Grebe photo captures

To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary placeโ€ฆ I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. ~ Elliott Erwitt Edit creativity taken with my favorite little bird, the grebe ๐Ÿ’™ Once the…

Birthday walk in the park

Last Wednesday was my birthday. I decided to take the day off and spend the morning at our Desert Museum. Although I didn’t find many animal photo opps, it was a beautiful morning, a comfortable temperature, and I got some great nature photos. Happy Day ๐Ÿ˜Š In all things of nature there is something of…

Phainopepla in color gray

A recent walk on a cloudy morning. A little cropping and some editing. If you look closely, you can see a touch of red in his eye, in the bottom photo. The top one done in black and white. ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that…

Illuminated from behind ~ the Great Egret

So far away, I was not able to capture my desired photo of the egret I continued walking around the lake, snapping photos from different angles as I got near Often my goal is to capture my subject in the light, highlighting the details As I circled the egret yesterday morning, I realized I was…

Phainopepla in Christmas colors

I happened upon this little guy on a walk a few weeks ago. I think the colors tie in nicely to the Christmas theme. May your holidays be filled with love and joy with no room for stress and worry! ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„ Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength….