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Taken in the morning between meetings. The best thing of working from home is that I can utilize any spare time when there is an egret, Heron, or any other animal for that matter to take a couple of pictures. This one was taken from my backyard.
Had to resource to my iPhone 8 as the only lens I had available was the 200-500 mm which was in no way wide enough
Eating a fish. Playing with the clarity, texture and sharpness to make it more “dramatic” looking. Ohh, and some vignetting as well.
While on a conference call, I looked outside the window and saw this great blue heron wading in the pond, so I transferred the call to my cellphone, took my camera and went outside. I didn’t have to wait long for the heron to lurch it’s head into the water coming out with. it’s prey firmly held in it’s beak.
I love working from home!
Great Blue Heron getting some food. It is amazing their speed and precision when it comes time to catch fish. They do not miss much. They are definitely some serious killing machines.
I reached John Chestnut Park in Oldsmar, Florida at around 7:00. Sunset is around 8:20, but for some reason, the light at 7 was just magical the way it hit the water and caused the colors and reflections to pop. The reflection of the water by the shoreline glowed with such a striking, pastel-blue hue, I had to lower the blue saturation in Lightroom so it did not look too unreal or surreal! Twenty minutes later, the great light and magic were gone.
I've heard it said that the time just before sunset is best for taking landscapes, but I'm finding that at least in Florida, the light is most magical 1-2 hours before sunset. Perhaps that is because the sun can peer through the trees better, creating more striking shadows and reflections; towards sunset, the colorful light seems to be obscured by the trees.
...just some thoughts.
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I reached John Chestnut Park in Oldsmar, Florida at around 7:00. Sunset is around 8:20, but for some reason, the light at 7 was just magical the way it hit the water and caused the colors and reflections to pop. The reflection of the water by the shoreline glowed with such a striking, pastel-blue hue, I had to lower the blue saturation in Lightroom so it did not look too unreal or surreal! Twenty minutes later, the great light and magic were gone.
I've heard it said that the time just before sunset is best for taking landscapes, but I'm finding that at least in Florida, the light is most magical 1-2 hours before sunset. Perhaps that is because the sun can peer through the trees better, creating more striking shadows and reflections; towards sunset, the colorful light seems to be obscured by the trees.
...just some thoughts.
I reached John Chestnut Park in Oldsmar, Florida at around 7:00. Sunset is around 8:20, but for some reason, the light at 7 was just magical the way it hit the water and caused the colors and reflections to pop. The reflection of the water by the shoreline glowed with such a striking, pastel-blue hue, I had to lower the blue saturation in Lightroom so it did not look too unreal or surreal! Twenty minutes later, the great light and magic were gone.
I've heard it said that the time just before sunset is best for taking landscapes, but I'm finding that at least in Florida, the light is most magical 1-2 hours before sunset. Perhaps that is because the sun can peer through the trees better, creating more striking shadows and reflections; towards sunset, the colorful light seems to be obscured by the trees.
...just some thoughts.
Taken at sunset. Had to decrease my shutter speed to 1/1000 to keep the ISO from going way too high. Struggled a bit with the noise. My preferred shutter speed would have been 1/2000.
A Great Blue Heron about to have it’s dinner. I had to crop heavily this one, as I didn’t want to get too close to the heron in order not to disturb it.
I decided to publish the color version of “Ominous”, as it gives a very different feeling (at least I think so)
Great Egret catching a small fish. Photo is significantly cropped, as I was on the other side of the pond, some 80 ft away. Still I like the detail.
Sometimes if you bite down too hard, you make a right mess. This Pine Warbler just learned that lesson!
Better known as the fairway 11 of the south golf course in East Lake Woodlands, I still consider as part of my backyard, where I take most of my pictures.
This time around , instead of using my iPhone, It is an HDR from a stack of three bracketed photos taken with the D5 and the nikkor 20mm f/1.8.
I took a walk around the neighborhood to see if there things that I had missed recently. Sometimes, I get too set in my ways that I miss some obvious photographic opportunities !
Here is some wildlife that I often miss because I'm too much in a hurry that I miss the Trees in the Forest.
Here's a group of Ducks Cruising a Retention Pond near East Lake Road looking for Breakfast near one of the many Retention Ponds that Florida is known for !