2016-01-10: What I’ve seen this week

Earlier this week, I was getting concerned that I would end up with another weekly post dedicated to deer and bird, birds and deer; so I headed out in the yard with my macro lens to play around a bit and see if I could come across anything interesting.  Also, it was simply a gorgeous, brilliant blue sky day, and I couldn’t think of a better way to spend fifteen minutes while taking a lunch break from my work.  I also got out that evening for a few night sky shots.

Don’t worry though, most of the photos are still deer and birds!

I hope you enjoy my selections for the week.  Have a great day!

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An older male with lots of scars. I wonder what his story is? Clashes with other males perhaps?
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This girl has a very unique left ear… and a hearty appetite for birdseed! She makes quite a mess, but the redpolls and grosbeaks seem to enjoy pecking around in the snow for all the seeds she’s dumped out.
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A younger male who happened to be heading into the yard while I was outside with my camera (and refilling the bird feeders). He kept to the bushes, luckily in some beautiful light.
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Beautiful light on a beautiful bird – a northern flicker.
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It was snowing quite heavily at the start of the week, and this young deer was cloaked in snow from tip to tail. I loved this view though, something a little different.
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The young male pausing for a portrait.
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My little walking buddy, wanting to get in on the photo action when I took my camera out on a morning walk for a pretty sky at sunrise.
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For the past few weeks, I’ve had a few common redpolls every day at the feeders. Early this week though, I ended up with an entire flock in my backyard. Here is a smaller part of the group, all trying to get to the suet cake.
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Not a great shot, but I included it anyways just to show a part of the redpoll flock. I counted 28 on the ground, and there were loads up on the feeders as well.
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Something startled one of them, and they all scattered. That repeated a few times throughout the morning.
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An evergreen with a light dusting of snow.
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This could have been so much better, if I hadn’t been too lazy to go to the detached garage and turn off the exterior lights. I’m including this as a reminder to self to take the time to do the proper prep work!

2015-12-28_Monochrome Monday

One of my dream wildlife sightings / photo opportunity was to see a leopard in a tree.  I’m sure I mentioned it before, but it happened in what I felt was an unlikely place, the Okavango Delta.

I was looking through photos with my Mom yesterday and came across these after not having seen them for awhile, and I thought they would be great to edit in black and white.  I still have a lot more shots to get through 🙂

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If these are the type of photos you’d like to own, you can find them here:

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2015-12-21: Monochrome Monday

I had a few photos of trees and branches against a brilliant blue sky, so I thought I would see what they looked like with some different monochrome edits.

My personal favourite is the one in the middle.

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A neutral to high key approach…maybe a 6.5/10 on the brightness scale.
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A low key take on tree branches
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Selenium tinted during B&W processing

 

 

2015-12-14: Monochrome Monday

A couple more photos of the deer that visited yesterday.  I think I prefer the black and white edits more the the colour ones.

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Running for mom.
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Getting a good sniff of the air.
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Mom and daughter hanging out on my front lawn…make that snowfield.

2015-11-23: Monochrome Monday

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I try not to post too many photos of my dog, but I just couldn’t resist the look on his face while he was playing in the yard in the little bit of snow we have. 1/500sec, f5.6, ISO 900

2015-10-26: Monochrome Monday

Yesterday afternoon there were 3 leaves clinging to the top of this tree.  After the snowfall this morning, only a lone leaf remains.   Autumn is quickly giving way to winter. 1/1000sec, f5.6, ISO500
Yesterday afternoon there were 3 leaves clinging to the top of this tree. After the snowfall this morning, only a lone leaf remains.
Autumn is quickly giving way to winter.
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