Quiet Morning Hours to calm ones spirit. It is my favorite time of day when the waters are calm and the light reflections on the water gives way to patterns of ethereal beauty.
Water Droplets and Flowers video below; ASMR
Life on the Beach for the Blue Heron – Video
Quiet Morning Hours
Transition to Autumn from the lush green and blue to the warm colors of autumn.
Tree Tops in Full Color
Autumn Colors
Transition to Autumn
Landscape Photography or should I say waterscapes. Waterfalls and lakes a plenty this summer. Blue being my favorite color. Or is it green, yep it is blue and green.
The combination most often found in summer landscapes. Blue sky’s and lush green forest and add some water and it is an oasis of peace and solitude.
Landscape Photography
Lake Superior at Sunset, we made it up to the big lake a couple of times this past summer. Sunset is always beautiful across the lake. it is like the little ocean of the north to me.
The water is cold and clear with lots of forest lining the highway along the beaches.
Colored rocks galore.
But in the winter, this lake is amazing. With ice breaks piling up along the shore lines and of so cold when the wind is blowing across the lake.
Brrrrrr, I am glad we can go south for the winters these days.
Lake Superior at Sunset
Last of My Flower photos from my gardens. They are still blooming but we are in the process of heading south again. I want to say thank you to Beth for telling me about Zinnias. She said to let them stand all winter, they give great coverage for the birds, plus they can reseed themselves in the spring.
I did notice the birds would go under the flower plants in the heat of the summer. It was dark and cool in there. Like it was their own little forest.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Last of My Flowers
Macro Flower Photography – Flowers are a great subject for getting up close macro shots. I use two different lenses for macro photography. My favorite lens is a 90mm macro lens. It gets clear up close shots even without a tripod.
It is like a new world when seeing nature this close.
Macro means you’re taking super close-ups of objects at 1:1. So the image size on your sensor is equal to the size of the subject in real life.
Macro Flower Photography
Do Bees See Colors – Bees do not see color the same way humans do, so they are attracted to certain flower colors. Plants on the blue and yellow end of the color spectrum attract bees because those are the colors they can easily perceive.
I am not sure how they have found this information, but I do know the bumble bees are busy at work this fall landing on pretty much all of the colors in my flower garden.
I have noticed they really like the pink cosmos flowers and the marigolds.
Male bees do not actively collect pollen, only the queen does. They transfer the pollen they collect to the sacs or baskets on their hind legs to make it easier to transport back to the hive.
A queen has found a suitable habitat for her colony once she is seen with pollen on her hind legs
Unlike honeybees, the bumblebee colony dies in late fall. The queen (who rules the colony) is the only member of a bumblebee colony to survive the winter! She hibernates during the winter months underground and starts a new colony in the spring.
Do Bees See Colors
Autumn is Rich With Gold colors. Welcome to October, my favorite season is here. Autumn colors, cool crisp air and golden hues surround us.
Flower photography is a fun way to see all these colors up close. This little orange flower grows about 1 foot off of the ground. Sometimes it is just easier to pick the flower to photograph it and make an interesting composition with it, then crawling down on the ground to get a close up shot.
Autumn is Rich With Gold
Marigolds – marigolds symbolize purity, auspiciousness, and the divine. Their strong fragrance is believed to ward off negativity and evil spirits. Plus they are said to ward off mosquitos.
The vibrant colors of marigolds also represent the sun’s energy, signifying warmth, passion, and creativity.
I planted a lot of marigolds this year to test out the theory of keeping mosquitos away. But by the time they bloomed the mosquitos were already gone. So I can not testify that this theory is correct until next year. 🙂
This one is not a marigold, I just added it because of the color scheme and background.
Marigolds
Goslings Out for a Stroll, a clear bright morning down by the river as the goslings are out for a walk.
Short video below of Geese or Click here; Goslings
Parents are not to far away. These to were getting dive bombed by a small bird in the tree. The one kept turning its head sideways like a dog does with a loud noise.
Goslings Out for a Stroll
