Prairie Oaks Rest

I took some photos last Sunday morning at Prairie Oaks Metro Park.  It was a chilly morning.  20 mph winds.  Hat weather.  A fall morning that acts like literary foreshadowing - of winter.  I felt fully alive.  It was restful.

More and more I enjoy photographing what is before me.  I started with a 20mm lens that morning - intending to shoot big landscapes; I ended up doing most of my work around 135 - 200mm.  Textures and details.  Sometimes I think the story is in the details.  The main subject of my photos were the creamy-colored tufts of FoxTail. I understand that fox tail is not a native grass, but it sure was beautiful.   Enjoy.

Early August Evening at The Lake

We had a lovely time at the lake this past august.  I went out the first night to go fishing, but lost my only lure first cast.  It was one of the moments where you don't even mind the aparent set back - because you knew it was no set back at all.  I started taking pictures.  I had a really great time exploring the sunset with my camera. It was just simply fun photographing.  All shot with an 85mm lens around f/2.  (Except for last photo of grill).

I am purposefully not editing any of these photos for this post - they are all straight out of camera.  I also picked not only my best - partly because I like many of them - but also because it is nice to show process sometime.  So, here is how the evening progressed in terms of almost studying the sunset.  I had a lot fun.  Hope you enjoy looking through them.