Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Back-Posts


Blogger's been having some issues this past week and I couldn't seem to get anything to post.  Determined to get my 31 days in for May, I am going to back-post and get caught up.

My husband is taking a photography class this month.  However, this is not one of his pictures.  I've always wanted to take 'close-up' pictures of the moon phases.  My little Sony camera, while it has done it's job well, does not have the capability to zoom in enough to effectively take the shots I'm seeking.  So I got creative - I shot this picture through my field goggles (binoculars) with my camera, and here's what I got.  It's not great, but I was impressed that it even worked to begin with.  I am hoping to get some better moon photos if ever this rain will pass and acquiesce to the clear night sky.  Preferably with a bright full moon.  This time I will use my husband's camera instead of trying to balance mine and my field goggles.

And by the way, the term 'field goggles' was learned from my dear old ornithology professor way back when.  I've never been able to go back to 'binoculars' since.

Friday, May 6, 2011

New Life


I love to watch the new life come up in the spring.  I am so glad to see the greenness after a long, cold, and snowy winter.  This was especially true for this spring.  So I gathered my camera, my dog, and my husband (with his camera too) and headed out to capture some of spring's growth.  It as also a good time for me to brush up on some of my field botany as I hope to be teaching a botany class in the fall.

Trillium grandiflorum

Trillium erectum

Podophyllum peltatum - May Apple or May Flower

The identification of this one still eludes me.  I will keep researching.  All I can say is that it is low to the ground and found sharing soil with some wild strawberries.