Sunshower

There are just some memories that stand out in your mind when you look back at your childhood. Working on the farm growing up, we used to bail and store straw and hay every summer in the haylofts. It was a ton of work and meant for some long, hot summer days.

While up in the haylofts in the middle of the day, the sunlight would streak thru between the boards of the walls. With all the dust hanging in the air it would create these columns of light connecting the walls to the floor. I tried during the holiday to capture this image, but it wasn't nearly bright enough outside any of the days I was home. Instead I played around with creating star bursts from the sun before it rose into the sky.

Rubber Ducky You're the One

The caption says everything. My younger brother found some rubber ducks and had left them in the bathtub of the house. Who can't smile when they see one of these guys.

Creeping Along

Among the hundreds of pictures I took on Thursday (no exaggeration, I was taking pictures like a champ waiting for Turkey to be ready), was this cool one of the barn wall.

Since its nice and wet now in the fall, the boards are soaked thru and green lichen like growth can be seen on all sides of the buildings. In addition, some ivy runners are starting to climb the walls, and the combination made for some cool images.

Luck O' the Irish

Even though the weather has been crappy all week, you can always find something to take pictures of. With all the mist and dew hanging around the farm, I went ape taking pictures of all the plants and buildings with water drops hanging off everything.

Also for the first time I reconfigured the tripod to the horizontal position so I could take pictures straight down and still keep them sharp. This patch of clover especially caught my eye, and made for a really sweet picture.

Passage

As I mentioned yesterday, I went with my buddy to Christ Church in Alexandria to take some pictures of the area. Its hard when you have been to a ton of churches to visualize something unique to take pictures of. I actually got my inspiration for this picture from my buddy who just recently got a Canon (I won't hold it against him).

He was shooting around the alter and taking pictures of the candles with the bible passage in the background. I liked the look, so I framed my own picture. Sometimes its nice to go with someone to see things thru someone else's eyes in order to provide yourself with a new view.

Purring like a Kitten

Went to Alexandria this weekend, and went by Christ Church; a church frequented by both George Washington and Robert E Lee. Got some nice pics that I'll post later in the week. While shooting pics around there, I happened upon this nice vintage Jaquar.

I was really digging the hood ornament so I got off a few pictures before I decided it probably was weird for me to be fixating on a car with the owners looking at me thru the window.