My friend Annie of McGuffysReader is co-hosting the Friday “Friendly Fill-Ins”! You can find the fill-ins on Annie’s site or at 15andmeowing.com each Thursday and then link up each Friday. This is my first time participating in this fun idea, so here we go:
1. I prefer warm weather (also hot like now) to rain, ice and slush of winter (though a nice rain can be awesome).
2. Playing Pokemon Go was much harder than I expected. (Hahaha – not really, but I just had to snuck that one in there. Yes, I downloaded it, played it and now I am thinking of deleting it.)
3. One way that I relax is taking a walk in nature, preferably with a camera in hand – see photo below.
4. A roadtrip with David always makes me the happiest person in the world.
As I mentioned in my Instagram post, I took the day off today, to refocus, gain clarity, relax – you name it. What better way than to spend some time walking around the arboretum (see p. 3.). Even grabbed my macro iphone lens and gave it a little workout. This is not the perfect macro shot, but – for me – it is getting pretty close.
Happy Weekend!
Cheers,
It makes sense to me. Sometimes what would ordinarily be viewed as a mistake makes a great piece of art. I like your picture. It makes me think of a crown. 🙂
Your answer to #4 made me smile. My husband’s name is David and I love to go on road trips with him, too. 🙂
Have a great weekend.
Oh yes! I’ve definitely been there, turning ‘happy mistakes’ into something beautiful. Thanks for stopping by, Suzanne, what a wonderful coincidence about us and our road-tripping husbands.
There is no such thing as cold here. We lived in this house two years before we found out it did not have a heater. We were having the A/C replaced and the technician said, “Do you want us to hook up the heater?” I asked him why he asked and he said the old one was not hooked up. It did not even have a gas line running to it. Well, this IS Texas.
Hahaha – that is so funny! But, yeah, I guess – Texas. When I lived in Melbourne, Australia, and talked to my people back home in Germany they could not understand that hardly any house there has a heater. Oh well, we are all different. Thanks for stopping by, David.
Sure, you have to have some kind of camera in hand when you walk in nature. There’s a macro lens for the iPhone?! That’s a great shot, what is it, a hairy leaf or cat paw, lol. My only macro capable camera got waterlogged on the Fourth and I’ve wondering whether to get a new one or a basic telephoto lens.
Glad I’m not the only one thinking so. There are ‘stick on’ lenses for the iPhone or you can get a whole case with ‘screw in’ lenses. I’ve got a love / hate relationship with mine. For the most part ‘hate’, because – why bother? This is a phone camera not my DSLR, for which I’ve got lots of lenses (including a macro). The iPhone macro lens is also very finicky, because you have to be about half an inch away from your subject and, of course, NO moving. I didn’t even see a paw, but you’re right, it cold be. But it is a hairy leaf 🙂
Oh dear, I haven’t drowned a camera (yet), but I did give my iPhone a bath it did not survive. It really depends on your style of photography if to get a macro or tele or wide angle. There is no one-fits-all.
Thank you for joining in the fill-ins, I enjoyed your answers. I am so out of the loop with new things, I thought Pokemon was around 15 years ago and now I Keep hearing about it. You are an excellent photographer. Have a great weekend.
It was and is, Pokemon was a film or tv series, but now it is – like so many others – an app 🙂
I love your art, and you, my friend. Claudia, you are welcome any time! I am always happy to see you and visit with you. I will be back with sARTurday as soon as you have the linky up. I have been working on writing and joining memes for it. I want to hear about your Pokemon adventures. HUGS!
Actually, Annie, I am in the process of deleting Pokemon Go. It just doesn’t do anything for me…
At first glance that shot reminds me of an animal’s paw. Pretty neat. I have not done Pokemon yet. I may or may not. Just to see if there are any in my house. LOL.
I cannot recommend the Pokemon Go. It is fun for a moment or maybe if you are playing with others, but otherwise – nope, got better things to do.
I’d prefer warm rain too Claudia, but we have just had too much rain recently. I need to some sun and warmth before we head towards winter.
There is promise of a warm week ahead… so bring it on I say!
Your photography is amazing. The detail is incredible.
Thank you for sharing. Have a great weekend.
I hope you get your warmth, Neesie. I have friends in the UK and they just posted very hot weather on Facebook 🙂
I have not even told my kids about Pokemon Go yet… I don’t know if I dare. But then again, all things Minecraft is becoming a serious bore too! LOL
And I think that is a darn good macro shot!! The reflection in the droplet is gorgeous!!
We’ve had rain and storms this week, but still hot and so so humid, so I didn’t get many new photos. But I have a bunny in my backyard (spotted eating my petunias!! bad bunny!!) that is so quick of foot, I only have bunny butt shots!! I am determined to capture the rascally wabbit! wish me luck!
I am sure your kids would love Pokemon Go. But the danger to get too distracted while walking around is real. It doesn’t do much for me, so I will delete it.
You’re hunting a bunny?! Good luck!!
What a beautiful photograph! I think it is quite lovely. It was also interesting to learn about you.
Claudia, I enjoyed your fill-ins. Taking walks or a long drive in the mountains is a good way for us to relax, too. And, I always have my camera with me. Cool photo! What is it? You’ll find my fill-ins at the bottom of Friday’s post, if you care to pop over. 🙂 Have a good weekend, my friend!
It is a hairy leaf, about 1.5 – 2 inches big, Cathy 🙂
I know exactly what you mean! I am always searching for perfection but never quite get there, You got pretty close with this one. It’s quite amazing,
I like it, macro is such a tricky thing to get right
Thank you for linking up
Love the macro shot. Raindrops are so cool up close. Great fill ins… is this a take on Hilary’s follow friday fill in fun? Which lens do you use for the iPhone. I’ve been looking into getting a lens kit to go with my iPhone. They have the one that comes with a special case and then you can screw the lenses into the case.
The macro has a steep learning curve, right? Unfortunately I didn’t practice much before using it for a wedding. Luckily I had downtime to nail down the wedding rings shot. Not easy!
I downloaded Pokemon Go and then deleted it. I’m not sure I can do it.
I prefer warm weather to anything else..
That is a really good shot and I downloaded Pokemon Go too but the novelty is wearing off pretty quickly
Mollyxxx
Lovely lovely detail in your macro shot! #mysundayphoto
Gah, I missed this weeks Friday thingy again. I am sucking bad at this blog thing as of lately. Pokeman GO is scary but I love that my kids are connecting over it so I can’t say a word – I just watch them and smile.
I love once again the photo and am curious because I feel like I should know but don’t know, tell me about this macro lens for the iphone you mentioned? There are soooo many times I wish I had one to capture something but can’t because carrying my big camera around isn’t feasible. So educate me my friend. Shoot me an email if possible 🙂
Happy Sunday!