Posts tagged ‘yellow’
Photos on the journey #406
Objects may appear larger in the mirror, or camera.
This little seed pod looks very much like a nice golden delicious apples, but it is a whole lot smaller and probably not very delicious.
en theos†††jim
Photo of Da Day @ Da Pine #366
I have to admit that I felt a bit voyeuristic laying on my stomach in the grass & weeds & ants, trying to get these two mating butterflies (and I am apprehensive to say) in a good position to photograph.
I know way too little of the egg laying routine of the butterfly or whether or not if the parents are around when the eggs “hatch”. But it brings to mind, do the parents look at their offspring and state something along the line of “well they must look like your side of the family, cause they sure don’t look like mine!!!”
Await your metamorphosis on your journey††††††nada te turbe†††††††††jim
Photo of Da day @ Da Pine #260
bloom, butterfly, flowers, hat trick, journey, Mexican Hat, Post a Day 2012, prairie coneflower, yellow
Photo of Da day @ Da Pine #260
MEXICAN HAT TRICK!!!
I was sitting on the ground trying hard to frame up this Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera), also know as Prairie coneflower. The wind was a whipping the flowers about and I was having a tough time holding focus. I sat up to breath and looked a bit to my left and low and behold there was a bloom that had not one, but three little Reakirt’s Blue (Echinargus isola) butterflies just a pollinating away.
I managed a few quick exposures of the moment and felt like I had scored a “hat trick”. OLE’!
Shoot when the net opens up for you on your journey†††nada te turbe††jim
Photo of Da day @ Da Pine #232
HANGIN’ ON BY A THREAD!
It was a windy day here in Da Pine. I sat out on the leeward side of the house and watched this female Lesser-Goldfinch hanging tightly onto the smallest of branches. She had a tight grip, but was having to use her wings to hold her “ground”.
Cling tightly to your branch on your journey†††nada te turbe†††††jim
Photo of Da day @ Da Pine #214
We had a “herd” of brown-headed cowbirds show up around the feed trough. I mounted up my 500mm and set up to capture an image of a new breed. I sat in the shadows, in stillness and silence for a good 45minutes and the cowbirds never showed back up for the party.
This female Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) put on a flight demonstration for me instead. The Lesser Goldfinch has an almost hummingbird like quality about them in their ability to hover and almost fly backwards.
As Keith & Mick so aptly stated:
“No, you can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
And if you try sometime you find
You get what you need “
Take what you get on your journey††††††nada te turbe†††††jim
Photo of Da day @ Da Pine #209
The temperature yesterday was in the 80′s. We saw our first butterfly of the season, he like us was desperately awaiting a bloom or two in the desert. Spring is sure to follow and we have the forecast of rain tomorrow and Friday.
Susan and I awoke this morning with the calendar of 42 years covering our marriage. How blessed we have been and we await blessings aplenty.
Share your journey with your butterfly†††††nada te turbe†††jin
Photo of Da day @ Da Pine #113
Speed limits, I have spent way too much of my life in that passing lane. The only thing I was passing was images like this. Drive your own speed limit, slower is better. enjoy life in the right lane†††nada te turbe††jim
Photo of Da day @ Da Pine #98
50 mile an hour wind and this guy is hanging on with an iron grip. He is little, but he is strong. Stronger than me, I got to work on my grip, I let go too easily….enjoy…nada te turbe…jim†
