36/365 The place that shall not be named

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Feb 052011
 

The astute observer will notice the lack of ice and snow in this photograph, in contrast to damn near every other outdoor photograph I’ve posted in the last month.  I got up Friday morning and headed south to visit a friend, I’ll be heading home later today.  We spent some time walking around the riverfront area and we noticed this blue heron (that’s what she said it is) , so we waited so that I could get some pictures of it in flight.

105 mm macro lens, ISO 200, F/8, 1/60 sec

Time: 11:00 am
Place: riverside

Damn, I wish I used a faster shutter speed and lower f-stop, I would have gotten a sharper image.
Still, I like the bird’s reflection in the water

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Day 351- Birds in Flight

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Dec 172010
 

Time: 12:00pm
Place: Waters edge

The second photo is a bit over-exposed, but I liked how I’m almost exactly perpendicular to the bird and how it looks in flight, so I’m using it anyway.  For other views from this same area check out Day 294 and Day 308.

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Day 316- Nikon 105mm f/2.8G Macro AF-S VR

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Nov 122010
 

What the hell sort of title is that, right?  Well, THIS is a Nikon 105mm f/2.8G Macro AF-S VR!

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No, I didn’t buy a new lens, for starters this baby is WAY out of my price range.  What I did do was visit the fine folks at LensRentals.com and rented it for a few days.  Why pay big money for a lens you’re not sure you’d even like or use that much when you can rent and play with it for a while?  I’ve got this lens until Monday and plan on getting the most out of it!

Thursday morning DB and I went to a local park, where this picture and this picture were taken, and I took about 60 pictures.  Here are several of my favorites.

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Day 254- Signs of Life

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Sep 112010
 

After the big storm we got earlier in the week, vegetation was showing signs of life yesterday.  Even if it’s a weed…
(I really like the detail in this shot, click to view it full-sized if you want to see a better view)

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Day 250- Nature walk on Salado Creek Greenway

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Sep 072010
 

Monday afternoon was beautiful, so I headed over to the Salado Creek Greenway, an ~6 mile long paved path that I discovered on my bike earlier in the summer.  I took a few pictures along a different section (I posted one on Day 205) and finally returned to explore more of it on foot.  Click on any picture to view it full-sized in a new window.

Of course, I didn’t just aim my lens at nature and wildlife, there’s more than that to see along the path :-)

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Day 243- Clouds

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Aug 312010
 

Not the most original topic, I posted a sun and clouds picture just 4 days ago, but there are seemingly endless possibilities when photographing Mother Nature.  And just like the other day, timing is everything, moments later the cloud moved and the shot disappeared…

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Day 241- Birds

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Aug 292010
 

Saturday afternoon I visited Brackenridge Park in San Antonio- I’ve passed the park many times but have never checked it out before.  I found a nice shady spot to sit by a creek and waited for inspiration to strike, fortunately there was no shortage of photo opportunities!

I like how I caught the ripples radiating out from when the duck dipped his (her?) head underwater for food.

I spied this one (a crane? damned if I know…) sitting here and figured that with it’s big wingspan that it would look pretty cool in flight.
So I waited.  And waited.  And waited…

While I was waiting for the crane or whatever it was, this pigeon landed nearby and I managed to get a decent shot of it flying away. Of course, with my bad luck I looked back at where the crane was and the fucker flew away while I was taking pictures of a pigeon :-/

I don’t have a clue what kind of bird this was, but I like the motion blur look I ended up with!


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Day 124- Tweet Tweet

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May 042010
 

No, this isn’t a post about Twitter!

Monday evening the kids and I were out in the yard when we spied a bird sitting on the grass.  I thought it was odd that the bird didn’t fly away, even when PP walked to within 8-10 feet of it.  She got a little closer and it flew to the fence, but it was immediately obvious that it was somehow injured.

Of course, my first thought was “oh cool, my first chance at some wildlife photography!” so I ran inside for my camera.  The bird let me get to within about 6 ft for this shot, then it flew further up into a tree.  I wonder if it’ll be okay….

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