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By Puteri, August 31, 2010 11:37 am

I was quite pleased by how the foggy background on this picture enhanced the overall picture. It gave the picture an other worldly feel to it!

In Nipomo, California, where this picture was taken, fog in the morning is an almost daily occurrence. I was glad I took out my camera that morning and waited for the hummingbirds to appear.

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By Puteri, August 30, 2010 9:33 pm

This is the only variety of dragonflies in my yard that is willing to let me photograph it! Every time I get too close, it will fly away from its perch but it always comes back!

It looks like it is doing a gymnastic routine, doesn’t it?

I love looking at the glassy wings! Amazing how much detail a camera lens can capture!

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By Puteri, January 28, 2010 10:20 am

I don’t do as much landscape photography as I do close up or macro. The reason being the difficulty in composing and taking good images of the landscape that I am trying to photograph. But the thing is, the more you photograph landscapes, the more you appreciate (hopefully!) what goes into making a good landscape photograph.

Here are some of my attempts at evening/sunset photography.

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By Puteri, December 9, 2009 1:14 pm

Yesterday morning it was cold and the everything that was out in the open was covered in frost.

I took many pictures of the flowers in my front yard during the summer and it was interesting to take pictures of the remaining flowers covered in frost this late in the fall.

Frost Covered Flowers I
Galt, California 2009

Frost Covered Flowers II
Galt, California 2009

Frost Covered Flowers III
Galt, California 2009

Frost Covered Flowers IV
Galt, California 2009

Hummingbird at a Feeder I
Galt, California 2009

Hummingbird at a Feeder II
Galt, California 2009

I felt sorry for the hummingbird that stopped at my empty and frozen hummingbird feeder. After the bird left, I took the feeder in, washed it in warm water and filled it back up with syrup. I waited for the hummingbird to come back that day, but it never did.

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By Puteri, December 1, 2009 3:07 pm

Flowers
Nipomo, California 2009

I was out in my mother-in-law’s garden photographing flowers in the early evening when a hummingbird flew right in front of me.

Hummingbird I
Nipomo, California 2009

Hummingbird II
Nipomo, California 2009
I quickly took a few snapshots of the hummingbird. Only a couple turned out good enough to share here. A pity.

Hummingbird in a Tree I
Nipomo, California 2009

Hummingbird in a Tree II
Nipomo, California 2009

The next day I went out in the garden again and followed the sounds of the hummingbirds. Unfortunately, they stayed mostly high in the trees. Only one actually flew in front of a flower but unfortunately all the pictures I took of it turned out fuzzy. A disappointment, really.