Sneak Peak

The little rooster had 'escaped' from the north field, and was cleaning up under the bird feeder.  He's such a flighty (literally) little bugger that I had to get this shot from inside the garage.  Even then he spotted me, and was ready to make a run for it.

Cloud Imagination

There was quite a striking cloud in the sky as we were driving back from Mission late this afternoon.  At first it made me think of a letter H.

Kind of thought it was neat the way it looks like there is another sun  just below the cloud.  

In this shot I liked how you could see the sun through the cloud

The cloud on the left makes me think of an elephant.

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

Shooting Date/Time 06/03/2011 4:24:49 PM

Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE

My Colors Mode Vivid

Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/500

Av (Aperture Value) 8.0

Light Metering Evaluative

Exposure Compensation 0

ISO Speed 80

Lens 5.0 - 100.0 mm

Focal Length 9.6 mm

Digital Zoom None

IS Mode On

Image Size 4000x3000

Image Quality Fine

Flash Off

White Balance Cloudy

AF Mode Single AF

Parameters Contrast          Normal

Sharpness         Normal

Saturation  Normal

Color Space sRGB

File Size 2271 KB

Drive Mode Continuous shooting

A Match Made in Heaven

A fun cup (courtesy of Meredith and Disneyworld) and a great coffee.  Check out their website!

(and a microwave that can't keep time)

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

Shooting Date/Time 05/03/2011 11:15:36 PM

Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE

My Colors Mode Vivid

Tv (Shutter Speed) 0.6

Av (Aperture Value) 4.5

Light Metering Evaluative

Exposure Compensation 0

ISO Speed 80

Lens 5.0 - 100.0 mm

Focal Length 5.0 mm

Digital Zoom None

IS Mode On

Image Size 4000x3000

Image Quality Fine

Flash Off

White Balance Fluorescent

AF Mode Single AF

Parameters Contrast          Normal

Sharpness         Normal

Saturation  Normal

Color Space sRGB

i-Contrast On

File Size 2154 KB

Drive Mode Continuous shooting

Tools of the Trade

Lots of tools on the go at the moment, with the renovations happening.  This is a really cool drill bit set that opens up to make it's own stand, 

And then closes into this compact little box

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

Shooting Date/Time 04/03/2011 10:22:09 PM

Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE

My Colors Mode Vivid

Tv (Shutter Speed) 1

Av (Aperture Value) 4.5

Light Metering Evaluative

Exposure Compensation 0

ISO Speed 80

Lens 5.0 - 100.0 mm

Focal Length 5.0 mm

Digital Zoom None

IS Mode On

Image Size 4000x3000

Image Quality Fine

Flash Off

White Balance Fluorescent

AF Mode Single AF

AF Range Mode Macro

Parameters Contrast          Normal

Sharpness         Normal

Saturation  Normal

Color Space sRGB

i-Contrast On

File Size 2383 KB

Drive Mode Self-timer Operation

Mmmmm Peanut Butter!

I was picking away at the mess on the kitchen counter, which included an empty jar of peanut butter, waiting to be washed out and put in the recycling bin.  

Jake offered his help.

He's in doggy heaven.  

See his tongue reaching all the way to the bottom?

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot G10

Shooting Date/Time 03/03/2011 7:10:30 PM

Shooting Mode Auto

My Colors Mode Off

Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/60

Av (Aperture Value) 4.0

Light Metering Evaluative

Exposure Compensation 0

ISO Speed 250(High ISO Auto)

Lens 6.1 - 30.5 mm

Focal Length 18.1 mm

Digital Zoom None

IS Mode Shoot Only

Image Size 3818x2367

Image Quality Superfine

Flash On

Flash Type Built-In Flash

Flash Exposure Compensation 0

Shutter curtain sync 1st-curtain

Red-eye On

White Balance Auto

AF Mode Continuous AF

Parameters Contrast          Normal

Sharpness         Normal

Saturation  Normal

i-Contrast On

File Size 1920 KB

Drive Mode Single-frame shooting

Walk Tall

You know when they say a woman has legs that go on forever....well my shadow was telling me I was part of that elite group this afternoon.   Here's a shot looking to the east from the dyke just before the sun set.  Official sunset today was at 5:52.  Another week and a half and we go to daylight savings time!

And another just before the end of the walk

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

Shooting Date/Time 02/03/2011 5:17:02 PM

Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE

My Colors Mode Vivid

Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/200

Av (Aperture Value) 2.8

Light Metering Evaluative

Exposure Compensation 0

ISO Speed 80

Lens 5.0 - 100.0 mm

Focal Length 5.0 mm

Digital Zoom None

IS Mode On

Image Size 3000x4000

Image Quality Fine

Flash Off

White Balance Cloudy

AF Mode Single AF

Parameters Contrast          Normal

Sharpness         Normal

Saturation  Normal

Color Space sRGB

File Size 3070 KB

Drive Mode Continuous shooting

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

And we had just got back from a community meeting regarding a landowner's application to have 61,000 cubic meters of soil dumped on his property, which is a former gravel pit, to bring it back to agricultural use.

And I needed to take my photo.

This was taken through the raindrops on the bathroom window, looking at the light on the end of the barn. Larry is out there shutting in chickens and feeding Pride.

Taken without the tripod, shutter speed of .5 of a second.

And this is a shot of our bedroom ceiling.  Anyone else have one of those clock things that projects the time anywhere you want it to, in the dark?  It's great for us old fogeys to be able to see the time when we wake up in the middle of the night.  No worries about trying to focus the eyes to read the clock radio.  There is the time, big and bold, where ever you want to project it.  The farther you project it, the bigger it gets.  

Note that I had to hold the camera relatively still for five seconds to get this shot.  Five seconds seems like one heck of a long time, but I was laid on my back on the bed.  I might have fallen asleep:)

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

Shooting Date/Time 01/03/2011 9:14:06 PM

Shooting Mode Shutter Speed Priority AE

My Colors Mode Vivid

Tv (Shutter Speed) 5

Av (Aperture Value) 4.5

Light Metering Evaluative

Exposure Compensation 0

ISO Speed 80

Lens 5.0 - 100.0 mm

Focal Length 18.0 mm

Digital Zoom None

IS Mode On

Image Size 4000x3000

Image Quality Fine

Flash Off

White Balance Cloudy

AF Mode Single AF

Parameters Contrast          Normal

Sharpness         Normal

Saturation  Normal

Color Space sRGB

File Size 818 KB

Drive Mode Continuous shooting