Flowering Magnolia…..

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The other day I came across leafless tree full of white blooms. From a distance the flowers looked very daisy like….after asking around I found out the tree was in the Mongolia family.

They day I shot these photos the sky was completely overcast….hence the images are a little flat….but it rained the next day and not a single bloom was left after the downpour…so I was really glad I took the pictures while I had the chance.

Joshua Tree National Park….

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Our family got the chance to visit southern California… and one of the beautiful places we got to visit was Joshua Tree National Park. The park was enormous and we only got to drive through about half of it. There are plenty of places to pull off to get out of the car and go exploring.

Even though the temperature was in the low 80’s …it being the desert….it felt much hotter….and the intensity of the sun was a bit overwhelming….but none of this stopped our kids from scrambling up onto the boulders and wondering down a path or two.

Below are a few pictures of that day….I decided to make these photos as black and whites…felt like it really expressed the starkness of the desert’s beauty.

Sabi……..

White…..

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Rainy Afternoon….

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Common Buckeye….

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He is a little tattered around the edges…but he is still marvelous.

September Harvest Moon….

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This shot of the moon was taken with a Nikon D5200, a kit lens, and a tripod….settings were ISO 400, 300mm, f5.6 and 1/200sec.

To get rid of the haze…I bumped down the saturation and upped the black in post processing…also cropped it in to get the moon in full frame of the picture.

The best part of this photo…was getting to be outside in the dark on a still night!

Spiders…..

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In the fall, spiders seem to triple in size….this spider photograph was right off our front porch and was about 2 inches in length. The weather was misty, hence the gray background.

This second spider photograph was taken under a bridge that crosses over Broad River…

Really like the messiness of the spider’s web in this photo….

Fall Flowers…

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Lately, I have enjoyed taking pictures of places that I have been visiting….took these pictures while at a friend’s house the other day…..the oranges are really this orange!

Forest….

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Georgia is a green state….but I like the black and white version of this forest photo best because the lines and shapes are more pronounced in the BNW photo….

Happy Hiking…Sabi

Spider….

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Shot these photos around 8am in our front garden…..

Sabi