Wake up!

Wake up!, originally uploaded by Mel Torrie.

Here is another shot from Monday Morning in the Mendon Graveyard. It was a glowing morning but I ended up giving it more of an eerie feeling since I couldn't quite nail the warm glow. I'm getting quite a bit of glare from my wide angle lens, but in this case with the full ring, it kind of added a natural vignette so I've decided I like it in this instance.

Lunch

In San Diego I came across this huge spider wrapping and drinking lunch. I used a 400 mm lens to catch the action and tried flash on a couple. Need to be viewed large for the detail.

Sunrise with Friends

Sunrise with Friends, originally uploaded by Mel Torrie.

Cloud Ladders

Cloud Ladders, originally uploaded by Mel Torrie.

Incredible clouds on this morning at Cutler Marsh near my home. My favorite time of the day. And taking pictures beats milking cows in the morning like I did on the farm growing up.

Getting a cat

A fellow basketball player offered to give my family two cats for eating the mice and asked me to follow him home after our morning basketball game. As I approached his house the sky lit up and I drove past his house and onto a back road looking desperately for some foreground interest. I found this patch of weeds next to a barn and setup my tripod.

Mendon Contest

The Mendon Photo Club had a theme of night shots and fall so I submitted these. They get judged by a professional photographer which is always a good learning experience.

Surprise

I was shooting a sunrise on the east side of San Diego and this humming bird appeared out of nowhere.

A shot this along 1600 west in Logan. The sky was great and drove all over the valley looking for different angles. Its going to take all winter to process this fall seasons photos. My favorite time of year to shoot starts the last two weeks of September and finishes the second week of Novemenber. The skies are incredible and the sunrises and fall colors just can't be beat. I love living in Cache Valley! Make sure to view this at full size.

Portraits and the Coloured Canyon

Here are a couple of shots with the Daugs family (They were very patient!) and some shots up the canyon...

Behind

Hello faithful followers! Sorry for the lack of posts. The baby, learning a new camera, and a large number of people wanting family photos with the leaves has put my post-processing efforts way behind. So I'll start back up slowly and hopefully gain some momentum although I have a bunch of additional family photo shoots coming up.