Picture-A-Week 2024 - Week 31

[pierces]

Pictures taken between Monday, July 29 and Sunday, August 4.

 

We are entering the eighth month of 2024.

 

If you haven't shared an image with us yet...Oh, the shame!

 

Redeem yourself and share a happy image!

 

 

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 few from the garden .... taken yesterday and today. 

Sony RX10IV - lightroom, no filters, flex spot, circle metering mode.

 

RAW, Aperture mode, 600mm, 1/500, F/5, ISO 320

 

RAW, Aperture mode, 600mm, 1/500, F/5, ISO 250

 

RAW, Aperture mode, 600mm, 1/500, F/5, ISO 400

 

RAW, Aperture mode, 600mm, 1/500, F/5, ISO 400

 

RAW, Aperture mode, 600mm, 1/500, F/5, ISO 400

Edited July 30 by Tahitianbigkahuna

[Tahitianbigkahuna]

Love closeups ....

 

Sony RX10IV

[pierces]

Spring 2024 brought repeated bouts of torrential rain, which is not the norm for an area that averages less than 12" per year. The only casualty was our smoker. It was on the patio where the waterfall from the roof was able to splash up under the cover, around the pellet purge door seal and soak the pellets all the way down the feed tube to the firebox. Two weeks later, an attempt to fire it up was foiled by the pellet auger being rusted solid in the feed tube. Short version: dead smoker. Two weeks ago, I got tired of putting off tearing it apart for repair and Kim convinced me to just order a shiny new one. We chose our favorite quickie smoker meal to christen it, and the six-hour Tri-tip made me kick myself for not doing this five months ago.

 

Smokin'!

 

 

 

 

Dave

[tfries]

Birds make interesting subjects.

 

 

[cruises42]

Sweat bee in chicory flower.