Abby and I hadn’t seen Robert Stinson in a while, so we were glad to hear that while he was visiting his family in the Tulsa area, he was able to make time to come down to our little green patch, catch up, and, of course, do some photography.
We ran to town to get lunch for Abby, and stopped on the way to photograph a puddle, because that’s who we are when we hang out.
Robert hadn’t met either Summer the new Chihuahua or Hawken the Irish Wolfhound. I let Robert walk Hawken for some of our walking route, and Hawken seemed perfectly happy to be with us and mind Robert. Robert made some very nice photos of me with the Wolfhound.
By nightfall we decided to photograph either fireworks or burning steel wool, and ended up trying both, with more impressive results with the steel wool method. I described it on my teaching site two years ago (link), but the short version is to put fine-gauge steel wool in a whisk, set it on fire, and spin it so it throws off sparks. With the shutter open and with some finessing of settings, it’s possible to get some very fun images.
We are presently not even in an area of drought.
LOL at Wil’s comment. It was my first thought too. It’s harder to “think global” than it should be. With the dryness around here, it’s difficult to remember that other places might not be so dry.
Those are some very astounding photos!