1st Nikon Images—Storm Sticks, Not Flowers

Muberry tree on my fence this morning after Wednesday's storm.

I actually have a lot to do in my office, which is being moved this summer—I sense summer 2011 may pass quickly.

Today, for example, I was going to finish ad bills for last year for the paper and work on cleaning my office—but Mother Nature had other plans. She socked us with a heavy thunderstorm Wednesday night. Today, for my first Nikon D3100 gallery, I present storm aftermath photos.

Young redbud in front looked like it was kowtowing.

I used auto settings, but did tell the camera to quit it when it tried to flash. I wanted natural light.

I’ve been impressed with the camera so far, and equally impressed with Mother Nature’s force. A mulberry tree from a neighbor’s yard was across the fence this morning, on top of our young maple and a redbud tree.

Well, my fence had no trouble bearing the weight of the mulberry, so my trees were just very bent, not broken. May need some resulting pruning of some branches later, but we’ll see.

So today turned into cutting a up a tree, which is still in pieces in my backyard. Office work tomorrow!

Another view of encroaching Mulberry.

Front walk still looks like this--I spent day cutting up Mulberry.

Fallen stick on wet grass. Playing with 18-55 lens today.

Hosta in front garden shows day-after wetness (and how close 18-55 lens gets, have not even used 55-200 lens yet).