Tulip Tour

Went for a walk around the Logan temple.  The tulips were in bloom. 

Is it spring?

It is finally starting to look like spring in Cache Valley.  You can tell it is spring because the flowers all have frost damage on them.  Here are a few of the ones that have weathered the cold - mostly.

Wellsvilles test shoot.

 I want to get a picture of the Wellsville mountains before we head south for the summer but it is still not spring enough for the landscape to look real great.  So I went out for a test shoot today just to scout out a location.  Never did get a good pic of the mountains... but I found some other things.  Enjoy.

There were a few water fowl in the area so I took a few test shots and then sat on the dock waiting for them to come in closer.

They were starting to get into a better range when both they and I heard a rather loud motor in the distance... so they left.

Then the guys and dogs with the motor came by and scared everything else away.

So I had to start shooting things that were not on the water.  Like this... this.... well this thing out in the field.

But I still found the water more interesting and I heard the motor coming back so I went back to the dock out of curiosity. 

Which was a god choice as the guys with the dogs pulled in the boat then took to training their dogs.  Meet Ginger - He was so anxious to get in the water.

Apparently just as anxious to get the water off.

This is Cooper.  Cooper loved the water every bit as much as Ginger.

Cooper wasn't a big fan of watching Ginger chase the target.  But did so obediently.

 

This was the shot I was waiting for. Though I think I just missed it.  I managed to cut off the reflection just a bit unfortunately.

Ah well - it was my first "wild life" shoot.  Learned a few things and had fun doing so - not a bad way to end the day.

South of Jacob Lake... just before dropping down onto the reservation.

Click for the big version.

A joyful tune...

Choir performance tonight... my little girl sounded great.  Oh the other girls were okay... but MINE WAS THE BEST.   :)

Sorry about the weird crops on a couple of the stitches... still trying to figure out the stitching software.  In my defense the girls moved!

Spring has sprung in Cache Valley

At 6:00 this evening it was 47 degrees and we had green grass... not so much now.  Just a couple hours later it looks like this.

What looks like a dirty lens is more of the sand sized snow - the first two shots are 30 second exposures. 

 

 

This is our back deck.  Look like about 6 inches or so.

Definitely a Cache Valley Spring

Discovered new tool....

I found my camera came with software to stitch together multiple pictures into a single panoramic image.

Here is my first attempt using tonight's sunset.  I'll admit it is not masterpiece, but it was fun to do.