Just playing

I had a little fun yesterday playing with the camera. This time I played more with the settings and also with the post processing to make photos more interesting. I won't bore you with the details. 

Beamer and his willow stick. This is the yawningest horse I have ever known! I like him to have willow branches to chew on as it contains a natural pain killer and anti-inflammatory.

The lovely Jayne. In the background is a large pile of composted horse pooh that is destined for gardens this year. Our neighbour is a landscaper and he takes all our pooh piles and composts them. Of course, I get to have some of the pooh-turned-dirt for my gardens too. This year I am doing all container gardens up by the house and have 2 new ones to fill with that lovely dirt.

The next two are straight out of the camera, one is landscape setting:

I had just scraped the pen and made another pile ready to be hauled out for composting. I could have played with the photo so you can see that Beamer and Jayne are in the shelter eating (on their chosen sides!). I love that neither of them poohs in the shelter. Now that I am down to 2 horses I can pick the pen every day and not have to push  it up with a tractor. I will have such a nice clean pen!

 The trees on the sides of the photo are Elderberries . The chickadees eat the berries during the winter. 

Next was a macro setting of the same tulips, taken when the afternoon sun is low enough to come through the west window. Again, straight out of the camera.

I am hoping that the next full moon will have clear skies because I really want to try the moon setting!