Shooting Outside Gallery

. . Old Farm Hay Rake   Art Buyers can view this print here . . From the John Steinbeck "Grapes of Wrath" era days. These rakes were perhaps used by your ancestors, if they were into farming. Now we find them in rural yards as yard art or decoration to show respect for a time we all honor for the hard working men and women.    

. . Daisy on Ice   Art Buyers can view this print here     As the Winter moves to Spring, I find myself anxious for the flowers to bloom ahead of nature's grasp, which has inspired this Daisy blooming from beneath the ice in a pond. An ethereal and lasting image when the print is mounted on your wall, couch pillow, shower curtain, or coffee mug, as a few ideas for your collection.  

. . . Catch a Rufus in Mid Flight . Catching a Hummingbird in stop-action can be a task well left for a DSLR camera body rather than a cell phone. Try it and you'll see for yourself its a frustrating experience. And we all thought cameras and top end cell phones, like Android's as well as the Apple top end models, could handle this. But they simply aren't yet there.  You can buy a DSLR camera and lens for less than a top cell phone and catch the photo you see here, and so much more.  So why are we so fascinated with our excessively expensive cell phones?  Because they do a lot more than a DSLR camera body and lens. However when it comes to grabbing shots that can be configured to take an impressive print, we are still going back to our camera bodies.  I have no doubt that it will only be a matter of time when this will be possible, but for now don't get rid of your camera, in fact perhaps even upgrade to a better model with features that can en