Moving!

I have been working on a few things lately, one of which is moving to a new website for my photos! I started this current site when the craze for daily photography was going nuts. Obviously I have not been succeeding at the daily photography idea.. and the name never truly fit my site. Please swing by at my new home: http://www.heathercarrollphotos.com/

The other thing I have been working on is my night photography. Here is one of my most recent shots to help encourage you to come look at what else I have! The full sized image can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/1dqkbvs

I will be starting up a new blog as well to update my progress and current projects. This will most likely be the last post on this site. Please join me at my new home! There is so much more to explore. :)

Thanks,
Heather

Tiny Purple Wildflower

These little purple wildflowers were all over the Payson area. They are so tiny, smaller than a dime. This was taken while playing with a macro camera lens I am thinking about purchasing. What do you think? 

My first Iris!

This is the first bloom of my new iris bed out back. I was so happy when it bloomed! I hope the rest are going to start doing the same.. that would make it gorgeous!

Loki Time

More fun playing with the camera settings. This time it was my cat Loki who graciously allowed herself to be photographed. The first was taken in her favorite spot in the world, curled up in her basket that is perched on the shelf on my boyfriend's desk. 

The second one was her looking through her tunnel at me. That one was a little more difficult to get, the strings hanging down in her face don't help either, but I loved the way she just stared at me. I wish I could have shown how bright her eyes are, but the couch behind her washed her out a bit. 

Comet

Earlier this week I met up with a friend of mine and a photo group he has been hanging out with and we tried our hands at taking some photos of the comet gracing our skies just recently. The leader of this group was so helpful and I learned so much about taking pictures with my DSLR camera that it re-sparked my joy in photography. I had been struggling with the lack of desire just to go out and shoot, I really needed this kick in the butt. A big thank you to you guys. I had a great time.

These were taken out at Papago Park, Arizona. The first is more of a city-scape, but if you look closely you can see the comet to the left of the moon. The second is more of a close-up to make it easier to see the comet.

Lightning Shot

This was taken on a road trip we took a month ago. We drove into this awesome rain storm with a beautiful lightning show. By the time we were able to find a good place and stop it had calmed down a bit, but we still managed to get this great lightning shot! Next time hopefully I can get one with a better landscape, but still pretty happy with this one. This was taken in Northern Arizona between Kayenta and Tuba City.

Blue Moon

This was taken on a road trip last month in Northern Arizona. Somewhere between Greer and St. Johns to be as exact. We hadn't realized it was supposed to be not only a full moon, but a blue moon that evening. As we were driving we looked at this odd floating white thing in the sky and it took us a second to realize it was the moon. It was absolutely huge!

Unfortunately the evening brought with it a swarm of mosquitoes that didn't allow me to stay and take as many shots as I wanted, but I did end up with this one that I was pretty happy with. I hope you enjoy.