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Bird Weekly Challenge #35: Birds I love

February 17, 2021Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged American Bald Eagle, birds I love, birds on nests, birdweekly, Great Egret, Osprey, wood stork18 Comments

I’m not a birder and don’t have a life list but I love all birds and I love to watch them doing what birds do. It’s always interesting to see a bird or a pair of birds on their nest or building their nest. It’s even more fun if there are chicks!

Pair of Ospreys on the nest at Gulf Islands National Seashore at Ft. Pickens

Pair of Wood storks building nest at Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge

Great Egret with chicks at Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge

Thank you Lisa. for this Bird Weekly Challenge: Birds I Love

Lens-Artists Challenge #134: From Forgettable to Favorite

February 12, 2021Posted in Birds, Flowers, PhotographyTagged Camellia, Denali National Park, Forgettable to Favorite, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Pink Camellia26 Comments

For this challenge Tina has asked us to demonstrate how we use editing to improve an image. This was a fun challenge that took me out of my comfort zone. Usually, I crop the photo and I’m done. For this challenge I experimented with a few other editing techniques using Photoshop Elements.

The camellias are blooming and I’ve been trying to get a perfect shot of them. To focus on the flower I cropped this original into a square and applied the Watercolor effect. The finished image below shows the details of the flower and the rain drops on the petals.

On the left is the original of a Great White Egret in the salt marsh. I wanted a close up of the Egret so I cropped it before adding the Rough Pastels effect.

This last image was taken in Denali National Park in Alaska on a cloudy, overcast day. I replaced the dull sky with a brilliant blue sky to add more color and enhance the image.

Many thanks to Tina for this week’s Lens Artists photo challenge #134: From Forgettable to Favorites.

Bird Weekly Challenge #34: Birds that begin with the letter D

February 9, 2021Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged birds that begin with the letter D, birdweekly, Dove, Duck9 Comments

D is for Ducks and Doves

I hate to say this but I am terrible at identifying ducks and doves but I enjoy photographing them. These are a few of my favorites.

Thank you Lisa. for this Bird Weekly Challenge: Birds that begin with the Letter D

Bird Weekly Challenge #33: Birds on a wire or fence

February 2, 2021February 1, 2021Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged birds on wire or fence, birdweekly, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Hawk, Photo Challenge21 Comments

This challenge reminded me of a Great Egret we saw perched on the end of a dock at an RV Park in Cedar Key, Florida more than a few years ago. It ignored me as it kept on preening and I kept snapping away.

After browsing through my archives I came up with few more birds that meet the challenge.