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Lens-Artists #123: Found in the Neighborhood

November 21, 2020Posted in PhotographyTagged Coastal Georgia, Georgia Coast, Lens-Artists, Neighborhood, Photo Challenge16 Comments

I don’t find trees showing off their fall colors in my neighborhood. Instead, I find evidence of fall when the marsh grass starts changing from green to brown.

My neighborhood is surrounded by salt water creeks and salt marsh. It’s a small, friendly neighborhood where most of the neighbors know each other and look out for each other. When we are driving down the road we wave at each other as we go by. When we are in our front yard, neighbors out for a walk stop to chat.

When the muhly grass turns pink, fall is here in coastal Georgia

I found more signs of fall a few weeks ago when the muhly grass in my yard displayed it’s brilliant pink.

I find many birds in the neighborhood all year long. This week I found this Snowy Egret on our dock.

Many thanks to Ann-Christine hosting this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challeng e #123: Found in the Neighborhood

Bird Weekly Challenge #23: Long Legged Birds

November 18, 2020Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, birdweekly, Goose Island State Park, Long legged birds, Photo Challenge, Whooping Crane16 Comments

Every year, endangered Whooping Cranes fly south from Canada to spend their winter along the Texas Gulf Coast at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Sometimes some of the cranes can be seen in open fields near Goose Island State Park in Rockport.

Several years ago we spent a few days at Goose Island State Park in hopes of seeing some of these endangered Whooping Cranes. Every day we went out in search of these beautiful birds and every day we saw them. I posted about our experience at Magnificent Endangered Whooping Cranes.

Thank you Lisa. for this Bird Weekly Challenge #23: Long Legged Birds

Lens-Artists #122: The Sun will Come out Tomorrow

November 13, 2020Posted in Photography, SunriseTagged Coastal Georgia, Georgia Coast, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, the sun wil come out tomorrow22 Comments

No matter what happens today or what happened yesterday, the only thing we can know for sure about tomorrow is that the sun will rise.

Sunlight bursting through the trees at sunrise

Sunrise at Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, GA

Many thanks to Ana for guest hosting this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: The Sun will Come out Tomorrow

Lens-Artists #121: Focus on the Subject

November 7, 2020Posted in PhotographyTagged Focus on the subject, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge10 Comments

For this photo challenge Patti has invited us show an image that uses one or more of the following: leading lines, patterns, color, contrast, selective focus, freezing the action, doorways or arches, or the eyes of humans or animals to draw our attention to the subject. I chose images that use three of these techniques.

Freezing the Action

The image at the top of the page shows the water droplets frozen in a closeup of the Forsyth Park Fountain in Savannah, Georgia. The photos above shows a pit crew at the Daytona 500 frozen in action and college football players frozen at the beginning of a play.

Selective Focus

Zooming in on the butterflies blurs the background of these images.

Using Arches to frame the shot

On the left, the arched doorway at the Tybee Island Lighthouse frames the stairs leading to the top of the lighthouse. On the right, the Forsyth Park Fountain in Savannah is framed by the arch of Live Oak trees.

Many thanks to Tina for this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #121:Focus on the Subject.

Bird Weekly Challenge #21: Birds with Black Feathers

November 3, 2020Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged birdweekly, black feathers, Hooded Merganser, oystercatcher, Photo Challenge, Puffins, Whooping Crane, Wood Stork Nesting17 Comments

I searched through my archives for birds with black feathers and came up with birds I saw in Alaska, Texas, Colorado, and close to home in Georgia. The photo above is a Hooded Merganser at Inks Lake in Texas.