Photography

[Jim DaddyO 299]

Sunset in early December over Lake Superior.

[Chestnut 5484]

Well i can still move a camera with an injured wrist, so i've been spending more time outside. We had some awesome frosty days.

While out exploring my cousin and I came accross some deer that were eating on a fallen oak tree.

This is un-cropped and was taken with a 100mm lens on full frame. I was at best 20 feet from this deer and it didn't care at all that I was there. Below was cropped slightly.

Normally i have to use a 400mm to get pictures like this....

[treeslayer 3325]

There are other things to do when it snows besides shovel it, granddaughter catching some air while sledding with grandma

[RichardA 5022]

That's called The flight of the innocent.  Cool.

[curlyoak 745]

  We are getting our severe winter weather. Not like most here. Mid to low 40's with strong winds means wind chill factor of mid to upper 30's. I dress for it and get out.

Above is Cattleya orchid that is a hybrid. It is fragrant. There are 2 more buds on this plant that will open in a week or so.  This plant is blooming now. It needed protection from the temps so it will be in with a lot of other plants for a couple more days. The plant scent demands your attention. Then it demands you take a close look.

[curlyoak 745]

This is a Dendrobium orchid species. Blooming now. It is fragrant. Comes from Asia. Used in Chinese medicine.

[rainjer 225]

I took these 3 picture in 2018 on our trip Ireland. 

Dunluce Castle, Northern Ireland, UK

 

Kylemore Abbey, Co. Galway, Ireland

Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin Ireland

 

Believe it or not, these 3 are all taken on a Motorola G5 cell phone. I was contacted by the Ireland tourism people asking permission to use these photos in some brochures they were making after I posted them on a Irish Travel forum.