Monday, Feb 3, 2025

[Dave]

Thanks for identifying the flowers, MFI.40 C (I believe that's 104 F) with a high UV index sounds lethal indeed.

The patterns and colors of that bee are neat!

Hi Lorell. Sorry that you've been ailing.

Wow! Your Dad was quite creative. es, I would have recognized that the rings were made from peach pits.

Thanks for the kind words about my florals. The other day at the park we saw lots of birds (Canada Geese, of course, White Pelicans, one Yellowthroat, Black Phoebes, a Cooper's Hawk. and my first sighting of a Green Heron. But the only good photo I got is the one I posted of the White-faced Ibis.

But it was a good day for me with the flowers; I have at least three more ready to post over the next few days.

Thank you Rich. I have been known to darken the backgrounds of many of my photos but I didn't need yo with the two I posted. I usually use shutter priority with a faster shutter speed than what the scene calls for. and this automatically makes most of my shots a bit dark - something I can easily adjust in processing. The camera chooses an appropriate aperture for the shutter speed I select, in with my florals taken that day the shutter speed & aperture combination let in just the right amount of light to preserve my favored dark backgrounds while illuminating the blossoms nicely.

I was not yet 9-1/2 years old on the day of the crash and didn't even know who Buddy Holly was.