Had an hour or so before work after breakfast...and went to the Bluff...maybe see a Butterfly....but it was kinda cool and breezy and cloud shadowy...after awhile it warmed up and a pale and a bright, Swallowtail came along...but didn't alight....picked up and walked up the Creek aways...found a Columbine...then three of these little Downy Woodpeckers were playing in the Alder Trees...and I tried and tried to get a pic and clip...all handheld...afraid if I took time to set up they'd be gone!...an often dilemma!...finally I got the lighting closer with Manual...and got a little clip...so a clip and pic!...I have one of these from last Spring...I think it's the same Woodpecker...havtacheck...got a pic yesterday...blurry still from clip...of a female Blackheaded Grosbeak...when I started out this Noah Project...to get one pic of each species hereabouts...I forgot I'd need two!...as males and females often look very different!...this may seem obvious...but it adds a complication to the pic and clip taking!...too...I'm finding I'm not satisfied to just get any pic...blurry or otherwise...I want one of each that I can enlarge....good light...good focus...needless to say this is all gonna take awhile!...and then there's the clips!....a little portfolio book with dvd would be kinda cool for each one.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Downy Woodpecker
Had an hour or so before work after breakfast...and went to the Bluff...maybe see a Butterfly....but it was kinda cool and breezy and cloud shadowy...after awhile it warmed up and a pale and a bright, Swallowtail came along...but didn't alight....picked up and walked up the Creek aways...found a Columbine...then three of these little Downy Woodpeckers were playing in the Alder Trees...and I tried and tried to get a pic and clip...all handheld...afraid if I took time to set up they'd be gone!...an often dilemma!...finally I got the lighting closer with Manual...and got a little clip...so a clip and pic!...I have one of these from last Spring...I think it's the same Woodpecker...havtacheck...got a pic yesterday...blurry still from clip...of a female Blackheaded Grosbeak...when I started out this Noah Project...to get one pic of each species hereabouts...I forgot I'd need two!...as males and females often look very different!...this may seem obvious...but it adds a complication to the pic and clip taking!...too...I'm finding I'm not satisfied to just get any pic...blurry or otherwise...I want one of each that I can enlarge....good light...good focus...needless to say this is all gonna take awhile!...and then there's the clips!....a little portfolio book with dvd would be kinda cool for each one.
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