Northern Cardinal
Song Sparrow
Black-capped ChickadeeIt is still snowing and very cold, and even Miami, Florida may get frost tonight. The weather will be devastating on agriculture, but it will be worse on some of the wildlife especially in the mid and northern parts of the state. These poor critters are not equipped for or used to coping with such temps, and Daytona is set for a hard freeze again tonight. This winter will be remembered by a lot of southerners.
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I will be taking Carolyn to Fall Branch and Elizabethton to work this afternoon and hopefully I can find something to shoot at; cameras need exercise, too. The sky seems to have enough light so that I can use the slow zoom lens instead of the fixed 50mm. I love the fifty, but it requires a lot of moving around to get a shot framed correctly. When I purchased it I was not using a walking cane, but now that I am and it presents a challenge finding a good spot from which to make decent shots.
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I will be taking Carolyn to Fall Branch and Elizabethton to work this afternoon and hopefully I can find something to shoot at; cameras need exercise, too. The sky seems to have enough light so that I can use the slow zoom lens instead of the fixed 50mm. I love the fifty, but it requires a lot of moving around to get a shot framed correctly. When I purchased it I was not using a walking cane, but now that I am and it presents a challenge finding a good spot from which to make decent shots.
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4 comments:
In Poland such winter is nothing special; I understand that for the southerners it is rather unpleasant experience, and I can imagine that animals (not only people) are really poor and helpless.
Beautiful series, Ken. Especially a photo of sparrow. This is so Polish bird. Our little daily friend.
I noticed earlier that you like the fixed lens 50 mm. Each Saturday I hear to three radio journalists who are talking about photography. Two hours (3 pm - 5 pm) of talking about different things, also about lenses. It's something fascinating. I love these men ( or rather their voices).
Your last photos on Flickr are beautifully framed, my friend (e.g. photo of stone house). :-)
I have just returned from the stroll with my dog. Snow, snow ... everywhere snow. Wind and frost.
xo …
Morning. Us southern folk are whining like babies. Interesting to watch us shut down due to the cold. I am worried for the farmers..the strawberry farmers and the citrus farmers are working like mad to save their crops.
This morning birds, birds, birds in the back yard. Robins, titmouse, doves, and chickadees. They delight me. gotta run out and get some more bags of seeds. I love your photos of them Ken.
We had flurries. My son works at the golf course and said it was snowing out on the greens, they sent him home early as noone was golfing yesterday.
Most of my southern-born plants are hurt badly and I'm not sure if they will come back. I keep thinking that all this winter will kill off our summer bug population and I may even get to raise some good veggies bug-free this summer.
Its a soup night for sure.
Hi Jola,
Nature will have her way as she seeks to maintain balance in our world and the cosmos. Whatever she does and even though it may at times make us miserable, she is trying to maintain the yen and yang.
Sparrows are special little birds: secretive, unpretentious, and beautiful in their not so colorful clothes.
I like the 50mm, and if I was doing only "street photography" and if I could walk well, it would be on my camera most of the time. Back when I began photography, I carried two slr's; one with a long zoom and another with a 50mm. I will have to write more about the lenses I use and have used. :-)
I love that stone house, and I didn't have to get out of the car to make the pic. :-)
It is good to walk with a close friend, and dogs are the best.
Thanks, my friend. :-)
Good morning, Tammy.
It is becoming difficult for livestock farmers in this area; cattle are having to live off of hay because the ground is snow covered and the natural winter grasses which are usually tough enough to stay alive during some extreme cold are dying under the snow.
We have about every bird imaginable except for robins, towhees, and the aggravating grackles. We put out an extra suet feeder and are getting more woodpeckers. The squirrels just gnawed through the hardened steel cable that supported my last bird feeder so I am having to scatter food on the ground until I can replace the broken one(s).
I wouldn't count too much on losing the bugs to the cold; they have a way of repopulating very quickly. :-(
Hot soup, hot chocolate, and a warm toddy; I suppose winter can be bearable. :-)
Thanks, Tammy. :-)
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