“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
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While photographing Wild Mustangs one morning in August this little guy popped out of the grass almost beside me to grab an unsuspecting Butterfly for breakfast.
Nikon D810| Nikkor 200-500mm| Hoodman Digital Film| PS CC 2018
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Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm| SanDisk Digital Film| PS CC 2017
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A few weeks ago I had a first time visitor to the little feeder which turned into a bird bath after the rainy week. I was thrilled to see the Western Bluebird in my yard!
Well, she like the temperature, and atmosphere so she decided to stay and have a bath. Luckily my camera was nearby.
Eyeing up the tub, and making sure the coast is clear overhead…
At her toilette
“Do you mind! I’m bathing here!” That look really got me thinking…”man I’m a voyeur!” 🙂
All clean! She had a good shake and flew away after this image was taken. I hope she comes back!
I took these images through the window so they’re a bit soft. I used the dehaze feature to help that a bit. It’s a pretty neat feature!
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 300mm f4| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2015
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This little bird lives in my neighbors Oleander bush, and I rarely see it. I tried photographing it last year when it flew up to the fence, but the shots were through a window, and I really wanted an image without a window between us.
A few days ago while #1 Grandson was in the backyard playing and I was sitting in the middle of the lawn hoping the Chick-a-Dee would stop making such a fuss about us being out there and fly down to the feeder so I could take its picture the Hermit Thrush flew up to the top of the fence to see what all the fuss was about.
What luck! I got two frames of it before it jumped down into the safety of the Oleander.
I thought it was Fox Sparrow, but now that I have decent image to compare with the birds in my bird books I now think this little bird is a Hermit Thrush.
If I’m wrong please let me know!
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 200-500mm | Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2015
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The Feeder is busy again with House Finches. The females look like they’re molting, but the males are dazzling with their vibrant red heads.
The Black-capped Chick-a-dee makes daily appearances too, but I’ve not got a decent image of it so far this season.
The Mockingbird has a mate and they’ve been busy bullying anything they can. I caught one with a nice, fat bee last week. Since it didn’t eat it straight-away I’m guessing it went back to the nest with this meal.
A new visitor to my yard this year is a Black Phoebe. Isn’t he handsome?
The female Anna’s Hummingbird prefers the Lantana to the feeder this year so I try to catch her there when I’m out back. She’s lovely when the sun hits her back.
Here’s a macro image I created sometime ago that never made it to my Project 52. I used to set up this engine and a several cars around the Christmas Tree when my kids were little. It’s been buried in the garage for years, but I rediscovered it while cleaning out the garage. It’s a Bachmann Union Pacific Diesel Engine. Now that we have a little one (#1 Grandson) I’ll have to start setting it up again.
Speaking of the garage, that reminds me it’s been sometime since I talked about our remodel. It’s coming along very well. They’re right on schedule.
April 29th: Ground-breaking day. It was fun. We had a little digger in the front yard digging out the place for the foundation. #1 Grandson loved that! This is how the front of the house looked before the digger arrived-the foundation’s been planned out-
The digger
A lot has happened between then and early June- The foundation was poured, the framing went up, and June 2nd this is how the house looked at the end of the day.
Next week our new front door, and front windows will be installed, the plywood for the roof will be put on, and the following week they plan on breaking through the walls to the house so we need to move to other rooms while the work is being done.
There’s a lot of changes in the Master Bedroom, and bathroom that I’ll share in an upcoming post.
I’m feeling better. I hiked up the steep hill yesterday. It was tough! Probably more than I should have done since I’m still coughing and having sinus issues. What was I thinking? 🙂 Other than that it’s been a quite week-end.
I hope you all are having a great week-end!
Nikon Df| AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4| Lensbaby Composer Pro| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| Hand-held
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Nikon D300s| AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4 @ f/8| ISO 800| Hoodman STEEL Digital Film| Hand-held
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Nikon D700| AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4 + 14eII Teleconverter| Hand-held| Lexar Professional 600x Speed Digital Film
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