My Own Backyard Galleries

Backyard-Blinded Up Close 061709 : In my backyard this week, I was blinded by the needs and desires of some of these chaps that showed up expecting a closeup, but they were expected to toil as an element in a landscape. I tried to be Democratic. They were given free nourishment and a place to roost.

Backyard-Blinded Up Close 061709

In my backyard this week, I was blinded by the needs and desires of so ...

Updated: Jun 18, 2009 4:09am PST

Backyard - Blinded with New Reflections : What we ultimately see are the reflections of light from the subjects holding our view, our interest. Ultimately it is the management of the refleciton of light that determines by and large what our camera's sensor captures and what we ultimately display.

Backyard - Blinded with New Reflections

What we ultimately see are the reflections of light from the subjects ...

Updated: Jun 16, 2009 6:59am PST

Backyard - Blinded Before the Light 061409 : Back in the new blind in the backyard, but this time before 10:30 AM. Earlier the only sun that breaks through is in lensed patches through the neighbors large trees. Most of the light on these subjects comes from the softer light from the overhead bowl of the sky.

Backyard - Blinded Before the Light 061409

Back in the new blind in the backyard, but this time before 10:30 AM. ...

Updated: Jun 15, 2009 2:11am PST

Backyard - Blinded by Delight June 12, 2009 : Given One-Person Blind. Used it and a bag of crunchy munchies to sneak up on some birds. Saw a new one for our backard. A male and female House Finch.

Backyard - Blinded by Delight June 12, 2009

Given One-Person Blind. Used it and a bag of crunchy munchies to snea ...

Updated: Jun 13, 2009 5:00pm PST

Backyard Hide and Seek on 6/10&11/09 : I hide behind a quillo drapped over landscape timbers and seek a shot and the little devils hind behind Jude's plants and bushes. They get lots of grain and I get an occasional glimpse. I'm not having much more luck than the 3 or 4 cats that prowl our backyard.

Backyard Hide and Seek on 6/10&11/09

I hide behind a quillo drapped over landscape timbers and seek a shot ...

Updated: Jun 11, 2009 9:52am PST

Backyard Floral Tech. Increase on 060809 : Read, study, shoot, produce, alter methods. A big thanks to Judy for the buds, and to my friends and family that are watching the Yokahoma continuous improvement cycle. From F10, F16, to F32; Hand held with image stabilization on versus tripod mounted with image stabilization off; and a variety of lighting conditions.

Backyard Floral Tech. Increase on 060809

Read, study, shoot, produce, alter methods. A big thanks to Judy for ...

Updated: Jun 09, 2009 9:48pm PST

Judy's Phlower Photo Lab - June 2, 2003 : Read the books, conduct trial and take the pictures, try out new techniques in Corel, and send to friend and family for critique. Such is the life of an old retired guy.

Judy's Phlower Photo Lab - June 2, 2003

Read the books, conduct trial and take the pictures, try out new techn ...

Updated: Jun 03, 2009 8:26pm PST

Small Flower Garden - May 30, 2009 : Just an old retired guy, so I have to apologize for not being able to afford a dozen. But sent with all the care as if there were. Hope they were delivered fresh. And, I gave you someone to watch over them for you.

Small Flower Garden - May 30, 2009

Just an old retired guy, so I have to apologize for not being able to ...

Updated: May 30, 2009 5:59pm PST

A Few Backyard Buddies 0n 051109 : Preping for Wednesday and Thursday. Some of my backyard buddies came by to help.

A Few Backyard Buddies 0n 051109

Preping for Wednesday and Thursday. Some of my backyard buddies came ...

Updated: May 11, 2009 8:16pm PST

Judy's Backyard Children - 05/02/09 : Judy's flowers were especially beautiful today, so while shooting the grandkids I used lulls in the swim/dive action to shoot the flowers.

Judy's Backyard Children - 05/02/09

Judy's flowers were especially beautiful today, so while shooting the ...

