Living In The Garden - Part 1 (The Mantis & The Rose)

When I was little, I was told that seeing a praying mantis was good luck. Over the years, I've paid attention and feel that there is some truth to that. Good things tend to happen, for me, after I see one. Which is one of the reasons why I have come to love these little critters. I love photographing them too. They are fascinating creatures. Their eye trip me out. They're like orbital sockets that turn in all directions. So, they can look at you while you are standing behind them, even if they are facing forward. They look like little aliens to me. I could see them getting on a little green spaceship and flying away one day... 

Recently, I have been seeing a lot in the garden in the back yard. So I have been collecting pictures of them and all the other critters that I have been finding in the bushes while shooting the mantises. This particular mantis has actually been living in the rose bush for a couple of weeks now. I've been getting a lot of pictures of her, since I first noticed her. I learned that you can tell the sex of a mantis by counting the sections of their abdominal. Females have 6 while males have 8. The males' abdominal sections are smaller too. I've been keeping an eye on this female since she started living in the rose bush. Whether or not they are actually luck isn't something I can prove. But, I will say that I've been having some great things happen in my life ever since she showed up...

I'll be sharing more from the garden, in-between all the other content I will be sharing, since I have been growning my collection of critter pics. As always, I have a lot more art, pics, poems, and stories to share. So check back soon for more Bsombin'!

Down Time In Downtown

Thanks for checkin' out the Bsombin' blog! Before I get back into the Supercars, I wanted to share some pictures I took in Downtown while I was waiting for my daughter. The kid got nominated for a full scholarship. Part of the process, for the nominees, is a series of interviews with the committee that runs the scholarship program. So, while she was interviewing, I took the opportunity to shoot a little in downtown. It was a quick interview, so I didn't go far. But I did like a lot of the pictures I captured and wanted to share some of them with you all...

I hope you liked the pictures! I have a lot more I'll be posting through the end of this week. So check back soon for more photography, poetry, art, stories, and more Bsombin'!

Chasing buses in K-town

Thanks for checkin' out the Bsombin' blog! I've been doing a lot of catching up on editing pictures, the past couple of weeks. As I was going through my folders, I found these light trail pictures I took earlier in the year.

I decided to try and get some light trail shots, one night after shooting with a model friend of mine who lived in K-town. I had picked her up and taken her to downtown to shoot. We had a great night and got some shots we were both very happy about. So, I was still in the mood to shoot some more, after I dropped her off. She lived close to Wilshire and Western. So I parked by the Denny's there and walked over to the intersection to try and get some light trail shots with the iconic Wiltern Theater in the background. What I thought would be a quick stop turned into a couple of hours of running around chasing buses and shooting light trails. There were a lot of buses running still. But I didn't have a schedule to see when they would arrive. So I ended up running back and forth across the street to catch the buses as they came into sight. Some of the buses didn't give me a lot of time to react. So I was literally running through traffic to shoot the buses. I misses a lot of them, too, because I didn't have any idea of which bus would be coming when. I would set up on one corner, to wait for a bus, and would then see a bus coming from the opposite side of the street. So i would have to run across the street to try and set up again before the bus passed. But I still missed a lot of them because I didn't have enough time to set up before the bus would take off. The fun turned to frustration after a while, because the buses started to come less often. But I was able to get a lot of shots that I was really happy with that night. I'm still going through editing a lot of folders full of pictures to share, right now, including more pictures from Supercar Sunday! But, for now, I wanted to share the fruits of my bus chasing labor with you all...

Another Supercar Sunday - Part 4 (Supra Sunday)

Thanks for checkin' out the Bsombin' blog! It's a new week and another Supercar Sunday has come and gone. Yesterday was the biggest turn out I've seen so far, too. While I'm working on getting the pictures edited, I still have a couple of cars left to share from the previous Sunday...

 Even with a Porsche, a Ferrari, a McLaren, and 2 Lamborghini's parked right next to them, these two 2020 Toyota Supras stole the show that Sunday! The Supras were there on a promotional tour and they were getting a lot of attention. There was a constant crowd around the cars. And the fact that we could get in and sit in the cars made it so that people were lined up to check out the interior. I was pretty excited to get in and check it out myself. I wanted to talk to the Toyota reps to get some info on the cars, but there was even a line to talk to them. The Supra isn't a Supercar. But people were still super excited to see these cars! I did some research on them and they aren't anything to take lightly either. With a stock 3.0 L 6-cylinder engine that produces 335 hp, the Supra goes from 0-60 in 4.1 seconds and has a top speed of 155 mph. It's also a rear wheel drive with an 8 speed automatic transmission. The car has a sporty look, with it's long front end and round curvy lines. And the interior looked like some of the Supercar's interiors. I really like what Toyota did with the design (both inside and out) of this new Supra. Again, not a Supercar. But, a Really nice car, regardless. I, for one, definitely wouldn't mind driving one of these. I'll leave you with some pictures of the Supras for now, while I finish editing all the pictures from Yesterday...

That's all for the Supras. I got a lot more Supercars images coming, though, along with a variety of other content. So check back soon for more Bsombin'!

Another Supercar Sunday - Part 3 (Black Beauty)

Thanks for checkin' out the Bsombin' blog! We're getting close to the weekend and that means we're coming up on another Supercar Sunday! I still have a few more cars to share from last weekend. There were a lot of Ferraris at last weekend's Supercar Sunday. I didn't shoot them all because I didn't have enough time. But one that I had to get pictures of was this 2014 Ferrari F12! I didn't even know what it was, at first. In fact, a lot of people were talking about "this mystery Ferrari". Not a lot of people knew what kind of Rarri it was. But I found the owner and asked. It seemed like he was looking for someone or something, when I approached him. So I didn't ask too many questions or if I could shoot the interior. But shooting the exterior was good enough for me. I love this car! The long front end, the perforations in the front end, the grill, the head lights, the back end, the intakes and opening through out the body... Everything about this car's design is sick! I didn't know anything about it, so of course I checked into it. The car is as beastly as it is beautiful! With a V12 engine that produces 769 hp, the car goes from 0 - 60 in 2.9 seconds and has a top speed of 214 mph! This car is a stunning machine with a lot of power! Which is probably why the price ranges from $380,000 - $550,000 for one. And that, to me, explains why hardly anyone knew what this model was. This car is some next level business! Even though I didn't know what it was, I knew it was special. So I made sure to take a lot of pictures to share with you all...