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Saturday ~ May 21, 2016

Posted by Dave Updegraff on May 21, 2016
Posted in: Daily Posts. Tagged: Cardinal, Indigo Bunting, Photography, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Wildlife Photography.

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Happy Saturday!

I have four images for you today of some wildlife, one of which I have never photographed before.  I describe my style of photography as a road photographer.  Not with any amount of pride in that label but it is what I tend to do a lot of.  I will take a lot of county roads with and without pavement looking for things that catch my attention.  I do a quick assessment of what would make the best image in my mind and then make some pictures.  Sometimes they are good and sometimes they are not.  What I do not tend to do is find a subject and really explore it with my camera.  I wished I did more of that but it’s just not the way I’m wired.

Another self-revelation is that I tend to use my Friday off as a decompress day and I spend a lot of time vegetating.  Again I don’t say that with pride, it simply is what I have been doing.  So yesterday I decided I needed to change the pattern.  I got up at my normal time and went through my normal routine.  I grabbed a couple of cameras, one with the long lens and one with a wide-angle lens and left the house at 9:00 a.m.  I had two goals yesterday.  One, photograph things that interested me no matter where I had to go and two, get some exercise.  I accomplished both at the same time.  I got home around 4:30 p.m. totally exhausted but re-energized and happy.  🙂

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I walked for about 3.5 hours and I have no idea how many miles but enough that I was happy when I saw my car again.  I knew there was the possibility of snakes (I don’t care what you say Paul) but I was not going to let that detour me.  I walked, stood, reflected, listened, and watched for several hours and it was wonderful.

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I saw a lot of cardinals Ronnie, but this one was the only one I could get a lens on.  The rest were either in too thick of brush or there was enough other obstacles between them and me that the auto focus couldn’t lock on.  I didn’t have a tripod (not that would have done any good) and as skittish as they were I doubt if it would have made any difference.  Anyway I was glad to capture some images of this guy.  You can click on the image to see more detail.

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I believe this is an Indigo Bunting.  I have never photographed one and yesterday I saw several of them.  They are hard to capture and I had to shoot fast and furious to capture an image.  They never stood still for very long so I have a lot of images that are nothing more than blurry blue blobs.  🙂

That’s all I have for you today.  Thanks for stopping  by the blog.  Enjoy your day.  The forecast said it is going to be “Pleasant” today.  Isn’t that a nice sounding forecast!  Be careful.

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