What Can You Do in Twenty Minutes? or Crawling Around in the Dirt

This afternoon I needed to pick up a new prescription. When I arrived at the pharmacy they told me it wouldn't be ready for fifteen to twenty minutes. They asked me if I had any shopping or something else that I could do while waiting. I ran out to my pick up and grabbed my camera. I usually carry my trusty little Canon EOS T1i with me in the truck. Luckily I had a Canon macro lens mounted on it. I headed to a field south of the parking lot. Here there were quite a few wildflowers just waiting to be photographed. There were California Poppies, Owls Clover, Tidy Tips and a couple of other species I couldn't identify. I spent the next twenty minutes crawling around on the ground photographing wildflowers. I'm sure drivers going by on the main road were wondering what that guy was doing lying down out there in the field? It's amazing what you can accomplish in twenty minutes. Have a great weekend and God bless, chris #TeamCanon All images were created with a handheld Canon EOS T1I camera and a Canon EF-S60mm Macro USM lens.

Great Year for Wildflowers

With the late spring rains it has been a great year for wildflowers. You have to really look for them as the grasses are growing so fast that they are covering them up. I found this California Poppy on the edges of the grass and it looked so beautiful all by its lonesome. This image was created with a handheld Canon 7D with a Canon 17-85 mm lens at 85mm. Camera settings used were AV mode,ISO 200, F 5.6 at 1/1,250th of a sec. god's love and blessings to all, chris

Mixed Bag

This morning there was frost when I arrived at the blind. It was chilly but I knew it would warm up. Today there was little activity at the feeders. The Sharp Shin Hawk was out and about and the birds were very skittish. I did manage to take a few images of a Goldfinch and a House Finch. I left the blind early today and I wandered around the pasture looking at a few of the late wildflowers. I saw my first dragonfly of the season so that was pretty cool. I then photographed a few California Poppies and then I headed home.

God's light and love to all,

chris