Diella's Pictures.... Finally!

Hello, again!

This evening was beautiful; warm, no wind, and no shadows. It was the perfect evening to capture some pictures of Diella..... while she was in the mood. :)

She wanted a book themed photo-shoot, so I gathered up some of the old looking books we have and an old lantern and we headed outside.

Here are the good ones!

(All of these are unedited except for fixing the back-light.

I had her "read" one of the books while I took close up shots of her. I think they all turned out pretty good.

 The serious shots. ;)

 I finally had to tell her to grin at least a little.... She still had a some-what serious look on her face!

The book selection I used:

(I tried to get books with the same color theme as Diella's outfit.)

 Reading with a lantern (not really).

This was actually Josiah's idea, but I thought it was suitable enough for her. :)

 Josiah and Hadassah during the photo-shoot. :)

 (She was saying "Hi!" and waving to the cows in the pen)

Alright! That was all! I wanted to get some more shots, but the sun was setting, and I didn't want my pictures to end up grainy, so we called it quits. I got some good ones, however, I'm hoping that Diella will be in a "wanting to be photographed" mood tomorrow morning, so we can resume the photo-shoot. I doubt she will (since she NEVER wants to be photographed), but I can still hope! :)

Blessings!

Alegra

Cow Portraits and More

Greetings all! It was another beautiful day today!

I went out with Diella on the four-wheeler and took some close up pictures of the cows. I didn't get very many good ones only because they were eating most of the time and their mouths would open quite frequently during the "shoot". It did not make my job any easier than it already was. :/ :)

Iris, one of the Herefords.

 One of the Black Angus girls.

 Rosie, the other Hereford.

 I love this picture of Rosie framed by the tree branches. I also like the expression she has on her face. :)

 Apple blossoms.

 Diella got to take Grandma on the four-wheeler, and there were mostly smiles on the ride. :)

 I finally figured out how to get good sunset pictures!!

(this one is not edited)

(the only edit I did to this picture was brightening the sky)

I told Diella to drive the four-wheeler up on the hill by the sun, so I could get a good silhouette picture. It took a little bit to get them to behave themselves for the picture, but I think it turned out great!! I used P mode and set the white balance to direct sunlight. I am so glad I figured it out. Whenever I would use Manual for sunset or sunrise pictures, it would just make the sky really bright and take away all the beautiful colors, so I am really glad I found a way to get good sky pictures. :)

I guess that's all..

Have a blessed week!

Alegra

Hadassah and Rosie, the Cow

Hello all! :)

It was a beautiful and warm day on the farm today. Diella and I took Saphira and Hadassah on the four-wheeler around the yard. Hadassah loved it!

When Diella wanted a turn driving, she took Saphi on a ride. When I got off, I ran in the house, got my camera, and took Hadassah out to the barn. I was going to go take pictures of Dad and Benaiah mowing the field, but the cows were in the barn, so I just stayed in there with Hadassah and took her pictures with the cows.

 Here is the one picture I got of the guys mowing.

I wanted them to be at the bottom of the picture, and I was over by the chicken's pen, so I just used the fence to frame the tractor.

Now for the cow pictures. :)

The only cow that was close enough to the gate, was Rosie. She's the friendliest of five cows.

 Hadassah, attempting to climb the gate.

She only climbed up two bars, but that was high enough to get a cute picture of her feet. :)

 She tried so hard to get Rosie to come eat the hay that she was throwing in the pen.

 These are some of the cutest pictures I took. :) She was so excited about something. I'm not even sure what, but she made the best faces!

 Picking up some hay off the floor.

 When the boys finished their job and came down, all the cows got up and just watched them walk down the hill and out the gate. They're so funny! :)

 The handle to the barn door.

 The chain-link fence.

 I came back in the barn after telling Hadassah to come to the house and finding she wasn't following me. When I walked in the door, and saw this, I had to get a picture! :)

She would walk back and forth from one end of the gate to the other, and wait for Rosie to follow her, then she would give her some hay and rub her head. It was so cute!

Here is the process. Notice the hand licking in most of the feeding pictures. :)

 A different view of Rosie getting fed.

I like how you can see on both sides of the gate, instead of only into the cow pen.

 These are two of the newest cows. They aren't to sure of us yet.

Last picture of Rosie being fed. I think Saphira was feeding her in this one though.

That was all we did! :)

Before I took these pictures, Josiah, Benaiah, Saphira, Dad, and I piled into Dad's tractor and went to the neighbor's to get a mower to mow the field.

A little bit ago, Diella and I made homemade Reese's peanut butter cups. They are so delicious!!

I hope you have had a great week!

Blessings!

Alegra

Random Farm Happenings

Hello! Yesterday, Dad took each of us children on a four-wheeler ride. While the others were getting their turns, I took pictures. :)

 Here is a bent nail I found in one of the pieces of wood that Dad moved outside of the barn.

 Saphi loved riding the four-wheeler. She had a smile on her face the whole time!

 There was a big flock of birds in the field, so I just played around with capturing them in flight. I like how the pictures turned out.

 Can you guess what this is?

It's a water pump. I think that for being in the cow's pen, it's pretty clean.

 Our only Rhode Island Red.

 One of the reels on the fence by the barn.

 There were lots of these little flowers (or weeds) everywhere, but I liked this one the best. See the comparison of the flower and the blades of grass? It was so small!

 I love how in this picture, Dad is squinting at me and Benaiah (from the back) is looking behind his shoulder, also squinting at me. :)

 They had to fix one of the fences, so Josiah pulled right up to the post and Dad fixed it from the four-wheeler. Might as well! :)

Here is Iris, one of our Herefords. The other cows were out enjoying eating, and she was by herself. I got right up by her and she didn't seem to mind.

Well, that's all! I forgot to post this yesterday, and I just remembered about it, so there you are! Hope you enjoyed reading about our fun day! ;)

Blessings,

Alegra