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Monochrome Madness 2 48\52 Silos

March 9, 2016March 9, 2016Posted in Agriculture, Americana, Black and White Photography, California, Monochrome Madness2, Photography, Sacramento Valley, CA, SilosTagged Agriculture, American West, Americana, Black and White Photography, Central California, Farming, Monochrome Madness2, Nikon, Sacramento Valley, CA, Silos11 Comments

I am loving Silos at the moment, and wish I was a little closer to the central valley or countryside where there are more of them. In the right light I think they’re really interesting and tell wonderful stories.

These silos are located in Sacramento Valley where a lot of rice is grown.

Monochrome Madness 2 48 of 52 Silos

I added a border with the curly edges because it reminded me of the old black and whites

from my childhood, and I thought it worked for this image.

This is part of Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness 2 challenge. To view all the images

submitted this week click here. here.

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| PS CC 2015, Nik Silver Efex Pro, and On1 Photo 10

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Allen’s Hummingbird-Male

February 29, 2016February 29, 2016Posted in Birds, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Hummingbirds, PhotographyTagged Allen's Hummingbirds, Bird Photography, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Boken, Hummingbirds, Nikon, Nikon 200-500mm, Photography32 Comments

A friend and I went over the hill yesterday to photograph Allen’s Hummingbirds.

“Over-the-Hill”, is how we long time locals say we’re going to Santa Cruz, CA. We have to go up and over the Santa Cruz mountains to get there. They are mountains not hills, but I learned this phrase as a girl and use it to this day. You know how that is I’m sure. 🙂

Anyway, Allen’s Hummingbirds. They’re residents of Southern California, and northwestern Mexico, and migrate into southern Mexico for winter, and in breeding season migrate north along the coastal areas. Luckily, they have found a lovely late Winter home in Santa Cruz where I’ve been able to view and photograph them for several years now.

Their colors are so different from the Anna’s Hummingbirds that I see year round.

Allen's Hummingbird Male

They’re also quite funny, and sometimes their expressions and posture make me laugh out loud. Like this move I call- On Guard!

On Guard!

It still makes me laugh!

They have the most beautiful Gorget that gleams a brilliant orange when the sun hits it just right.

Allen's Hummingbird Male

It’s always a joy to see them and spend a couple of hours in their company.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2015

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Harbinger of Spring

February 19, 2016February 18, 2016Posted in Bird Photography, birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Cedar Waxwing, Nature Photography, Photography, San Jose California Nature PhotographerTagged Birding, Birds, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, California, Cedar Waxwing, Nature, Nikon, Photography, San Mateo County, Spring Birding Migration, Wildlife, Winter Birding Migration19 Comments

This has been a fantastic birding season so far! The Vermilion Flycatcher, the Red-tailed Hawk with its prey, the elusive Loggerhead Shrike, the Bald Head Eagle I didn’t get a photo of, the pair of Ring necked Pheasants, and the sweet Hermit Thrush on my fence all were amazing, and exciting sightings, but in Winter is there anything better than a Harbinger of Spring?

I heard Cedar Waxwings were showing up, a sure sign that Spring is on the way! I’ve had Robins in the Ginko tree out in the front yard, and in back yard lately so, I’ve been looking for the Waxwings because, they usually arrive with the Robins, and last year there was a flock of Waxwings in the Ginko trees a few houses away from me. That was a first for me. You can read about that here

Last week-end my birding friend and I stayed local and found some!

Cedar Waxwings

Soon they were taking turns flying down to the bush with luscious, ripe red berries beneath this tree.

Cdear Waxwing Feast

… and one was shy,

Cedar Waxwing

I spent some time photographing the Robins that also were there to feed on the same berries, but I’ll save those images for another post.

I’m off to Yosemite National Park today to photograph something other than birds, and my son and his girl-friend are arriving early Saturday morning for the week-end. It promises to be a stellar week-end!

I’ll catch up with all your posts when I return. I hope you all have a wonderful week-end!

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm VR| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2015

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Hermit Thrush…I think!

January 29, 2016Posted in Backyard Birding, Bird Photography, Birds, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, PhotographyTagged Bird Photography, Birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Hermit Thrush, Nikkor 200-500mm VR, Nikon19 Comments

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.

Hermit Thrush I think

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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Blue Heron

January 25, 2016January 25, 2016Posted in Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Blue Heron, California, National Wildlife Refuge, PhotographyTagged Bird Photography, Birding, Blue Heron, California National Wildlife Refuge, Nikon10 Comments

It was pretty windy Saturday morning in Sacramento Valley while on the refuge birding. I loved the way its breast feathers/hair looked all fanned out, and don’t you just love that log/perch he chose to stand on? I did! 🙂

Nikon D300s| Nikkor 200-500mm VR:hired lens| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2015

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A Single Drop

January 15, 2016Posted in Grasses, Macro, Macro Photography, Photography, Plants, Poetry, QuotesTagged blade of grass, Bokeh, Dew Drop, Fine Art, Fine Art Photography, Kahlil Gibran, Macro photography, Nature, Nikon, Poetry, Prose, Quotes, Rain drop18 Comments

“I have left my bed and walked upon the grass and the night dew has wet my feet and the hem of my garment. Here I stand under the blossoms of the almond tree, heeding the call of your spirit. ”
~Kahlil Gibran, Communion of Spirits, The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran

Went I laid in the grass to photograph the dew and rain drops in the grass yesterday morning I thought of these lines from Kahlil Gibran’s prose Communion of Spirits.

Dew Drop

I hope you all have a sunny Friday and week-end both in your spirits and weather!

Nikon Df| Nikkor 105mm macro lens| Hoodman Digital Film| PS CC 2015| Hand-held

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Harbinger of Spring

March 25, 2015Posted in LensBaby Composer Pro II, Lupine, Soft Focus Optic, Spring, Table Mt Ecological Preserve, WildflowersTagged LensBaby Composer Pro II, Lupines, Nikon, Soft Focus Optic, Table Mt Ecological Preserve, Wildflowers4 Comments

Lupines!

They are one of the first wildflowers to show up in Spring. There were still good fields of them on Table Mountain the day I was there. The Goldfields were largely spent already.

Nikon Df| LensBaby Composer Pro II w/Soft Focus Optic| Hand-held| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film|developed in Adobe Photoshop CS6

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