Park photos again… this time I was very excited to find a sign of spring!! The protea tree I was taking a photo of, had new purple leaves

And it was such a beautiful sight to see, especially after walking in the icy icy icy cold weather!

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

The skies have been grey for a few days now… really not conducive to happy photo taking… but I just loved this scape that I spotted when I took the dogs walking this evening

I went home a little early yesterday afternoon because of the kids, and used the opportunity to take the kids and puppies for a walk in the park.   There was the most amazing light, and even though I didn’t manage to get good photos of the dogs, I couldn’t resist grass and sunset shots!  The dogs were not easy to photograph today, as there was another husky taking a walk… and they just wanted to play… which is not the easiest thing in the world when you’re juggling dog on leash, and camera, and child.

We really do have beautiful sunsets at this time of year.

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

I just LOVE the sunsets at this time of year, and I was in the perfect spot in the traffic this afternoon to stop at the park where we take the dogs walking to get these photos.  And to top it off, I managed to get the cabbage tree silhouetted… and they’re my favourite indigenous tree that grows in the area.

I can’t wait for the “Day After” shoot I’m doing on Saturday in the veld

See the full set of 2010 photo-a-day photos on my Project 365 Flickr Set.

What a fabulous way to spend a Sunday… the perfect autumn day on the Highveld with not a cloud in the sky… and an airshow at the Rand Airport in Germiston!

These planes were my favourite… the Silver Falcon team… not just because of the awesome aerobatics… but also the fabulous paintwork! Spot the falcon’s face under the pilot, and then the full falcon’s wings underneath the plane.

The boys had a ball, OK,  we didn’t stay for the entire show because they were getting rather bored after 3 hours, but it was awesome!  On that note, this last shot was taken by Bradley (remember he’s 7 years old)… isn’t it stunning?!! It’s perfect with the plane perfectly in focus over the ground and perfectly composed.  He used my camera (Canon 50D) with the 24-70mm lens.  Next time we go to something like this, I’m going to give him my old camera to use for the day.

… and there’s more on a set on Flickr.  I took over 800 photos in the 3 hours, so cutting them down to 40 favourites was a good attempt