Here are my photo’s for the travel theme- grey.
1/400sec, f7.1, ISO 100
1/50sec, f4.0, ISO 720
1/640sec, f8.0, ISO 2800
Travel Theme: Grey
1/400sec, f7.1, ISO 100
1/50sec, f4.0, ISO 720
1/640sec, f8.0, ISO 2800
1/400sec, f7.1, ISO 100
1/50sec, f4.0, ISO 720
1/640sec, f8.0, ISO 2800
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Older Than 50 Years
I didn’t think I would be entering any photos for this challenge, as I couldn’t think of any subject to photograph. Then, a couple weekends ago, I signed up to go for a hike to Ancient Forest. We had a beautiful day for a hike in the forest, and lucky for me, a member of one of the local hiking groups accompanied the group I was with, to give a talk about the area.
Certainly if you are in the Prince George area it is a beautiful place to visit, and a very unique ecosystem in the region. Some of the cedars in the forest were in excess of 5 metres in diameter and over 2,000 years old.
Prince George Hummingbirds
I’ve been MIA from the blog for a few weeks now, and I am glad to finally have an opportunity to get back to posting. I made a move about two and a half weeks ago up to Prince George, and have been spending my time trying to get settled into my new life routine (and spending two full weeks without any internet!).
So far so good up here. I haven’t seen a moose yet, but did see a young grizzly bear on moving day (my camera was sadly not to hand) but what has been outstanding are the hummingbirds. We put up feeders in the front and back yard quickly, and drew quite a crowd. Now there are three feeders and at least one needs to be refilled every day, sometimes more than once a day. At one point we counted nine hovering around the front porch. I didn’t manage to get that in a photo (yet) but I did capture proof of five at one time.
Here are a few of the hummingbird photos I have captured so far. It’s also been my first chance t try out my new lens, the Tamron 150mm-600mm. The reach is amazing, but for this, I really didn’t need it; sometimes I can’t even hang the feeder back up before the hummers start eating again. They are very comfortable with me being close by. I am happy, happy, happy with my bird watching 🙂
Have a wonderful evening everyone!
20150221_Sunrise
Two weeks ago, I managed to get loads of editing done, and had a post a day. This past week, each day seemed to slip by at record speed, and I didn’t manage a single post (or even to take or edit a single photo).
Thankfully, this morning I grabbed my camera bag when we headed out for our early morning walk. What a beautiful morning it was! I picked a particular spot at the dikes, both so I could get a few photos of the sky before heading out, and also the hopes of seeing some interesting ducks that I had spotted the evening before. It turns out the ducks are common goldeneyes, and I didn’t manage any decent shots of them, but at least they were good enough to get an ID.
This was my favourite shot from the morning. Enjoy!
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20150214 – Great Blue Heron
We left so early for our walk today I didn’t bother grabbing my camera, and as we were leaving the dike I was kicking myself for it. This would have been so much better shot with something other than my phone. I’ve never before seen a heron perched on the top of the power lines.
Bald Eagle and an Osprey
Here in southern BC, we have spent the last few days with lovely warm weather for February, but have been absolutely hammered with rain as well. This morning, I woke up to a reprieve from the rain and even a few hints of blue sky. As such, I finally got out on a morning walk with my camera. I can’t believe it is February and these are the first 2015 photos I am able to post. They aren’t the best eagle or osprey photos I have taken and the birds weren’t doing anything weird or wonderful. I am just so thrilled that I was able to have a dry walk and see some birds that I decided to share.
Based on the quality and direction of the light, and how desaturated the photos were, I decided to convert everything to black and white.
Happy Sunday everyone!
Beautiful evening
After the pea soup fog the last few days, where I could barely see across the road, it was lovely to see the sky clear today. Even lovelier was the sunset, with the sky like a painting.
Photo taken with my Samsung Note 3.
Thank you
As 2014 draws to a close, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone that takes the time to stop by and view my photos. This blog has introduced me to some amazing photographers and writers, and I am inspired and awed by so much of the work that I see.
I am so grateful for the connections I have been able to make through this site 🙂
I have started working on a second site, for photo sales, Jennifer Sawicky’s Smugmug Site and will be adding to both this blog and the sales site on a regular basis in the coming year. If there are any past photos that you think I should be adding, please let me know.
All the best in the coming year to each and every one of you. We are closing the year out here with beautiful, sunny skies and while my camera has remained at home, I captured a few nice shots on my phone the last couple of days.
Foggy Morning
1/200sec, f8.0, ISO500
Bushtit
All summer I saw groups of tiny grey birds on the dikes near my work, but never had a camera with me to capture a photo so I could look up what they were. A few days ago, while working on the computer at home, I heard loads of chirping through the open window, and when I went outside, there was a group of the tiny grey birds in the bushes alongside my building. Luckily, I managed to grab my camera and capture a single decent photo, and figure out what I had been seeing were Bushtits. I had never seen them at home before, and who knows if I will ever see them flying around my neighbourhood again, but I certainly am happy to have a few months of wondering “what do I call these?” finally over.
