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This is going into the tenth week of rice planting. The hot and humid weather made some of the rice pods mature faster.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/22, 1/50sec, ISO 400, focal length 17mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/800sec, ISO 400, focal length 91mm, evaluative metering
I can tell the types of rice by looking at the rice pods now and this is white rice.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/13, 1/60sec, ISO 400, focal length 154mm, evaluative metering
The ones that were planted late are still very young.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/800sec, ISO 400, focal length 109mm, cropped, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/320sec, ISO 400, focal length 73mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/320sec, ISO 400, focal length 118mm, evaluative metering
These are purple sticky rice, the pods are deed purple.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/80sec, ISO 400, focal length 188mm, evaluative metering
I had to work late again and didn’t get to visit the paddy until after 6:30pm (18:30). I didn’t see that many dragonflies hovering over the paddy. I spotted the green one right before I left and didn’t get a very clear shot. I checked my camera LCD screen and wasn’t happy with it, and by the time I looked up it was gone.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/80sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, closeup cropped, evaluative metering
This is definitely a season for the Rooster Comb flower, and it attracts bees and butterflies.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/640sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
This baby robin left the nest a little too early. It barely could fly and I spotted it by my driveway.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/500sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
Karma’s When I Feel Like It Blog is having another photo scavenger hunt for August. This time she is not asking for any specific items to hunt for but she is looking for a photo for each of the prominent rainbow colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Each photo should show something specific to summertime. Bonus: a self-portrait of you in the summertime! The due date is Sunday, August 28th and I hope you will join.
I think I might have gotten lucky in this image, we visited Cool Park Pool yesterday morning.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, AV, f/4, 1/4000sec, ISO 400, exposure bias 0step, focal length 122mm, evaluative metering
There was one dude there that I had to take a second look. He was dressed in a lady’s swimming suit and painted his fingernails hot pink. As you can see that he is bald headed and even sitting cross legged in the pool.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority (AV), f/4, 1/4000sec, ISO 400, exposure bias -0.3step, focal length 149mm, evaluative metering
Lee likes to jump off from the rock.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority (AV), f/5.6, 1/2000sec, ISO 400, exposure bias 0step, focal length 87mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority (AV), f/5.6, 1/2000sec, ISO 400, exposure bias 0step, focal length 100mm, cropped, evaluative metering
She made some splash.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority (AV), f/5.6, 1/2500sec, ISO 400, exposure bias 0step, focal length 188mm, cropped, evaluative metering
I’m glad that we have a pool close to home especially for some of us that don’t have our own swimming pool. It’s $14 for adult and $7 for children to get in. The best time is to get there early when it is not too crowded.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Aperture Priority (AV), f/5.6, 1/4000sec, ISO 400, exposure bias 0step, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
The slide was a lot of fun, I did a couple rounds myself.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, AV, f/4, 1/4000sec, ISO 400, exposure bias 0step, focal length 131mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, AV, f/4, 1/2000sec, ISO 400, exposure bias 0step, focal length 131mm, evaluative metering
This is my first time there, but several times for Lee. She came with the summer camp and daycare in the past.
I got up early Saturday morning to wait for the morning sunlight, this was taken at 7am.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/13, 1/10sec, ISO 400, focal length 17mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/13, 1/10sec, ISO 400, focal length 17mm, evaluative metering
My garden is doing very well in comparison to this time last year especially the Thai eggplants.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/20sec, ISO 400, focal length 24mm, evaluative metering
They just don’t bear the fruit fast enough, My dad gave me some from this garden.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/100sec, ISO 400, focal length 40mm, evaluative metering
I’ve been eating the chili peppers and they are not as hot yet, but very tasty.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/40sec, ISO 400, focal length 30mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/60sec, ISO 400, focal length 34mm, evaluative metering
The cherry tomato plants are showing sign of aging, some of the leaves are dying and drying out. I still get plenty of tomatoes, and not to mention some from my dad’s garden.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/60sec, ISO 400, focal length 35mm, evaluative metering
The pickling cucumber plants are also mature.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/30sec, ISO 400, focal length 28mm, evaluative metering
I still get the cucumber but not as abundance as last month.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/100sec, ISO 400, focal length 34mm, evaluative metering
The Brussels sprouts are thriving in the hot and humid weather of North Carolina.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/60sec, ISO 400, focal length 36mm, evaluative metering
A lot of caring for them and if not spot check on a regular basis, they could be gone within days. It’s one of the plants that cabbage worms love to munch on.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/100sec, ISO 400, focal length 32mm, evaluative metering
My cabbages are not doing too bad growing in pots, but I think it would be more ideal to grown them in the garden.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 40mm, evaluative metering
Sunflower
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 40mm, evaluative metering
Lee’s flowers next to her swing. Her roses in the background are doing well also, this is the third set of blooms this year. The trick is to prune dead-heading to encourage new flowers and you will have blooms until the first frost in early winter.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 40mm, evaluative metering
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The last time I visited the rice paddy was June 17th, and the plants were still very young then. My goal for this year rice planting was to update it weekly but with vacationing and having to work long hours I finally had a chance to visit the paddy again yesterday evening. It was extremely hot and humid. My camera lens fog up as soon as it hits the hot air, it took about 5 minutes before it starts to warm up and I could see through the viewfinder again. This is going into the ninth week of rice planting.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/13, 1/320sec, ISO 400, focal length 17mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/13, 1/200sec, ISO 400, focal length 17mm, evaluative metering
The aroma of the rice plants smell so nice, I wish I could load the smell in my video to share and maybe it would be something that we could do in the future. Lee saw a 4-D movie commercial recently on TV and she asked if you could smell it too. I thought that’s too funny, imagine sitting in a movie theater and you could smell everything in the movie. She thought that would be so cool, and I bet it would.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/13, 1/200sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/22, 1/30sec, ISO 400, focal length 70mm, evaluative metering
The dragonflies are hovering over the paddy and amazingly there were no mosquitoes in sight. In the environment such as the rice paddy where there are many dragonflies, the mosquitoes don’t have a chance to survive. The dragonflies make a feast out of them.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/500sec, ISO 400, focal length 168mm, closeup cropped, evaluative metering
I didn’t see the damselfly in this image while I was shooting until I got home. It’s so tiny, and not an easy task to focus on them, this one came out okay but I was actually focusing on the rice pods.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/320sec, ISO 400, focal length 154mm, evaluative metering
The purple sticky rice.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/320sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/320sec, ISO 400, focal length 154mm, evaluative metering
The grasshopper.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/80sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
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