“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
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My Hydrangea is blooming! I get such a thrill each year when this plant blooms. In the winter it looks like it has died, but so far has come back with lovely blooms for many, many years now.
How long does one Hydrangea plant live? I hope forever!
Nikon D700| Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 G| Hand-held
Sunrise Lake Tahoe Nevada, originally uploaded by CircadianReflections Photography.
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I mentioned that I only had one full day to spend with Jackie so I left home the evening of the 5th and arrived at Jackie’s vacation Condo about 11PM.
Jackie showed me the bedroom I’d have, then a quick tour around the condo. It was a lovely condo. My bedroom was spacious, and I had a bathroom to myself. We chatted for sometime on the deck while taking photos of the stars then we called it a day because I wanted to rise early to get the sunrise on the lake.
Sunrise is really early here at this time of year so, I set my alarm for 4AM.
I slept in a bit, but we made it out the door and to our destination in plenty of time for sunrise.
The sky was pretty flat, but we did get some nice pinks, and light on the distant Sierra Mountain Range.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 17-35mm| Singh Ray Graduated Neutral Density Filter| Induro Tripod| Markins Q20 ball-head
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My friend Jackie had thought to take or purchased bird food to lure birds to her deck while on vacation in Lake Tahoe.
She had been feeding them all week; throwing bird food loaded with peanuts,seeds, and berries on the decking, setting it on the railing, and tossing some to the roof top below the deck.
By the time I arrived the birds to my delight were coming really close to us to get the food. I think we spent 2 hours on the deck photographing the Stellar Jays, and Pygmy Nuthatches.
Just as I was getting ready to quit shooting and get ready for our excursion around the lake this bird flew to the top of a farther Douglas Fir I think. It’s not a bird I’d ever seen before. I thought it was a Thrasher at first by its bill, but KUDO’s to Jackie who identified the bird when she got home to New Jersey as a Clark’s Nutcracker.
It’s taking flight off the tree in the photo above. I’m glad I got this shot because it shows more wing and tail detail than my earlier shots of it just sitting and surveying the landscape in the photos below.
Here’s another photo of a Pygmy Nuthatch with a bug or something in its bill.
Here’s a snapshot of Jackie and I in late afternoon light hanging around the shore waiting for Golden Hour and Sunset.
Nikon D300s, and D700 w/Nikkor 300mm f4, and 17-35mm.
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I’ve been looking forward to my Agapantha blooming because the Hummingbirds like it, and this plant is right outside my window. This morning I was out on the patio with Jaxon when she flew in for a taste of Nectar. Fortunately, I thought to take my camera with me.
Nikon D700| Nikko300mm @f8| 1/800 s| ISO 640| Manual Priority| Spot Metering| Hand-held
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The early bird does get the worm and photograph! 🙂 While birding yesterday morning the Western Bluebirds were very active.
I’m really loving how fast this lens is, and it doesn’t hunt very often.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 300mm @ f4| 1/1600s| ISO 500| Manual Priority| Matrix Metering| Tripod
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In the condo next to my friend Jackie’s in Lake Tahoe there’s a hole pecked out of the wall that several Pygmy Nuthatches are using as a door to their nest.
We watched these little birds fly sorties to the nearby Pine trees gathering nuts and grubs and bringing the stuff back to the nest. We didn’t hear any little peeps, but wondered if there were chicks in there.
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 300mm @ f5.6| 1/320s| ISO 800| Manual Priority| Hand-held
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