Monday, October 31, 2016

SOME MORE CENTRAL COAST COWS

I hope the recent rain helps the central coasts' hills to turn green again.  It's a beautiful place after the rain.



Tuesday, October 25, 2016

HAPPY COWS

These are the Happy Cows of San Luis Obispo County ... Love this scene.




Monday, October 24, 2016

PISMO COWS #2


As I said before in prior post so fortunate to have these photos - because the only ones I have of this day and these cows are what I posted on a different blog right after I took the pics.  The rest of the photos from my trip were lost when my computer crashed.  If I hadn't blogged them I would not  have the photos as a reminder of the beautiful day up in this area.


Sunday, October 23, 2016

MOM AND BABY AT THE CENTRAL COAST -

I don't think I put these on this blog before and if I did it's been years. 

I have a whole series I want up so I can refer back to them for sketching.

This was on a trip up to Arroyo Grande/Pismo area of California.

This was in an area where there were "view" lots for sale and they sat behind a security gate which was open when we drove by one day.  I am so glad we went when we did because now the gate is closed to the public. 

The views were beautiful and it was at a time a lot of the mother cows had given birth to their babies.  
I'm so thankful I got these pics.  



Friday, October 21, 2016

SPARROW STOPPING BY FOR A DRINK

I always enjoy when the birds come by for a drink and stay for a few photos.  I like the "bokeh" effect on the background which was not done on purpose and I only saw it later.  I didn't even know what the word meant until someone mentioned it on another of my photos and I had to look it up.

So - in case you have never heard of it here is the definition:


Bokeh is the official name for a specific photography effect.  The name actually comes from the Japanese word for blur or haze.  Bokeh is the aesthetic quality of out of focus blur in a photograph.





Wednesday, October 19, 2016

PIGEON POOL

Looked out my window the other day and this pigeon was trying to take a bath.