Picture of a Picture

Continuing on the peacock theme, I saw this mosaic and it seemed perfect for the blog. I took some close up and some pictures from this angle I chose this angle because you can capture the whole mosaic and some of the roof.

Head of a Peacock
I spotted some peacocks and I took some headshots. I am pretty sure the peacocks knew what I was doing because as soon as I started to take pictures, the peacocks looked my way. Then you look behind the peacock into the eyes of the beautiful green bushes.

Black, White, and Blue

The tree in front of the blue and white sky canvas is the black paint to this canvas. This picture has such depth and such clarity that it is hard to believe that this is my picture!

Wisps of Clouds
When I went outside, I came right back inside to get camera to take this picture. The clouds look like strings of silk and who doesn't love some soft silk?

Streaks of Sun

In between the clouds and tree are tiny streaks of sun. You can barely see them but once you find them they are really neat to look at. Not to mention the cool looking clouds too.

Minty Veins
Our neighbors garden consisted of many different type of plants and shrubs. I stopped and took many pictures of the plants and shrubs but the one the spoke out to me was this one, it is a close-up picture of a mint leaves.

Front and Center

As I focused on the railing, the background started to fuzz up. If I focused on the background it would have been a nice garden of flowers behind the intricate design of the railing but I thought the railing looked cooler so I focus on it instead.

Up Close and Far Away

Through the tree and to the clouds is my picture Up Close and Far Away. Outside in my backyard, I spotted the clouds peeking out from behind the tree. The blue sky behind the tree makes the tree and picture look even better.

Flowing in the Wind
I was walking by this flag and the wind kicked up, and the flag started to flow in the wind. I started with a low shutter speed then I realized a faster speed looks nicer. So here you have it "Flowing in the Wind."

The Only Star in the Sky
In middle of the city the stars sometime stop glowing leaving only the moon left in the sky. Somehow I managed to change my camera to darken the edges giving it a more nighttime feel.

Friday Night Lights, Literally
While visiting my friends school, during a high school football game, I caught sight of the lights shining down on the playing field. I noticed the angles and took some pictures. It came out almost like a search light breaking through the darkness of night.

Cannonball
During a little swimming fun time, my partner wanted to do a cannonball. Since I had my camera right next to me, I just had to take pictures of this. The shutter opened and closed just at the same time the splash started to form and rise into the air.

A Flash of White Rain
I during little rain storm, the rain started to drip in one area. I focused my camera in that area and held down the button. Even after that the rain drop still was faster than my camera's shutter speed.

Downtown's on the Horizon
Driving to a shop I saw the humongous buildings of downtown. The buildings look like monsters compared to the tiny storefront on the small street that we were driving on. They look like skyscrapers, both literally and physically! 

Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Tree's

During a stoplight, I looked out my window and saw the trees covering the partly cloudy sky. I then thought of the trees invading the sky for some reason which somehow led to the movie 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' which somehow led back to this leaving me to call it Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Tree's.

Fire in the Skies

Still on the trend of yesterday's post, the sun was barely peaking through some clouds, leaving some of the clouds red some dark gray. Then it almost looks like the tree is almost trying to touch the red hot clouds.

Dark Clouds, Light Wood
Toward the end of the day, with the clouds looking like they were about to overflow with rain. I turned on my flash and as expected, it didn't reach the clouds but it did hit the wood illuminating it and making it look like the sun was hitting the wood but not the clouds.

A Look Into Rain
While going on with my rain theme, I looked out my window and saw nothing but rain. Usually you can see all the way to the street way out in the distance, but in this picture you can hardly see it.

Rain Drop
While a during a sudden storm, I focused on the ground and captured rain drop just after it hit the ground. It created this cool funnel like hole.

Heavy Rain, in Slow-mo
During a heavy rain shower, I looked out the window and saw the rain falling harder than ever. I took a few pictures and as the rain hit the road it almost looked like it was going up not down.

Rain and Trees, Mixed
in the background of this picture there is rain while in the forefront of the picture there are tree branches. I timed and captured the picture with just enough so that the rain droplets were frozen and you could still see them.

A Flower, Upclose and Personal

This wonderful photo, taken by my grandfather, captures everything a flower has. The crisp and sharp  picture lets us see more of the flower. Also the background is cool, because you can see the other flower buds and the grass like strips. 

Small, on Medium, to Large
Like my earlier picture Small, Medium, Large, of Yu Darvish and his sons this picture has a small pillow to a medium pillow to a large sofa pillow. The strips on the two pillows make the picture look even more interesting.

From one Tree to the Next

While taking focus and a picture on the closer tree I didn't even see the other one. Then as I was scrolling through my pictures, I spotted the second one in the background.

Spotted Leaf
While taking pictures of flowers I spotted this green and yellow colored bush. It looked like it someone took a paint brush and splattered yellow paint all over it. Turning it multicolored and marvelous looking.  

Tiny, on a Wall

This tiny lizard was crawling on this brick wall. The lizard was so small it was only about five inches long. It was probably trying to find food or go back home. It was on the brick for about two minutes before I scared it away.

