Passing the Photography Time

Well it has been a quiet month for me in photography.   I was commenting to my photography friend Jeff Gibson that this may have been my longest, and least active use of photography in many years.

With that said, Jeff and I ventured out to enjoy sharing a morning with the local Blue Heron colony along Bath Rd.    

A fun morning to be out and watch the nesting birds.    But I have to admit that I'm very anxious for the wild flowers to start popping.    Signs are very good for this weekend to start the annual chase of the ephemeral beauties. 

Favorite Images from 2013

A good photography friend of mine from France (Kristel Schneider) recently published a fun blog from her photography efforts in 2013 entitled:

12 Favorite Photos of 2013

 

Her photo work is very beautiful and inspirational for myself.   Well worth looking at her work and visiting her web site :

Visions and Nature - Photography by Kristel Schneider

Inspired from Kristel's beautiful images, I decided to put my favorites from 2013 for others to see.   Some of these I have posted in my blog and some you may not have seen.

So here are my favorites from 2013.

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Landscapes

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wildlife 

 

 

 

 

 

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For those who have been counting, that is twelve images.   Well I just couldn't stop at 12, and we just had the year 2013 come to a close, so I thought it would be appropriate to have a BONUS 13th image.   This happens to be maybe my favorite landscape that I photographed in 2013:

 

 

 

 

Wishing all of you a joyous, prosperous and loving 2014!!!!   Cheers to nature and more images to share.

 

 

Energy of Flight

Been working on a new project that I'm starting to really enjoy.   I call this 'Energy of Flight'.

Often while I'm standing in the pre-dawn light, I see birds in flight.  The energy from the birds always brightens up even the most mundane mornings.  

Recently I decided to start experimenting with different expressions of this energy and thus this new project 'Energy of Flight'.   Let me know what you think.

Birds in the air

Another sure sign that spring is in the air is bird activity.    The above shot is a blue heron photographed in a large nesting site near my home.   These large birds are fascinating to watch as they build nest, court one another and carry on the species.  

Being so close to my home, I've sneaked out a few times this past week to capture some expressions of the birds in there nests.

During a recent morning snow, I spotted a cold heron waiting for spring and SUNSHINE to arrive.

As I'm apt to do, I explored the expression of these birds with a variety of black and white images.

With the nesting birds, can spring be too far off??