May turned out to be a reasonable month on the photography front. I took the camera out early in the month and then we were on vacation at the end of the month. Nothing from my early in the month photography efforts made the cut to my curated list. At least I have a few photos for the end of the month.
The following photos were taken with either a Canon 70D DLSR with a Tamron 14-400 mm telephoto lens or an I-Phone 12. Some photos have been cropped.
The following three photos were all taken in Norman, OK when we stopped for lunch on our way to Texas. These were all taken with the I-Phone.
The first two "chalk" paintings were taken from one of the buildings. It's hard to ignore the brilliant colors in those. The fish in bottles (do you see them, took me a bit to figure out what all the white "dashes" were), was on the side walk in front of the building. I don't do a lot of graffiti photographs, but these were too good to pass up.
This last trip to College Station we were going to have a lot of time on our own early in week since Grad Girl was preparing for her thesis defense. My Guy dearly loves to walk and hike. So I asked Google to find walking/hiking trails close by. It came back with Lick Creek Park, which was about 20 minutes from where we were staying. It had wonderful walking trails with lots of wildflowers and birds. My bird shots didn't come out so well, but I did get a lot of wildflowers photos.
The following photos taken with the Canon 70D with a Tamron 18-400mm lens.
Blanket flower
Horace's Dustywing
Rock Rose
The following photos taken with an I-Phone 12.
Green Lynx Spider on a Black Eyed Susan
Partridge Pea Flower
American Beauty
Bee on a Blanket Flower
Buttonbush
It's obvious that I enjoy wildflower photography as I certainly have a lot of photos this month. There are some just good luck shots with the insects, those can be hard to catch no matter the camera you have with you. I used the I-Phone a lot on close ups. The Tamron telephoto is a wonderfully versatile lens, but it does struggle with the extreme close ups I love to take. Thankfully the I-Phone does pretty well at close range.
How's June looking on the photography front? I've picked up on the photography study a bit, so the cameras been out a bit more. There is still more than half the month left to see what I can come up with.
Wonderful flower photos! The spider one might be my favorite.
ReplyDeleteOur city has a chalk/pastels drawing festival every September and it's amazing what artists can do with that medium! I love your flower photos, too. That spider is amazing - and taken with your phone also. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteOoooh...I LOVE these, Kate. Nice work. This is my favorite kind of photography. I have my macro lens with me. Hoping to find a good place for some macro photography.
ReplyDeleteWow, your wildflower photography is breathtaking! I especially love the spider on the black-eyed Susan. I had no idea College Station had a walking trail like that. It's actually near an area we once thought we might like to live - very pretty area.
ReplyDeletethose are just beautiful. the colors on the flowers just amaze me. and the hs0only one - pretty cool!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of both subjects - while that spider gives me the heebie jeebies, it is a striking photo!
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