A Rose of a Different Color

I don't believe I had ever seen a lavender rose before, but now I have. This is a difficult color to photograph. 

A Yellow Rose

It's forecast to freeze here in two or three more days for the first time this fall. This may be "the last rose of summer". 

Courting the Ladies

A yellow-necked blackbird sits in a russian olive tree shopping for a wife. Taken in the wild bird refuge area in the Salt Lake marsh. 

A Duck in His Formal Atire

A beautiful Mallard Drake pauses on his trip south for the winter. 

Canadian Maple in its Fall Colors

The maple trees in our area are dressed for fall, but the leaves are dropping fast. 

A Gaggle of Canada Geese Heading South

These are the same geese as in the previous photo. I surprised them on a small pond near the Botanical Garden a few miles from my home. I was using a 640 mm telephoto lens on my Canon 20D digital camera. 

Fast Get Away

I surprised these canada geese that were swimming on a small pond close to my home and they took flight. The slow shutter speed and my panning to follow their flight resulted in this surrealistic photo which I feel expresses the haste of their departure.

Making honey

A little honey bee still hard at work in a patch of daisies on a warm and sunny November 1st, 2005. 

A perfect rose

We have not had our first frost yet and the flowers seem to be flourishing in the cooler weather. I love the two shades of this rose.