Life of Lizard
During my last trip to Utah I was perched peacefully on a rock looking out over a huge landscape when a bit of movement and muffled noise next to me caught my attention. I looked over to find two lizards chasing each other in a strange orbit around a small boulder, like rings around [...]
Hunter Aloft
As I wrote in a recent post, I’ve become much more of a bird admirer in recent years. There seem to be more large birds in this region, primarily raptors, and I can’t help but photograph them when the occasion permits. Today’s photo was taken, as so many of my recent images, in [...]
Stages of Flight
I tried my hand at a bit of ‘vintage’ processing last evening and have decided to post the results for review…despite the slight banding visible in the vignetting that I just can’t seem to correct. The lack of detail, yet presence of grain makes for an interesting effect in the series. The process [...]
Stopover
Each year the Sandhill Cranes stop on a migratory path over Montana, grubbing for a meal in the stalks of last year’s cuttings. Today I saw only 10 or so, but a few days ago I bet there were about 50. That’s not a huge number by any means, but it’s more than I [...]
Breaking Silence
I missed posting yesterday and almost did it again today…this WordPress stuff is fun. I’ve dabbled with the platform in the past, but this is the first time I’ve ever really taken a hard look at the code and how it all works together. So, until I’m able to get out again to [...]
The Dispute
And to wrap up my ‘week of Yellowstone’ images… These old fellows were fighting with each other near Slough Creek in the Park, whether for play for something more I cannot say. But it’s not the rutting season so it was likely a friendly bout. To that end, I wasn’t seeing dirt [...]
Old Bull
Nearly completing my week of Yellowstone images, this old bull was alongside the road near Soda Butte in Lamar…not moving once in the 5 minutes I sat there watching him. I think the critters down there are so tired from the cold and foraging for food in deep snow. Where this old guy [...]