PHOTOGRAPHING NATURE IN OUR YARD

I want to thank Phyllis for taking over the blog on Monday. I am just getting over my first cold in fifteen years and I was not in any shape to be on the computer!! I have not been out of our house in five days and as much as I love our house, I am going a little stir crazy!! 

For today's blog I thought I would keep it close to home. I thought I would see what kind of images I could capture in fifteen minutes in my yard, I love to give myself little challenges lol. I would also use only one lens, my 70-200 Nikon zoom.  

I went out my door at about 8 AM and saw these in front of my house on the street. Okay, not strictly my yard but I thought it would be fun to show what we get to see many days in Florida; a couple of cranes resting on our street!! 

 

In our front garden I shot this image. It is a cloud covered morning which is great for photographing flowers.

I then walked toward our backyard and passed our Magnolia tree.

I have really enjoyed seeing this tree with its beautiful flowers. They open up and die all in one day but it is a glorious day!!

I even like this flower before it fully opens! It rained last night and you can see the drops on the flower.

I have taken pictures of these flowers before and posted a complete life cycle of one earlier this year. I thought I would try for a little different look this time.

It's the same idea with this one. I used a little diffusion to give it a dreamy painterly look.

Then it was on to my backyard to see what I could find! These are the leaves from one particular plant that is in my garden. I thought instead of taking a picture of the whole plant, I would look for some abstract images within it!

As I was photographing this plant, something moved to my left and caught my attention!! I love these little creatures and they are all over our property.

                    I saw this rain drop about to fall off!!

This image shows one of the ground covers I planted this year. I love the texture apparent on this picture!

       I was leaving when I saw this shot. I loved the lines and colors!

So there it is my walk around my backyard. I hope you enjoyed seeing it!!

Please drop by Friday, It will be the first part of a two part blog on 9-11. Phyllis and I went there on 9-21 and took some images of the destruction and of the people that were there that day. I think you will find it interesting!