You don’t take a photograph, you make it. –Ansel Adams

Sunday, May 13, 2012

I took a great walk this evening.  There were lots of great photos to be had; here are a few of the ones I found.








Obviously, the yucca are looking good right now!

Texture with character

Saturday, May 12, 2012

I managed to get outside a bit and take some outdoor closeups too.

Prickly pear bud

Prickly pear on the edge!

Another bud, and something extra


 Better view of the something extra

And, just for the halibut, a dead tree on the edge of the canyon

Hope you like these, folks!

Flowers for mothers day


Here are a couple of closeups.  More to follow soon, from outside if the weather decides to cooperate!


Friday, May 11, 2012

I had some time to kill in Albuquerque around sunset today.  So, here are the best of the photos that resulted from this circumstance:


I suppose this one could count as a closeup, but I'll try to get a better closeup just for that "assignment."


Close-up of an early bird (gets the worm!)

Thursday, May 10, 2012



Close-up, then far away.  This tree has a few years on it....

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Assorted Closeups


Practiced a bit of old school photography on this. 100% manual settings. f 8.0, 1/30 sec., ISO 2000 (amazing!). Even manual focus. However, I will confess to using the in-camera light meter.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Monday, May 7, 2012

Taking out targets with my homies...

Yers Trooly and the early production run M14.
My Bro shooting a 5 shot/2 inch group at 100 yards.
His recently restored 1943 Mosin Nagant 1891/30.
My son popping pop bottles at 100 yards.
The Kimber .45 ACP making a mess of silhouettes at 25 yards.