Water birds
A collection of birds seen in and around the ponds on Mississippi Bar on my hike this morning.
Lines and Angles
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week.
Hoofprints
A nice bit of overcast lured me out of the house this morning and down to Mississippi Bar with my cameras. The clouds burned off by 10 o’clock, and although I had the hiking trails mostly to myself, I did see a few other critters — some horses from the Shadow Glen Stables and a scattering of typically curious blacktail […]
Mississippi Bar mornings
Even though large portions of Mississippi Bar are rocky, flat, and treeless — and sun-baked during the hot summer months — it’s still possible to find nice shady spots, even on a warm day in June. Still, it’s best to get outdoors early so you don’t melt on the hike back to the car! Once the spring rains dry up, […]
Osprey
I was very lucky this morning to spot this osprey while exploring around the ponds at Mississippi Bar. And special thanks to the Big Guy for helping me identify it when I showed him my photos!
Macro Monday, Week 3
You may have noticed that I haven’t been doing much with Macro Monday lately; well, that’s because I’ve been playing around with super close-up photography and trying to decide precisely what sort of subjects I want to shoot — and I haven’t been all that impressed with my results thus far. So rather than trying to make my cameras do […]
The little things
Today felt a bit dull, grey, and misty, so I went for a walk along Mississippi Bar and tried to pay attention to some of the small details that make life more interesting.
Evanescent
The seasonal ponds at Mississippi Bar are some of my favorite subjects to photograph. During the recent drought years these ponds ceased to exist; now they’ve come back again for their short time.
Smooth
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Smooth.