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Whatever Weds.-This & That

October 16, 2024October 16, 2024Posted in PhotographyTagged Birding, Comet C/2023 A3(Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), Daybreak, Emerald Bay, Fall Colors, Halloween, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Pope Beach, Red-tailed Hawk, Sunrise, This & That, Whatever Wednesday57 Comments

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What a week it’s been! It all started on October 10th, 2024.

My neighbor and I rose early to head up to Emerald Bay for sunrise.

The color was earlier than we hoped so, we made a quick stop at Pope Beach to shoot the color and daybreak.

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Then we made our way up to a lookout over Emerald Bay to photograph the lake.

Then we took our time making stops along the way home to photograph some Autumn Color.

We saw a beautiful Red-tailed Hawk hunting for breakfast. She caught a Vole but, I won’t gross you out with those images.

Later that evening I saw the Northern Lights for the first time ever. That post is here. It was glorious.

Friday morning I birded with my usual birding group and we had a great morning seeing 40 species of birds. Along with the birds I noticed some spooky Zombie Pirates lurking by the pond. Here’s one.

Saturday morning I was up early and met up with two girl friends to do my first Big Day. It’s a 24 hour global birding marathon put on by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. We didn’t sign up as team or register our day but we, birded from 8AM until after 4PM. I saw 45 species. It was pretty fun day. We posted our sightings on ebird.org so they’ll have our record for their counts and information. Unfortunately, the next afternoon I got sick, and shortly afterwards I was hearing from my companions from the day before that they where also sick. We think the deli we stopped at to have lunch is where we picked up food poisoning. I brought home half my sandwich which I shared with He-Man and yep, he got it too. UGH.

Monday still weak, and very tired I was determined to locate and see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) but, I wasn’t in shape to drive anywhere so I just stepped out on my back patio and photographed it there. It’s so cool and it has a great long tail!

What a week! What a month it’s been so far! The Aurora, and the Comet really made my month. Everything else has been icing on the cake.

My tummy is still sketchy, but I’m on the mend and so are He-Man and my friends. I plan to be out photographing Halloween things, birding, and maybe the Comet with a better composition soon. I hope your week is going well. Oh, and watch out for the Zombies and Ghoulies! 👻

Nikon D850| Nikkor 500mm, &35mm| PS CC

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Whatever Weds. Winter Sunrises

June 28, 2023June 27, 2023Posted in Nevada, Photography, Sunrise, Whatever WednesdayTagged Alpine Glow, Carson Range, Clouds, Cottonwoods, Nikon, Pinenut Mountains, Pink, Sagebrush, Sierras, Snow, Sunrise47 Comments

This past winter we had so many storms which really lent themselves to some pretty sunrises.

Here are just three.

Nikon D810| Nikkor 105mm & 80-100mm | PS CC 24.5.0

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Sunday’s Sunrise 1

March 12, 2023Posted in Carson Valley, Eastern Sierras, Landscape Photography, PhotographyTagged Carson Valley, Clouds, Cottonwoods, Eastern Sierra, Fence, Flood Plain, Flooding, From my Patio, Lakeside View, Red-tailed Hawk, Reflections, Sagebrush, Snow capped mountains, Sunrise51 Comments

4 days ago this was all covered in snow, but with snow last week followed by days of rain we now have a lakeside view!

We have more rain in the forecast so I imagine this will get more water this week. We’re about 15 ft above this so hopefully we’ll be alright.

There has been some flooding around the valley already. Fingers crossed it doesn’t get really bad. The county has sandbag stations set up across the valley for anyone who wants to get sandbags. The only requirement…bring your own shovel.

I hope you all stay safe, warm, and dry!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 80-200mm| PS CC 24.2.1

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Whatever Weds. First Snow of the Season!

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022Posted in Carson Spur, Carson Valley, Nature, NevadaTagged Carson Spur, Clouds, djtriviasn, First Snow of the Season, Nikon D810, Olive Trees, Pink, Sagebrush, Snow, Sunrise, Whatever Wednesday46 Comments

It snowed in the valley and mountains yesterday evening then it rained, then it rained and snowed at the same time. That was weird. What’s that phenomenon called when it does that? Big, fat chucky snowflakes coming down while it was raining. I’d never seen anything like it before.

I woke up hoping the sunrise would be pretty and there would be snow on the valley floor, alas no snow on the valley floor and barely any on the lower PineNut Mountains, but the Carson Range and Eastern Sierras are gorgeous this morning.

It was 28 degrees F when I stepped outside to make this image, and there’s a better than 50% chance of more snow this morning. I am hoping we get a little more today but, not tonight. He-Man and I have been meeting friends off and on for over a month on Weds. nights to play trivia at a local grill/bar. We’re having a lot of fun playing. We came in 4th on our first night of playing and have made it to the leader board every time since but we’ve not yet made it to the top 3. We’re team “The Silver Foxes”.

I need to scoot and look for the clues to tonight’s questions. I hope your week is going well, and you all have a lovely Wednesday!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 24-120mm| PS CC 24.0.0

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