Red-winged Blackbirds gather just before sunset at Village Creek. The stuff floating in the air is fuzz from the cattails, which the birds stir as they come and go.
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As every experienced photographer knows, there are two windows of time on a clear day that the light is the most flattering: For about one hour after sunrise and about one hour before sunset (and sometimes for a few minutes after sunset). Such was the case here, when I recorded this image just a few [...]
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“Not ANOTHER photographer! Maybe if I cover my eyes, he won’t see me.”
All humor aside, this image reminds me of how some people “cover their eyes” when truth is staring them right in the face (for example, in a gospel encounter). Remember Potius Pilate? Truth Incarnated stood right before him, yet all he [...]
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A member of the rodent family, Nutrias have found a home at Village Creek.
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Another resident of Village Creek, this Green-winged Teal is one of several species of ducks that resides at the “refuge” during the fall and winter months.
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This is one of the five or six feral hogs that lives at the Village Creek drying beds. They spook pretty easily so I shot this from inside my truck.
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For those of you who follow my blog regulary (thank you!), I thought I would start the week with a Monday post. This past Saturday, Daniel and I agreed that we would both do something that the other one wanted to do. He spent an hour or so with me at Village Creek, and I [...]
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More from Village Creek Drying Beds. A flock of Northern Shovelers comes in for a landing after I startled them into flight.
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Posted in nature, tagged evening light, sunlight on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Shot at Cedar Hill State Park, my eye was caught by the way the evening sunlight was playing upon the dying grass. This is the image that I saw in my mind’s eye when I pressed the shutter button.
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I’m going to be “shifting gears” over the next couple of weeks to post a few images shot with my new 400mm F5.6 lens, which is the minimum focal distance recommended for wildlife photography. The above image was made with this lens at the Village Creek Drying Beds, an old water treatment facility.
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