Photos 86 & 87 of 365 - Lace Vine and Shadow

I found this in my yard the other day. It must have been yummy for some plant eating bug. I loved the patterns in the leaves and thought the shadow was intriguing as well.  First photo is of the plant and second photo is of the shadow.

Photo settings: f/3.5, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

Photo settings: f/4, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

Photo 85 - 365 Blue Marbles

Found these in one of our flower beds. I love the color!
Just take a look around, you never know what you will find!

Photo settings are: f/11, 1/100 sec., ISO 100

Photo 84 - 365 Black Eyed Susan Flower

I really enjoy taking photos of flowers. They are so colorful and interesting. This is a Black Eyed Susan flower that is blooming in my flower bed. It is all by itself out there and I couldn't resist photographing it. The view is from the side which makes the photo more dramatic I think.

Photo settings are: f/3.5, 1/100 sec., ISO 100

Photo 82 & 83 - 365 Cape Lookout and Shackleford Ponies

Took a mini vacation this weekend. Spent a day at Cape Lookout. So glad a place like this is so close.  Our boat Captain took us by Shackleford Banks and we saw a few of the ponies. Our Captain gave us a great history on the Shackleford Ponies. We spent some time on the beach and I took this photo of the Lighthouse.

This is a photo of the ponies from our boat. There are 120 ponies on the island and they are all numbered. 

Photo 81 - 365 Spiders

My Husband found these on our porch this morning.  Bunches of little tiny spiders. I had to grab my camera for this one!

Photo settings are: f/9, 1/125 sec., ISO 100, Macro lens

Photo 80 - 365 Day Lily

These beautiful Day Lily flowers are blooming in my yard right now. It didn't bloom at all last year. A lot of things that should have bloomed last year didn't bloom. But this year things are different and I am so glad.

Photo settings are: f/3.5, 1/400 sec., ISO 100, macro lens

Photo 79 - 365 American Flag

Once again, the photos of the machines on the ground were mostly close-up photos. I tried to make the composition interesting.

Photo settings are: f/10, 1/250 sec., ISO 100