Little Kitty

Well, since I introduced Jonah & Skye the other day, I decided to include our newest family member on the blog too.  Meet "Little Kitty".  This little guy adopted us a couple of months ago.  He started out being very wild and scared, but decided that our back deck was where he wanted to call home.  At this point, I don't think we could get rid of him even if we tried. 

Dru is in charge of feeding our animals (since I'm the one that typically feeds the kids, I think this is fair), so Little Kitty has started to warm up to him in the last couple of weeks.  Dru got to pet him just a couple of days ago, and LK (Little Kitty, not Lily Kate, this could get confusing!) decided maybe it wasn't so bad!

Oh-so-fierce! (Not really, he's just yawning!)

Not the smartest horses in the pasture

Meet Jonah & Skye...

I have tried and tried to get some fun, interesting, cool, etc., pics of these guys.  The problem is that as soon as they see me coming, this is what happens...

Skye may be ignoring me today, but it doesn't matter, because here comes Jonah...

He is going to make sure that there isn't any way that I could possibly think about getting a shot of Skye (who is cooperating nicely in the background by pretending that I don't exist).

Hey there sweetie!  I do love your warm, soft nose.  No, please don't try to eat my camera!

Flowers

I love flowers.  However, most of the flower pictures I come across are usually pretty boring.  I hope these don't fall into that category.  I think that a change in perspective, and some creative depth of field makes all the difference.  (Speaking of creative, I wish I could've been at least a little creative with the title of this post, but I just couldn't think of anything clever.)

None of these have a whole-lotta processing applied to them...mainly I just added a bit of curve in PS.  The dreaminess comes from my favorite little buddy...the 50mm 1.4. 

Its amazing what this little lens can do for a bunch of weeds!

Same exact flowers...different view...and maybe a new bug...

What do you think?  If you tell me that they are still just boring ole flowers, it'll just make me try harder next time.  Got any tips that you use for taking flower pictures?  I would love to hear'em.

A little something...

Here is a little something that makes me happy on this rainy day.

A Passion for Flowers

Besides photography, gardening (specifically flowers) is my other big hobby.  Although I haven't had time for the garden this year (I've been busy chasing Lily!), DH made up for it all in one weekend.  He spent all last weekend mowing, weeding, and...planting!!!  He did all of the work, and it inspired me to take a few pictures.  Here is my favorite.

***Just by coincidence, I ran across this Image of the Week as I was checking out some other blogs.  Another passion vine, a slightly different perspective.  I followed the link to check out CandreK, what I found was new inspiration.  I love these images!

And one more...