ISO80; f/8; 1/250;88.2mm; 7:59am (Canon SX10 on tripod)
This lizard was well camouflaged, but thanks to some new tricks that I’ve learned in Aperture, I was able to reveal his natural S-Curve.
The weather has broken here… at least for a few days. It felt so good to be out an about with the camera again.
ISO 80; f/5; 1/20; 58.1mm; 7:02 am (Program mode)
This bunny needs to learn that eating something as bright as Bougainvillea petals… will blow your camouflage.
When I saw the bunny, I pulled the tripod legs in so that camera could sit as low to the ground as I could get it without disturbing the bunny. If the bunny was going to continue to put eating over safety, I was then going to take the camera off the tripod and try it at true ground level. But the bunny would have none of that. I sort of felt bad that I ruined his breakfast.
ISO 80; f/5; 1/15; 78.2mm; 8:22 am (Canon SX10 in P mode)
The picture that I wanted that I didn’t get was all of these wild turkeys eating the grass right outside the tent that my niece Devon was still sound asleep in. She was already unhappy about sleeping in a tent and if she’d woken to these larger-than-life birds…. By the time I grabbed my camera, remembered to remove the lens cap, etc, etc, well the geese were fleeing (another way of taking flight). I followed them for awhile but the available light only got worse once we were in the woods.
Added vignette. But really it is one more of my blurry NH photos.
ISO 80; f/5.7; 1/800; 100 mm 8:16am 6/2/2010 (no tripod)
This is really a difficult image to capture and I do think that I pushed the camera to get it. That black eye belongs to the camouflaged ground squirrel. Continue reading »
ISO 80; f/5.7; 1/125; 100 mm 8:56am 6/3/2010 (no tripod)
I don’t know if I was more shocked to see this Red-Tailed Hawk or a puddle of water in Quartzsite. Found this “beach scene” on a recent morning bike ride. Continue reading »
I had a wonderful bike ride this morning… lots of surprises. This is the first time I’ve ever seen this critter… turns out to be a round tailed ground squirrel… Carl figured it out. I suspect I wouldn’t have noticed him if he hadn’t stopped on top of this gray manmade structure.
I couldn’t believe that he stayed put long enough for me to focus the camera and that the zoom on the camera let me capture the animal as clearly as it has. Moreover, I didn’t have a tripod. So, lucky me.
Right after he ran away I turned around and a coyote was running past me about 20 feet away. Beautiful animal (especially running past and not at me).
At least there were no snakes today.
For anyone following our Mourning Dove story… here’s an update. Continue reading »
This “dappled-skin” lizard stopped to pose for me while we were golfing this morning.
As I’ve mentioned before, it is spring here. One evidence are the Mourning Doves cooing at all times of day, each in their own stages of mating, breeding and raising their “squabs.” I managed to take a photo of this domesticated scene only hours before the two juvenile birds in this nest were ready to leave home. I assume this is their father in the nest because of the time of day and the fact that the male feeds the juveniles. But I could be wrong.
I took about fifteen pics trying out different settings on my Canon SD950IS Powershot. This next pic is a close-up: Continue reading »
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