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Posts Tagged ‘daily photo’
Photo of the Day: Heap of Shrooms
I’m traveling today, which is why you’re getting this image a bit early. We’re bound for Oregon, lands of the beautiful fungi. I’m hoping to find some really spectacular specimens there to photograph. I’ve got my full kit packed for the trip, including my strobist gear. A few friends have expressed interest in sitting for a portrait while there, so I’m excited about that.
It’s going to be nice to take my mind off the job search and freelance hunt for a while. I want to decompress, reexamine my priorities. Brainstorm on some writing projects. I want to give Portland a long, hard look in determining whether I really do want to find a way to live there.
That’s my goal anyway. We’ll see how it turns out.
Daily Photo: Here Comes the Sun
I saw a bunch of these on my photo walk yesterday, but I didn’t take pictures of them. I had a few already in the files. This is called a “Yellow Salsify” (scientific name Tragopogon dubius major). Tragopogon means “goat’s beard” which refers to the seed heads. A member of the Aster family. Very pretty, and one of the first spring flowers that I see around Colorado each year.
Daily Photo: Worship the Sun
These turtles are remarkably difficult to approach. So this picture will have to just be compositionally and texturally interesting, and not be a super-close-up zoom of the turtle. One of these days, I’m going out in my waders so I can stand in the water and get better shots. It seems like a lot for just a picture for fun, but I don’t want to not do anything a National Geographic photographer would do to get a shot he or she wanted.
Two more days and we leave for Portland. I’ve got to start charging my camera batteries now. I am so excited. I think I’ll spend a whole day in the Japanese gardens, just shooting pretty things.
Daily Photo: Little Bunny FuFu
Very little crop on this one. Turns out the reason I got to stand so close is that I was between this poor thing and its den. Once I backed off, it came running at me, which I found kind of surprising. Words like “rabies” went through my head at first. Also, “camwhore.” But no, he was just headed for his hole in the ground which I hadn’t seen.
So this is the first daily photo in my new joint. I have a lot of unpacking to do. Have a good day, everyone.
Bonus Photo: A Piece of Sky
The new lens is a pretty darned good macro lens, actually. I guess one upside to being laid off is that I can make my early morning photography expeditions every day of the week now instead of just on the weekends. Maybe I’ll start posting more than one photo a day.
Daily Photo: Puffed Oriole
More orioles, because they posed pretty and let me take their picture, so I had to oblige them with posts on the blog. You understand, right?
Daily Photo: Old Couple
This is from a few weeks back. I love how the ducks seem to make two halves of hearts with the curves of their bodies. That would be stronger if they were closer together, but ducks just don’t take direction very well.
Daily Photo: Blackbird calling III
This would be my perfect blackbird shot if it wasn’t for all the foliage in the way. It’s close though. Veeery close. Also, this poor bird looks pretty beat up. I dunno if he’s old, molting, or what. His colored spots are pretty faded. He was calling out his territory with the best of them though.
Daily Photo: Cautiously curious I
This is not cropped, actually. I’m really proud of this one because I really clicked with the animal and found a way to utilize its curiosity to get a good pose without scaring it away. It very much wanted to keep me in sight. If I backed up a bit, it came out of its den looking for me. If I moved too close, it ducked back in. It was like a weird cross-species game of the hokey pokey. And that’s what it’s all about.
