I glanced up from photographing the daffodil to spot this nuthatch scampering down the trunk of a pecan tree across the road. Quickly, without much thought, I snapped this picture. And then he was gone….
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Feb 102014
Late afternoon today was truly overcast, with a gloom betokening approaching winter weather. Rain tomorrow, freezing rain on Wednesday. I spent most of my hour along Piney Woods Church Road looking for splashes of color to photograph, doing a lot of experimental out-of-focus work (Is it possible to be focused on not focusing?). I took several images reminiscent of abstract watercolors, which may find their way into a separate post. At the end of my time in the field, on the way back to Rico Road, I took several photographs of red-winged blackbirds silhouetted in the bare upper branches of a distant tree. To try for some telephoto shots without blur, I used a metal fencepost to steady my camera. I took only one photo, and then the birds were gone. By sheer luck, I caught this bird with its wings extended, about to launch itself into space.
Jan 142014
Again I will break my unwritten rule of only one photograph per day. I have to admit that I love this image of this male pine warbler perched on a fence in the late afternoon.
