Fall's Tree

I took pictures of this tree because of the two different colors. There are the red leaves and the green spiky balls. I like the contrast that the two give each other. It is like two seasons in one, the green is the summer and the red is the winter. 

Winter Sunset

During the summer, sunsets are brighter and more colorful because of the storms that create great sunsets. During the winter, there are fewer storms during the sunset which makes not as good sunsets.  While I didn't take pictures of this sunset during the peak time, it still is darker and not as interesting as sunsets during the summer. 

Christmust be Celebrated before any Other Holiday

While looking for interesting places to take pictures of the sunset, I found this Christmas decoration. When I saw it I immediately knew what the title was going to be. I put the camera as close to Rudolph's nose as I could. I that most of the reindeer are in focus, while Santa in the back is out of focus. 

Sunset Tree

The other plant I put in front of the sunset was this pine tree. I like how there are the needles on the pine tree. It gives the viewer something more to look at besides the sunset. I also like how the colors from the tree are very dark but you can still see the green. The sunset is bright enough to be a sunset but dark enough to not be overexposed. 

Sunset Flower

During one sunset, I captured it through silhouettes of many plants. I like this picture because of the blurred sunset and focused flower. I wish I decreased the shutter speed so the flower would be brighter. If I did that though, then the sunset would be overexposed.

Floating

Still, in the canal, I put my camera as close to the water as it could go. I like how the leaf curls up out of the water. I also like the reflection it gives the water. After looking at it, I wish I angled the camera down a little and put the reflection in the center of the frame. 

Flying High

Looking up from the flowers and lizards, I saw this hawk circling above. While it was circling, it kept on drifting west. I think it was just soaring and going where ever the wind took it. I took a few pictures and looked to make sure they were good, and when I looked up, the hawk had moved farther west. 

Fallen Leaves

These leaves actually fell to the ground naturally. Passing a driveway, I found it covered in leaves. Normally I would pass it, but I liked the red leaves, so I took a few pictures. I took close-ups and pictures from a high angle. I liked the close-ups better because you get more detail on the leaves and the leaves that aren't in focus or better looking than I large frame with everything in focus. 

Falls Color's

During the past few weeks, there have been heavy rains. While this made flooding and other problems for the city, the water helps make some interesting pictures. In a canal beneath a red tree, several leaves fell (and I picked one to make this picture). I picked the reddest leaf I could find to stand out against the tree. 

Halloween

I passed by several houses with Halloween decorations, but this house stood out. I like the bright green skeleton on the swing and the brown skeletons sitting on the chairs in the background. After this Halloween house, I will continue with a fall theme. As fall comes yellow and red colors take the place of green on the trees and leaves begin to fall. 

Leafy Green

After posting several pictures about lizards, one of my friends sent me this picture. I really like it. I like the contrast between the purple and green, and the different colors of green between the lizard and leaves. The lighter shade of green in the lizard help it stand out against the dark green and the purple leaves. 

Pumpkin Stare

The last lizard I saw was this one. It was on a bumpy pumpkin and like the others, was staring at something. It was hard to get this high definition of focus because of how small the lizard was. I took hundreds of pictures just trying to get the perfect one. 

Over Looking

Another member of this lizard family was on a leaf. Like the last picture, I wanted to get as close as I could. I chose this picture because of its clarity and detail on the lizard. There is a very sharp focus on the lizard which I really like. 

Little Lizard

At the little pumpkin patch, there were several different lizards. There were two big one and a least one smaller one. I tried to get level with this smaller lizard and have its head be sticking into the air. While I wish the camera was a little lower, I still like the angle of this picture. The lizard also helped me by turning its head towards me and raising it just over the flowers.

Fall Plants

The little pumpkin patch had all types of pumpkins and several other plants. These included the white flowers in the left side of the picture and the peppers in the top right of the picture. There was also corn and many other types of seasonal fall flowers. 

Pumpkin Patch

One house that I traveled by had a small patch of pumpkins and other fall plants in front of it. I was taking pictures of the plants when I saw this lizard then two others. I wanted to get the closest and most focused picture of the lizard. I also wanted to have the other festivee plants in the background since it is fall. 

Roadside Stop

On the side of the road was this grey bird. I started taking pictures of him in the sandy grass, but it was too hard to see it. So, I waited for it to move onto something with a different color so it would stand out more. It went onto the road to eat a tree nut that had fallen and that's when I took this picture. 

Look Out

High in a tree, was this squirrel. It was looking out from the tree and at me. I believe it thought of me as a threat, so it wanted to stay away from me. I tried to get as close as I could before it ran away. This was my last shot before I was too close. 

Blue Jay

At the pool of water, there were also blue jays. I couldn't get close enough to the blue jay because it flew away whenever I was within around 40 feet of it. I chose this picture because I like how the bird is just staring at me. I also like it because the water is mostly in focus and the bird is in perfect focus. 

Flight

I was watching some birds around a pool of water when one flew into this tree. It stayed there for a few minutes, before flying back to the water. Right as it left the tree, I started taking pictures of it. I am surprised how most of the bird is still in focus. It took off very fast, but I had my shutter speed high enough that it is mostly in focus.