Grow, Little Tree, Grow!

Growing alongside yesterday's sunflower on my deck was this little tree. I don't know what kind of tree it is, but I thought that it was a pretty little tree. If I happen to have time, perhaps I will transplant it. If not, there are always other little trees that happen to sprout in my yard.

Wild Sunflower in the Morning

I call this sunflower wild, because we didn't intentionally plant it. The seed fell into a crack in my deck and was missed by the squirrels and the chipmunks and the birds. With all of the rain that we've received, the plant sprang up and made it to flower.

Remembering a Blue Canadian Morning

It was around this same time last year that we took a trip into Canada, to go fishing in Lake of the Woods. My Sony cameras were still quite new to me, so the pictures that I took on that trip were still part of my early learning curve. However, I think that these Sonys have been an excellent tool in helping me to learn about photography. I really like the fact that you can see the picture on your screen (for better or worse) that your camera is actually going to take. This lets you know that, if you don't like something about the picture, you need to learn to make some adjustments -- which... got me to learning about making adjustments while using my camera.

Another Foggy Morning View of the Lake

This is another view from that foggy October morning at the lake (when I heard all of those birds). I was standing on the fishing pier, looking over into the weeds.

When the Snow Started Flying

This is a picture from the first snow that we had last year, at the end of October. It's amazing how quickly the time has gone, that we are now (most likely) within two months of seeing snow again(!). For those of you who like to psychoanalyze things, I will leave it to you to make the associations between the upcoming winter season and the subject of this photograph. :) Thanks for looking!

Dark Clouds after Sunset

This is another picture of those stormy clouds from just after sunset from a few days ago. The sun had already gone down, and the sky was still quite colorful.

Red and White Tower against Dark Clouds

For some time, I have admired the skyline landscape scene of this red and white tower in the background behind these trees. I happened to be in the area with my camera, taking a few pictures... before I started to hear the thunder rolling in the distance and decided that it might be best to move along. This photo was processed as HDR in-camera, and then I edited it in AfterShot Pro. Thanks for looking!