In Bloom

1/250 sec. f/8 ISO 100

Cherry Blossom Tree

A Strong Heart

1/80 sec. f/8 ISO 200

If you look just slightly up from the center of the frame, you'll see a heart.

Is This Seat Taken?

1/60 sec. f/8 ISO 100

Tangled Strength

1/160 sec. f/10 ISO 1600

Lakeside

1/800 sec. f/16 ISO 100

Blending In

The pine trees planted in perfectly straight rows at the back of this field caught my attention and I thought they would make a nice backdrop. Then I noticed the big tree on the right side of the field. It was blending in too much with the other trees in the first shot and I wanted to isolate it.

1/8 sec. f/11 ISO 100

This was a situation where a zoom lens alone wasn't going to accomplish what I wanted. A simple change of position, however, did the trick. My point? I don't really have one other than don't always take all of your photos from one spot.

1/20 sec. f/11 ISO 200

1/20 sec. f/8 ISO 100

Pink Loners And Big Shade

1/250 sec. f/2.8 ISO 100

1/160 sec. f/5.6 ISO 100

1/400 sec. f/5.6 ISO 100

Golden Silhouettes

1/800 sec. f/9 ISO 200

Linking to Weekly Top Shot

Moody Blues

1/1000 sec. f/8 ISO 100

Linking to Weekly Top Shot

Tangled Water

1/500 sec. f/5 ISO 200

Linking to Watery Wednesday II

Tree Water

1/1000 sec. f/8 ISO 200

Linking to Weekend Reflections

Never Thirsty

1/500 sec. f/6.3 ISO 500

Linking to Weekend Reflections

Wind Blown

This tree stands next to the lake where I take a lot of my heron and waterfowl shots. Whether the wind caused it to lean this way or it has suffered damage in the past, perhaps from ice storms, I don't really know. I like to think of it as wind blown and still standing despite Ma Nature's best attempts to knock it down.