St Edwards 2010

I bought a news lens! Yippee! I needed a new lens cap (a creek ate mine) so dma and I ventured over to Kenmore Camera; they always have what you need. They also have a fun selection of used gear, hehe. dma pointed out a 70-300 nikon lens, with VR. oooo.... I have a 70-200 vr f2.8 on my wish list, but the under $500 used 70-300 sounds like a mighty fine compromise ;)



Since we were in the area, we took a little trip to St. Edwards State Park. It was a lovely, sunny afternoon & very productive photographic spot, too!



I l-o-v-e love the new lens. The first two pics below are straight from the camera... no editing. Nice, huh?

Ok, so, I totally need to get a botany book or something. I always come across cool trees and flowers and have no idea what they are called. I am calling this plant "Mystery Flower" because I don't know what it is, but, man, I see it everywhere! What I particularly love about this botanical beauty is the backlighting. It always has some cool backlighting going on.

I gasped with delight when I saw the first Official signs of spring... Daffodils! I think the tulip fields might bloom early this year... I'll have to keep an eye out!

Eventually, we made our way down to the shores of Lake Washington. It was lovely, the sun was setting, reflecting gently in the waves.

And that just about wraps up this round of pics! I used my new 70-300 for all of the frames; it is always fun getting acquainted with new gear! Thanks for checking out these photos; hope that you have a lovely day :)