Rare pierces Posted November 19, 2020 #1 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Pictures taken between Monday, November 16 and Sunday, November 22. Rules: See above That's it. This isn't a contest. All photos taken this week are welcome (not just cruising). Prizes will not be awarded. Discovering the joy of photography is the prize. The idea is to get folks out using their cameras for more than vacations and toddler birthdays. Post one. Post many. Up to you. Have fun with your camera and share your fun with others! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docker123 Posted November 20, 2020 #2 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Monday, first day out walking with the camera. Some blue tongue lizards on the nature reserve. About 1ft long, not overly worried about me photographing them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted November 20, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted November 20, 2020 With family visiting this week, we drove down to the beach for the second time in a year and the contrast in the weather served to remind me of California's incredibly diverse climate. Fifty miles took us from 87° and sunshine to 62° and foggy. In the winter, is isn’t unusual to have a warm sunny day twenty miles from a snow storm. The 8,000 ft variance in altitude between those locations contributes a lot, but it’s still quite a contrast. The cool, foggy day was a welcome change from the heat that life in the Inland Valley usually offers through the end of November. The mist collecting on the palm fronds and falling in tiny rainstorms under each tree made me smile as I remembered growing up near that water collection farm on Tatooine. Wait...what? 25° West of Summer Dave 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahitianbigkahuna Posted November 22, 2020 #4 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Sunrise ... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackiedawg Posted November 25, 2020 #5 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I had two days to get out and shoot during this photo week - a day off on Friday, followed by the Saturday regular visit to the wetlands. Friday started nice, with some lovely birds, but ended in heavy, biblical flooding rains, and then Saturday remained clear through past sunset. Here are some of the lovely birds captured on those two days: A female boat-tailed grackle posing atop a small tree: The tiny but pretty eastern phoebe: Very close up with a double-crested cormorant: This lovely female painted bunting let me get a close enough shot to count the feathers: A great blue heron flying past: A red-shouldered hawk trying to be inconspicuous up in the pine trees: An osprey, ever-vigilant and watching the waters below for a fish to dive down on: Many birds like to roost together in one spot - this wetland is very popular with the ibises, who come streaming in around sunset from all over south Florida...just after sunset while leaving the wetlands, I liked seeing this park visitor standing in awe at all the ibis filling every tree - this is Florida's snow: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boeckli Posted November 27, 2020 #6 Share Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) Noisy miner exploring jacaranda blossoms Different meal-times for the cockatoos In the wattle trees and picking up tit-bits on someone's balcony rail Edited November 27, 2020 by boeckli 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakman58 Posted December 18, 2020 #7 Share Posted December 18, 2020 This Grandma won't be getting run over by a reindeer this year. Just saying. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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