Sky Watch Friday

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I wish to thank the Sky Watch Team for their efforts each week to bring us Great Views of skies worldwide.

My Post today will be a bit different from my usual post...a mixture of skies at home and on my recent trip to Miami Florida.

A hole in the clouds with Sunlight pouring through, as seen from a different location here near Home.

A long distance view of the Sunset near home taken with my IPhone camera.

Again, a sunset shot taken at home with my IPhone camera. Please forgive the wires, someone put them in my way.




Now we come to the Florida version, photo of gathering storm clouds near Miami, my destination on my trip, again taken with my IPhone Camera.

A sunset shot at a rest stop where I stopped to take a short nap upon leaving my Florida destination..still in Florida and taken with my Iphone Camera.

A final shot taken out of the Truck Window I was driving..I just held up the IPhone and shot it..no aiming involved..just pure luck on the shot with the IPhone Camera.

This concludes this weeks post, I hope you enjoyed the trip along wiht me to Florida and back.

Sky Watch Friday

Thank you to our Sky Watch Team for their efforts each week to bring us Skies Worldwide.

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My post today is of a Spectacular Sunset we had on the 14 th of this month..it was very hard to choose which photographs to put in, because the Sunset kept changing rapidly in all directions.

Start of Sunset in the West

Sunset West..notice the Hawk flying home towards the SW

Sunset West South West

Sunset as seen from the South West

Changing Sunset in the South

Yet another shot of Sunset in the South

A shot of the changing scene in the North East

Spectacular Sky in the North

Distant shot of Sunset in the North

Sunset North East

Sunset East over Bald Rock Mountain

A final Shot of Sunset East

Sky Watch Friday

Thank you SkyWatch team for your efforts to bring us Skies from all over the World each week.

Lately we have been again having some great skies to watch..awesome clouds and awesome Sunsets.


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Very Early Sunset in the West

Sunset in the West about 30 minutes later

Sunset North West

Sunset in the East

Sunset North East

Close up of Sunset in North East

Sunset in Distant North

Sky Watch Friday

To view skies from all over the world, just click on the Logo above.

Thank you Sky Watch Team for your efforts to bring us fantastic skies each week.

It has been quite a while since I have posted on Sky Watch due to the fact that I have been very busy with Gardening and Fower Beds here as well as work in my workshop, and creating and posting my work up on my Ebay Store Front and Auctions. If you have the time or wish...you can see my work on Ebay under Seller Name-- Eaglesbrother2otz .

Now , on with the show of sky that I captured last evening..click on any image to enlarge for a better view.

As clouds roll in the evening Sunset begins in the West

Looking just slightly North of West, a hole in the clouds with awesome display of color.

Another shot of the tall clouds in the West just above the trees, but no rain to relieve us of the heat.

As I was shooting the Sunset I turned and noticed this wonderful Moon shot, so I decided to share it with you.

Nearing the end of the Sunset in the South West Portion of the sky, through the Trees.

A bit of a Close Up shot through the trees..great way to end a day.

The Chase-Red Winged Blackbirds VS Red Tailed Hawk

Today i would like to share with you a chase I witnessed the other day while sitting on our front porch and watching and photographing birds at our feeder.

I noticed two Red Winged Blackbirds chasing my friend the Red Tailed Hawk about 1/4 mile away up high in the sky...so I grabbed my camera with the 70-300VR lens on it and began to record the chase....see photo's below and watch as the dramma unfolds...you can click on any image to enlarge for a better view.


The start of the chase..the Hawks soars and dives to elude those pesky Blackbirds.

Turning again and again...Blackbirds pecking at His tail.

Still , the chase continues, those pesky birds just will not quit.

Here they come again...screeching and diving, ever closer.

Now they are getting closer..but....do you notice the Hawk does not seem very worried about His ability to elude them?

Notice the bird at the top...coming in on a dive to try to pester the Hawk?

Well...I guess you can't blame a Bird for trying...but you have to admit that those Red Winged Blackbirds have alot of Gumption...trying to attack a Hawk that could eat them any time He so desires....but in the end...even they have to give up and surrender to the Superior flying ability of a Red Tailed Hawk...so the chase ends.....

Free at last, and as if to say thank you for recording that crazy attempt by the Blackbirds to try to chase me away....my friend the Red Tailed Hawk comes over towards me and circles above and calls back to me as I call to him.

Closer and closer overhead He comes as we converse in Hawk calls.

As a Pilot does in a Victory Roll with his plane...my Hawk Friend circles directly over my head calling out his Victory Song..."Free at Last"..as I respond with "Fly in Peace my friend"

Experiments in Digital Macro Photography

I decided to do a bit of experimenting with photographing some Wild Flowers at the back of our yard here behind the log cabin that I had planted in a 75 ft. long bed last year.

I chose the 105 Macro Nikon lens that I have for this experiment.

Below please view the results.....you may click on any image to enlarge to get a better view.

A strange combination of Red and White blooms all in the same small flower cluster, the size of a silver dollar.

A very tiny cluster of orange blooms..about the size of a Quarter

A loney little bloom with two dead blooms above it which I should have taken off before shooting

A fantastic Yellow bloom on tall stalks of deep green

I do not know the name of this Wild Flower, but it sure is beautiful




Same type of flower as above, only in White

Same White version of the flower above, except in shadow with sun light streaming through.

Cute , colorful Bachelor Button

This little bloom is the size of my little finger nail, proof..."good things come in small packages"

Now this one isn't a Wild Flower..it is a Day Lilly

This one also isn't a Wild Flower..I do not know the name of it..but it is planted just at the corner of our porch.