Wonderful Horses

 

Ken and I belong to a saddle club as their photographers . This past Sunday was the first day of this seasons events . The weather was cool but sunny and perfect for riding .

I just love the barrel event . To capture the riders expression's and the horses power is amazing !

  Ken takes one end of the area and I the other so we can capture the horse and rider from different angles !

This little guy’s pony didn’t want to go over the bridge so our club member and professional show  judge helped him !

                                               The day is filled with fun and spunk for all !

               There are many events that these riders just love to do with their horses and ponies !

                            This little girl was putting her pony through her paces and did very well !

          By the end of the day Ken and I took about 1800 to 2000 photos of each rider in each event !

        Nothing better for us then being around horses again and taking  photos of them in action !

Photos Taken By :  Us   K & E Photography !

Yellow Warbler & Some Friends

 

We have a new bird in the yard this year a Yellow Warbler . This makes a total of  20 species of birds that visit our yard  through out the spring and summer .

 

                                            This is Charlie our Red Breasted Wood pecker !

                       Mrs Baltimore Oriole making her nest in our 150 year old Oak tree !

                                              Mr & Mrs Dove enjoying a sunrise !

                                                             Eastern Blue bird taking a break !

                                        Mr Cardinal  collecting seed from the ground under the feeders !

                                                      Humming bird watching me watch him !

We are very lucky to have the wild life that we do here in our Valley  of birds , butterfly’s , critters and  flowers galore !

Photos Taken By :  Elaine

Simply Blooming

 

Photos Taken By : Elaine

Birds In Flight !

 

I have been busy with gardens as the weather has been soo lovely but I always have a moment to take photos .

I have been practicing my flight of birds for a bit now . It’s all in the timing !

The best time of day to photograph these guys is early morning and evening when they are most active at the feeders !

My camera settings were , ISO 800 , F Stop 4.5  and my shutter speed was 1/1000 to 1/1250 of a second  and all were taken in Raw !

Still practicing . I find smaller birds harder to photograph in flight then larger birds . All done with out a tripod  . I like to have camera in hand and study my subject kind of get right in there !

                           Thanks for stopping by !

Photos Taken By :  Elaine