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These barn swallows have been taunting me every day on my walk. Today, I finally brought the camera along and they didn’t disappoint me. I think I need to try near dusk as well, to get the direction of light I need, but shooting them in pseudo-silhouette is fun too. This has kind of a lomo feel to it for me.
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Yesterday, we drove through the Petrified Forest National Park. It’s not the most visually spectacular of parks, really. Once you’ve seen a few hundred pieces of petrified wood, the excitement fades. The park has a few other areas of interest, including a couple of petroglyph areas that are interesting, but some of them you have to use binoculars to even see. They pale in comparison to the Newspaper Rock of the Canyonlands in Utah, which lets you get very close and see the glyphs in detail.
So the photos of the Painted Desert aren’t really that impressive, but I met this one in the parking lot and it was very cooperative, even curious about the sounds my camera made. I think it was hoping I might throw it a snack for behaving so well, but I know better than to feed wildlife. Anyway, it went right back to rummaging in the garbage cans so it wasn’t exactly starving.
Ravens mate for life, and they are everywhere in this part of the country. Everywhere I look, I see pairs of ravens sitting, watching. I’ve seen a few pronghorn antelope as well, but for the most part, this trip has been wildlife-free.
If I’m still looking for work come April/May (and I probably will be in this market), I think a trip to Yellowstone is going to be in order.
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A testament to the new camera’s quality. If I had taken this picture with it, none of the detail would have come out. I am very pleased. I just wish I hadn’t gotten him sitting on a power line.
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Looking forward to getting some pics taken soon.
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