Virginia Creeper veils many a tree. When we step out our front door on a sunny, summer morning, we are greeted by the beautiful sight of sunlight glowing through the veil of Virginia Creeper leaves, and are also able to see the shady, rough bark of the oak tree behind the veil.
Nikon D5100 f/5.6 ISO 100 1/180sec Nikkor 55-300mm lens – Summer 2012
Between the recent triple digit heat and near drought conditions, plants have had it kind of rough this month of July, 2012.
This photo, like yesterday’s photo, has less contrast, softer colors, less intense light, than the photos I usually prefer. It has a soft, almost painterly quality. I quite like it, though not so much as my bright and sunny photos. What is your opinion?
Nikon D5100 f/5.6 1/180 ISO 100 Nikkor 55-300mm lens – Summer 2012
Just because they are dried out doesn’t mean these leaves have no beauty. The early morning sun can reveal beauty in many otherwise unnoticeable things.
A thistle. A soft thistle?
Nikon D5100 f/5.6 1/180s ISO 100 Nikkor 55-300mm lens – Summer 2012
No, a thistle that has the feel of a watercolor painting, with soft focus and soft colors.
Yearning for the sunlight. Live-giving light beams down onto these beautiful leaves, and they convert it to energy they can use to create flowers and seeds. Simply perfect!
Nikon D5100 f16 1/250s Nikkor 55-300mm lens – Summer 2012
Cynthia (the cat) loves Bridger. She was taking this opportunity to get as much affection as she could rub off.
Friends in Profile – Summer 2012
My husband and son preparing to fire the potato cannon they built:
The red tips of this plant, reaching for the morning sun, caught my eye.
Nikon D5100 f11 1/500s 55-300mm Nikkor lens
I love the red glow from the beam of light 🙂
I am thankful that the red glow is simply the sun’s illumination and not a glow of fire such as both Colorado and Arkansas are currently suffering!
What was on the line?
A Small Bluegill – Summer 2012
A nice little fish. Probably a little bewildered. But it was his lucky night; Bridger didn’t feel like cleaning and cooking any fish for dinner this evening, so the fish was released back into the pond.
Not as in “Strike out,” but a fish just struck the bait!
Yes, a fish took the bait! – Summer 2012
Now to reel it in. Buttercup would like to help, but she has been told to stay on the bank.
What better way to end a hot day in Oklahoma than at the pond?
Trying grasshoppers for bait – Summer 2012
Buttercup is just waiting her chance to get in the pond with those fish, and her boy.
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