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Violet-Green Swallow Pen & Wash

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016Posted in Bird Art, Birds, Birds of North America, Pen & Wash Watercolor, Photography, Watercolor, Watercolor PaintingTagged Bird Art, Birds of North America, Green, Line and Wash, Pen & Wash, Photography, St Patrick's Day, Violet-green Swallow, Watercolor28 Comments

I don’t normally post twice in a day, but as it’s St. Patrick’s Day I thought I’d post something Green in honor of it.

Watercolor Line and Wash Violet-Green Swallow

I painted this with Turner Artists Watercolor paints, on Canson 140 lb Cold Press Fine

Grain paper. I used my 12 round Mimik Kolinsky, #8 round Robert Simmons Sapphire, and #6 rd Winson & Newton Kolinsky Sable brushes, and Pigma Micron 03, 05, and 01 pens.

My reference image is one of my own which I made in the Spring of 2014. You can see the reference image here.

I hope you all have a great St. Paddy’s Day!

Panasonic Lumix FZ200| Lexar Professional Digital Film| Hand-held in natural light| PS CC 2015

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Thursday Doors 11/52 Nº111

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016Posted in Architecture, Photography, Santa Cruz California, Thursday DoorsTagged Architecture, Cat decoration, cat feeding bowls, Doors, Exterior, Nikon, Photography, porch light, potted plants, Santa Cruz CA, Thursday Doors20 Comments

While in Santa Cruz over the week-end photographing Hummingbirds I saw this door that I thought was nice looking, so stopped to take the photo for today’s door post. Front door with cat decoration and pots

Every cat in the neighborhood must feel welcome here.

Nikon Df| Nikon 28-105mm| Delkin Devices Digital Film| PS CC 2015

This post is part of Norm 2.0 Thursday Doors. To see all the doors posted this week click here then click on the little blue view/sync up button at the bottom of his page where you’ll be directed to links to all those participating.

Are there Bonus points for having a car door in the reflection? 🙂

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Anna’s Hummingbird-Female

March 14, 2016March 14, 2016Posted in Anna's Hummingbird, Bird Photography, birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Hummingbirds, Nikon, Photography, Santa Cruz CaliforniaTagged Annas Hummingbird, Bird Photography, Birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Hummingbirds, Nature, Nikon, Photography, Santa Cruz California37 Comments

I went over to Santa Cruz on Saturday while we had a break between rain showers to photograph Allen’s, and Anna’s Hummingbirds. It was a lovely day in the Arboretum.

There were very few people there since the weather wasn’t ideal. While I was waiting for a male Allen’s Hummingbird to return to a favored perch I looked behind me and saw a lovely female Anna’s darting around the Ericaceae plants which is a succulent plant.

Here’s a series of 3 images that shows her approach to the plant, feeding, then resting on a perch.

Anna's Hummingbird Female Approaching flowers

Anna's Hummingbird Female Feeding

Anna's Hummingbird Female perched on a branch

I love the fresh Spring color palette in this series, and this pretty little Hummingbird.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm VR| Tripod w/ Wimberley SideKick| Lexar Professional Digial Film| PS CC 2015

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Thursday Doors 10/52 Nº21245

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016Posted in Architecture, Photography, Santa Clara County, Thursday DoorsTagged Architecture, Doors, Photography, Santa Clara County, Thursday Doors29 Comments

Saturday we had pouring rain and a lot of wind and there was quite a bit of debris all over the steep road when He-Man and I went for a “stretch our legs” walk Sunday morning.

Most folks had already swept up or were in the process, but these owners must have slept in. Nº21245

Nº21245 After the Storm

… continuing on with the statuary decor by the door theme I spied this door- Nº12903

Nº12903

I like the design, and how they carried that into the glass panels. I really like the Lions guarding the doors. I don’t care for the door knocker on the door. I find it distracting, and only one door has a knob. I would have two. That’s just me. Maybe they were going for a Yin-Yang thing?

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Thursday Doors 9/52 San Francisco

March 3, 2016March 2, 2016Posted in Architecture, Photography, Red Doors, San Francisco CA, Thursday DoorsTagged Architecture, Art Deco Doors, Doors, Glass Doors, Modern Doors, Photography, Red Doors, San Francisco California, Thursday Doors44 Comments

While I was in San Francisco walking around North Beach last week I couldn’t help but take notice of the doors; quite a few caught my eye.

Nº 551, 553 & 555 – I love these doors, moulding, and color scheme.

Nº 551, 553, 555

Nº 1405- These are so modern or perhaps it’s Art Deco? I think it’s a bit glamorous. 🙂

I really like this shade of yellow. It’s so uplifting; like sunshine.

Nº1405

Nº 4: The wire work, arch, and color scheme grabbed my attention with this door. I saw it while on my way to lunch, and had to stop to make the image.

Nº 4

Nº 325, & Nº 327- These were by far the cheeriest, and prettiest doors I saw on my walk-about. They were also pretty steep. 🙂

Nº 325 & Nº 327

I have more doors from this walk about that I’ll be sharing at some point.

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Delkin Digital Film| Hand-held| PS CC 2015

This is part of Norm 2.0 Thursday Doors. To see all the doors posted this week click here then click on the little blue view/sync up button at the bottom of his page where you’ll be directed to links to all those participating.

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Monochrome Madness 2 47/52 Straight

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016Posted in Black and White Photography, Cityscape, Monochrome Madness2, Photography, San Francisco CATagged Black and White Photography, Cityscape, Monochrome Madness2, Photography, San Francisco, Straight, Streets5 Comments

This is my entry to Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness 2 this week. The first week of the month is Theme Week and since we had Curves last month it made sense for her to pick Straight for this month.

This image is one I made last week-end while in San Francisco.

Monochrome Madness 2 47 of 52 Straight

To see all the entries for this week’s MM2 click on over to Leanne’s site here.

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Delkin Digital Film| PS CC 2015 & Nik Silver Efex Pro

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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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