Mooooo a cow story!

The cows came up to the house this evening and what a great photo op. I read about storytelling apertures today and thought I'd give it a go. You are supposed to use a wide angle lens, which I don't have, so I used the telephoto lens. I set the aperture as high as I could go, f/22 most of the time and adjusted the shutter speed accordingly. This is supposed to keep everything in your exposure in focus and tell a story! LOL did that make sense, Ekk!

Heifer cow posing for the camera, or possibly begging for more alfalfa cubes, lol...Shh don't tell Fred I was feeding the cows, ekk. See they aren't our cows and I am not supposed to feed them...

Chocolate Milk cow with Heifer cow in the background.

Hey who's that little doggie back there...lol...Isn't she sweet and growing too! And No I am not talking about Julie and her fat gut! But that cute little heifer calf!

Oh Ferdinand, where are you my love? Sorry I couldn't resist, love that book!

More Alfalfa cubes, PLEASE!!

I said, PLEASE!!

A group shot, lol...Heifer cow, Puzzle cow and Chocolate Milk Cow!

What a story! Can you tell I am bored, lol...Not really but I had fun and I do so love the cows!

Slideshow ~ Who's in charge?

I took some photos (probably to0 many) of the cow we call heifer and another cow butting heads. Heifer cow is the low man, or should I say cow, on the totem pole. This is the first time I've seen her lock horns with one of the older cows. Did she win? Well I'm not sure, as it seemed like a draw to me, lol. They both just walked off after the head butting incident. Isn't my life entertaining, lol...instead of watching a gut-wrenching tv series I watch cows butt heads, lol...

Oh by the way Heifer is on the left and the older cow (I call puzzle) is on the right.

This evening at the property

I went down to the property this evening with the Rebel, telephoto lens and tripod to play! I was attempting to leave the aperture wide open and then adjusting the speed. I really liked the depth of field on some of these photos.

Aster Family.

Aster Family

Bee Balm.

Pepper family.

Wine cup

Indian Blanket

Not sure what it is?

Grass

Not sure what it is and to lazy to look it up, lol.

Our wildflowers are almost done blooming. We could really use some rain as everything is turning brown and crunchy! I hope to shred down at the property soon and that will probably cut down on my wildflower photos for the year. I hope you enjoyed the photos today, I had fun taking them!

A visit to the Inlaws Ranch ~ Nature Photos

We went over to Fred's parents Ranch on the San Antonio River today. I took the Rebel and told Fred I was going for a walk. As I am walking towards the back of the property on the main lane here comes Fred on the backhoe, grrr....I really love my husband, I do!! But sometimes he drives me crazy...So here he comes bouncing down the lane towards me and there goes all the birds in the opposite direction...so much for bird photos!! He thought he was really funny, I did not find it amusing!! But you know me I will find other things to take photos of and of course I did. I used the telephoto lense without the tripod so these aren't the greatest but I thought they were worth sharing!

Possibly a type of checkerspot butterfly. After I found the butterflies I was upset with myself for not taking the tripod, ugh!! I have learned with the telephoto lens you can do close up photos but you also need to back up, lol!! Not like my macro on the Powershot where you have to get fairly close to your subject!

Possibly a sickle-winged Skipper

I took a walk down a dry washout and found this old Oak tree. I thought the roots looked really neat! I sat down next to it listening to the birds and waiting for them to get close. It didn't happen so I got up and walked up the bank. When I got to the top of the bank I turned and looked at a large hole in the tree. Lo and behold but what should I spot but a young raccoon!

I was really excited and thought cool what a great photo subject! Poor little guy was trying to play invisible and I was laughing at him!

Here he is trying to scooch way back in the hole and hide, it wasn't working!!

He just didn't know who he was up against!! LOL...I had to use a sapling to lean the camera up against and keep it steady!! I really need a good tripod, sigh!! I also noticed the colors were off. I use Automatic White Balance (AWB) on the camera but I am not happy with it. I can change the AWB setting quiet easily and will try to remember to do that from now on.

It was early afternoon and very HOT so I didn't stay out there long. I did go over to the property this evening and took the tripod this time, Yea!! So stay tuned. As soon as I sort through 60 photos and pick out the best, lol...Fred told me to stop wasting film, ugh!! He knows it is a digital camera but he hasn't a clue, lol...

Feet and Toe photos from Wendy

Okay Ladies this is what I came up with today...some silly and some a bit more serious...

What a colorful way to hide my ugly toes, lol...I said use your imagination and as you can see I used mine!! LOL
I talked Michael into lying down on the sidewalk with his feet in the grass. He really didn't want too as down here you are sure to be bitten by a fire ant but he loves his Momma!!
Hey those are dog toes, lol...Jake was laying here and I thought okay those are toes, lets see what we can do with them...and then
Michael came in the room so I said okay lets do dog toes and boy toes (say that 10 times fast, lol) and lets get a bit creative and try for a black and white photo...actually the rug is kind of distracting with it's color so there you have it my foot and toe photos for the moment...

Photo Challenge ~ May 29 to June 4 2008

We have moved to another blog for the photo challenges please click here to go there.

I had a request to start a once a week photo challenge. Just a little something to get everyone motivated with their cameras, like I need that, lol...I've thought on it a bit and just thought of a great photo challenge for this week!

TOES & or FEET

Yes you heard me correctly...take a photo that has toes and or feet included in it!

Post the photo to your blog and then come back here and list the blog site so we can all have a look see...

We'll do a challenge on Thursday and the last day to post it will be the following Weds...that way you have a whole week to take a photo and pick one that you like...No prizes but just good clean fun and a way for all of us to look at every ones different style of photography!

If you have an idea for a photo challenge let me know and I'll post it!

Remember this is supposed to fun and challenging, don't stress out about it but use your imagination!!

Good Luck!

South Texas Sunset

I went outside this evening with the intentions of playing with the telephoto lens and getting some photos of the hummingbirds...Well the hummingbirds decided to wait until right before the sunset to come feed, ugh!! So I took a few photos but most of them were silhouette photos and I just put one here...I didn't want to bore you with the rest, lol...but I did manage some other neat photos...

Julie was spooked by something...just love it when I can get a photo and her ears are forward!

I had to try for a photo of Julie grazing and the sun setting in the background! It was getting a might bit dark!

And a beautiful South Texas Sunset!!

That was my day in photos...hope y'all enjoyed my posts today!!