Monday, September 6, 2010

Wildlife Photography

I very much enjoy taking pictures with the daughter’s, low quality camera.  It does alright but not great.  One thing I take a lot of pictures of is our dogs (any regular reader of this blog and testify to that).  I also like taking pictures of animals that live outside of our house whether it be a bug or a rabbit or anything really.  Some things are easier to capture on film than others…

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These (2) kittens have claimed our attached garage and have made themselves very much at home.  They are all that is left of the (8) that were living underneath one of the sheds in the backyard.  I did see a mamma cat and another kitten in our front yard today so maybe the rest are with their mother still.  But for whatever reason Marble (in back) and Tigre (in front) are a permanent fixture.  Tigre is more social and likes to be picked up and petted while Marble is more shy.  They have no problem not moving for the camera.  On the other hand…

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This is the picture of the hummingbird feeder just outside our kitchen window.  I have tried off and on to get a picture of an actual bird but so far all my photos look like the above one.  I sit by the window for 10 minutes or so and patiently wait for the hummingbird to return once I see him in the morning or evening and although he has no real fear of us on the other side of the window, my timing has just been off.  That is until yesterday morning…

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When one hummingbird appeared from behind the feeder and posed for me.  He sort of hovered there for a while and then flew off.  I was about to unmount the camera and close the screen to the window when he returned….

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Did I mention that we have a low quality camera?  Anyway, I feel better now that I have one of these little guys photographed.  They are pretty cool to watch and I will admit I thought the wife was a little crazy to buy a feeder when we had never even seen hummingbirds nearby.  There must be some sort of social network going on with this species to let everyone know there is a new place to dine.

I am taking this week off of work so maybe I will have time to take some more pictures.

Jon

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