I'm New!

 Teehee, we got a new year! (fyi teehee is old school for lol)

A fresh page/new leaf/new start/opportunity for all. 

And in that light, 2 photos today. 

hmmm will not allow text to flow around images, or i don't know how. oh well. 

Orchid bloom 2015

The first bloom of 2015; I think I got this orchid about 3 years ago. The other two I got later have not rebloomed.

You can see the foliage of one of the non bloomers in the background.

Spring Azalea

Pretty pink azaleas in the front yard at my new address. They are growing under some redwoods for which they have an affinity. I used the Canon 17-55 EF-s IS 2.8 lens on the Canon 70d.

Spring Daffodils

We got daffodils!

Canon 70d w Canon 100mm 2.8L lens. Lightroom 5 edits.

Imagining with Nature

An image I truly enjoyed making. A leaf in the grass, twirling camera technique. Canon 70D, 100mm f2.8 macro lens. Lightroom split toning.

I am an abstract expressionist photographer at times.

Gravensteins

I like all the roundness here, and the colors and patterns. I actually made the ceramic bowl many years ago. The apples are Gravensteins; when I was a girl we had some apple trees of this type. So this simple photo of a bowl of apples has some meaning to me; some connection to my past. And I feel quite satisfied creating this photograph. Canon 70d, 40mm stm lens.

Oak Bark Down

Bark texture from a fallen oak in an empty lot in Lake California. I enjoy using my dslr to capture in and out of focus areas so it's not an ordinary eye view. Canon 70D with Canon 40mm f2.8 stm lens, my fav walk around combo of late.

Bobcat with Shasta View

Bobcat with Shasta View,

from my morning walk.
I like this little bobcat as an addition to a landscape photo. Used my (Canon) 70D with the 40mm 2.8 stm lens. The "shorty forty" is small and light  and a great morning walk partner with my camera.

Canon 70d and 40mm 2.8 stm Lens Shooting Grapes

So yay, I got the fancy new camera, and what the heck a tiny lens for video. I am so far very pleased with both the 70d and the Canon 40mm 2.8 stm lens. And because I spent a week with the 7d the 70d has not been all that hard to learn. Also updated my Fine Art America gallery a bit.

For some reason, we have a bumper crop of grapes this season. Perhaps the early hot weather?
Til next time,
Sarah