View allAll Photos Tagged backyard
It's all the rage in my neighbourhood to have a fire pit and enjoy a summer's evening pretending you're camping.
Backyard flowers with Tokina "Bokina" 90mm f2.5 AT-X pro vintage manual macro lens. Roanoke Virginia.
Juvenile red-tailed hawk,
Berwyn IL USA
From last February. Red-tailed hawk with squirrel prey (I think). Tool it to the neighbor's backyard and then to their garage roof.
Haven't had a chance to photograph lately so I decided to crawl around the backyard today. I caught this guy trying to run away from me.
Just crawled it's way on Explore! Highest position: 194 on Wednesday, December 9, 2009
These are just a few of our past Christmas trees planted in the backyard, enjoying last Saturday's snow. - HTMT!
I stepped out into the backyard and I saw a brown animal laying stretched out. His head was facing away from me and since a woodchuck lives underneath my shed, I initially thought it was him. A second later I froze realizing this was way bigger than my woodchuck friend!
Went back to get my camera and took pics from the door leading out to the backyard, never leaving the garage. He never took his eyes off of me!!
I thought he may have been waiting for the woodchuck to come out or maybe was checking out the birds at the feeders. But from his relaxed behavior and the fact he wasn't trying to hide, I think he was just lounging!!
Definitely a once in a lifetime encounter!
Shelton, Connecticut
The details are mostly for family and friends who are interested. (So I won't hold it against you if you find it boring!) 😊
This is a three photo joiner so a bit distorted. Just to show how open the backyard looks without the trees. More light, airflow and less mosquitos! We had the stumps ground down this morning but in this shot you can see where the trees were. Now we have to put down some topsoil and grass but maybe in the Fall. It's too hot to put grass seeds down now.
Also, I will post when the sliding door is finished.
Too bad we don't heat with wood anymore. I don't know how we are going to get rid of all these logs but I'm sure someone will want them.
1. Very large maple right beside the screened porch.
2. Medium sized maple which impeded the movement to our shed.
3. Tall skinny maple which was leaning over the shed and also had a rotting hole in it.
4. Huge (70') poplar
5.Two V-shaped maples which were in the way of felling the poplar. One side was dead. See previous images.
BIG BONUS.. Think of all the leaves we won't have to rake this fall... yahoo!
Another sunset, this one from my backyard deck, using a panoramic technique to stitch 39 images together.
Karen often comes into our sun room, where my computer is stationed with my back to the windows, and exclaims: "Look at that sunset!" Many times, I crane my neck and say: "Yup" and go back to my work. Other times, like this, the muse in me moves me into action.
Having a deck that overlooks this expanse of sky is a wonderful addition to our house. We put the sun room and deck on over 20 years back, and have enjoyed them both enormously. I've only recently come to appreciate just how much of the view I could capture using the panoramic stitching technique.
To see the sky, as much of the expanse as I can take in and then be able to grab it, and have it in a single photograph, that is a wonder to me. I'm still wrapping my head around just how much I can use this way of imaging.
I do know that the beauty of a single sunset can make all the difference in my mood.
I just LOVE my backyard and all my little visitors.
These flowers are a real favorite with the butterflies and hummingbirds.
I took this photo today of sap on my cedar tree using my iPhone 6 with an Olloclip maco lens attached.
Something possessed me to take a shot literally in my own backyard tonight, as flurries gently whitened Chicago. After the household chaos of the holiday season, I guess some reflection was necessary. Life has been a roller coaster lately- I'm hoping for a smoother, more productive, happier 2019. But aren't we all.
The sunsets have been simply amazing for the last eight days in a row. I used to drive to places, like the Ottawa River shore or some other place just to see the sunset. For the last three or four years, though, my night vision went to space so I can't drive anymore when it gets dark. But I feel I'm so lucky that I can still see it through a window, or from the backyard.