this one is a screech owl, taken in Fremont a couple weeks ago. Many thanks to Jean and her daughter Jenni for fixing the eye for me! PSE pros they are :)
Again, my apologies to cindi b...but come on, even you have to admit he's a cutie :)
February 10, 2012
January 15, 2012
January 09, 2012
A little late for my blog post a week goal...
but here goes:
my first blog post will be my snowy owl pic.
Only because these are sooooo rare outside of the Arctic.
They must have followed Santa down and decided they liked it here :)
November 02, 2011
From my very favorite movie of all time...
Here are Dorothy and the Scarecrow:
Actually, it's my fur-babies, Nisa and Jeffrey, celebrating Howl-o-ween 2011.
The way I like to celebrate Howl-o-ween :)
No, they did not go trick-or-treating.
But, they did get a nice pumpkin cupcake.
From Three Dog Bakery.
They told me it was worth wearing their silly costumes for the treat.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
:)
September 04, 2010
It really should not be....
quite this chilly just yet:
and yet that's what it was this morning here at Beaver Lake. ugh.
August 20, 2010
I'm Baaaaaack...
My blog missed me.
I missed my blog.
It's been a tough year for me.
Things are getting better, not great, but better.
Thank God for chocolate.
Dark Chocolate.
Thank God for Jeffrey and Nisa.
They make me laugh no matter what.
Thank God for God!
I even went out shooting a few days ago...to the LaPlatte Bottoms.
Saw some GBH's, a blue wing teal pair, lots of other ducks.
and thousands of frogs/toads. yuck.
and we saw this little guy...an immature cattle egret.
these were taken as the sun was setting, and the sky was turning all those amazing colors.
ps...thanks to Trysha for calling me out on my neglected blog :)
January 21, 2010
Eagle...an action series...
Here is an eagle, who caught a small fish, transferring that poor little (snack-size) fish from his talons to his mouth, mid-air...
Still sorting thru all the eagle pics :)
January 19, 2010
How 'bout some deer photos...
from Neil Smith NWR:
my 2nd fave animal to photograph :)
As you can see, the deer were pretty much only interested in eating...
AND, I have yet to photograph a deer with antlers!!!
January 18, 2010
Buffaloes in the Mist...
I'm working backwards from our weekend photos...hundreds and hundreds of eagle photos, but only about a 100 buffalo ones.
And deer.
Which will come tomorrow.
Hopefully.
It was a VERY foggy area around the Neal Smith NWR, which we drove thru on our way home from Miss. River. I did some post processing on these to try and make them clearer. NO CROPPING done.
This one is the favorite of my photos:
These 2 show one of the bigger groups (herds???) we saw:
Did I say no cropping??? This big guy was right next to our vehicle, maybe 5-6 feet away! I like to get close to my subjects, but I was just a teeny weeny bit nervous he might decide to find out what that clickety clickety noise was :)
Here's Todd's version of this big dude:
(before I do anything further with this photo, I'm gonna PS out that blade of stuff from his face)
So there you have our buffalo pics...
Next up, deer :)
EagleFest 2010...
at Le Claire, IA...L&D #14.
So thankful that Larry suggested chemical hand/feet warmers :)
So happy we bought cold weather gear this past fall, including carhart bib overalls :)
We stayed at the dam photographing eagles, seagulls, ducks for 8 hours Sunday...mid 20's with a slight breeze off of the river. VERY cold indeed.
I wouldn't do that for just any photoshoot.
But for eagles...
Here is just a sampling of what we watched:
This is NOT the best photo, I just grabbed the 1st one I saw...LOTS of photos to go thru, probably around 1600 between the 2 of us :)
Let me just say that even if you have seen eagles before, if you haven't seen them fish, you NEED to. Fascinating!
