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Out in the meadow a small flock of sparrows took advantage of all the seeds left from our wet summer last year....
of a thistle flower just beginning to open. It was getting dark so I used some fill flash on this one. Best in large size on black to see the detail.
When I mounted my once-in-a-lifetime cold weather winter expedition to the park, I was the only one there that morning. The deer here know I don't do winter so they were curious to find me out of hibernation.... Since there was nobody else in the park that morning, the deer were very calm and let me photograph them all I wanted...
I saw this snapper coming up the shaded part of Chisholm Creek as I was standing on the pedestrian bridge, so I waited quietly until it passed under the bridge and into the sunlit area on the other side....
Some info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_snapping_turtle
I couldn't figure out a good way to photograph the red sumac, so eventually I decided to go for bokeh for the sake of bokeh with a little sumac for accent color....
Happy New Year!
Wishing all my flickr friends a very photogenic 2014. I got some new software to try out - Adobe Lightroom 5, Photoshop Elements 11 and Premier Elements 11 (for video). I've been having fun the last few days learning how to make videos from the clips I took at the park over the summer. Making movies is a nice hibernation activity while I wait for the swallows to return....
This plant seemed to be different from all the other autumn-blooming species of the sunflower family with the way the flowers grew out of the stem of the leaves. I have not been able to find an ID so any help from my flickr friends would be appreciated.
Ever since Anika started going for CCNA classes in the evening, me and Iftee thought of utilizing that time for photowalks. The other day, we went to Bashundhara R/A. Apart from swallowing a mouthful of dust, we were able to get some interesting shots. Here's me taking Iftee's photograph while he was busy shooting something else.
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We had a butterfly shortage this summer but had a few around late in the season. On this one I purposely shot the monarch in the shade with a sunlit background. This concludes the special Chisholm Creek Park food channel edition....
I'm trying to get pictures of the local fish species for my prairie wildlife species collection by photographing them after they are captured by the herons and egrets. This particular great blue heron has been living in the park for a few weeks and is tolerant of me photographing it fishing. Most of the great blues around here are much more skittish.
Gizzard shad info: identifyfish.blogspot.com/2010/11/gizzard-shad-dorosoma-c...
I woke up this morning to the sound of sleet on my window.... This one is from a spring ice storm a few years ago. After a gorgeous sunny and almost 70 day for Easter yesterday, it seems Mother Nature knows how to do April fools day jokes, too.
The last of my prairie wildflower series... This is a project that took on a life of its own and I'm amazed that I reached one hundred different species of wildflowers that grow where I live....
Another yellow flower brought to you by the sunflower family. The fruiting head resembles a giant dandelion, with a large white puffball of plumed seeds. The common name "goat's beard" is an allusion to the hair-like bristles that top each achene.
This is the first of the series, of a wonderful n romantic place near to my 'village town'.
Commercial movies 'song scenes' are shot here!!
An ideal place for couples to spend some subtle time together. The main attraction is a bridge, which will be uploaded soon.. ;-)
Jesus is love and this is all about love.
Hope you all enjoyed your Christmas. :-)
P.S. My initial preparations are done for my CCNA exam. Now i just need to follow my study plan and get things done to perfection!
These dandelion seeds tremble on tippy toes waiting for a mere puff of wind to head for the nearest lawn.
There aren't a lot of monarch butterflies around, but I seem to see one or two every time I go for a photowalk.
on a rattlesnake master flower. It was the first day this year I saw a lot of butterflies around....
I never noticed how thin the webbing was on Mr. Mallard's feet. It looks like you can see the log details right through the webbing.
I haven't seen many migrating ducks this year, but a pair of Northern Shovelers has been hanging around. They were feeding on plants on the bottom of a small pond and eventually moved into an area with nice reflections where I got this shot.
Some info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Shoveler
When I shot this I thought it was a ring-billed gull. Later when I looked more closely I thought it was a migrating Bonaparte's Gull in winter plumage on its way south.... However my visiting expert Dan identified it as a Franklin's Gull. Thanks Dan. In any case, another new species for my prairie wildlife species collection. You just never know what you might see in the park....
Some info:
Finally found a nice green bullfrog sitting in a good spot for a portrait.... The blue tones come from the reflection of the sky in the water. Good detail in the large size, especially on black....
Natural history info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfrog
Not a bee species that I see very often here.... this one was working on the very golden goldenrod.
Some info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_carpenter_bee
We had a pair of white mallards here for a few days before they continued north.... Sadly, the winter that won't leave is scheduled for another visit here tomorrow night. I can hardly believe I'm seeing this line in my weather forecast today for May 1: "Windy... rain and a few thunderstorms during the evening... periods of rain or snow likely overnight. Cold. Low 32F. Winds N at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of precip 80%. Snow accumulations less than one inch."
Another species where the seeds look better than the flowers...
Sounds like you are taking your chances eating this plant: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolacca_americana
I took this later in the day after a heavy hailstorm hit the park and surrounding area... I was the only one in the park and two turkeys let me photograph them from very close range while they were feeding and grooming.... They aren't the most beautiful birds, but still there is a lot of interesting detail on their face...
These little hummingbird moths tend to circle the flowers, which makes catching them in flight much easier than with other insects.... Here it is 1 PM on Sunday afternoon and it's raining and 64 degress... Not what we usually get in Wichita in July....
A plant that lives under the trees in the wooded areas along the creek. Many thanks to John for ID help.
The September sunset series ends on a mellow note... I got sunset shots 17 out of the 30 days of September even though I missed two or three days because I was off doing other things... It was a very good run of what I call the Kansas sunset monopoly. Hope you enjoyed it.
More practice using the 80-400 lens to do close-up work.... even with significant cropping there is still good detail....
Finally found one in a pose that shows off the namesake red legs....
Some info: mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/red-legged-grassho...