Updated: May 02, 2009 11:05pm PST

Hummingbirds After Ike on 10/24/2008 : Picture I took in my backyard after Ike of the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.

Hummingbirds After Ike on 10/24/2008

Picture I took in my backyard after Ike of the Ruby-throated Hummingbi ...

Updated: Apr 24, 2009 6:00pm PST

Backyard Friends on 040209 : Some new and old friends showing up in new feathers.

Backyard Friends on 040209

Some new and old friends showing up in new feathers.

Updated: Apr 03, 2009 6:24am PST

Silk Purse to Sow's Ear : Abstract to real, hue, chroma, dark to light, textures, soft to hard edges are all varied in order to make a floral silk purse.

Silk Purse to Sow's Ear

Abstract to real, hue, chroma, dark to light, textures, soft to hard e ...

Updated: Mar 21, 2009 5:46pm PST

Judy's Backyard Delights on 2/20/09 : Last week there weren't there and now they are.

Judy's Backyard Delights on 2/20/09

Last week there weren't there and now they are.

Updated: Feb 20, 2009 6:25pm PST

Experimenting with Winter's Flowering Few - 012709 : While trying to get camera ready for the wildlife refuges Thursday through Saturday, a meager few flowers offered themselves as willing targets.

Experimenting with Winter's Flowering Few - 012709

While trying to get camera ready for the wildlife refuges Thursday thr ...

Updated: Jan 27, 2009 5:15pm PST

24MPxl_Monopod_500mm_Test : Shakedown at 24mega-pixels. Used mono-pod and shot with 500mm

24MPxl_Monopod_500mm_Test

Shakedown at 24mega-pixels. Used mono-pod and shot with 500mm

Updated: Jan 21, 2009 11:21am PST

Backyard Light and Shadows on Dec. 1, 2008 : On this slightly hazy, partly cloudy day, light found its way to the ground in fleeting, patchy patterns painting transient denizons of the backyard sometimes in light, sometimes in partial obscurity, from early morning on into the afternoon.

Backyard Light and Shadows on Dec. 1, 2008

On this slightly hazy, partly cloudy day, light found its way to the g ...

Updated: Dec 01, 2008 1:41pm PST

Backyard with New Sony A900 111508 : First op with Sony Alpha with good light.

Backyard with New Sony A900 111508

First op with Sony Alpha with good light.

Updated: Nov 15, 2008 1:37pm PST

Backyard Feathers and Fur on 111308 : Shakedown of my new Sony Alpha 900, 25mp camera body after reading the instruction book. Wouldn't you just know it. It was and overcast day, all day. Most, if not all photos were taken with a 500mm focal length. It was a day marked by grey filled with interlopers that had come to have their way......with the free food that is.

Backyard Feathers and Fur on 111308

Shakedown of my new Sony Alpha 900, 25mp camera body after reading the ...

Updated: Nov 14, 2008 6:33am PST

Backyard Walk 110508 : Light was coming and going. Animals were coming and going as I was going and coming. One exception was one of the four squirrels(nutjobs) in the backyard. He allowed me to walk up to within about 8' of him, the minimum focus distance for my 500mm lens.

Backyard Walk 110508

Light was coming and going. Animals were coming and going as I was go ...

Updated: Nov 05, 2008 7:38pm PST

Backyard Humming Birds After Ike : The days immediately following Ike found life returning to our backyard. Hummingbirds we had failed to attract before. ISO1600 at first till finally the sun came bursting back through..................

Backyard Humming Birds After Ike

The days immediately following Ike found life returning to our backyar ...

Updated: Oct 24, 2008 7:37am PST

Backyard Mockingbirds : Shot on two separate days. The were show with a Sony a350 body with a Tamron Di-LD 200-500mm handheld at 500mm. The first four were shot at F6.3, the rest at F10. The first for before Ike and the rest after Ike.

Backyard Mockingbirds

Shot on two separate days. The were show with a Sony a350 body with a ...

Updated: Oct 23, 2008 10:30pm PST