AND NOW FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...

Before the beautiful sky disappeared around 8 o'clock, the house and barns had a pink tint....

 Isn't that right Seymour?

 Did chores in a relaxed fashion...

 Put the hay in nets under the shed roof in case it rained.

 The horses were very curious about a truck that drove down the lane...a hunter.

 I truly don't like hearing guns going off around the horses.

 The person who used to own the land around us ditched this wagon on the edge of his property.  Not lovely to look at, but interesting to photograph.

 I was out back checking to see where the hunters went.

 Not very productive today...watched a movie late afternoon before I went out to do chores.

"Come on in girls...time to eat!"

It was very mild today....high of 64...and it didn't rain until after 4.

Pasta night at Skoog Farm.

 I needed a fix....that had nothing to do with turkey.

Like finishing my posts early...

Night all.

SUNDAY STILLS CHALLENGE - BOKEH

Until this challenge, I never heard of "bokeh."  As a seat of the pants photographer, I have not taken the time to really study.  It's the story of my life, not reading the directions for my cameras and computer.  So, I looked back through some of my gazillion photos and picked out some that were examples.  Now I have to figure out how to do it on purpose.

From Wiki: “Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas.  However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus regions of the image.”  Bokeh is not just for DSLRs with fast lenses.  While bokeh is easiest to create with a DSLR due to their larger sensors, it is not impossible to do with a point & shoot.

Bokeh is created in one of two ways. A short focal length between the camera and the subject and wide aperture (small number, i.e. f/2.8 if your lens will open that wide) while keeping the background as far away as possible.  A long focal length between the camera and subject, and the widest corresponding focal length while still keeping the distance between the subject and background as large as possible.  A longer focal length will increase the depth of field – a larger focus plain – so the background would have to be farther away than with short focal lengths, otherwise it will all be in focus!

To view more examples, click on Sunday Stills in my sidebar.

RED SKY IN MORNING...SAILORS TAKE WARNING...

 

7:10-7:15 this morning.

WHERE DID THE DAY GO?

 A mild morning, but a grey day.

 I don't know if we got out of the 50s or not.

 Gary and his friend Neal (the best mason around) worked on our chimney this morning.  The very top needed some help.

 

While they finished doing that I went to drumming.  There were more people there than I expected.

Slowly but surely I am improving.  The past few weeks we have been working on more complicated rhythms.

On the way home (a block from the college) I stopped at a friend's house for a few minutes and checked out their gigantic batch of chowder...party time.  Boy did it smell good.

 Enough to feed an army.  They started cooking it at 7am...2 whole chickens, the same weight in beef shanks, celery, carrots, corn, potatoes, peas and there must be some kind of tomato something or other in there.  I'll have to ask Jenny how it tasted.

 The sun was starting to set,  telling me it was time to get home and feed the ponies.  So I left before it was served.

 Belle, Berlin and Abbe were tucked in just be for it turned pitch dark.

Not a lot of picture taking today....maybe tomorrow.

Night all.