Pictures from May 2007

I got a couple of rolls of film back. Unfortunately the pictures of the bear didn't come out. If you know where to look, then you can vaguely see it, but none of the bear pics are worth posting.

The Indigo Bunting picture is slightly better (and the bird is bright enough to stand out:

The Prairie Fire crab apple is just a small sapling, but it looks like it will be a georgeous bloomer when it is bigger (not that it isn't now, just too small to make a real impact):

The Thunderchild crabapple didn't bloom at all this year. I was a bit dissappointed, but frankly I was amazed either bloomed as they were abused pretty hard last summer until they were planted in the fall.

I couldn't get any of the rose pictures to come out - or at least they aren't impressive, so I won't post them. However, I got a good one of a butterfly on the chives.

This was taken while the rug gys were here. I turned around from taking several pictures, from contorted positions, to find them looking at me like I was crazy. Well, I am, but it isn't polite to look at me like that!

I may have a couple more pictures to post later in the week - I'll have to go thru the second set to see if there are any good ones.

Comments

[Cop Car]

I had to download the indigo bunting photo and lighten it up a lot to make the bird visible on my monitor. What a beauty! The crabapple really put a lot of gorgeous blossoms out, didn't it? And the butterfly is awsome! You do so well at photographing your wildlife...even allowing for the fact that you didn't choose to print the less well done photos. Thanks for sharing.

[Bogie]

I just remembered - the Indigo Bunting picture was taken thru the screen door because I knew the bird wouldn't stay on the feeder if I opened it.

That is why the edges look so weird - the flash reflecting off the screen. I am really lucky that the center of the picture didn't turn out the same way!

[Cop Car]

Aha! That explains the psychodelic edge effects. BTW: If I ever got around to it, I would dink with my monitor to brighten things up a bit and correct the color. I noticed a world of difference between Buffy's blog as it appears on my monitor and as it appears on hers. I should set mine closer to hers, I think.

[Bogie]

The pictures shows up on my monitor almost true to the actual picture, perhaps a little less "crisp". I certainly don't have any trouble seeing the bird though.

[buffy]

I can't give you any hints on the setting on my monitor. It came to us that way. But, you're not the only one to tell me how different their computers look from ours.

Cop Car, I knew that Bogie had shot the first picture through something, but I thought it was a window, rather than a screen. The bird came through nice and clear. *S*

Your pictures are always wonderful, Bogie. That little crabtree is sure a winner! I'm looking forward to pictures of the lilies you told us about last year.

[Bogie]

Lily pictures will probably be sparse. The horrible lily beetle has eaten a lot of them to the ground. The good news is that they speciallize in only oe kind of lily (oriental, I think), so other lilies are safe from them.

[Cop Car]

OK. You guys drove me to it. I've re-set the brightness and contrast. I'll give it a few days to see if I moved in the correct direction on them.

[buffy]

Too bad about the lilies. We don't seem to have a beetle problem, but the deer and bunnies sure like lilies for appetizers. Those close to the house seem safe, so I think I'll plant more there, and leave the driveway garden for things the deer dislike.

[Bogie]

Thank goodness I don't have a problem with rabbits. I assume between the cats and dogs (and neighbor's catw, who hang out in our yard) they just don't want to take a chance.

Deer don't usually come out either. It might help that we live next to an Audubon Society tract of land in which the critters can feed without dodging all the domesticated animals.