BACKYARD MACROS

I took these two macros in my backyard yesterday to experiment with adding textures.  I used the same "Flypaper" texture on both ("Dangerous Liasons"), and these photos are the results.

BACKYARD MUSHROOMS

After the big rain we had on Saturday a bunch of these little 2" tall delicate little mushrooms showed up in our backyard flower bed.

SEED POD

This flower and seed pod was photographed one afternoon in my front yard.  I shot it with my 60mm Olympus macro lens handheld at f18 ISO400 1/125 and an EV of -2.7.

HIGH KEY TOAD

I shot this macro of a toad Dianne spotted in the backyard with my 60MM macro lens.  The toad was swimming a an aluminum bucket and was perched on a quartz rock giving the scene a distinctively "high key" look.

FLOWER BUD MACRO

I'm still breaking in my new 60MM macro lens, mostly by shoot what's available in my back yard.  I thought this one looked pretty good - look out Steve Schuenke! :)

DOVE ON A BRANCH

I photographed this dove in my backyard this weekend.

BUSY BEE

This shot is of a bee collecting pollen from a Crepe Myrtle in our backyard.

BACKYARD TEXTURES

From last weekend, colors and textures from the backyard.

BACKYARD BIRDHOUSE

I didn't have time this past weekend to venture out so I took a few photos close to home - like this one in the backyard!

Backyard Woodpecker_2

Another shot of a Woodpecker taken in my backyard a few weeks ago.

Backyard Woodpecker

This is half of a pair of Woodpeckers building a nest in our backyard. Processing was in camera with my Oly E-5 in "dramatic" mode.

Casual Lizzard

Just another shot from my backyard on a sunny weekend a while back.

Songbird Supper

A BlueJay helping itself to a peanut at our backyard buffet last weekend.

Backyard Bluejay

I've been stuck at the house today while my house gets a new roof. Since I have to take my shots where I can them today's post is from the backyard...

Golden Basket

After the BPC field trip a couple of weeks ago this plant in my backyard caught my eye. It's there all the time but for some reason on this day the contrast in colors, texture, and lighting caught my eye.

Monday's Flower

I don't know what type of flower this is, even though it's in my own backyard, but I think it's a variety of a Daisy. I'm not sure I did it justice here but the thing that drew me to this flower was the vivid orange color. It's a pure orange that's so bright you can hardly look directly at it.

Mantis One

This photo was taken Saturday in my backyard. My wife was planting a Crape myrtle when she spotted this juvenile Praying Mantis on the new shrub.

Moonlit Bird

This shot was taken in my back yard late in the evening earlier in the summer.

Backyard Baby Bird

Well the chicks of the birds I been featuring here have hatched and this is one of the two I believe occupy the nest. I'll keep you posted if the count turns out to be higher!

Backyard Flower 3

Last of the backyard floral macro trilogy....