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I know it's more feeder than bird but I rather liked the way she was peeping at me from behind it :)
"Peek A Boo" presented by Show Me Burlesque at Roxy's in Columbia Missouri featuring Lola van Ella, Sammy Tramp, Foxy La Feelion, Siobhan Atomica and Adele Wolf.
©Notley Hawkins
"Peek A Boo" presented by Show Me Burlesque at Roxy's in Columbia Missouri featuring Lola van Ella, Sammy Tramp, Foxy La Feelion, Siobhan Atomica and Adele Wolf.
©Notley Hawkins
I liked this photo for the "open" theme of my Project 52 group. The bridge is called Langebro - Long Bridge - connecting a part of Copenhagen on the very large island of Sjælland (Zeeland in English, I think) and another part of Copenhagen on the much smaller island of Amager.
If you look through the center arch of the bridge, you can see the bridge house on another bridge called Knippelsbro. Its green echoes the green of the bridge house on Langebro.
The blackish spire to the right of center on the horizon is the spire of Christians Kirke (Christian's Church, as in a King called Christian, not the religion) and farther to the right and almost hidden by the trees is the golden spiral tower on Vor Frelsers Kirke (Our Saviour's Church). The boat under the right arch is moored and serves as a restaurant. The dome under the left arch is next to the black building called the Black Diamond, a modern extension on the Danish Royal Library. The dome is a kind of café where lectures and small concerts take place. I have yet to figure out whether it is permanent or temporary because there is so much construction going on there making everything seem in a state of flux.
We can peek under and over the bridge to spy on all sorts of landmarks. Above it all is the open blue evening sky of Spring. Below is the flowing water of the harbour that has brought people to these shores over thousands of years.
All in all, lots of "open" possibilities. :)
A tiny wood sorrel leaf is peeking out through a pot's drainage hole. How its little leaf seeking for the sun looks so cheerful and full of ambitious.
A shot of one of the cows in a field off our driveway, peeking through the fence (borders on left and right). I quite liked this shot, thinking it was quite cute, and I liked the framing of the fence, but it was really sunny, and I'd completely overexposed the background... so I fiddled to see what I could do this with it. I ended up converting to b&w and applying a sepia tone, which was surprisingly close to the colour of the cow anyway, and (I think) this makes the burnt out area look intentional :D
"Peek A Boo" presented by Show Me Burlesque at Roxy's in Columbia Missouri featuring Lola van Ella, Sammy Tramp, Foxy La Feelion, Siobhan Atomica and Adele Wolf.
©Notley Hawkins
I often sit in the kitchen window and play peek-a-boo from behind the curtain.
(thanks mommy www.flickr.com/photos/conceptvessel/ for the nice photo!)
"Peek A Boo" presented by Show Me Burlesque at Roxy's in Columbia Missouri featuring Lola van Ella, Sammy Tramp, Foxy La Feelion, Siobhan Atomica and Adele Wolf.
©Notley Hawkins
"Peek A Boo" presented by Show Me Burlesque at Roxy's in Columbia Missouri featuring Lola van Ella, Sammy Tramp, Foxy La Feelion, Siobhan Atomica and Adele Wolf.
©Notley Hawkins
This beautiful male Variegated Fairy-wren peeks out from under the cover to see if I am still there!
-Guess what, birdie, I am!
Scientific name: Malurus lamberti
Family: Maluridae
Order: Passeriformes
The breeding male Variegated Fairy-wren is brightly coloured. The crown and sides of the head are blue, and the shoulder patch is a rich chestnut. The depth and variety of colours in the male varies among the four subspecies, distributed across the Australian mainland. Non-breeding males, females and young birds are brownish grey. Females in the Northern Territory and Western Australian populations have a blue-grey (rather than brown-grey) plumage.
Several other species of fairy-wren are found in Australia. The males of each species are quite distinct, but the females and young birds are often difficult to separate. The female Variegated Fairy-wren has a dull grey-blue wash, while female and immature Superb Fairy-wrens, Malurus cyaneus, are mostly brown, with adult females having a pale greenish gloss on the otherwise brown tail. The Variegated Fairy-wren is slightly larger in size and has a longer tail either the Superb or the White-winged Fairy-wrens.
