“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
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Here’s another house I saw while taking Diva Dog for her evening walk . Have you been out to see the Christmas displays?
Nikon D700| Nikkor 17-35@ 20mm| f16| 20 seconds| ISO 200| Manual Mode| Tripod
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Yesterday myself, and friend Rainey Shuler, who I’ve blogged about before here went out to San Luis Wildlife Refuge to do a little birding photography. We had hoped there would be some interesting and uncommon birds there.
On the way we ran into a “Road Closed” baracade so we stopped in another Refuge to get some back road directions, and while talking to the hunters and Ranger there we learned there was a Tule Elk herd at the Refuge we wanted to go to. So getting the directions we needed we headed out. We were in luck! These Elk in the photo above weren’t too far from the road.
Rainey and I set up our tripods and took some photos of the Elk. When we started shooting the sun was blocked by morning fog and mist, but soon the sun began to burn through the haze to light up the meadow and Elk just right . About the same time these two started sparring. It was great fun to discover this herd here, and more exciting to see this since I didn’t see any of this behavior while viewing the Tule Elk in Northern CA these past 2 years.
In addition to these magnificent Elk we saw a Coyote, Hawks, Kites- the bird, Heron, Egrets, and a little bird I’ve not identified yet. We left this refuge and headed over to the Merced National Wildlife Refuge, and met up with another friend for lunch. I’ll be posting a few of the exciting birds I saw there in the coming days. It was a good day for birding and photography, but made even better by the company of wonderful friends.
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 300mm + 1.4x Tamron extender effective range 420mm| f5.6| 1/1600second| ISO 500| Manual Mode| Tripod
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She spent all day at Darlene’s Spa getting a shampoo, hair cut, then had her nails clipped and filed. She feels so soft, and smells wonderful. She came home exhausted. Can you believe that!
Nikon D700| Nikkor 50mm f1.8 AF-D| f3.2| 1/20 sec| ISO 640| Manual Mode| Hand-held
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I’ve taken my camera and tripod with me while taking Diva Dog for her evening walk to take photos of the most elaborate houses I come across. These two houses have been the most well thought out and presented so far.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 17-35@ 20mm| f16| 10 seconds| ISO 200| Manual Mode| Tripod| Self-Timer
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“Johnny wants a pair of skates. Suzy wants a dolly. Nellie wants a story book: she thinks dolls are folly.”
I can remember longing for months and months for one thing or another when I was a girl. Two that are the most memorable are the year I wanted a two-wheeler bike, and the year I wanted a guitar.
What about you? Can you remember longing to ask Santa for a toy or something and thinking it was utterly impossible that you would get it?
Nikon D700| Nikkor 50mm| f2.8| 1/20 sec| ISO 640| Manual Mode| Hand-held
“Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothec’ry.” ~ Chinese proverb, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.
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A steaming hot cup mug of black tea spiced up with a wee bit of Maxwell House International Café Chai Latte mix.
I hope everyone is having a great day!
Nikon D700| Nikkor 50mm f1.8 AF-D| f3.2| 1/13 sec| ISO 640| Manual Mode| Hand-held
Nikon has finally been able to get the water pumped out of the plant in the Rojana Industrial Plant, and are producing DSLR’s in a limited capacity in an alternate plant. Read the whole thing here.
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