Photo Friday: Polly’s first egg

February 25, 2011July 1, 201112 Comments

WARNING: While I don’t find the following pictures too graphic, you may… that said I hope you enjoy seeing something you might not otherwise have the opportunity to experience.
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She began building a nest around Buddy’s chew bone, sat on it and tried it out for size, and then continued building.

Much later I heard a strangely familiar sound, but it wasn’t chickens…

It was Polly laying her first egg!

Molly watches like a good Midwife.

The rest of the flock seemed to be standing guard through the process.

Cheeky and Spot: “OK, show’s over! Time for a nap.”

It is never boring here on the Farmlet!

A Saturday excursion leads to one good catch… and another!

February 19, 2011February 19, 20116 Comments

Went out for the day and captured…

These old WWII birds flying in formation.

Caught while hurtling down the freeway at 70 mph. and “NO!” I was not behind the wheel! That is my friend Rich’s trick! 😉

Then on the way home I saw this fellow on the side of the highway!

First armadillo I have ever seen outside of the zoo, or a gawd-awful ladies purse a girlfriend in HS owned, that wasn’t f-l-a-t.

A good day’s work I call it, and a fun day!

Photo Friday

February 18, 2011February 18, 20114 Comments

Just a couple of photos for you to view. Went out to put the chickens away one night this week and was wowed by the clouds that had scudded in while I hadn’t been looking.

Enjoy!

Pictures are clickable for a closer look.

Starlings headed home to roost.

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The Moon rested in a hammock of oak branches.

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The sun set.

My work was done for the day.

One Photo: several perspectives

January 22, 2011January 22, 20116 Comments

Yesterday I foolishly risked life and limb on an icy two lane bridge to get a few photographs of a swampy river nearby. I pass over this bridge when I go into downtown Madison and always wish I had time to stop and take photos. (Or wish I had remembered my camera!) However, when I got home I found that I was pretty much disappointed in the photos I took. I suppose it was all the whizzing cars going by at 3:30 PM, and then there was the slippery slush and ice … and well, that’s just not conducive to good photography now is it?

And yet, there was one that I found quite interesting when I changed the perspective and did some cropping. No, it isn’t that the photo editing that makes the picture any better, but it was how the changed perspective made the colors and textures pop when I did so.

Have a look…

Here is the original photograph with a bit of camera shake (Recall those whizzing cars!)

And now the crops and changed perspectives

Simply flipping it changed the perspective and brought out the reflected blues from the sky.

Turning it on end allows the eye to focus on the tree line and its mirrored reflection. Which led me to this crop…

And then this close up.

I really love those blues!

Seems there is a lesson here that might be applied to better photos in the future. And although I have done this before, it was this stunning photo entitled Chinatown, New York, by Matthew Goddard-Jones, found on the National Geographic site that got me to revisit the idea: