Photo Challenge – Page 50 – Wandering Dawgs

Lens-Artists Challenge #132: Striped and Checked

January 30, 2021January 30, 2021Posted in Lighthouse, PhotographyTagged Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Striped and Checked20 Comments

In honor of the January 25 birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns my first two images include checked tartans.

Striped lighthouses and Striped American Flags.

Stripes and Checks in Nature

Many thanks to Ann-Christine for this week’s Lens Artists photo challenge: Striped and checked.

Bird Weekly Challenge #32: Birds with Brown Feathers

January 24, 2021January 31, 2021Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged birdweekly, brown feathers, Brown Pelican, Ducks, Hawk, Osprey, Photo Challenge, wood stork26 Comments

I hope you enjoy these brown feathered birds from my archives. The Brown Pelicans pictured above were on the pier in Cedar Key, Florida.

I spotted the next four – a Hawk, Osprey, Juvenile Wood Stork, and House Sparrow – at different times near where I live in Coastal Georgia.

The birding was great as we traveled around the Texas Gulf coast a few years ago.

Male Green-winged Teal- Texas Gulf Coast

Northern Shoveler and unidentified brown birds – Texas Gulf Coast

Thank you Lisa. for this Bird Weekly Challenge: Brown Feathered Birds

Memories of Alaska Glaciers

January 19, 2021January 21, 2021Posted in Alaska, Glaciers, PhotographyTagged aialik Glacier, blue, Emotions, Glacier, glacier calving, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, SundayStills29 Comments

When I saw Terri’s Monthly Color Photo Challenge was for the color Glacier Blue, I took the challenge literally and browsed through my archives searching for the blue in my glacier images from our 2013 Alaska RV trip.

I was amazed each time we saw one of these ancient, gigantic bodies of ice. We saw a few from the road, many from nature cruises, and even some from an airplane. Each one took my breath away. We could feel the cold each time we approached one for a closer look. Seeing all these images again brought back many happy memories.

The captain of our cruise from Seward took us close to the Aialik Glacier and shut off the engines so we could see and hear the glacier calving. There’s more about that amazing experience at Glaciers and Wildlife in Seward

Probably the most memorable day of our Alaska journey was the day we took a flight seeing trip from Talkeetna. We not only saw glaciers from the air, but our plane landed on one.

The blue glacier water can be seen from the air

Beth on Ruth glacier under a clear blue sky

On a nature cruise from Valdez our boat navigated through the ice and in Juneau we saw Mendenhall Glacier up close.

While these images make me cold as I look at them they also make me happy. I feel so grateful we were able to make the trip when we did.

Many thanks to Patti for this week’s Lens Artists photo challenge Emotions.

Bird Weekly Challenge #30: Birds that begin with the letter “C”

January 14, 2021Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged American Coot, birdweekly, Canada Geese, Carolina Chikadee, Cormorant, Northern Cardinal, Photo Challenge, Sandhill Crane, Whooping Crane14 Comments

C is for Cormorant, Cardinal, Canada Geese, Carolina Chickadee, American Coot, Whooping Crane and Sandhill Crane.

Thank you Lisa. for this Bird Weekly Challenge: Birds that begin with the letter “C”

Lens- Artists Challenge #130: It’s a Small World

January 12, 2021Posted in Butterflies, PhotographyTagged Its a Small World, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge26 Comments

This week’s guest host Ann Gee has challenged us to walk around our yard or home and take close-up or macro shots or choose close-up shots from our archives.

Ann explained the difference between a macro and close-up. A macro is taken with a dedicated macro lens. A close-up is zooming in on a subject. All of my photos are close-ups since I don’t have a dedicated macro lens.

I often take close-ups in my garden. The image at the top of the page and the next two are interesting critters from last year’s garden.