Skywatch: Wednesday Evening Skies

I glanced out my front door last evening and thought it looked like there was going to be a lovely sunset. The day had been warm with temperatures in the mid-sixties and by evening the wind was warm. I grabbed my camera and proceded to go out through the garage door. The image above is the sight I saw as I walked outside. I know my jaw dropped. The texture in the sky was unbelievable. I wonder if this was the kind of sky that influenced Van Gogh when he painted "Starry Night"?

Seven minutes later I caught the sun dropping behind the trees. My goal is learning how to take sunburst images and if I had remembered to change the aperture on the camera I might actually have gotten more than a one-sided one. :)

An additional seven minutes later the sun had dropped over the hill out of my view. Soon the dark horizon would meet the light blue sky and blend effortlessly into night.

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Weekend Reflections

I took this in April in early spring on my way to the nursery to pick out flowers for my garden. This little creek beckons to be explored when we go by and ever since we first found it we always stop to see what it has to offer. On this day a couple of geese swam upstream and just below where I took the picture the water flowed gently over smooth pebbles and rugged rocks.

I was sitting and staring at the creekbank's reflection when I decided to flip the image to better see what was actually reflected. As I sat and looked at this new perspective I imagined I had been walking and was standing in front of an amber colored shield and if I just walked through I would be in another dimension.

What can I say! I am a Sci-fi fan!

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Sky Watch: Through The Branches

The past couple of weeks we have had snow off and on. It snows, it melts, it snows again. I took this last Sunday. The snow and overcast skies of the previous days gave way to a beautiful crisp and clear day. Yes, the sky was this blue. This photo is straight out of the camera.

This was taken the night before after my daughter called from Virginia and wanted to know if I could see the moon because it was so large. It was right before sunset but the cloud cover was too heavy to see the moon. However, the clouds above the rooftop were very wintery looking.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone

Watery Wednesday: Geese In The River

Saturday I stopped by the park that sits on the Ohio River where I took the cabin photo from yesterday's post. I glanced down the river and wondered what I was seeing.

I drove my car and parked where I could get a little better look. It was lightly snowing and very cold but the geese seemed to be enjoying themselves as they swam out about halfway and then swam back toward shore. Be sure to enlarge this one to see the better detail.

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Sky Watch: Before Sunset

View From The Back Deck

View From The Front Porch

Fairytale Clouds

All of these were taken in the late afternoon last Thursday before the beginning of sunset as the sun was descending in the sky.

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From The Ground Up - Day Seven

Friends In High Places

Right before I took these I was trying to decide the best way to take a photo of branches of the willow tree bush that had died in my front yard. I thought looking up through them towards the sky would make a great shot from the ground up. But then, I was visited by this little guy who flew by my head and proceeded to chirp away at me at the top of the bush. We shall call him Willow.

I quickly threw out my original idea and concentrated on my new winged buddy. As you can see Willow was quite content to pose for me up there in the branches. Actually, this made for a much better image than just branches anyway. Wasn't it nice of Willow to accommodate me!!

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