Well, sorta... the pics were taken about 45 minutes ago. Above is the little ranchito that sits just behind Beautiful La Hacienda Trailer Park. I don't think there's a pot o' gold in there, but I know there are four or five peafowl on the premises... and I also know they are noisy suckers. But we digress, as is our habit.We had a pretty good thunderstorm roll through P-Ville this afternoon and I took a walk outside after it passed. A walk immediately following the rain is a Good Thing anywhere and everywhere, but it's particularly pleasing here on The High Plains of New Mexico given the hot, arid nature of our climate (read as: desert, kinda-sorta). The air is just so clean and sweet-smelling it's incredible, which is a "you hadda be there" kinda thing... most literally. I also played around with the camera a little bit, and here's one such snap:
The foliage on the ornamental cherry tree that stands just outside my door. It ain't only the blossoms that makes this tree distinctive... its foliage is quite interesting, as well. As always, click for larger. And you just might be viewing tomorrow's post, today. I've been pretty lazy lately.
Beautiful! I especially like the foliage shot...hope everyone clicks it larger - the color and water drops are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteHow are you liking that lens?
Both photos are great. A walk in the NM rain sounds great. It has just been humid and sticky here in OK with afternoon thunderboomers.
ReplyDeleteAnn: I'm liking the lens a LOT... but I'm still having focusing issues. Fully half of my shots yesterday were out of focus... and I shot more than a few in aperture-priority mode, stopped down quite a bit (like to f/16). I'm working on ways to overcome that, primarily by taking multiple shots and using the manual focus when I can.
ReplyDeleteLou: I used to do that walking IN the rain thing... but these days I do it after the rain has passed! :D
Buck, have you checked the Auto Focus selection setting? Mine can be reset with a button that is dangerously close to the on/off switch. I normally leave it on the "center" but have found it set to a corner on occasion after having focus problems.
ReplyDeleteAnn: Yeah, I did check that, and I check it often. It's centered.
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