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| An overcast day so had to get a little creative with the processing on this one. Used a solarize preset in Lightroom. Downy Woodpecker - Blackwater Conservation - 2/23/13 |
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| New growth at Blackwater Conservation - 2/23/13 |
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| Lichen on tree at Blackwater Conservation - 2/23/13 |
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| Capitol Lakes - 2/23/13 |
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| This has to be the rock star of all the Muscovy Ducks. Capitol Lakes - 2/23/13 |
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| Came face to face with a Nutria. I told him we had to stop meeting this way. Capitol Lakes - 2/23/13 |
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| Rare Eastern Chipmunk - Mary Ann Brown Preserve - 2/24/13 |
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| Double D at overlook - Mary Ann Brown Preserve - iphone - 2/24/13 |
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| Eastern Swallowtail - Mary Ann Brown Preserve - 2/24/13 |
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| Gazebo at Mary Ann Brown Preserve - iphone - 2/24/13 Having the iphone is great for landscape shots. I think it does a great job and it's one less lens to carry around. |
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| Red-bellied woodpecker - Mary Ann Brown Preserve - 2/24/13 |
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| Same woodpecker as above |
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| Trillium - Mary Ann Brown Preserve - 2/24/13 |
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All wonderful, Gail! That gazebo/lake shot is fantastic. I thought that, then saw that it was an iPhone shot. I am very please with landscapes using mine. Is that duck normal? It's radical.
I love seeing so much nature!
OOOOMyGoshhhhhhhh, Gail!!!! These photos are so wonderful!!! I love that you list several and in various genres. Wow!
Yes, I went to church! (in my fishnets and leather) I did!
You put a brilliant set of shots together there Gail, and its unbelievable you get that picture quality with an iphone - superb. I'm still using a push botton phone! Love the Muscovy, it could sure scare you on a dark night.
That Muscovy is really something!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
These are awesome captures, Gail!! Incredible quality and I do love your "up close and personal" shots! How fun! Thanks for sharing!! Have a great week!
i agree that my cell phone does well w/ skies and landscapes - awfully handy, too. LOVE the upside-down red-belly. wish we had chippies here. a great set of pics! very enjoyable.
p.s. totally correct on that muscovy!
Amazing nature! Love the Muscovy Duck!!!
That was quite the hike. That duck is fascinating and amazing.
Gosh...I can't pick a favorite (not that you asked). I love the angle of the woodpecker shots! And, if only those chipmunks were a rare sight in our neck of the woods!
Beautiful nature scenes, Gail! I love the Muscovy shot. And the Nutria is an awesome capture. Beautiful photos!
What a wonderful place to be!
I just love the little face on the Nutria.
Kinda looks like he's saying, "Who me???"
Great shots, Gail - I especially like the gazebo!
What amazing environment !
Please have a good Tuesday.
robert geiß
Your springtime is ahead of ours. It'll be awhile before there are butterflies here, so I'll be content to watch yours. I like the angles of your woodpecker shots! And that nutria was a bold fellow; I bet people hunt them, so I'm surprised he didn't scurry away!
You have such wonderful critters out your way.. and your weather is enviable. That Nutria is just adorable.
i love the duck!!
and the Nutria...i've never heard that name before...i always tell my grandkids that we never stop learning,that i learn something new everyday!!
this i will share with them!!!
We definitely don't have the same iphone! That gazebo shot is amazing! It sounds like such a great day visiting all of those places. What was the solarize preset you used in Lightroom? I love it!
Wowsers Gail. Marvellous shots! Love that duck!
Wow! What a place and those wonderful photos of natures' gems ~ great shots for OWT ^_^
I do like the effect in the first photo...nice stark trees! The butterfly, gazebo, and upside down woodpecker shots are my favorites! This looks like a beautiful place to hike.
Lovely, all. I liked the composition in the one with the flowers, blurring the trees in the background. That duck is just weird. Interesting, but weird. I hope there's another duck out there somewhere that finds that one attractive. The swallowtail looks so delicate. Hopefully, I didn't damage the hard drive on my laptop when I turned it upside down to look at the red-bellied woodpecker. Those two shots were fabulous.
wowzer....you were truly blessed with finding such beautiful creatures, both with wings and without!!
Gorgeous shots! That duck looks like he's all dressed up to go somewhere.
Gorgeous as usual. I loved the Muscovy Duck - he was awesome.
Lovely series of pics - and you have such a good eye! Thanks for sharing - loved the woodpecker the most.
Each one of these is beautiful The iPhone does an excellent job on landscapes,and is easy to carry along.
Nice place to hike in the middle of beautiful nature.
Splendid pictures - I do like the woodpecker.
We should be safe from bush fires - if this part of Melbourne buns down in a bush , Australia would be in real trouble. (I only live 20 minutes from the middle of Melbourne!)
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
The nature preserve should use your photos in their printed materials!!! Wonderful, Gail!
Greetings from Oman!!!
Amamzing shots.Thanks for sharing.Have a great day!
Shantana
What amazing shots! That Muscovy duck is something else...
You are a brilliant nature photographer Gail - Dave
Sensational!!! Each and every photo!! I've noticed your photo of the Nutria, are their teeth red like this, naturally? All of them?
I am posting Muscovy Ducks this coming weekend at the Bird D'Pot too. They're neat, ugly but neat. Yours could be the M Jackson or Muscovy.
I'm jealous that it looks so much like spring there. I do like Winter, but I am also looking forward to spring. ;)
I like the first one.
What a lonely bird.
I'd say it was a fantastic day for nature- all beautiful shots.
Wonderful photos of a great hike ... I really like seeing the variation in light. That little woody is a regular clown for you! But I love everything you saw.
Gail, something's wrong with my computer and it's hard for me to e-mail on the I-Pad, so I'm answering your recent comment here...just delete this after you read it.
The woodstorks that I show are native to this part of Florida and I don't think they're found anywhere else (at least that's what we're told). Bring your camera and come on down!
LOVE THESE IMAGES...it is always difficult for me to pick a favorite image of yours sweet Gail...I just love them all... big hugs, from cajun country ;-)
I love these! Wonderful nature shots!
Once again I have a great big smile on my face as image looking at your photos. LOVE them..
Hugs~
hahahaha, thank you for your fun comments today. I've had a busy day so I am finally getting to your phabulous photos and staring at them again. I especially love your flowers, but I really love your birds, too. I can't decide I guess. Just keep doing them, okay?
Wow, that duck is amazing...
What a great place to visit! I love the duck and the nutria :)
I'm intrigued with the trillium, so different than ours here in Minnesota! Great photos. My "Our World Tuesday" post this week is also from Louisiana! (From a visit there.)
http://ourfunwithfive.blogspot.com/2013/02/french-quarter-new-orlenas-lousisana.html
You whisked me away into some spring-like weather - just what I needed! Your shots are amazing!
What a nice hike you took us one and the weather looks really like spring. It made me smile. Thank you for linking into this week's Nature Notes.. Michelle
Once again amazing! Love them all! Keep on hiking!
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