Picture This!!

Thanks , Nancy

Point and shoot

I saw a video of Art Wolfe on a photo expedition. What amazed me was how much he knew about each creature he wanted to photograph. He knew their habits, food preferences, etc. which made them easier to find. I have a print of his photo of a wolf peering out between trees. He also had an awesome long lens camera. Good idea when photographing dangerous animals.

Nancy. Proud of you for taking on advanced digital photography. Go girl! I wish I could wrap my head around it, but my brain isn't functioning on all barrels.

my son just moved to Washington

Hi ladies. I am supposed to be downstate at my mom's now but I have had to go to urgent care the last two days which has delayed my trip. My life was turned upside down for four months from a cyst on my back earlier this year. I had surgery on it in June and the cyst recurred and became infected while in the midst of my two day photography school so it was painful but thankfully the sessions were so good that it helped.

I will have to have this wound packed several more times and the next one is due on Thanksgiving Day so my time spent with my mom will be eaten up sitting in waiting rooms but I am glad I will still be able to go.

Lisa, was your son near you. I bet you will hate to see him move if that was the case. How are you coming along?

Paulette, love the fall leaves.

Wren, I have found that to be able to successfully photograph things of nature you do have to study their habits so you know when and where is the best time to photograph them. I have spent several hours just waiting for a heron to fly to where I was wanting and then waiting for an interesting shot. I am finding that photography is very physically demanding and I need to be in better shape to do some of the things I have been doing. I am a swimmer but I need some hiking skills and endurance.

I spent a few sessions with photographers who do winter photography and I am in awe at what they go through to get the shots that they do. Then on the opposite end of the spectrum this one presenter had a whole elaborate set of lights which would automatically make his camera shoot and he would be sleeping while he was capturing these amazing photos. That was not quite my idea of photography but he had amazing photos of night life that may never be captured for everyone to see. He had amazing hummingbird shots with a similar set up of lights and motion sensors. It was all staged.

What I am grateful for is that I can have a passion in my retirement with photography after a neck surgery ended my music career. It has filled a void in me in ways I had never dreamed of. Actually it was my cancer diagnosis that got me into photography. A story for another time.

Will post some pics sometime soon hopefully.

Nancy

Lisa, Is your son moving to the east or west side (of the cascade mountains)? East is drier and colder, gets snow. West side is mostly rain with an occasional snow. My friend and I were laughing that we don't own a coat without a hood. Warm or cold, it can rain any time.

I took this shot today in Madagascar

Indri. Lemur

Mum you are all the way in Madagascar!!Wow!

Today we are in Kenya but my photo did not show up. Wifi here is too weak I guess.

Happy Birthday Elizabeth

Beautiful bird shots.