Overlooking lac beauvert

This was a fun photo from the lawns of Jasper Park Lodge.  When I first saw these chairs, I thought of Google.  It is amazing their branding can be activated by simple colours.

Salmon Berry

It is finally that time of year.  Walking through any park, there will be salmon berries growing.  Their season is usually from mid May to mid July depending on how much light filters through the forest canopy.  This photo was made on a sunny day with my Nikon D-60.

Chive Blossom

We have have a wonderful chive garden out of our front door.  While this was not shot with a macro lens, I was able to use my 200 mm zoom.  I have gained more joy out of my chives than most flowers in the garden.  They are very hardy, start growing and blooming early in the Spring and the flowers are just dieing now in early July.

Steel Dragon Sculptures

These steel sculptures were in front of a nursery on San Mateo Road toward Half Moon Bay.  I took these photos hoping to make them into something more; however, their location and background didn't lend itself to that.  

Bumble Bee on Rhododenron

This image was nice before cropping but even better when cropped to place the bee into the upper right third.

Original image - 

I was shooting in RAW with JPEG but Aperture 1.5 doesn't display the RAW files properly.  I have downgraded to just shooting in High Quality JPEG.    Still the images are 3800 x 2600 - they have been scaled down to max 640 to display on this blog.

Field Lupine

I believe these are called Lupine.  They were in a damp portion of a field at Bear Creek Park.  It was a bright day so it was easy to increase the F-Stop and reduce the field of focus.  Working with the Rule of Thirds can create some amazing images.

Paeony bud

Photo made on June 20.  From this stage to faded white blossoms with petals falling off took only two weeks.