Dew Photos

Sunday, March 17, 2013
Ranunculus Dew Drops
Last night we we were wandering around the plant section of the local home improvement store and we found ourselves in the spring Annuals section. I'm a sucker for varigated flowers, especially red and yellow, and I really love Ranunculus. This one is a bit more subtle than most varigated flowers. From a distance the petals look orange, But the veins are more orange-red and the petals are yellow. Which makes for an amazing effect where they seem to change color depending upon the angle you look at them. And with so many petals the effect is even more pronounced. This morning my wife found him a nice spot in the back yard and gave him some water, then it was time for his photo shoot!

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Pink Petals
When I took the photo a couple of weeks ago I knew what the flower was. But today I'm drawing a blank. Sure is pretty though. When my memory starts working I'll add a note. Of course that could take a while. :-D

Thursday, February 22, 2007
Backlit Morning Daisy
Even in the middle of winter there are beautiful
flowers to photograph here. That's not to say it
is not cold. The day after I took this was the
windiest coldest day of the winter so far.
But fortunately the ocean seems to keep things just
warm enough for things to survive. Even if we
get frost it is usually mild and patchy.
Aside from these tough daisies, the Calla Lilies are
starting to really put on a
show now too. Some of our spring bulbs are already coming up that
we planted in the fall. So many beautiful subjects! So little time!

Sunday, January 21, 2007
Still Sleeping
When normal people go on vacation they sleep in.
Then you have me and my hound dog.
Miss hound seems to like to get up early when we are in a
different place. Maybe because she knows that is when
I get some of my best pictures. Or, maybe she's excited
to go out and smell what there is to smell. (She has
long since sniffed all there is to sniff at home.)
At any rate, she woofs and since she has me wrapped around
her cute little paw, we get up and go out. When this
started I was not very happy about it, but I have learned that
there will usually be a number of beautiful images that reveal themselves
during our morning constitutional.
I would write more, but Zoe is sitting by the door right now.
She is trying to remind me there is more to life than sitting
in front of the strange glowing, humming box.

Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Daisy in the Morning Dew
This is another photo credit for The Hound. There is no other reason I would be up early taking a walk when everything is cold and dew covered. She always leads me to nice photos though so she is worth it.

Friday, September 22, 2006
Rebel Cyclamen
A few months ago we put some new plants in
near our front door. Among them were a few white Cyclamen
and one purple one. The Purple one was right next to this
white plant but it did not seem to do
so well. There is not much left of it above ground
But it has managed to make it's presence known. (they are tubers,
so hopefully it is still down there)
These plants are interesting and beautiful anyway. The flower is
actually pointing down and the petals turn around and point up. (called
"reflexed petals") But this little addition has made this one of
the more interesting plants in the front yard at the moment!

Saturday, July 29, 2006
Mandevilla Buds
We've been setting up new misters in the yard for the plants and that made for some excellent photo opportunities.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Web of Dew
There are a lot of spiders around here but they sure make some beautiful creations. I always wondered how the drops stayed on the web. I always thought they should just run down to the lowest point and drip off. Took a little research but the answer is really interesting.

Thursday, October 6, 2005
Icelandic Poppy Closeup
I've had some fun with this image, somehow it seemed like it just wanted to be an Easter card.

Saturday, August 20, 2005
Web of Dew
This was a great rainy morning. The drops of dew made a great subject to experiment with depth of field. An interesting subject in other ways too, an earlier image of the day gave me the opportunity to learn more about these amazing structures.

Thursday, August 18, 2005
Waking Orchids
These guys look like they are about to stand up, stretch and yawn.
There used to be a great place in Carpinteria that had
some amazing orchids. But they moved to Tennessee or
somewhere like that. Fortunately we still have the
Santa Barbara Orchid Estate!
The people at both places have always been
very kind when I am interested in taking pictures.
Of course I rarely leave without taking one of
their babies home with me so it works out good for everyone.

Tuesday, April 5, 2005
Lily Curves
Another of the beautiful things as close as the back yard. This was right after the sprinklers went off, on a foggy morning. The dim light made the background dark and everything a little softer. But this shot was one of only a few taken as the fog parted a little which made the drops a little brighter and sharper. To see the difference in the light you can see another shot here, taken only minutes earlier.

Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Lily Drops
So, I was sitting at my computer (as I am told I do too often) when my best friend
said "Hey grab your camera and come look at this!."
Seems that the sprinkler had reached the new Calla Lilies that just came up in the
back yard. About a half hour later and a couple rolls of film I was back at my
computer, but much happier!