Spring Cleaning....

[finnbay]

Going through and re-archiving some files. Came across these from the past couple of years:

Dunka River near Babbitt

Goatsbeard

[mmeyer]

Those are great Ken. That goats beard looks like it's 7 feet tall.

[MN Shutterbug]

Goat's beard? I've never heard of such a thing. It looks to me like a giant dendelion at the end of it's term. Whatever, it sure is a neat shot. Did you lay on your back to take this shot?

MMeyer, I'll bet you are just chomping at the bit to get out and take shots like this, with your new glass.

[mmeyer]

You bet I am X. Ken, if you don't mind could you share your exif info on that second shot. I love your first one too but right now I got macro on the brain!!

[finnbay]

X -

That's X -actly what an overripe goats beard looks like - a big dandilion! Yep, got down and dirty for this one!

Mike will be taking these in his sleep by the middle of the summer!

[finnbay]

Mike, got everything put away for the night, but I know pretty close on this one. I actually shot it with a Kodak 6490 before I got my first dslr. ISO was almost always at 100 and had it on automatic. With the bright backlight, I would give an educated guess that with that camera that it probably exposed at about 8.0 and 1/250 or 1/350. These kind of shots were one of the reasons (besides sports) that I went to a dslr. Macro shots were difficult to get because the auto focus didn't work well on macros and there was no manual focus on that camera. When this one came out as well as it did I was ecstatic.

[MN Shutterbug]

That just blows my mind that the shot was performed with a point and shoot. I knew I hung onto my Panasonic for a reason. That makes the shot even more incredible.

[Dbl]

Great shots Ken, both of them are beautiful but the second really stands out in my mind.

[jonny_redhorse]

Nice Images Ken!You are getting me into a spring macro mode with that goat'sbeard image!I love those macros!....and macro season is just around the corner! ....my Fuji s9000 has a screen that tilts so one can litterally put the camera on the ground and point and or angle it any direction.I love that capability! plus it takes better superclose up macros then any of my other cameras(less then 1/2 an inch from the subject)...I think half my photos in the summer season are probably in the form of a macro....yes,even older technology has it's place and I'll certainly never part with my older cameras,not even sure if there are any cameras on the market today that have tilt lcd screens but man I sure like mine!...hope my fuji lasts for years! ..here's a couple images of "spring flowers" taken from the "bottom-up"...I'm hoping that mt new Lumix will work on macros,we'll see I guess!

a spring trillium that usually has it's flowers underneath the leaves...image taken with the camera on the ground angled slightly up yet still able to see the lcd screen quite easily...

another of a soldier beetle on an ox-eye daisy

an anemone taken from "below"

an anemone or a hepatica...

[buzzsaw]

I really like both of those, Ken.

[Steve Foss]

Ken, they're both very nice. I especially like the goatsbeard (aka salsify or oyster plant), because of the sun along the lower edge and the way the sphere of the seedhead perfectly matches the curve of the trees. Really nice work.

C'mon you guys, you're giving me cabin fever. Don't MAKE me dip into the archives!

X-T, salsify grows down your way, too. Pretty large yellow flower on a stalk a couple feet tall. Leaves are grasslike. Look for them along roadsides or in fields.

[finnbay]

Nice shots, jonny! I particularly like the jack in the pulpit!

[DeeDee]

jonny_redhorse what did you use to take the anemone or a hepatica picture? My sister is very convincing in telling me to buy a lensbabies. she loves hers and takes cool pictures. I told myself no more new toys til I figure out the one I have but I'm not listening very well.

[mmeyer]

Thanks Ken,

Those are all great shots guys. I can't wait to get out!!

[jonny_redhorse]

DeeDee,I really never used anything but the camera itself for the anemone photo....anything that was done to the image was post processed from "Picasa" and Photo Elements....kinda resembles a lens baby I guess but never really was my intention,just turned out that way...