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My wife pins a ribbon to my daughters dress. Getting ready for the 17th May festivities here in Norway
The river birch hollowed stump holds rain water for the birds. The red-bellied woodpecker is taking advantage of it here.
I watched this squirrel gather twigs and branches with leaves and then disappear into a hole in the side of this tree with them, we are getting cooler temps now
As I've said before, one of my goals in photographing birds was to get this particular resident species, the Oak Titmouse. (Second on the list was the White-crowned Sparrow in breeding plumage.) My first two cameras didn't have the range for avian photography of any kind ... well, with the first exception when an Oak Titmouse popped up on a newly planted five foot orange tree right in front of me.
Still, I persisted, and I think I have 15 pretty good images of this titmouse. One in particular was my prize and was the first image I hung on my wall. (flic.kr/p/ufUbT1) That's not the reason that I never posted this image. The reason for that was that I wasn't on SmugMug or later Flickr, and so I just printed this, put it in an album, and there it stayed until this morning.
I was in the archives again, and I must say I really like this shot. The way the tail just clears and follows the curve of the piece of rotten oak which was also used as a granary for Acorn Woodpeckers (which is why I was there taking pictures that day in March). More than that, there appeared to me that there was movement in this pose. He actually had just landed, and was already about to take off again. 1/640th was my go to prep speed, and it worked very well here. The light was good, too. And that's why I'm starting off the week for you (I can look at it any time) with one 3 gram Oak titmouse on a Live Oak (that's the name, not the description).
I've described this bird many times. Let's just let it go with this: The Oak titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. The American Ornithologists' Union split the plain titmouse into the oak titmouse and the juniper titmouse in 1996, due to distinct differences in song, preferred habitat, and genetic makeup. It sleeps in deep cavities, and what better place than a woodpecker hole in an oak or yucca. We are surrounded by thousands of acres of three of the twenty species of oak in California: valley oak, interior live oak, or blue oak. The Valley Oak is the largest oak in the state, and we have 30+ heritage oaks within a quarter mile of my front door. (Heritage oaks are huge, some with canopies 100 feet or more across, 70 feet tall, and with trunks about 25 feet in diameter. How can you tell if one is a "heritage oak?" Easy: every heritage oak is numbered with a metal tag about 8 feet off the ground ... and that's all I'll say. They are also between 200 and 350 years old. And every one has an Oak titmouse in it! I just made that up, but it's where I'd start to photograph these little flitters.)
Developed at home with the Tetenal Colortech C-41 kit using the 30°c method.
Olympus Trip 35
D.Zuiko 40mm f/2.8
Lomography Colour 400
Converted to B&W using LR5 & Nik Software
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Getting lost with the right person is an amazing experience.
Lately, I've been in the mood to create more adult images. While I don't shoot with male models often, I happened to know a really sexy one who lives close to me, and he had time in his schedule!
Early at the Great Falls Balloon Festival in Lewiston, Maine, vendors are getting their wares ready for the day. Unfortunately the balloons did not launch that morning but coffee and breakfast items were selling.
I have to write a bit of a description for this one, because this never happens in my town. Yesterday was a public holiday but we needed groceries for tea. The local IGA was the only thing open so we went there. As we came out of the store, I noticed this man perched on the wall, just as you see him. There was no-one else around. No other people, no other cars. Just me and Noah and our groceries. How could I pass up this photographic opportunity?? But how could I do it without being noticed?Here's where having a kid with you when out photographing can come in handy. Get kid in car then keep talking to him as you pretend to check your phone for something very important. It is imperative to keep talking to kid the whole time. Shoot quickly from the hip, casually walk around car, get in, drive away. Job done. The reason I really wanted to get this shot is because in my town, people do not just perch themselves against a nice blank wall with interesting textures. I have no idea why he was there but he was a great sitting duck for me to shoot - with my phone of course. He reminded me of that carnival game where all the ducks move past and you have to throw balls at them or shoot at them to knock them down. His cap even looks like a duck's bill. Anyway, there's really nothing special about this image, but it's a bit special for me.
i often go to this place to get a coffee... i just got my green Lumia 930. So i took this picture and edit it with the app BLACK to get this atmosphere
The little soldiers had their hands full with the imminent invasion.
Strobist...580exii socked beauty dish camera right 1/8 50mm. 580exii lastolite ezybos speedlite camera left at background 1/2 24mm.
I think I enjoy the behind the scenes shots more than most of the photos I get from a shoot. That is mainly because I like candid photos, something that is telling a story. The adventure is in the journey not the destination.
GiGi Hadid by Noel Cruz (ncruz.com) in the Regent Miniatures Mansion by Ken Haseltine with hands by Pure Icon Paris.
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Getting really tired with my workshop for the past three days, it'll be over soon, I'm both happy and sad with the fact...
I like that I have no farther to go than my own backyard to go exploring. Then again, sometimes I don't even have to go that far.
May 8, 2016 - Southeast of Cozad Nebraska
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Strong cells will billowing past the cap and towers were forming to our south and to our west. Out of nowhere, things went severe fast as I got lucky to be in the right place at the right time.
Now officially there was no warning from the NWS but these pics tell the tail. We would eventually be under the rotation of the first developing cells of the day.
This particular cell had all the right conditions to form a tornado, but the storm didn't tighten and she never did produce a funnel.
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