Grizzly

A grizzly bear from my trip to the zoo yesterday :-) Plenty more zoo pics to share!

St. Louis GTG

Today I went to the St. Louis GTG!! My husband's family lives in that area, so it was very easy to make the trip. I had so much fun meeting more DPCers and talking shop :-) We went to the St. Louis zoo, and I think most of us filled at least two memory cards!! But it was such a good time. Everyone was so nice and friendly--and you know, that's really what I've come to expect from DPC. It's a great community with wonderful people, and it was a treat to get to know some more!

Another reverse macro. I'm on a kick.

Thinking about trying the water drop shots again now that I've got my lights.

Flower macro

Finally got my studio lights in and everything put together. Had to go buy some flowers, just for the occasion ;-) I also ordered a macro reversing ring so I could do some extreme close-ups! This was lit with just one of my new flash units, and I was amazed that it threw so much light I had to set the camera to f22....even with the reversed lens! Crazy. Crazy amounts of light--and I'm loving it.

Yellow Daisy

Flowers against snow

The snow is drifted up on our back deck at a height of about 3 feet. It's actually formed a little mountain.

And, I discovered that while the sun is out in the afternoon, it makes for kind of a nice backdrop and reflector. All I really had handy were some flowers my hubby gave me last week, so that's what you get :-)