Light VI

February 15, 2016

The sun did not break through the clouds all day today. I thought I would have to resort to capturing an artificial light source. But then I noticed the glowing reflection beneath me. Somehow the water boosted the light through the heavy clouds. Aperture: ƒ/4 Camera: COOLPIX P900 Taken: 15 February, 2016 Focal length: 24.1mm ISO: 100 Shutter speed: 1/1600s

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Light V

February 14, 2016

I like sunlight and trees, it seems. Morning sunlight through tree branches, particularly. This is yesterday‘s tree, in full. Just below this tree lies the water way, where the family of otters swam by on their way to a successful fishing expedition in Otter Bay. It stands just at crest of the yard before it slopes down to the water. It is one of the oak trees about the yard…

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The Backyard in Rain

January 22, 2016

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…

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Commitments

January 4, 2016

Today, there is this: I actually quite like this one. This is a fresh water clam. The food of the limpkin, seen in yesterday’s post. This bird gets quite energetic in it’s consumption. It vigorously pries open the clam and wrestle’s the creature free. Occasionally, it must lift it’s long beak and pound the shell so it splits open. The thing about the commitment to write a post every day…

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What If

January 1, 2016

What if I wrote a post every day for one month? What if I recorded things which inspired or moved me? What if I added a photo everyday? What if I didn’t know what I was doing? What if it were hard? What if it taught me something? What if I learned? What if I became more me? What if a year from now this was a valuable record of…

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