These were taken the same August evening as my blog header picture, and show other sections of the amazing cloud formations on show. It was hard to know where to look and photograph next, the stunning changes in shape and light were happening so fast! It was quite a show and free to boot.To see more wonderful skies from around the world or to join in, go to the Skywatch site.
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"Lookout! Low flying clouds above! " This is pretty much what our skies have looked like all week as Fall arrives in Okieland. These are some of my favourite skies seen here; with our endless horizons and flat landscape, clouds like this are truly spectacular. Double click to get the full effect To see more wonderful skies from around the world or to join in, go to the Skywatch site.
'Endless Cloudscape' One of the things I love best about the huge skies in Okieland, days when huge cotton ball clouds sail in a deep blue sky. Double click to get the full effect
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'Golden Delicious!' Double click to get the full effect
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I will be entering this in the animal category of a local museums photography competition this week. It was a lucky capture as she 'talked' to me! Double-click to get the full effect
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'Sunday Sunset' Double click to get the full effect
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'Tree Huggers Sunset!' Taken into the west on macro through our Maple tree Double click to get the full effect
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Taken at sunset, as we headed home after a day at the lake in November, hence the lack of green anywhere in sight! Double click picture to get the full effect
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'Sun Kissed Storm Cloud' Double click to get the full effect
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Spotted near Navy Pier in Chicago, they just seemed so relaxed in each others company soaking up the sun! Double click picture to get the full effect
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'Curvaceous Reflections' Double click to get the full effect
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'Languid Lake Vincent' Taken yesterday whilst out geocaching. So tranquil, utterly peaceful with just the sounds of nature surrounding us, and not another soul around - pure heaven and just 80 degrees! Double click picture to get the full effect
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'Into the blue' Double click to get the full effect
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'All paths lead to calm waters' I have joined a new weekly blog event called 'Scenic Sunday', as it fits perfectly with my passion for landscape photography. Double click picture to get the full effect
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I like to always carry a camera so as not to miss a great picture and that's why a month ago I bought a Canon Powershot SD780 IS Digital Elph. This camera is tiny as can be seen from the picture and so I have it on me at all times now.It has 12.1 megapixels, a 3x image stabilized zoom, face detection and numerous auto or manual settings, including a new feature i-contrast. This is my favourite feature, as a chip inside corrects the contrast automatically whatever the light conditions and I have yet to find fault with this excellent feature. I am having alot of fun with this little gem, good pictures are guaranteed from it and it enables me to capture anything quickly. Here are a couple of examples of pictures I have taken with it, it's definitely a camera I can recommend.
My main camera is a Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1MP Digital SLR , which I have had for almost 3 years. It has re-energised my interest in the art of photography and led me to take alot more interest in the technical aspects. As with most DSLR's they require more investment if you're serious and I have over time purchased additional lenses that expand my horizons. This is the beauty of an SLR, it enables you to pick the lens to suit your photography interests.
The camera came with a stock 18-55mm lens which is fine for everyday shots and is a perfectly acceptable general lens. But in addition I have bought three other higher quality lenses for specific requirements.
My first addition was a Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom to enable me to get in tighter on subjects. My two best shots to date with this lens have been the following ones of a submerged car, and a totally unplanned moon shot. I would say having Image Stabilisation is an essential with a Telephoto Zoom.
My next addition was the Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard Medium Telephoto, a superb lens for individual close-up subjects due to it's outstanding 'bokeh' (background blurring). This is the lens I love to use for portraits, as the f1.4 also delivers outstanding sharpness, here are a couple of examples courtesy of Cal-Jo and my mum.
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More than a year down the road, it was becoming clear that my real passion was landscape photography and so after some serious saving, I paid more for a lens than the actual camera! But the Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Ultra Wide Angle was worth every penny and has without doubt improved my photographs. This amazing lens was an absolute must for me, living in the wide open expanses and under huge skies.I also invested in a multi-coated Hoya UV Filter that stays on the lens permanently for protection and a Hoya Polarizing filter that I use to really make clouds 'pop' as can be seen below. I LOVE this lens, it was a major investment in fact it's gone up $300 since I bought it, but to me it was worth every penny and repays me all the time with results like these.
