Cheetos festival
Here is a prize from the unedited stash that will break the noir series. This is clearly the case of a captive audience. One for me, one for you and one for the geese. This is without doubt an example of the Tom Lehrer song, "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park." That's probably closer to the truth than feeding wildlife although these geese won't go anywhere to be wild. These snacks probably shouldn't go into the kids either. Here's an instance of starting to shoot wildlife after our spring started to green up. These domestic fowl have taken up permanent residence here, water or ice. No wonder! I met a birder who declared he spotted 28 species on his last outing here. I headed out for another loop of pond #2 and saw gaggles of geese disembarking to weed the surrounding grass areas. These are pretty well in tune with the pitcher. They must not have been really startled and I have nearly had mallards walk over my feet. Seems proper; I walk on them too. This pose struck me as a near form of communication that had not been translated to me except in their actions. In fact I could have been slightly steadier; I found a monopod for quick but steady shots. The day had skies that were less than satisfying. The sky has been bad for a while again and promises more.
Some of the foliage was really greening up in early June and some of the trees were finally budding after the later spring. I bet the parking at the park will be maxed when spring arrives this year.
I was at Golden Ponds, the Longmont, Boulder County greenbelt and rec area and I wanted to look for possible shots even though the sky had been the pits lately. We are about a month away from the longest day but the weather granted us an extended spring. I wandered the green space and took some detail shots that were available, The rippling water gone so I relied on the ducks wake to churn the water, my favorite cottonwood is brown and most cattails and milk weed is seeding the next year's supply. I shot few pictures and kept the sky out of the frame but it's presence shows in the water. I love shooting high contrast scenes with this camera and lens.
Cheetos festival
Here is a prize from the unedited stash that will break the noir series. This is clearly the case of a captive audience. One for me, one for you and one for the geese. This is without doubt an example of the Tom Lehrer song, "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park." That's probably closer to the truth than feeding wildlife although these geese won't go anywhere to be wild. These snacks probably shouldn't go into the kids either. Here's an instance of starting to shoot wildlife after our spring started to green up. These domestic fowl have taken up permanent residence here, water or ice. No wonder! I met a birder who declared he spotted 28 species on his last outing here. I headed out for another loop of pond #2 and saw gaggles of geese disembarking to weed the surrounding grass areas. These are pretty well in tune with the pitcher. They must not have been really startled and I have nearly had mallards walk over my feet. Seems proper; I walk on them too. This pose struck me as a near form of communication that had not been translated to me except in their actions. In fact I could have been slightly steadier; I found a monopod for quick but steady shots. The day had skies that were less than satisfying. The sky has been bad for a while again and promises more.
Some of the foliage was really greening up in early June and some of the trees were finally budding after the later spring. I bet the parking at the park will be maxed when spring arrives this year.
I was at Golden Ponds, the Longmont, Boulder County greenbelt and rec area and I wanted to look for possible shots even though the sky had been the pits lately. We are about a month away from the longest day but the weather granted us an extended spring. I wandered the green space and took some detail shots that were available, The rippling water gone so I relied on the ducks wake to churn the water, my favorite cottonwood is brown and most cattails and milk weed is seeding the next year's supply. I shot few pictures and kept the sky out of the frame but it's presence shows in the water. I love shooting high contrast scenes with this camera and lens.