The inconvenient thing about having a full camera, is that they aren’t very portable and packable like a smaller point-and-shoot or phone. The camera and lens are big enough that many times I just leave it behind and then regret not having it when I want to shoot a good photo. The cameras on phones… Read More A Good Walk-Around Lens
One day I was walking through a park and saw several ducks up in a tree. I thought this was a bit odd and later learned that these were black-bellied whistling ducks. Since then, I have seen them around but not very often. A few days ago when driving home from work I saw them… Read More Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks
It was a warm summer morning in February and I went to the city park at sunrise with my camera – this is usually a good time and place to find birds as they love the pond. I guess the only people goofy enough to go the pond at sunrise on a Saturday morning are… Read More Great White Egrets
I was driving out by the lake with my camera looking for birds. I pulled over to the side of the road next to the lake and hopped to see if there were any birds and I didn’t see any on the water, but I looked up and saw an osprey and quickly started shooting.… Read More Ospreys Carrying Things
In some parts of the country December means winter. But as I write this in central Texas right now (December 27), it is about 80F outside and kind of hot. So, there is no chance of snow and most of the vegetation has either gone dormant for the ‘winter’ or doesn’t care and is still… Read More The Color of December
It’s December and you know what that means – it is sorta like fall here for a couple of weeks. Anyway, I went to the lake to shoot wildlife but they have had the park open for deer hunting during the week and all the deer were either hiding or in someone’s freezer. So, I… Read More Fall
It was Thanksgiving morning. The expected clouds might be good for a sunrise. All I had to do was wake myself up at about 5:30AM and go out to the wildlife refuge with my camera. No problem, I can usually wake myself up at about this time by force of will. At 6:30AM on our… Read More Five Photos
I went to the fish hatchery Sunday morning to practice wildlife photography. The Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery is run by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and is open to the public. I was worried that it might be closed due to the current situation of extreme incompetence of our Congress, but the gates… Read More Six Birds
Haven’t had a lot to post lately as I have been doing a lot of non-photography related things. But anyway, here are some butterflies from my backyard. In the middle of summer, I impulse-bought a bag of wildflower seed to throw in my large planter by the back fence. Didn’t know what to expect, but… Read More Butterfly Garden
Rialto beach on the Pacific coast is part of Olympic National Park. And after the girls had fun seeing Forks, the setting of the Twilight movies, we drove down to the beach. It was a gray day but not raining. I doubt anyone would want to go swimming here anyway as the water is cold.… Read More Gray Day on Rialto Beach
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