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Sunrise on Magdalena bay and birds, South pacific, Mexico. 🐧 😳 🌎 ✅ www.vincentpommeyrolphotography.com/-/galleries
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Porquerolles island, coast and beach "Notre Dame », Mediterranean sea, France.✈️ 🌴 🌊 🇫🇷 🌏 👉 www.vincentpommeyrolphotography.com/-/galleries
Taken a few months ago when we had a warmer day. A bit of sunlight was just enough to make reflections .
Roseate Spoonbill - (Platalea ajaja)
This girl was so proud to pose for her portrait.
Located @ a South Central Louisiana Rookery
Thank Y'all for stoppin' by for a look. Comments always appreciated.
Here's wishing everyone a very special Memorial Day Holiday & a great new week ahead !
Humpback whale-Baleine à bosse (Megaptera novaeangliae), Cabo San Lucas, Pacific coast, Mexico.🐳 🇲🇽 🌎
Humpback whale-Baleine à bosse (Megaptera novaeangliae), Cabo San Lucas, Pacific coast, Mexico.🐳 🇲🇽 🌎
About 500,000 Sandhill Cranes stop over in central Nebraska every early Spring and stay for a few weeks to fatten up. It's amazing to see them fly to the Platte river at dusk . The sound is amazing.
This photo doesn't begin to show how many there are. Simply amazing.
Red-winged Blackbird takes off from a small twig. A windy, dark (ISO 8000) type of day—a fun and challenging time for birds and for practicing feathers-in-flight photography. Joy!
Hues unsaturated, about as shot.
Jobu-Design gimbal head or swing-head or tripod-head on heavy duty tripod.
Thanks for looking! (Sorry I've been away. Not able to comment as much this month, but doing pretty well.)
When the rain really began to pound the roof tonight, I ran for the camera. I wanted to see if I could find a bird. Just one, and after 50 photos, this drenched goldfinch seemed intent to stay motionless. Rotated his head a few times, but that was it.
Having fun in the rain. Comments unnecessary, of course.
Now thinking of old friends in New Orleans as floodwaters rise, again.
“When our first encounter with some object takes us by surprise, and we judge it to be new, or very different from what we have previously experienced or from what we expected it to be, this causes us to wonder at it and be astonished.”
— René Descartes, (Descartes The Passions of the Soul Article 53.)
I find seeking that sense of wonder alleviates my despair about our politics and cavalier treatment of nature.
Wanted to show the forehead marking. I adore these birds for their curiosity and intelligence.
No increased vibrance or saturation. As shot from RAW, except to crop slightly.
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Brown pelican-Pelican brun (Pelecanus occidentalis), Magdalena bay, South pacific, Mexico. 🐧🌏
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When we purchased our house, we didn't know the winter wetlands here enticed ducks and geese. We didn't know we'd have impromptu ponds everywhere in the back forty. Nor did we know our nearest neighbor/neighbours had large naturals pond.
Imagine our joy when we began to see the feathery creatures that visit.
I know eyes are important in a photo, and better still, animals that face the camera. I'm hoping that these shy, skittish, small Wood Ducks look okay sideways. Must click the shutter quickly!
(That's not a lawn; that's natural grass that gets trimmed. Otherwise it would look tall and tan or beige.)
Joy.
Last Spring and Summer was a busy one for the House Sparrows in the yard. These all seemed to be from two families. Was fun to watch the young ones follow their parents around for food .
In this wind it takes a mighty push and streamlined feathers.
Thanks for looking.
(Still practicing placing hand on long-distance lens, as suggested.)
Taken on the Hamburg Trail. On this trail I also saw my lifer Tufted Flycatcher and a Cordilleran Flycatcher.
This Tanager is one of the prettiest birds I've ever seen. It was a long hike up to the Tufted Flycatcher this guy was just past the midway point.
NB. No human that I could see frightened these Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) to take flight. Just skittish.
Basically as shot in RAW with no curves or vibrancy or saturation. Some slight effort to reduce noise from ISO 5000. Should I try to enhance?
Thanks for looking!
Perhaps I should make an album of outtakes someday.
A tiny percent of rain —and lack of wind—drew me outside to photograph wild daisies of some sort. Borrowed my husband's Nikkor 200mm macro/prime lens and rested it on the trusty monopod. On my knees shot.
I know, based on my husband’s reaction, that this will appear too shallow for many. Don’t worry; I don’t expect you to comment ;-)
Saw this small snake cruisin' along & wanted to try to get a shot head on, so I walked ahead of him as he slithered under some nearby branches & leaves. I crouched down waiting for him. Wasn't sure when or exactly where he was going to emerge until I heard some rustling around. He cautiously rose up from out of the leaves nearby to take a look around ! Haha, this little one was so cute! Didn't expect him to be upright.
My daughter calls him "Rustle"
They have returned, these feisty finches with mottled, molting yellow feathers in transition. Fighting over thistle plants and feeders. (Mea culpa: I blew highlights over several wing feathers on the goldfinch on the right.)
That's a web glistening in the lower left—it's Web Wednesday, and Wing Wednesday!
