Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Hops
As some of you may know I brew my own beer. And since store-bought hops are so expensive, I thought I would try my hand at growing my own. This photo is of my hops plant. The small, green cones are the hops flowers and are what are added to beer to give it it's bitter taste and floral aroma. My hops plant is of the Cascade variety.Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Good Measure
Friday, August 14, 2009
My Equipment
Just for those other photographers who may be curious, all of these macro shots were shot with my Canon Digital Rebel XTi with a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 prime lens and a Canon Extension Tube EF12 II. I love the lens, it makes extremely clear photos and the extension tube really allows me to get close up.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Wildflower
EDIT: I was searching the website for a local nursery (Flagstaff Native Plants and Seeds) and I just happened upon the name of this flower.I'm pretty sure it's called a Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella).
Saturday, August 8, 2009
New Mexican Vervain
EDIT: I was searching the website for a local nursery (Flagstaff Native Plants and Seeds) and I just happened upon the name of this flower. It's called New Mexican Vervain.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Elements of Life
FYI: the beer in the background is the superb Fat Tire Amber Ale produced by the New Belgium Brewing Company.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Ice Plant
It is a succulent that thrives in hot, dry areas and works well in landscaping as a groundncover. Ours is starting to bloom with small, magenta colored flowers. I love the texture of the "leaves" in this photo, as well as the swirl of the flower bud just starting to grow.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Landscaping
From bottom to top they are: bronze carpet stonecrop, variegated stonecrop and Elijah Blue grass.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
April's Arizona Theme Day
Check out the photography of the other Arizona photobloggers who take part in theme day:
Julie (Scottsdale) - http://www.scottsdaledailyphoto.com/
Pat (Chandler) - http://chandlerarizonausa.blogspot.com/
Angie (Tempe) – http://tempearizonadailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Sharon (Phoenix) – http://phxdp.blogspot.com/
Melinda (Chandler) – http://chandlerdailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Judy (Prescott) - http://prescottareadailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Just When You Think......
Just when you think that Winter is over and Summer is quickly approaching, you get 2 inches of the white stuff. D'oh!! This was the view out of master bedroom on the morning of April 3rd. The temperatures had been pretty consistently warm for the last few weeks and then BAM! Mother Nature gets in one last uppercut. Gee, thanks.
Oh well, it had all melted by the end of the day.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Lag Time
I'm sorry for the recent lack of posts here. I've been pretty busy with outside projects, homebrewing beer and having a nasty head cold (right now). But just to make everyone feel that their life isn't really that bad, here is a photo of what I woke up to this morning:
It took our puppy, Curry, no more than 45 minutes to do that, from the time my wife left for work to the time I got up. Very efficient animal...I just wish she would be efficient at NOT destroying my house for a change.
It took our puppy, Curry, no more than 45 minutes to do that, from the time my wife left for work to the time I got up. Very efficient animal...I just wish she would be efficient at NOT destroying my house for a change.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Pink Sunset
Monday, March 16, 2009
Growing Up
Here's what she looked like the day we got her at 11 weeks old.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Wupatki Ruins with Moon
This months theme for Arizona Daily Photo is "Old Arizona", so I thought this photo of a reconstructed wall at Wupatki National Monument would be a good example. Once consisting of about 100 rooms, Wupatki Pueblo was probably home to 85-100 people, one of the largest settlements in the area. Today evidence of ball courts and ceremonial structures can still be found here.
Photographically speaking, I really like the composition and the angle of light, but I think I went a little crazy with the color saturation in trying to bring out the red of the rock and the blue of the sky. I still like it thought. Check out the photos by these other Arizona Blogger who take part in theme day with me:
Julie(Scottsdale) - http://www.scottsdaledailyphoto.com/
Pat(Chandler) - http://chandlerarizonausa.blogspot.com/
Angie(Tempe) – http://tempearizonadailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Sharon(Phoenix) – http://phxdp.blogspot.com/
Melinda(Chandler) – http://chandlerdailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Judy(Prescott) - http://prescottareadailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Stephanie(Scottsdale) - http://seeingscottsdale.blogspot.com/
Pat(Chandler) - http://chandlerarizonausa.blogspot.com/
Angie(Tempe) – http://tempearizonadailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Sharon(Phoenix) – http://phxdp.blogspot.com/
Melinda(Chandler) – http://chandlerdailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Judy(Prescott) - http://prescottareadailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Stephanie(Scottsdale) - http://seeingscottsdale.blogspot.com/
Friday, March 13, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Morning
Matthew Dutile, a fellow photographer that I have as a contact on Flickr.com, has gotten me interested in doing HDR photography again. This is one of my recent ones. It's a little subtle and not so tonemapped as this example, but I like it. It definitely represents a very important part of my life......coffee! :-) Yum!!Here's a link to some of my other HDR photography.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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