Water Drops 2

Thanks for the comments you shared yesterday, especially those related to the broccoli. This morning I chose more images of water drops on broccoli leaves to share with you.

You will see this morning that the depth of field is affected by zooming close to the subject - the wider the view - the greater the depth of field, which refers to the portion of the scene that is in focus. Even though the photos show water drops, the closer views look like ice, which we may have soon since there were frost warnings in some parts of our province last night.

Water Drops

A couple of mornings ago I photographed water drops on broccoli leaves in my yard. All the broccoli plants grew but they didn't produce much broccoli - as the heads started to form, they also produced lots of yellow flowers. I started cutting the broccoli heads as soon as they formed, but that didn't help either. A local farmer said it may have been the seed and that it used to happen to his broccoli until he started buying seed outside the province.

You can see that the broccoli leaves are starting to change colour - another sign that Fall is just around the corner. Once again, these photos were taken with my new 70-300 mm lens which allowed me to get close views from a standing position.

Bees

This summer there have been more bumble bees around than the past few years. I was a little worried that the same thing was happening to bumble bee populations as with the honey bees elsewhere, however, it seems as though their numbers are increasing again, at least in this part of the province.

I try to photograph bees every year, especially in and around the yellow and orange nasturtiums and pink fireweed that grows around my property. I notice that some bees like to crawl inside the nasturtiums and spend a few seconds feeding on the nectar the flower has to offer, while they barely land on other flowers before taking off again. I assume some smell or chemical lets them know whether there is enough nectar to justify crawling deep inside the flower.

The bees barely touch a pink fireweed blossom before flying to the next one. Very seldom do they stop on a flower for any more than a second. You have to focus and shoot fast to capture bees in focus on either of these plant species.

Feel free to check my Bees Gallery at: http://www.lanephotography.com/bees/bees.htm

Begonias

This is the first year that my wife has planted begonias and I have to admit that I have photographed them often throughout the summer. This morning I am sharing a few images of this beautiful flower that were taken in late August and early September. They were taken in the early morning - note the dew on the delicate petals.

The photographs were taken with my new 70-300 mm IS lens. You have probably noticed that I've been using that lens for most of my flower photography recently. That lens allows me to get close-up images from a distance and, since I have been favouring my knee most of the summer, it is much easier than using a wider lens, and having to get in very close to the plants and flowers to get the image I want.

Dahlias

This morning I chose to share a few photos of dahlias that were taken on Wednesday. The images were made with my new 70-300 mm IS lens. The lighting was just about perfect for flower photography - bright and partly overcast - and I made photos of most plants and flowers in my yard. The gray background is my driveway.

All the dahlias I planted this spring grew - except in one spot. I guess a squirrel or chipmunk got the bulbs I planted there before they started to grow.

Pouch Cove

Today's photos were taken in Pouch Cove in the summer of 1981. I didn't realize it at the time, but it wasn't too long in the future when the fishing stages shown in these photos were taken down and replaced by a more modern, but less scenic, structure. I remember walking in and around the stages and making several photographs of the weather-beaten structures. I am sorry I didn't take more at the time.

These photos have grown in historical value because the wooden structures no longer exist.

I have uploaded this photo essay to my Pouch Cove web site: http://www.lanephotography.com/pouch_cove/pouch_cove.htm

Statues 2

Today's photos is a continuation of photographs of statues that were taken at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist in St. John's twenty-nine years ago.

You'll notice that there are clouds in the last two photos. After I had taken photos of the statues, I went inside the large church to make a few photographs. When I came back outside, clouds were moving in, so I made a few more photos of the statues as well as the cathedral.

I have uploaded this photo essay to a web site: http://www.lanephotography.com/churches/Basilica%201981/statues_basilica.htm

You will also find several images of the same statues that were taken in 2002.