Roseate Spoonbill spotted at a Rookery in South Central Louisiana.
Unfortunately, the recent hurricanes of 2020 have pummeled the area and our "go-to" spot has been severely affected.
The "Little" Rookery there that was so accessible for these kinds of photographs has very few inhabitants now due to the lack of support structures & trees.........Guess I'll have to seek out another similar spot.....
Thanks for all the views, comments, & feedback.......as it's very much appreciated.
Have a great Thursday !
Geese fly through a winter landscape at dawn in the Pacific Northwest. Winner of the 2020 American Landscape contest by Outdoor Photographer. Also the Best Landscape by Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
Red-winged Blackbird on a snowy day. February was the coldest recorded month here. What's next?
Played with shutter speeds to capture falling and blowing snow. (Usually keep the speed at 1/1600-2600 or faster.) Shot in RAW; deliberately did not lighten or brighten much.
Larger: www.flickr.com/photos/jan-timmons/33433618488/sizes/k/
(At least to see the subtle catchlight ;)
A male red-shafted Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) prepares to hunt ants and beetles on the ground and in crevices. I like to awaken to their drumming on our roof and gutter, too.
I liked this unusual (for me) view of this woodpecker.
El río Atuel nace en la laguna del mismo nombre, en la alta cordillera de la provincia mendocina, al sureste del Paso internacional Las Leñas (4000 metros aproximadamente).
El nombre Atuel, tiene sus inicios del vocablo "Latuel", el cual significa "Alma de la tierra". El mismo cuenta con una longitud alrededor de los 700 km.
Aleutician Cackling Goose prepares to land. "The adult Aleutian Cackling Goose can be distinguished from its relatives by the conspicuous white neck ring at the base of the neck." Source: beautyofbirds.com "The Cackling Goose was long considered just a small race of the Canada Goose. The smallest four of the eleven recognized races were recently determined to be distinct enough to be their own species. Cackling Goose includes the races known as Taverner's, Richardson's, Aleutian, and Cackling geese." Source: allaboutbirds.org "Cacklings are small; some are barely larger than a Mallard. In contrast, the largest Canada Goose can weigh twice as much as a Cackling Goose." Source: audubon.org
This Bald eagle was landing on what he thought was ice.
I like their "eagle pants".
After he went in a little bit he was able to get back up and act "cool" , as all eagles do lol.
Silly frog must need bulk in his diet. Happened to capture him stuffing a piece of wood mulch in his mouth. Didn't notice it until it was uploaded to the computer.
I think there's a slug on the mulch lol.
Some of the back forty. As shot. Achooooo! I changed the aperture to f/9 and f/11, and still found little bokeh balls everywhere.
If this looks too shallow, please ignore ;) Or see some evening shots from last year.
Sperm Whale-Grand Cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus), Sanary-sur-Mer, France. 🐋🐬 🌊 🇫🇷 🌏 👉 Getty Images Azores collection www.gettyimages.fr/photos/vincent-pommeyrol-sperm-whale?a...
Sunset hues add red (or magenta?) to this young doe; she preferred to browse apart from what perhaps were three male siblings. Female Black-tailed deer during a recent visit to the back forty. I wished she’d been more active and available in better light earlier.
No need to comment. Perhaps they’ll visit one early morning.
“Two forms of black-tailed deer or blacktail deer that occupy coastal woodlands in the Pacific Northwest of North America are subspecies of the mule deer. They have sometimes been treated as a species, but virtually all recent authorities maintain they are subspecies. The Columbian black-tailed deer is found in western North America, from Northern California into the Pacific Northwest of the United States and coastal British Columbia in Canada. The Sitka deer is found coastally in British Columbia, southeast Alaska, and southcentral Alaska.
“These two subspecies thrive on the edge of the forest, as the dark forest lacks the underbrush and grasslands the deer prefer as food, and completely open areas lack the hiding spots and cover they prefer for harsh weather.”
—Wikipedia.
Dew, wind, and sunshine battled for dominance on this newly planted perennial to attract more bees and hummingbirds.
This new red blossom tops a promised hardy plant called Jacob Cline Bee Balm (Monarda Didyma). And it is presumably deer resistant ... somehow.
Populus tremuloides is a deciduous tree native to cooler areas of North America, one of several species referred to by the common name Aspen. (Wikipedia)
In my rainy element. As shot from RAW, except to convert to black and white. The vivid green and yellow hues in the rain looked too bright; I'll post at some point.
Thanks for looking! Comments unnecessary. Aspen trees and rain aren't to everyone's taste.
Wild daisies—different aperture and depth of field. And light. I went back to photograph these again for summer solstice here. Or winter solstice wherever you are.
Hope you like these.
One of the tiny female Anna's hummingbirds perches on a twig in between rain and hail showers. Sorry that this little one is not in flight; I need to practice more on these wee ones.
"Though no larger than a ping-pong ball and no heavier than a nickel, Anna’s Hummingbirds make a strong impression."
Cornell Lab's www.allaboutbirds.org
Thanks for looking and sharing my joy this morning!