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As I was walking home from shopping today, I spotted this #cricket (is it a #grasshopper? I don't know) as it flew in between us and landed on the driveway. It was about 2 cm in length and sat quite still and so I got my #camera to #photograph it. I'm calling this one the Cricket at its Shadow.
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Today was again a #sunny end to the #day and I decided to take #portrait #photographs of the #sunset. This shows a greater portion of #sky away from the #horizon and so you can gauge the #colour gradients better.
This first one gives a wider (taller) field of view without the window frame encroaching into the #image.
The second one is slightly more zoomed in.
A sharp heavy #shower passed through and I tried to capture the #rain by switching to #ManualFocus to #focus in on the #Raindrops rather than the #background. I think the effect isn't bad. There had been an even heavier shower earlier but I didn't think about capturing it.
It was another sunny day but there are a few more #clouds around now, particularly around the horizon. At the time of taking this #photograph, it was still quite bright but by framing it as I have, it gives a more fiery, moody and perhaps even a sinister air to it.
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A #day can a difference. Yesterday's #sunset was following a very settled day but today there were showers at the end of the day and so the #sky was a bit more dramatic. You could say it was more "atmospheric", dramatically anyway. The framing makes the #cloud in the #foreground look a bit menacing but in reality it was quite high and the showers had passed.
After many days of hot and dry weather, with temperatures in the 30s and feeling rather uncomfortable, today offered a respite and there were showers as well as some thunderstorms and lightning to cool things down again. The weather cleared up later in the afternoon and the day ended with this spectacular #sunset with #greys and #golds amongst the #clouds and #sky. Sort of reminiscent of #JMWTurner.
The back #garden is parched now and there is no sign of significant rain for many days yet. However, the #tomatoes are ripening well and the splash of #red #colour is a lot greater.
I find #butterflies more difficult to #photograph at the moment as they move fast and don't settle on #plants for more than a split second. However, this one did stop off for a bit longer.
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A few minutes later, the #colours have deepened and there is such a sharp contrast between the #clouds and the clarity of the #blue #sky which indicates that there isn't that much #dust to disperse the shorter wavelengths of #light. Interesting.
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There are two #airways above my city. One runs #east-west and the other #north-south. The previous #sunset #photograph I posted had an #aircraft flying in the former and this one is heading #north. I bet the view from the #aeroplane is probably quite spectacular but the #colours are rich from the ground too.
In the back #garden, the #colours are dominated by the #reds and #greens of #plants and the #browns of the #soil.
Here, I think this #photograph captures the tangled #jungle nature of the #tomato plants with #fruit distributed around in various stages of ripeness.
In another part and in direct #sunlight are some #grapes developing nicely. The image is deceptive as they are quite small, less than 1 cm in diameter. You can also make out a #spider and its #web.
Lastly, here are #flowers of #RunnerBeans against the #blue #sky.
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