Day 346: Leaves

Happy Friday!!! It's only 12 more days until Christmas!! Yay!! It's a happy time! What are you going to do this holidays? Something special?

We'll have a romantic dinner for Christmas :)  Happy, happy, happy, happy!!!

Enjoy your weekend!

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/60s  f/11

Day 323: Colder days

Today was the perfect day for sleep and watch TV in the comfort of your home while enjoying a cup of hot chocolate! mmmm yummy yummy... It was stormy and cold... I want the sunny days back!!!

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/80s  f/10

Day 317: Colors

Hello again!  I feel sooo sleepy today :o  I can't stop yawing every 5 minutes, maybe I'll take a nap later :P  I guess that's one of the perks of not working hihihihi

I picked up a lot of leaves about 2 weeks ago.  I was planing on doing some crafts with them, but I didn't do it on time (complicated days) so they became dry.

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 0.5s  f/18

Day 306: Falling Red Star

Of course, after heavy rain, most of the leaves of the trees were on the ground.  I must admit that they looked really nice.  They were close to each other forming a red carpet.

Even though I took a photo of the massive fallen leaves, I chose to upload this lonely leaf that was separated from the rest.

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/160s  f/16

Day 300: Fall Colors

Happy post 300!! I can't believe we are only 65 days left to the end of the year!  It went by so fast!

I love the colors of the fall!  They go from green to yellow to red.  The combination of those colors on the trees just look amazing!

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/200s  f/11

Day 271: Hidden place

I guess she was trying to relax a bit before starting the day and maybe she wanted to take a sun bath. What I can tell you for sure is that she was aware of me :P

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/320s  f/11

Day 252: Looking up

I can't help but love the colors of the leaves while been bathing by the sun.  It give me the feeling of life and happiness.

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/250s  f/11

Day 244: Almost falling

In this photo you can really feel the change of the season.  The leaves already know that their time has come to an end... but they will be back next year!

Panasonic DMC-ZS25 - 1/13s  f/3.3

Day 231: Point Lobos

I took this photo at Point Lobos State Reserve.  My eyes were caught by the colors of the pasture, so many different colors and all of them were screaming FALL.

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/640s  f/13

Day 227: Final stage

At the end, the leaf starts to become brownish and to shrink.

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/60s  f/9

Day 223: The time has come

The leaves where slowly switching colors everyday.  The green leaf is now turning reddish...

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/160s  f/8

Day 222: Barely attached

I looked at this particular leaf several days and I can't help but wonder why this is the only leaf htat is almost dry while the rest are still holding.  

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/250s  f/6.3

Day 220: It started...

In this photo you can see how the leaves are switching colors. From the distance they look gorgeous!! It's curious that not all the trees of this kind change the leaves at the same time, so some of them have several color leaves while others have still green leave.

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/80s  f/14

Day 219: Fall is here

Since a while ago the trees were changing their colors... that only means one thing...the summer is ended... Fall is upon us!

There are some trees though that have beautiful colors when the fall comes.  It's amazing how their leaves start changing color from green, to red, orange, yellow

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/100s  f/16

Day 84: Drip, drop

It's Friday again! This week went by quite quickly :)  I wanted to experiment today, I was aching to do a water shot since a long time ago but never find the time to do it :P  Today was the day!! Yay!!

I'm happy with my first attempt, even though is not perfect it's good enough for me.  If you wonder, I didn't touch the colors, they look like that when I took the shot.  The green tonality is the reflection of the trees that are next to the window and the blue is the sky.  I love natural window light!

Enjoy your weekend!

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/1600s  f/13

25. Day 14: Abandoned

Another day, another door hehe The place really looks abandoned with all the leaves on the ground.  The general condition of the front helps a lot to the feeling.  But, I must say... I really like it!

'til tomorrow!

Nikon D90 (18-200mm f/3.5-5.6) - 1/125s  f/10

22. Day 11: Color by Technicolor

Today's post is a colorful one! It is said that is better to see the world in pink... but a pink house, that is quite different...

I found this house on Napa Valley, I know it's not common to see this color on a house, but think about this: wouldn't be nice to have each house painted with a different color? I'd probably like it a lot! :D

I hope this photo brings a lot of color to your life!  Good night!

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/500s  f/11

19. Day 8: Leaves

Beautiful day today, sunny and warm. Great for napping under the sun! hehe But, there is no time for that, at least not today :P

I don't know how always my mornings go away so quickly! When I check the time it's always more than noon!  Well, there's no way to stop time, so I'll just have to go with the flow...

I always liked the different colors of the leaves on the trees because even though the leaves fall, their bright colors remain.

Nikon D90 (50mm f/1.8) - 1/2000s  f/2.8

16. Day 5: Solitude

It was a beautiful day today to be outside, blue sky with no clouds, very warm under the sun.  On our walk to the lake I saw this hummingbird on the brunch (I guess he wanted to be warm and just stayed under the sun). It didn't stay there too much though but luckily it was enough time to take a couple of shots.  I'd love to have more zoom so you can see the colors of the feathers, but this was the max of my lens.

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6)  200mm  1/320s  f/11

14. Day 3: Transparency

Happy Friday!! I'm so happy that the weekend is upon us!

Today's post is about nature.  Don't think you can only find beautiful nature photos in spring or summer, each season has it's own beauty.  Here is winter, so most of the trees doesn't have leaves.

A while ago I was walking in a park near home and I found several beautiful leaves on the ground, they had different colors, shapes and sizes.  I picked them up and saved them for a macro session.

I posted 2 photos instead of 1, because I want you to see the leave in a way that you usually don't.

I'm very happy with the results, hope you'll like them also.

Nikon D90 (105mm f/2.8) - 1/100s  f/6.3

Nikon D90 (105mm f.28) - 1/3s  f/45 with extension tubes