Category: Picture of the Week
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Picture of the Week – Dragonfly III
Dragonfly III Originally uploaded by idarknight This one isn’t the most impressive specimen that I’ve seen this summer – though with everything showing up late, there really haven’t been that many to shoot. I put this up as my POW because dragonflies are one of those things that are on my shot list. They are…
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Picture of the Week – First Summer Storm II
First Summer Storm II Originally uploaded by idarknight While the storm that we had last weekend wasn’t as close to my house as the storm last summer was when I caught some amazing lightening shots, this one was certainly no slacker when it came to sheet lightening. At first I was a bit disappointed not…
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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…