Photo Play: October Summary

My October photography efforts are pretty much in line with my September efforts.  I wasn't sure there was going to be anything in my photo files for a post this month. Things have been moving along well in the sewing room, so I've not taken as much time to play with my camera.  I'm going to try to fix that this month and devote a bit more time to my photography studies.  At any rate, here's the photos that made the cut from October.  

Photos were taken with a Canon 70D DLSR paired with either a Tamron 18-400 mm telephoto or a Sigma 105 mm macro lens or my I-Phone 12. 

We've been to Eureka Springs, AR many times over the years. It's our default vacation, spring break, long weekend get away destination if trip planning got put off (which it did a lot when I was working).  We both like to hike and I found this hiking trail along Black Bass Lake just outside of town.  It was some place we'd never been before. We enjoyed a nice early morning walk along the lake and found a few things photo worthy. 

Damselfly (DLSR/Tamron telephoto lens, cropped)

There was no wind that morning was the lake was like glass.  At the beginning of October you can see just the beginnings of some fall color in the trees. 

Something jumped into the late and created these ripples. The reflection of the trees in the water is so abstract.  It looks almost pixelated. 

The trail, Standing Rock, gets it's name from the large while rock at the edge of the lake. (All the reflection photos, Canon 70D with Tamron 18-400 mm telephoto)

October was a hot and dry month.  Things looked mostly brown, but brown can be interesting.  I've shown photos of the basket flowers before, but this extreme close up of a seed head makes me think of little hands (well definitely alien hands), it's like a mini sculpture. (Canon 70D, Sigma 105 mm macro) 

We took a trip to Oklahoma City mid-month to celebrate both my mother's and My Guy's birthdays.  We went out to dinner one night at one of the restaurants that overlooks Lake Hefner. The sunset was really pretty that night. (I-Phone 12)

 

By the end of the month, some of the trees that hadn't turned brown from lack of water were starting to show some color.  The yellow leaves of the Brush Honeysuckle with the red fruit is such a fun color contrast (Canon 70D, Sigma 105 mm).

My favorite in this set is the one of the honeysuckle, those red berries just glow in the morning light. I'm happy with the damselfly photo, those little things are hard to capture. That photo is the only one of the 4 or 5 shots taken that had good focus.   

I'm still playing with aperture and focus, but definitely didn't do much to explore the unexpected.  I've done a bit more of that this month already.  So hopefully next month's post will have some more interesting photos in it.  

Thank you for hanging out with me for a non-quilty post.  Feedback is always welcome.  Is there one photo that stands out to you?