There have been many stories I wanted to keep this week. But I got busy and because there was not the obligation, I didn’t press. That’s me losing the habit of writing. So now I have all these untold, unrecorded, really great stories. I have to do something about a posting schedule and the weight of sorting through all the images I take. Here, let me distract you with some…
Playing with the new camera on a day when it is grey and rainy seems like it should result in some excellent learning experiences. But I don’t think it did. For right now, the Nikon D3300 and I are getting to know each other. Here are several familiar scenes/activities reproduced today with this device. Starting at the boring end and crescendoing near the pinnacle (of an almost flat day!). Aperture:…
As you know, yesterday marked the end of the challenge. Earlier, I described some knowledge I’ve gained from doing that. Here are some other things, while I’m watched over by a redshouldered hawk, who flew up from the lawn when he saw me, but still perched very close by. First, there is always more story, and more to the story. As the month progressed, I posted longer blog entries with…
31 days. What I have learned, for a start, is that I like documenting events. I have a poor long term memory, but also one easily triggered by a smell or a particular photograph. Words allow me that too. So I appreciate that I am cementing the memories with this process. And, too, I now feel confident to record the summer trip. But we’ll get to that in a minute….
It was a day unlike any of the past three weeks – nothing new or surprising happened in the backyard. Bound to happen, of course. This is not to say there wasn’t a plentiful supply of the usual. But even for me there are only so many pictures I am willing to devote to remembering the ibis, or heron or egret that walked into the backyard. So, I went hunting…
Because I’m quite tired. Blue and I talked about what distinguishes the snowy egret from the great white. It occurs to me that it would be helpful to set that down. So this is a short post in which I avoid talking about the excitement of the day [otters!] so that I can go to bed and awaken in the morning refreshed and clever and therefore able to render a…
We’ll start here. Did I ever tell you about this snowy egret and tri-colored heron that hang around and hunt together? Several weeks ago I started noticing that both these birds showed up at the same time each morning in that little bay across the way. I would photograph them just on the basis of their being birds in the backyard. After several days, it dawned on me that they…
I am as exhausted as I can be, and hardly feel like living up to my commitment. But there you have it – needs must. The backyard endured a torrential downpour and remained dignified and gorgeous. This magnificent bird,flew down onto the lawn this morning before the store. I made some sound or other and he flew to the other side. At one point I made this picture of the…
Nothing. And all things. I’m surprised that after almost six months of daily observation and photographing the backyard wild, it remains so new, and I still enjoy it to such a degree. Actually, this moon, this is pretty new and exciting. It was late afternoon, the temperature falling as the sun set bathed the tree tops in light, the moon sat high on the other side. I am inordinately pleased…
I overheard someone say today that if winter wasn’t going to show up by December, it just shouldn’t bother. And, though it has been colder, it was pretty chilly for Tampa. It was nice, though, with a balmy breeze, low humidity. Like a nice Ohio fall day. This heron huddled against the gusts of wind. I took this photo from dozens of feet away. The great white heron is one…