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My Sunflowers Finally Bloomed
Sunflowers are beautiful flowers known for their ability to grow facing towards the sun, and like most people, I like them. My family and I don’t have green thumbs by any means, but a friend of ours gave us three starter plants. The one we thought was the healthiest died early – my hunch is by a crafty chipmunk stealing the defenseless flower’s petals. The other two are now starting to bloom, attracting the local community of insects. Here are a few images depicting a typical day in the life of a sunflower that I took today. A Yellow Jacket and a Ready to Bloom Sun Flower A Bumble Bee…
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Another Mystical Moon in the Clouds – Round 2
I decided to take another crack at the moon last night. Unfortunately, this meant I was standing in my yard between midnight and 2 am. I still heard fireworks going off somewhere after midnight, and I was surprised to find many of my neighbors still awake. The light was different from a few nights ago, but I still had fun processing these moon images Waiting for the moon. Camera Settings: 150mm, ISO 800, f/5.0, 0.5 sec. Moon behind leaves. Camera Settings: 450mm, ISO 800, f/6 1/100 sec. Camera Settings: 600mm, ISO 800, f/10, 1/8 sec. Camera Settings: 600mm, ISO 800, f/10, 1/8 sec. Camera Settings: 170mm, ISO 800, f/8, 1/10…
