oh how I love piggies!

Completely fell off the grid! New layout starts now...

I apologize to any followers I may have (or HAD at this point... eep!), but taking a photo every day has been extremely difficult with my current life schedule. Without getting too personal, things have changed for the better and for the worse, and I am still trying to adjust. I've been taking photos almost daily in the last month I've been MIA, but finding time to download my photos has been the most difficult. I am reformatting my blog so that it is no longer a daily blog, but a "whenever I have enough time" blog. I'll try my best to keep things coming everyday, but now I'll feel less guilty if things get busy.

So without further adieu, here is my entry for the day! Its from a day at the beach on Sept. 25th (my first, last, and only day down the shore this year). I was trying to set my camera and snapped a tester photo, and loved the expression :)