Bamboo

Fall Fun!

Macro magic

All taken with the Canon 50mm f1.4 and various Hoya magnifying add on lenses

Frozen Beauty

Skywatch Friday

'Contrasts'

I spotted this lone tree, with a great shape, washed out colour and wonderful deep blue sky setting it off, on the OK/KS border on Saturday. We were out combining geocaching and photography for the day. The Hubster got a geocache here and I got one of my fave tree pictures ever - a result!

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Into the Wild

Sky Gazing

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Floral Delights

Taken with Canon Powershot SD780 IS on Macro, double click to enlarge.

Skywatch Friday

'Sky Reflecting Lake, or maybe Lake Reflecting Sky?!'

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B&W Beauty

Frozen Tundra

Ice Storm in northwest Okieland

Close-ups shot with 50mm lens + x8 magnification

Additional shots taken with 70 - 250mm lens

My World

Geese visiting our frozen town lake

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Skywatch Friday

'Squirrel Nutkin!'

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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My World Tuesday

Lake Vincent's about 25 miles from us, is fed by a natural spring and is a popular fishing and boating venue. During 2008 they drained it in order to clean it up and then re-stock the fish in it.

The lake's surrounded by beautiful open countryside and topped by blue Oklahoma skies, which still never fail to stun me with their beauty and sheer scale. Another local feature I love is the wonderful red dirt, which can be easily seen at this time of the year, as everything else dies back.

In order to drain the lake, the valve below was opened on the dam to allow the water to flow out into the surrounding countryside. A good friend of ours is the local Game Ranger and he is overseeing the whole procedure, which at times has proved challenging.


One of the most interesting things to come out of it's depths, has been the re-appearance of cars from the 1950's period.

When I first saw the pictures in the local paper I thought they had all been dumped or worse still driven in! In fact they were placed against the dam to shore it up and in other area's needing support.

Since our last visit there in early summer, the rising water has already reclaimed some of these amazing old vehicles and soon they will all be gone from sight.

It is an amazing sight to see these old cars in plain view and also a photographers dream. We were also surprised at the thousands of shells covering the sand, especially the large Clam shells.

Draining the lake also revealed petrified tree's that have long been submerged. They make an interesting sight as the lake refills and will soon be back underwater.

Whilst we were there it was surprisingly busy with hunters and bird-watchers, it is a very popular local natural attraction for the wildlife and the peaceful views it offers. What I love is the total silence you get out there, with just the stir of the breeze around you.

As many of you know, I lost all the pictures I previously took when my PC crashed, and so I was delighted to return and be able to retake them. Since that time I have gained a wide angle lens, and this time all these pictures were taken using the Manual settings only.

I am much happier with the results and also deliberately chose to go later in the day, when the light was much softer and golden. It's amazing how reading a few good photography books can help!

We waited until the sunset over the lake and although it wasn't a spectacular sunset, it still allowed me some pretty shots. The Hubster also got some rock skimming in across the still waters, whilst he showed endless patience waiting on my snapping!

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