Sky and Weeds, originally uploaded by ronWLS.

I first of all love when I find a scene worthy of a photo and have my dSLR with me. Shooting in RAW makes it easy to enhance the image and make it look the way I want. But sometimes I don’t have that camera with me so I am glad that I got the little Canon last year. It does a decent job at capturing what I want so it’s not completely lost.
I know you can’t tell from this photo the size of these weeds but there were quite large. Thought it would be a cool one.

The Joey Rose

Originally uploaded by ronWLS.

It’s that time of year again. Flowers are blooming in the gardens of gardeners and those that are in to that kind of activity. Me, I just like to document some of it. Not really the gardener type but do appreciate the beauty. My dad always has some great stuff blooming and this year is no exception. Here’s to you dad!

The Poppies are Blooming

Originally uploaded by ronWLS.

Well it had to happen. Spring. Let’s just see how long it lasts this year. Since it already got to the 90s today (April 12th) it may well be a short spring. I hope not but that is how it often goes in Redding. Not really know for long periods of great weather.
We did have a very nice sky the other day. Blue. With clouds. A perfect opportunity to get out and shoot. Though I am finding that I probably need knee pads now. My knees are so bad I can’t stoop anymore and it certainly is fun get on my knees with sticks and stones. Wanted this angle thought and I think it looks pretty cool though I would like to do another one with some fill flash for the flowers.

Last of the Season

Originally uploaded by ronWLS.

Now that the rains have started and the weather is cooling down I would have thought that all the wild flowers were done. But that is not the case as is seen here. There are still more flowers out there.

Yellow Cactus Flower

Originally uploaded by ronWLS.

Cactus blooms are very cool looking. The petals always seem to have translucent look.

Totally missed doing any posts during the month of May. Seems that work is so busy. Lots of travel to the Bay Area lately on business development trips. Of course the fruits of all that labor will be a much busier workplace but that is the point after all. (Note to self: get more regular in posting to the blog) This photo was taken next to the sidewalk at the far end of the Sundial Bridge. There are so many places for cool pics that are just a short drive and or walk away.

Spring Trees

Originally uploaded by ronWLS.

Once again the weather in Redding has fooled the trees and plants of Redding into thinking it is now Spring. Eighty degree weather sure makes it feel like Spring but if the past is any indication of the future we are a little early. We will probably get another frost before it is all done and said but here it is. So here are my “Tees of Sprint: