Archive for February, 2009

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Photo: Kingfisher

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Just a lit­tle king­fisher sit­ting on a barbed wire fence over­look­ing a ditch creek. Just out of frame next to him when I first pulled up was a kestrel too.

Photo: Kingfisher

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Bonus Photo: The Cliff

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And here’s another land­scape from my time in RMNP a week or so back. Man, time flies when you’re unemployed.

Bonus Photo: The Cliff

Photo: Great Horned Owl

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This is my first great horned owl photo of any “qual­ity.” I actu­ally do a cou­ple dozen shots of this guy, slowly creep­ing for­ward. Then I looked down to change a set­ting on my cam­era and he had flown off, so I missed the real “moment.” Photos like this are okay, but what you really need in wildlife pho­tog­ra­phy is action–behavior. Wings wide, eat­ing, etc. Something unique. I don’t do action very well unfor­tu­nately, so it’s some­thing I’m really focus­ing on.

I got amaz­ingly lucky with how close this guy let me get. I wish I had been more patient and not taken my eyes off the bird. I also wish the sky didn’t have to be com­pletely blown outto expose the bird and the branches weren’t run­ning across his face. It’s a learn­ing process though and I was happy to have the encounter.

Photo: Great Horned Owl

Photo: Geese over the Moon

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A small flock of geese flies over the moon and the Front Range foothills.

Photo: Geese over the Moon

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Photo: RMNP Peaks

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A lot snowier up there today thanks to some pre­cip­i­ta­tion last night. I wish I could have got­ten up to drive up there but I was up late last night rein­stalling every bit of soft­ware on my Vista machine. Now, to shower, shave, and start look­ing for jobs again.

Photo: RMNP Peaks

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