I then have an assortment of protective or working filters for my lenses and also a nice set of Hoya magnifying lenses for really capturing details. I also have a nice portable, fully adjustable tripod and two batteries for each camera, essential when I often shoot 200 pictures in one day.
I have invested in three really good books I would recommend to anyone and they have all helped me develop my skills.
Finally when I bought my camera I also got a great Canon photographers backpack, which is where I keep it all safely stored. It's also quick to grab and sling in a vehicle or the storm cellar as neccessary!
And yes I am a Canon woman through and through. My first ever 'proper' camera was a Canon T70 SLR for my 21st birthday and I only sold it after moving here. I am used to Canon software, have all the cables and chargers I ever need and think their products are first rate.So what out of all this am I hauling to Chicago on vacation? Well after alot of thought I have decided the tiny Canon Powershot will do fine for all the general snapshots and is easy to carry with guaranteed results. But I will also be taking my Rebel XTi and it's Telephoto Zoom lens for the view from the Sears Tower, and of course the Ultra Wide Angle with the Polarizing filter for all those skyscraper vistas.And there you were thinking blogging was my passion!
'Sunwarmed Tracks'Double click to get the full effect
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'Windmill viewed through Waterwheel'Double click to get the full effect
Taken with my newly delivered Canon Powershot SD780IS, which is smaller than my cell phone!
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'Lower Manhattan Sunset' Taken on holiday in NYC in 2004, from the Staten Island Ferry. Double click to get the full effect
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'Snow Crossing' Last Friday through Saturday we had 25 inches of snow in just 24 hours drop on us, a record for Okieland this late in the year. Once the roads were accessible again it was a photographers dream and I made the most of it taking hundreds of pictures for posterity. We still have a little snow on the hills and in the ditches, otherwise we are once again snow free, despite a little more falling today. Double click to get the full effect
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'Endless Sunset' Double click to get the full effectIf you'd like to join in, go to the Skywatch site.
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'Rainbow Silhouetted Sunset'Double-click picture for full effect!
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"The Oklahoma Plains - into infinity and beyond"Double-click piccie for full effect
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'Ethereal Skies'Double-click piccie for full effect
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'Sky Reflecting Lake, or maybe Lake Reflecting Sky?!'If you'd like to join in, go to the Skywatch site.
'Mamma' clouds over Oklahoma, so called because they resemble a cow's udders! If you'd like to join in, go to the Skywatch site.
Christmas Day 2005 at our local town lake. I wish all my fellow Skywatch participants a "Very Merry Christmas".If you'd like to join in, go to the Skywatch site.
Without doubt the most original local Christmas Tree I have seen in awhile! I wish all the My World participants a "Very Merry Christmas".To join in the fun go to My World Tuesday
My whole world is in these pictures!
We came across each other purely by chance in an internet game room years ago, the odds were hugely stacked against us. We were seperated by 4,700 physical miles and hundreds of thousands of lifestyle miles. We endured hundreds of thousands of hours of seperation, huge telephone bills and long flights, before we married.
But he was worth every long hour spent apart, every mile from my homeland I now find myself, and the total change of lifestyle. There was never any question of him coming to me and I think this picture tells you how uncomfortable he'd have been in a cramped England.
He is most at home in the wide open spaces and under the big skies of Oklahoma. He is a man to be proud of, with strong morals, the kind of man a girl can lean on and I often do.
My world revolves around this wonderful man and tomorrow we celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary. I love you Hubster (K)
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Caught at our squirrel feeder on the Cottonwood on Sunday. The really close-up 3rd & 5th pictures will enlarge if clicked.
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