I had a little spare time on Friday. So, I ran over to the zoo. I knew I did not have enough time to do the entire zoo, so I went to the Asia and Africa areas. The female orangutan gave birth not too long ago, and she and her baby were out.
In the Africa exhibit, the flamingoes were all next to the water, and that made a nice reflection shot.
Finally, right next tot he Flamingoes, there was a flock of Black Vultures in a tree.
I took Joe and Mathias to see a football game in the new stadium last Saturday night. I was able to get a couple good pictures from inside the stadium. This one is from the very top of the upper deck seats.
It is apparent it was an overcast night. In fact, it rained quite hard when we were getting to the stadium. As the night went on, though, the clouds opened, and I got this shot of the stadium with a quite prominent moon.
Baylor has built a new football stadium on campus. Everyone has been eager to take photographs of it. I have a couple in my own style. Here is my picture of the stadium.
It is am impressive facility. I wanted to go a little beyond the normal photograph, though, and I took pictures of the old Floyd Casey Stadium and superimposed on into the reflection in the water. I call this “Now and Then.”
The Heart of Texas Professional Photographer’s Guild holds monthly competitions. For August, the theme for one of the competitions was “Around in Circles.” Bryant Stanton is a local artist who works in metal and glass. He was commissioned to do a chandelier and a sculpture for the new Science Building at the Community College. His sculpture was in interpretation of the Double Helix. I decided to work that up as my entry for the competition. This was my final product, and it won the competition.
OK, Here is a smoked pork chop with green beans.
Dessert is a slice of Cherry Pie.
Walmart had several things in the bakery clearance yesterday. So, more dessert pics today. First Oatmeal Cookies.
Then a Brownie
And finally two pictures of Chocolate Cream Pie.
I went to Walmart, and their bakery has a clearance rack. Each day, there are new items I could use to take photos of. These are vanilla cupcakes with orange frosting.
Apple Pie
Pecan Tart
Pastry Tubes with Vanilla Cream with and without Chocolate Sauce.
The last few days, I have again been able to do some food photography. The first one is Italian Sausage with Pasta Prima Vera.
The Second one was Barbecued Spare Ribs and Sweet Corn.
The third one was Red Beans and Rice.
And finally Salmon with Grilled Yellow Squash.
Waco has a Farmer’s Market downtown on Saturday mornings. We go almost every week, and most of the time we don’t get anything. This time of year, though, there are lots of fresh vegetables. Saturday I got sweet corn, green beans, tomatoes, and yellow squash. They make a pretty good still life.
Friday, Debbie drove her mother up to Iowa. When she got there, she texted me that there was a field of sunflowers on I35 in Itasca that were amazing. So, Saturday morning I drove up there. There were actually several fields on both sides of the highway.