A Silky Net
Between two branches in a bush, there is a spiders web. The tiny web has many different lines and pieces of silky string to hold the net together. Eventually a tasty meal will fly into the net and the spider will have food, but until then the empty net just sits there, awaiting its first meal.

Lines of Bars

On the patio of my house, there are wooden beams partly covering it up. It almost looks like the rows and rows of seat at a baseball field. The crisp, straight lines then you see the fans.

Flying Up
As I was walking down my street, I spotted a fake flying Hummingbird in a garden. They way it was angled, I think it was a real one at first. Then as it didn't move when I came closer to it meant that it is not real.

A Running Man, Stopped
As I was trying out the new camera in the front yard, I spotted a runner coming through. I increased the shutter speed then took a round of photos about him. I managed to 'stop' him every time but this was the best one.

Hello Down There
I was walking along, when I saw a dead Yellow Jacket on the cement of my back pattio. I ran and got my camera, then took a few pictures of it before walking off. I took this picture from above to try to capture the whole thing but I forgot to zoom in.

A Golden Star to a Golden Team
In the locker room of the Dallas Cowboys, there is a star wedged between two TV's. The TV's can barely be seen, the black boxes on the left and right side of the picture. I know the Cowboys are blue and white so why the golden star?

From Post to Post

When I was on the Cowboys Stadium (AT&T stadium) field, I decided to get a view from one end of the game field to the other end. The field was so long, the people in the very back of the picture look like ants.

A Look on the Game Field
I was lucky enough to visit the Cowboys Stadium, AT&T Stadium, and get onto the field. I took my camera and put it on the ground then took some pictures. I focused on the ground then I left the background and window blurred.

A Sunset through the Trees
On our drive from dinner back to our house, I took this picture. The other pictures were blurry but on this picture, the shutter timed the shot perfectly. It came out as clear as clean glass.

Sunny Night

Half sunny and half nighttime, the sunset and nightfall met each other halfway in the sunset. Not only does this rare sight have both the sunset and moon but there is an airplane too, a triple whammy.

Over and Under

While shooting near a river, I started to throw in rocks and hold the shutter to try to capture the splash and the ripples that followed. After trying for five minutes, I finally took the perfect shot. With the water half over and under the rock and the ripples just starting, it was the shot I wanted.

Peaking Out

Under the water and through some rocks, a small crab was spotted in a small stream off of the Trinity River. I have never seen a crab in my life and to find it in a small, local river? Now that is just something that you don't see everyday.

Father, Mother, Son

Happy Father's Day!  This black and white photo captures the whole family. I was lucky enough to have the father spread out its feathers. This was taken just before the mother and son jumped off the edge and disappeared from the camera's sight.

Up Top

Perched on the roof of a school building, this bird was enjoying the view the roof gave him. I believe he is looking for food or something similar to that. Soon enough the bird will probably fly down and then the picture would be called "Down Low."

Fly Baby Fly

With my newly learned photography skills, the black and white colors and shutter speed, I tested them out on a baby peacock. As the baby was about to fly away, I held down the shutter. Unfortunately, the bird was too fast.  I only was able to take one picture of it flying or jumping, as some might call it.  

One Done, One to Go

One sudden storm after another, a back to back pummeling of rain and wind. Although the rain was wild and the wind was blowing over small items, the storm moved away within the hour leaving us with blue skies. Also, this is the 100th post for TMannphotography, congratulations to 100 amazing posts!

Waterfall

Following both my photography camp and a sudden rain storm, I tried my newly learned skills on what the rain did. I ended up taking this picture of rain water falling out of a gutter, it almost looks like a waterfall.

A Cloudy Sunset
Over the city lights and noises, the clouds and sun were having a wonderful party. The sun lit up the early night time sky by putting himself within the clouds. The clouds look like silk or strands of fine hair. Sadly, the sun had to leave shortly after he came to let the moon do its job.

Pin Pointers

These small, black, aquatic animals were scattered everywhere in the stream I was wading in. What better thing to do than to take a round of pictures to share with the world. If you look at them closely, they almost look like pin points or push pins.

A Look Down the Lane
After lunch and on our way home, the street carved a perfect path. The buildings in the background are set right next to the street and as the street curve the buildings do too.

Green Branches

As I was going on a morning run, while delivering newspapers to the neighbors houses, I stopped to see this oddly shaped bush. "It almost looks like a jellyfish," I said to myself before returning to the run.

Bloom flower, Bloom
The background is full of flowers that have bloomed, but this one his not yet bloomed. On a visit to a house I spotted the flowers and took a few pictures before returning to the tour and this is what the picture turned out to be

Trees
Red, orange, and yellow, trees range in color and size. They are like giant humans. They eat, grow and live but the only thing we do differently then them, we sleep and rest much more than them.

Rain, Up-close

Succeeding an enormous rain storm, we were sitting in the car waiting to go inside for dinner. To pass the time, I took pictures of the recently fallen rain before it dried away.