Dangit…some pictures did not turn out…
Went out to check a local island park to see what I could find. I got a few good photos and I thought I had captured a rather nasty duck battle, but the photo’s looked better on the camera, couldn’t save them. The bee’s in flight turned out pretty well I think.
Green Bee?…Anyone know proper name?
Flight of the Bumblebee
Bees
Muskrat
Poppy
Wild Rose
So enough for now…as some other sparkly has my attention…till next time…OH SO SHINY…
D.
Got out for some photos and some older phone pics…
Headed out to a local farm that was suppose to have some heavy horse pulls happening today but once I got there the gates were closed. So with that option gone I went down to another lake park that I never have been too before to snoop around. I had heard via twitter that a dog got bitten by a rattle snake at the park so I was keeping an eye on the trail and my ears open for the sound of the rattle. No luck though, that would be a very cool photo to get, with lots of zoom of the telephoto that is… Ran across some young deer but that was about it, then I headed back to the car to get home since it was almost the end of nap time for the kids.
Some Deer May 18th
Deer May 18th
Some Deer May 18th
Old Cattle chute
I ran across this bugger (get it?) the other day at work so I snapped a pic with my phone, not to bad a picture for a phone camera.
Glover’s Silk Moth
Glover’s Silk Moth
So enough for now…as some other sparkly has my attention…till next time…OH SO SHINY…
D.
Snake!…but not on a plane…
Well, we have been breaking some records on the weather front locally today, so with the heat still radiating from the ground I headed out for some sunset photos. As I was heading to the car I noticed that I was losing the light faster than I thought I would be so instead of driving somewhere I headed out in the park behind my house again. After taking a wrong trail that meant a bit of a slide down a hill I was able to get to a somewhat decent point for some photos.
Branches in the sunset
Sunset between Dead Pines
Dead pine in the fading light
Sunset City Panorama
After a few shots I decided to try for more of a city view and headed on down the trail. I originally was not planning on doing any bush whacking so I was not properly attired. I was going along nicely until I got a chunk of cactus stuck in my sock and once the needles hit home I jerked my leg up and scored my other leg with the bugger. Setting down my tripod I proceeded to pull the thorns from my legs; while doing that I look over and see the tail end of a snake. So I forgot about my cactus issue and got the camera ready. Unfortunately not the best photos of the Gopher snake but it was dark and it was not like he was going to stop and pose for me. It was one of those rare encounters for the area so I had to take what pictures I could. Been in the town for many years now and this is the first snake I have come across so I am happy with the find.
Gopher snake #1
Gopher snake #2
So enough for now…as some other sparkly has my attention…till next time…OH SO SHINY…
D.
Technology makes me a painter…LOL
Playing around with an old program that I never use that much, it takes any image and makes it into paintings; oil, acrylic, watercolour. I think it works rather well…
In the Reeds – Painting
Just the Boys – Painting
YHB – Painting
Thompson River Sunset – Painting
Tried this out on the small photos, might give it a try on the full sized images later…
So enough for now…as some other sparkly has my attention…till next time…OH SO SHINY…
D.
Some things the same, some things new…
So the weather has finally come, 25*C, sunny and clear. Went out and about this morning with the kids for a bit of a bike ride and some geocaching then off to do a local Geocaching flash mob event. After that the kids went back home for naps and I went out to do a few more errands and try some photos. Went out to a new local park but it was rather lacking in the wildlife department. So I put on a macro filter and tried a few photos, should have brought my tripod for this experiment but only had my mono-pod with me.
Ant on a Branch
I guess they want me to stay out…
LadyBug
Leaf Detail
Come into my parlor…
After nap time it was out and about again with the kids, while out at one of the parks we went back to the local pond where I get most of my bird photos. While there I noticed a few new bids on the water so once the kids were in bed for the night I went back to try my luck of getting some pictures. Alas not much luck on that front but got some new pics of the regular crew of the pond.
Hey! Enough already!
YHB Mirrored #2
YHB again…
YHB Mirrored
Yellow Headed Blackbird
Out damn spot…
In the reeds
So enough for now…as some other sparkly has my attention…till next time…OH SO SHINY…
D.
Busy Weekend…
So the family and myself got out and about this weekend doing a number of things. Saturday we headed into the hills to a local lake to do some Geocaching. We found one and to put out our first cache for others to find; it’s out there somewhere…
Cache is out there…
The “Hotel”
I knew that young kids and shooting wildlife photography do not mix… and my daughter proved it as she screamed out at the top of her lungs: “Look daddy a bird” and the loon dived for cover…
Loon Escaping
This morning was participation in a local charity run, I was not registered but I did the 1 KM with the kids, carrying one on my shoulders a good portion of the race as she had tuckered out early. No clue who the guy running the race in costume is but you have to give him props, that rubber mask must have been warm, touch more HDR than normal for me but I thought it worked well for the image.
Run Flash Run
Then off to do some shopping and then home for naps for the kids. This allowed me to get out and about for a few photos near the house again. Found most of these critters near the parking lot of the complex on the way back home though rather than out in the park.
Chipmunk
Chipmunk #2
Chipmunk #3…Spotted Me
Audubon’s Warbler #2
Audubon’s Warbler #3
Audubon’s Warbler #1
Wasp
Western Meadowlark
Have a few more photos of the Meadowlark to adjust, might post them on here later.
So enough for now…as some other sparkly has my attention…till next time…OH SO SHINY…
D.
Visited a new lake…
I took a run out to a new lake (for me) if I keep going out to these sorts of places my next vehicle will have to be a 4X4 with a tad more ground clearance. But I took the road a bit slower and got out there without any real issue. Very busy lake with the fishermen, waterfowl though were rather limited. I was taking some pictures when I had a muskrat pop it’s head up beside me at the shoreline and with a big splash take off again; would have been nice to get a photo. It seems I can blend in enough for the animals not to notice me; the other night when taking the fair photographs I looked down to find a deer mouse at my feet. Wonder if my new camouflage pants will make me even more invisible to the critters.
Jacko Lake Panorama
Came across a Eared Grebe for the first time and was able to get some pics. After that it was back home as it was close to the end of nap time for the kids and off Geocaching we went for the afternoon.
Eared Grebe #4
Eared Grebe #3
Eared Grebe #2
Eared Grebe #1
Barrow’s Goldeneye
So enough for now…as some other sparkly has my attention…till next time…OH SO SHINY…
D.
