Tag: Urban Wildlife
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Picture of the Week – Tale of a Whale
Tale of a Whale Originally uploaded by idarknight This may be one of those once in a lifetime shots. The actual experience, because we were so far away wasn’t really as moving as one might think, but seeing a 40t animal out there looking as if it’s no bigger than your thumbnail certainly helps to…
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Picture of the Week – Sitting Tall
Sitting Tall Originally uploaded by idarknight This is from a set that I took earlier in the season, but I never uploaded. If I remember why, I was going to do it, but then got wrapped up in getting shots up that were representative enough to get an ID for as I didn’t know what…
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Picture of the Week – Chateau L’Sparrow
Chateau L’Sparrow Originally uploaded by idarknight When it rains it pours and for me, it’s been noticing the incredible variety of Sparrows that are in my neighborhood (I really have to get my feeder up). This is from a set I shot a few weeks ago now, but it marked the first time that I…
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Picture of the Week – Baby III
Baby III Originally uploaded by idarknight Last weekend, I was hearing lots of chipping in the yard and much to my surprise, this little ball of feathers was tucked up in the grass beside my fence. I thought he had fallen out of a nest and couldn’t fly. That thought didn’t last as s/he quickly…
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Picture of the Week – Robin
Robin Originally uploaded by idarknight With the rain last night and the Robins running/flying around everywhere, this seemed to be a fitting picture. I like how I managed to get a nicely soft foreground and background with just the bird in the DOF. Ideally if I could have noticed it somehow during composition, I would…