So one of the “rules of photography,” especially nature photography, is you don’t shoot on a clear, bright, blue sky, summer afternoon with the sun high overhead. So today I broke all those rules and got a shot I’ve been trying to get for some time–the “white raven.” So what is a “white raven?” One […]
For the past month or so, the weather in Kitimat has been miserable. Even long term residents say this fall (like the entire summer) has been unusually wet. It’s been snow, rain, snow, rain, snow rain for most of November. The culprit, according to the experts, is La Nina, which brought too much snow (even […]
For the second time this summer, a fledgling has taken refuge on my back deck and just stayed there. A few weeks ago it was a young robin. On Monday, it was a fledgling stellar jay. I had just got home and the young bird was sitting right under my feeder, not moving. the summer […]
Rather crowded lunchtime at my feeder, July 31, 2011.
Sometimes the photos come to you. Be prepared. I have my Sony Alpha 850 with the Sigma 170-500mm on the dining room table to shoot the birds that come to my feeder. It had been a slow week at the feeder On Wednesday morning, a fledgling robin suddenly lands on my back deck, and not […]
In the last blog, I mentioned that a friend and I went to have a relaxing day at Humber Bay West park in the west end of Toronto. The most interesting moments were late in the afternoon. Sitting quietly at a picnic table, I noticed a groundhog stick a nose out of the long grass. […]