I promised no eagles on today’s post and so I will show you some random images that I took during last weekend with the exception of the one above. This is actually one I shot Tuesday evening after work. I like the image for two reasons. One it was light enough at 5:15 pm to make this image at ISO 200. And I like the sky and sunset that center around the tree.
Saturday at the pond in Dubuque I was sitting on the down hill-side of the bank and pretty close to the water (well actually the ice) when these three ducks came walking by. They didn’t seem to mind me being there and were undeterred in their search for bits of food.
I like the way the sun shown on their feet and made them a really bright orange. The male Mallard’s head looked royal blue sometimes depending on how the light struck his head.
Finally this pair of swans were there for an hour or so. I had never seen a banded swan before. It looks rather uncomfortable on his neck. I couldn’t get close enough to him to see any markings on the band.
Pretty close to the time the sun was going down the swans started water walking and then took off. They flew a sweeping circle over the pond and then headed towards the river.
I tried to capture their flight but the low light caused my shutter speed to be slow so I got nothing but white blobs.
That’s it for today. Enjoy your Thursday. Hope we don’t get too much snow. Thanks for stopping by and be careful.
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