The Variegated Fairy-wren is the most widespread of the nine species of fairy-wrens found in Australia. It is found throughout Australia, being absent only from Cape York Peninsula, Tasmania and the extreme south-west corner of Western Australia.
The Variegated Fairy-wren is found in forest, woodland and shrub land habitats.
The Variegated Fairy-wren feeds on insects and a small amount of seeds. The birds feed around the base of small shrubs, and seldom stray into the open. Some food may be found among the bark and foliage of short trees and grasses.
The male Variegated Fairy-wren is often mistakenly believed to have a harem of females. The small groups actually consist of an adult female with younger or non-breeding birds. As they have a wide range, Variegated Fairy-wrens have been recorded breeding in almost every month of the year. The nest is an oval-shaped dome, constructed of grasses, and placed in a low shrub. The female alone constructs the nest and incubates the eggs, but is assisted by other group members in feeding the chicks.
Healesville Sanctuary, Healesville, Victoria, Australia
“Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.”
Zora Neale Hurston
A whitetail doe hides behind the wildflowers in Montana.
And so, I was hesitant to share my troubles with the new camera - human nature being what it can be - but everyone has their hard times and there is nothing shameful about that. Hard times are what we make honey out of.
I took the new D7000 to Montana and maybe one day I'll reveal the trouble I got myself into there but not now because the lawn needs to be weed whacked and more photos need to hit the trash. I made honey out of the difficulties though and was able to get some interesting shots that made me happy. And, I must say, my lens is sharper on the D7000 than it is on the D700 and that is doing something! So excited now but still have to get dialed in on exposure issues, which I read are a part of this camera but that they just take some getting used to.
And so I have a whole lot of edited photos sitting in the file and might, in the next day or two, drown my stream in them so that I can move on to the next ones and quite wasting time trying to decide which shot to post. In the meantime, this doe sticking her head up over the wildflowers and peering at me, makes me smile.
Oh, I did want to say one thing about the way I shoot. Some people have told me that they always shoot the subject dead center and they get some outstanding work so I am not knocking their way of doing things, only telling what mine is. My cameras haven't had the cropability like some of the others have and so awhile back I made a decision to work on composing in the camera by using the one point focusing system. This is hard work and I miss plenty of shots but I like to not worry about how I am going to crop an image and follow the rule of thirds, so it works for me. In this image I cropped some on the sides, top and bottom but the original composition is intact. Just a little tidbit about my shooting methods that I wanted to share. I almost always crop at least a small amount from my shots but very seldom do huge crops.
Have a great evening!
An adult Bald Eagle chases another eagle with a fish at Colvill Park in Red Wing, Minnesota
See rwwild.com/ for more eagle photos
"Peek A Boo" presented by Show Me Burlesque at Roxy's in Columbia Missouri featuring Lola van Ella, Sammy Tramp, Foxy La Feelion, Siobhan Atomica and Adele Wolf.
©Notley Hawkins
This is my eldest daughter Ellie-lea playing peek a boo behind a tree
Had to change it from full colour as the glare from sun was too bright
so here's a few more from the "Fun with a baby, a cardboard box and the canon 24-70L f2.8" session!
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After he was held for a while, the three-banded armadillo started to loosen up. He wanted to see what was going on!
Discernable in this image are his tail, the top of his head, claws for digging, and his eye. See 'em?
"Peek A Boo" presented by Show Me Burlesque at Roxy's in Columbia Missouri featuring Lola van Ella, Sammy Tramp, Foxy La Feelion, Siobhan Atomica and Adele Wolf.
©Notley Hawkins
"Peek A Boo" presented by Show Me Burlesque at Roxy's in Columbia Missouri featuring Lola van Ella, Sammy Tramp, Foxy La Feelion, Siobhan Atomica and Adele Wolf.
©Notley Hawkins
"Peek A Boo" presented by Show Me Burlesque at Roxy's in Columbia Missouri featuring Lola van Ella, Sammy Tramp, Foxy La Feelion, Siobhan Atomica and Adele Wolf.
©Notley Hawkins