Picture-A-Week 2023 - Week 31

[pierces]

Pictures taken between Monday, July 31 and Sunday, August 6.

 

Out with July, in with August. Another month-long opportunity to snap a few photos and share them.

 

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!

[Tahitianbigkahuna]

A little dawn in our garden this morning ...

[cruises42]

The sturgeon supermoon last night, 8/1/23.

 

[SK-1]

👍 Nice shot!  Not from a ship, I guess.

[Tahitianbigkahuna]

Good morning from the garden ... love capturing hummers in their natural habit.

 

Edited August 3, 2023 by Tahitianbigkahuna

[Willking]

On 8/3/2023 at 4:05 AM, cruises42 said:

The sturgeon supermoon last night, 8/1/23.

 

That is a really great photo, the moon looks beautiful and this color is really amazing

[Tahitianbigkahuna]

Another of the same hummer ... 

Sony RZ10IV

600MM equivalent, 1/500, F4.5, ISO-320

Basic Lightroom edit.

[cruises42]

18 hours ago, Willking said:

That is a really great photo, the moon looks beautiful and this color is really amazing

Thank you! The moon was so beautiful.

[pierces]

We had a big day on Saturday. It was the culmination of over a month of planning, a week of making everything shiny and two days of decoration and meal prep for a bridal shower. Our oldest grandson's bride-to-be is scheduled to drop the “to-be” part of her title in a mere fifty-four days, so Kim and the girls thought it proper that our family throw a little party. I’m sure that we will someday host uncomplicated little gatherings with little or no effort put into decoration or meal prep. That time has not yet come. Our family gatherings tend to be overprovisioned, lavishly (but tastefully) decorated as well as loud and happy. This one was no exception. The family all chipped into welcome Alyssa into the fold and I daresay by the end of the night, she felt welcome.

 

T Minus Fifty-four

 

 

 

 

Dave

[boeckli]

More birds ... This time an ibis free-for-all over seeds in a palm tree (very noisy they can be too 🙄)

 

 

 

[PurpleHays]

My DDs, DGD, and older DD's SO went up to the Blue Ridge Parkway for a quick weekend trip. I don't have any editing programs (yet) so these are straight off the memory card.

 

Just a girl thinking (Triple Falls trail)

 

 

This tiny butterfly hung around her forever

 

My grandmother's maiden name is Crabtree, so of course we hiked to Crabtree Falls.

Edited August 21, 2023 by PurpleHays