Cat Cheek
The Cat really is the centre of the universe that I call my surroundings. Sometime She does not wish to have Her face photographed and I just have to make do, like this time on the lawn earlier this year, with my Takumar 100mm macro to hand.
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Pampas Moon
One last ‘seeds-against-blue-sky’ shot and then I will leave that theme to rest for a while, I promise. This pampas grass is down the street from me in someone’s front yard. Their neighbours have some too. So do lots of other people around here. This plant supports Christmas decorations, but also frames the moon nicely just before sunset. I probably should have tried more depth of field to get the pampas better into focus, but I am not unhappy with this shot.
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Seedy Clematis
These are, I am pretty sure, the seed heads of a clematis vine, seen on an arbor in the front garden of a neighbour’s house. It was the end of the day, I had photographed the sunset and it had become quite dark out. This arbor is over their front gate, and is spectacular when in flower. But now that I look closely at it in seed, I think it is even more interesting.
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Fluted Point – Dan Stueber
Today I am showing some pictures of a replica fluted point, a type of stone spear (or other projectile) point that existed in the Americas for a very brief period during what archaeologists call the Clovis and Folsom time periods. This one copies a Clovis point rather than a Folsom point. Clovis existed between about 13,500 and 13,000 years ago and was followed more recently by Folsom. Fluted points are characterised by the “flutes” which are made in the base by removing flakes from the base on both faces that are oriented parallel to the long edges of the point. The flute is emphasized in the foreground of the photo above, and see detail below. Archaeologists don’t call these “arrow heads” because it is difficult to say with certainty whether stone points are from arrows or not. However, the bow and arrow were not introduced to the Americas for about 12,000 years after this style was made, so it is certain fluted points were not attached to arrows.
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Hummingbird Sitting
Hummingbirds pretty much need to be sitting for me to get a photograph that is acceptable. This is an Anna’s Hummingbird which overwinter in parts of southern British Columbia, but with few geographical exceptions, only with help from humans. They are not migratory, but have extended their range into our area where they can survive thanks in part to the bird feeders, and probably climate change as well. For this species, the angle of the light has to be just right to show off the colour in the head and neck feathers, otherwise they look black.
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Roof Apple
I was messing around in the garden with my 200mm SMC Takumar lens today. I found this apple on the wood shed roof. I think a racoon probably left it, though there is an apple tree right next to the shed, this apple is a different variety. In the other neighbour’s yard is an unpicked apple tree which is more likely the source of the roof apple. I think they are leaving the apples for birds and animals as winter food. You can see that tree out of focus in the background of the first shot. I thought that the apples in their various colours looked good enough all blurry to warrant a picture of their own.
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