Day 824 post 2 Families Belong Together March. June 30, 2018

I decided to make a second post because I can never edit my pictures. I like the little girl in the first photo of each post but cannot decide which is the better picture. Yes she is more dramatic in the first post but I like her in this one as well. So I add a photo of protestors on their way to the 10th Street Plaza. Also a photo of my favorite sign. Days like today and I miss working for newspapers.

Day 824 Families Belong Together March. June 30, 2018

I was excited to be asked to help sign people in for the protest that took place in Modesto this afternoon. I brought me camera and when finished with my job, took pictures of the protesters. I uploaded 37 images to my facebook. But I decided to post these three on my blog because I love that children when told what was happening wanted to help. Parents seemed bubbling with pride as they told stories about how their children knew separating families was wrong. So for that reason I choose to show three pictures of the children protesting. Not the best pictures of the day, but for me the most meaningful. Early reports are that tens of thousands of people protested all across America today.

Day 823 Bee

I have always wanted a good Bee picture. I love these three! Three pictures. It is the same bee.

Day 822 Wayne

I wanted to take a window light portrait of Wayne. He was a good and helpful subject.

Day 821 post 2 Fly

Love the color of some flies. I hate them though for general purposes.

Day 821 Moth

I always wanted to photograph a butterfly. Ah well, a moth will do for now.

Day 820 River, Charbay, and Merlot

After work I visited my horses to take a few pictures. Top to Bottom, River, Charbay, and Merlot. Lately I have been wanting to turn most pictures into black and white images. I love them so. It reminds me of making black and white prints in the darkroom. It's to bad that it is a skill going bye-bye.

Day 820 Drive to Work

I was so happy when I opened my front door to go to work and saw the street was wet. I rushed back indoors to get my camera.

Day 819 Wasp

I am terrified of Wasps. They are vicious killers. But today I put on my big girl pants and got close enough with my lens to get a picture of one, Twice!

Day 818 Female Hover Fly, Allograpta obliqua

While trimming the fruit tree I thought why not photograph the sun coming through the leaves. Sounds nice but the reality was, no good photos. I meandered over to the ugly bushes and saw this critter. I don't know if it is a fly disguised as a dangerous thing, or if it is some type of tiny bee, or if it is some sort of tiny wasp, but whatever it is it was tiny and darted fast. I am amazed I have this shot as I am really really close with my camera and this creature was not cooperative. It is a fast bugger.
After a bit of research I have learned it is in fact a female Hover Fly.

Day 817 post 2 Bee with Pollen

While sitting on the couch I thought I needed to do more with my day, so I went out front to photograph bees. Ever since I can remember I've wanted a good bee picture. Before I could walk most of everything I thought about was a good bee picture. So today my main goal was to capture a bee in focus. Goal two was to capture a bee with pollen. Hence the title Bee with Pollen.

Day 817 Fly and ? Grasshopper?

I don't know what creature is in the bottom photo. Entomologist please tell.

Day 816 post 2 The Neighbors Lights

I went outback to photograph with my macro lens. Unfortunately it was to dark to photograph, so I decided to photograph my neighbor's lights.

Day 816 Light through the Palms.