Garden Beautiful

Hollyhock bud

Rockin' Robin rose

Poppy's On A Rainy Day

Color

Shades of Blue

Altered States

Fringes

The Rose - OK Two of Them

From our garden. Beside being a beautiful rose, they are very fragrant. 

Rockin' Robin

Salsa

Greenbelt Iris and Solar Eclipse

The solar eclipse was taken by flowing the image through binoculars and seeing the image on a white background. I was surprised at the colors. The photo was taken in Boise, ID on 20 May 2012 at approximately 7:28pm, MDT. The iris is a wild one growing along the Boise Greenbelt. Enjoy!

Salsa Rose

First of our Salsa Rose. I can not find another bush of this type or I would probably have two or three more. They are an awesome rose. Beautiful color and fragrance.

Boise Greenbelt Sights

There's gotta be a story here.

Dandelion Seeds

Deep Red Flowers

Mother's Day 2012

Happy Mother's Day
to
All The Ladies

Poppy's X2

By using some HDR software, you can make some amazing photographs. Look at this one. The first one is the original photograph and the second one is HDR processed. Enjoy!

California Poppy Re-Done

Exact same photo as below. Processed differently:
1) This photo was processed using Photomatrix Essentials 3.0 which is specifically designed to work with HDR photos. It is a stand alone program and is comparatively easy to use. There is a good tutorial on their web site. $39.95 online download.

2) The second post below, was processed by using the Corel Paintshop Pro 3X. Not a steep, but a longer learning curve and somewhat complex. $49.95

Personally, I like the Photomatrix Essentials processed final product better. Clean, sharp image and full of definition. But you be the judge and let me know. Cheers!

California Poppy

Blue

Playing with HDR. Need practice.

Still Life and Rain

What to do on a rainy, cool day. Time to practice with aperture settings, speeds and ISO settings. Generally, f/5.3, ISO 800 and shutter 125 to 250sec. Focal Length 36mm. Camera, Nikon D40x with a Nikkor 18-55mm lens. Some of these came out pretty good. What do you think? Let me know. Enjoy!

Apple and Tomato

Rain Drops

Rain Drops Revisited

Purple Flower

Wet tulips

Here are some more tulips that I photographed this morning between rain showers. It is starting to look like Spring - things are in bloom! Enjoy.

Spring Flowers

Yes, actually there are Spring flowers planted in the neighborhood. These belong to Brook and Ben Banks next door to us. Simply beautiful. Left-Click these for an awesome full screen view.

Thank-You Brook for planting these and all of these flowers. They add so much to the neighborhood!

And then it snowed!

Robin's Easter Lily

I just think this is a beautiful flower! Enjoy.

First Snow In Boise

Snow Capped Lion

Grass I

Grass II

Well, I didn't say it was a blizzard! Just enough to make the heater run. Enjoy the photos.

Colors Of Fall In Idaho

The Fall colors. Just beautiful. Love to be where we have four distinct seasons. From the last of the tomatoes to the last of the nasturtiums and pansies. The oak leaves and the maples. Just beautiful and vivid. Enjoy!

Tomatoes

Young Maple Leaves



Oak Leaves





The Greens and the Golds

Red Berries

Wall Art

Nasturtium

Wild Flower

Pansy

Fall Is In Bloom

After a slow and gentle fall misty rain and the air is full of the mountainous sweet cinnamon smell of the Yarrow, the colors of fall are vibrant and the Last Rose of Summer is in full bloom, there is peace in this valley.