Author: circadianreflections

My name is Deborah Zajac. I'm a photographer living in Nevada at the base of the Eastern Sierras. I am a passionate nature, landscape, night/astro photographer. I shoot predominately in color and use Nikon Digital Cameras, and lenses. I hope you enjoy seeing some of the photos I've taken while on my travels. Please feel free to leave a comment I'd love to hear from you.

Sunday Stillness: Yellow Rumped Warbler + 1

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Plus 1:

It’s out of my wheelhouse to promote other’s work, but I’m so excited I’m sharing a book and author this week.

Several months back Dan Antion of https://nofacilities.com/2023/09/20/introducing-rascal-todd/

had a give-away of his soon to be published 4th novel and I won it!

The book was released last Wednesday and I received my copy. I’m so excited to read this 4th book that goes along with his first three books in his Dreamer’s Alliance series, but this fourth book is also a “stand alone” book. The series is terrific. I’m so glad we get to meet new characters and follow some of the original characters in the new book whom I didn’t want to say good-bye to. You know how that goes when you really like the book right? 😀

What I’ll be reading next week:

Image used with permission from Dan Antion

Have a lovely Sunday, and great week everyone!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 500mm PF-e | PS CC 24.6.0

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Whatever Weds. Venus and the Beehive Cluster

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Venus shines bright in the eastern morning sky. The star cluster near the top of the image is the Beehive Cluster. This cluster is in the constellation of Cancer and contains 1000 stars. You can find more information about this cluster and how to see it here.

Venus and the Beehive Cluster over the Pinenut Mountains

Nikon D810| Nikkor 80-200mm @80mm| PS CC 24.6.0|

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Whatever Weds. Waxing Gibbous Moon

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Last night’s moonrise.

Waxing Gibbous 97.5%

I won’t be able to photograph the Supermoon tonight because it’s He-Man’s birthday and we’ll be celebrating that so I photographed it last night while the moon was in the Blue Hour.

Hum…the sky is bluer on my editing screen than it is here in WP. I wonder why?

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday week-end if you’re here in the States, and everyone else I hope you have a wonderful week-end too!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 500mm PF-E| PS 24.6.0

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Sunday Stillness- Storm Clouds and Sunset Colors

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Storm approaching with sunset colors

iPhone 14 Pro| PS CC 24.6.0

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Whatever Weds. Black-chinned Hummingbird

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We’ve had two female, and one male Black-chinned Hummingbird regularly visiting my feeder. I like to think the females are mother and daughter, and the male is the father. However, all is not peaceful around the feeder oh no, they’re fighting for territorial rights! The two females have no problem drinking together, but the male has sharing issues.

When I first put the feeder up it was only the male coming by, but then a female found it, and now a second female started coming by about 2 weeks ago. I think I’ll need a second feeder soon. I’m refilling the feeder every 4-5 days.

Here’s a still one of the females on approach. She’s so tiny!

Female Black-chinned Hummingbird

I love seeing them coming by on and off all day.

We have had #1 Grandson for an extra week which has been wonderful, but, it’s about to come to an end… really he’s going home this week-end. School starts up soon for him.

I hope your week is going well, and your week-end is wonderful.

Nikon D810| Nikkor 500mm PF-e| PS CC 24.6.0

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Whatever Weds.- Dream

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“For my part, I know nothing with any certainty but the sight of the stars makes me dream.”

– Vincent Van Gogh

Milky Way

Nikon D810| Nikkor 20mm G| PS 24.6| Single Frame

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