Photo a Day Series 263/365

Old trains make wonderful subjects to photography. They offer a plethora of opportunities to create compelling scenes. In this photo, I moved in close to capture the different shapes – triangles, circles, rectangles, etc. – that make up the wheel-assembly. The bar...

Photo a Day Series 262/365

The joke was on me. I got ready to capture the chickens coming out of their roost in the morning. As you can see everything is in focus and nicely composed, except for the chicken. She decided to ruffle her feathers at the instant I released the shutter. My first...

Photo a Day Series 261/365

To close my mini series of red berries, here is a lovely wreathe of “berry” lights. As you can see, the lights are clumped together like the “real” berries in the previous two posts. Capturing this little scene was more difficult than you’d think. The individual white...

Photo a Day Series 260/365

Yesterday, I showed you a close-up of a vine of red berries. Today, I couldn’t resist showing you another section. I composed this one to make a very different photo. Here, I created a wider shot to balance the berries with the leaves. Also, I wanted to show how the...