Foggy Morning Adventures

You may notice I am having trouble getting the Font to appear in the right place , well, I haven't posted in quite some time and it seems they have made some changes in the
method of arranging the font either "Alligned Left" or "Allign Center", or it could be just me...lol

 As Usual, you can click on the Photographs to enlarge for a better view.

Yesterday dawned foggy and wet, so I took the camera out to try and capture some  fog shots, and because the light was just right for shooting flowers etc. I decided to take a few photographs of some of the 200 Tulips that I planted early this fall that are now up and blooming. 

Just across the road a shot of the fog over the field.

                                      A Glorious Sunrise in the making in the South East.

                                                                South East Sunrise.

                   Sunrise in the North East..with a Jet trail illuminated by the rising Sun.

 Morning Purple..In the foreground is White Sage growing, and to the left is Yarrow, in background is the Purple ( Miniature Grape Hyacinths ? )..not sure of the name.

 A very friendly Robin just a few feet away from me exploring the wet grass for breakfast.

 Yes, He was just as curious about me as I was to Him..stopping to take a good look at me.

                       Just a few shots now of some of the new arrivals in the tulip bed.

                                                Striped glory...what a beautiful Tulip.

                                    One nearly finished Blooming Tulip and a new arrival.

                                                             Lovely Orange bloom.

                                                             Pink..what a soft color.

                                                              Another Pink Bloom.

                                                                          More Pink.

                                                                   Pale but lovely.

Orange, Pink, Red, and emerging White.

Experiments with Lenses and Birds

Yesterday I borrowed Elisabeths' Sigma 150-500 mm lens and attached my 2x adaptor to it for an experiment with lenses and distance ( with the 2x adaptor it gives me a 1000mm lens ) on my Nikon D50 DSLR Camera..here are some of the results in that endeavor to capture small objects from a longer distance and still get clarity.

As Always you can click on any photograph to enlarge for a much better view.

The first 4 photographs are of a cute little Carolina Chickadee that came to our feeder and I shot his photo from about 300 ft. away..he is very tiny and only about 4 1/2" long.

The next photographs ( 3 ) are of an Eastern Pewee ( a Sparrow sized Flycatcher )
Taken from around 1000 ft. away with the same lens set up as previous photographs.

 Looks like a "Bad Hair Day" for this little fellow.. ( Humor injected here )

This next photograph is of a White Crowned Sparrow that stopped at our feeder to have his photo taken...great pose..thank you

This Bird also stopped at our feeder..but as of yet I haven't figured out what species he is..he stopped by the feeder along with the above bird, but I do not think he is of same species...still researching..if you know the answer..please email me.

Thank you for stopping by my blog..all comments are greatly appreciated.

A day with my friend the Red Tail Hawk

My Post today is of my afternoon spent with my long time friend the Red Tail Hawk.

I walked out  to the garden on the hill behind cabin and noticed my friend sitting in a tree,so I went back into the house and grabbed my camera with my faithful 70-300 VR lens on it and proceeded to photograph my friend who so decided to cooperate with me and pose for me for a while before flying off to a more distant tree about 500 ft. farther away and then posing there.

The first photographs were taken just about 1000 ft. away from where I was standing.

As usual you may click on the photographs to enlarge for a better view.

The start of the shoot

Next..zooming up a bit closer

Caught him in flight just as he was leaving the first tree to one farther down the field

Still in flight..just as he was making the turn to land in the other tree.

Landing in the Pine tree

Taking a look around just after he landed

Adjusting his stance in preparation to turn around

Getting ready to turn

A bit hard not to fall off while turning

Getting his balance while turning

Finally turned and facing me now and continued to hunt for his lunch.

Glorious Sunrise

I looked out the windows this morning as I opened the curtains and just had to go out and shoot the Spectacular Sunrise and decided to share this great experience with you.

As usual you may click on any image to enlarge for a better view.

                                                           Super Sunrise in the East

                                                                  Sunrise in the NE

                                                               Sunrise in the North

                                                 Panoramic view of Sunrise in the South

                                                             Sunrise in the South East

                                                                    Sunrise in the South

                                                            Sunrise in the South West

                                                                 Sunrise in the West

Sunrise in the North East

I hope you enjoyed this wonderful Sunrise as I did

New Fall Colors

Today I am posting some more photographs  of some of our wonderful Fall Colors we get here in the Mountains of Western North Carolina.

Feel Free to click on any Photo for a larger view.

 View of Bald Rock Mtn. to our South East

        Another View of Bald Rock Mtn. just to the left where Students once left their mark.

                                          View of Sugar Loaf Mtn. to our South West.

 A view to the South where the Mtn. Top was clear cut to develop as new housing site( now not allowed to ruin the Mtn. top ridge profile)

Just across the road from us..a view to the SW

Hibiscus Flowers

I am going to post a few photos of some Hibiscus flowers that I took just outside of my friends Machine shop the other day with my IPhone camera.

Please feel free to click on any image to enlarge for a better view.