Picture-A-Week 2019 - Week 22

[pierces]

Pictures taken between Monday, May 27 and Sunday, June 2.

 

 

Rules: See above

That's it. This isn't a contest.

All photos taken this week are welcome (not just cruising).

Prizes will not be awarded. Discovering the joy of photography is the prize.

The idea is to get folks out using their cameras for more than vacations and toddler birthdays.

Post one. Post many. Up to you.

Have fun with your camera and share your fun with others!

[Oakman58]

Dear Mother Nature, I love spring and all, but it's the last week of May so it's time to turn off the April showers.  You can't get there from here.

 

 

[kochleffel]

[AL3XCruise]

[pierces]

Five years ago we planted a little blood orange tree. It was about two feet tall and rather fragile. For the first two years it grew slowly and never produced any flowers. The third year, it had quite a growth spurt followed by another the following year. Still no indication that it was anything but a decoration. This spring, it started looking like a real tree and popped out blossom after blossom. When we got back from our trip a couple of weeks ago, it had little pea-sized oranges (”greens”, actually) all over it. Fast-forward a bit and here are some of our best chances for real, honest-to-goodness blood oranges off of our very own tree. About time it earned it’s fertilizer!

 

About Bloody Time!

 

 

 

Dave

Edited June 2, 2019 by pierces

[tommui987]

GREAT!  Avoids being shovel-pruned!

[KYBOB]

Nikon Z7, 24-70 f/2.8 S. 

Exposure .5 sec. ISO 40, f/22. No filters. 

[zackiedawg]

I started this 'week' in the Picture-a-week range on Monday, which was a holiday, though I didn't download and process through the shots until this weekend...then also took shots on Saturday, which is my normal wetlands shooting day.

 

Roseate spoonbill hanging out on a tree:

 

Low light, high ISO - needed ISO 6,400 for this basilisk lizard clinging to a stump in the cypress forest:

 

A young green iguana, hanging out in one of those cypress trees:

 

A male red-winged blackbird busy eating little seeds or eggs at the end of a cypress branch:

 

Cruising alligator:

 

A wet wood stork, trying to figure out how to dry himself off:

[WYTinman]

Cincinnati Reds vs Washington Nationals. Great American Ballpark, June 1 and 2, 2019.

 

Yasiel Puig bat flip after a called strike three!

 

Trea Turner scores the Nationals First Run on Sunday.

 

Max Scherzer Struck out 15 Cincinnati batters on Sunday.

 

The aftermath of a Scherzer strikeout...Nick Senzels Bat and Helmet left at Home Plate.

 

Brian Dozier chasing a ball in the dirt.

 

Mark

[Krazy Kruizers]

Great pictures everyone.

 

Know all about closed roads and flooding -- sick of it.

 

I love Blood Oranges.  Let me know when they are ready --I'll be there.

[boeckli]