Mo' misty morning shots...

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I'm starting with another couple of Green Heron shots that I got after the first set in yesterday's blog...what I love about these, especially as I mull making a Green Heron closed-end flute, is that I have detailed pictures of the backside feathers...easy to get the side and front shots, but from behind and above is not so common.

Did watch this one jab and miss what was not a small fish before it decided to fly away...

A lone elderly woman was crossing this footbridge that I thought made for a serene shot...

...and a lone Mallard drake was doing the ol' one-legged nap pose against a desert of blue-gray...

Spiderwort is a gorgeous flower whose saturated purply-blue color was only intensified in the overcast skies...


As the sun broke through the overhanging mist, the light became better for some close-ups, like these dew drops (or rain drops) on a rose. I'm a big advocate of looking for the picture within a picture, hence not showing you the general 'pretty rose' shot.

And, lastly, a time to reflect...

...what is a set of dead branches sticking up out of the lake is momentarily transformed into a relflecting pool floating in space.

Again, all pics were taken with the ol' Canon S2 that has pleased me so through the past few years. As you go about your day and see something beautiful and neat, see if you can find your own 'pictures' deeper within...and stop to enjoy it!

"Oh there's a little Green Heron...."

"...doin' what it oughter,
a little Green Heron,
fishin' in the water..."

OK, so the song works better with the original 'little white duck'. But this feathered friend is much more interesting to look at...

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As I headed out for a foggy morning walk around a nearby lake, I decided to grab my little silver Canon S2, the one with the long repair-shop stint last fall. I hadn't used it much lately, but figured it might come in handy.

Soon enough I happened upon this Green Heron fishing along a shallow section of shoreline and figured I'd see what the little super-zoom could do...and I was not disappointed. I've never taken pictures of a Green Heron before, and this one made for a very tolerant model, though I kept a good distance away.






Later, farther down the shoreline in the filtered sunshine of the morning, I did spy a Leashed Black Heron that was wading in the shallows, though apparently not interested in fishing at the moment...

I have other non-bird pics from the walk that I'll share in a later post. I said it earlier and I'll say it again: the repair center put in a new lens and motor, and this new generation lens is significantly sharper than the original one, which was none too shabby. Worth the wait, it was!

Happy Monday to all y'all! Starting Wednesday I'll pull 6 mornings straight at WSOC that may well wrap up my fill-in stint there. I've got an art show in Maggie Valley in July and need to tweak my growing flute stock, so look for pics of new flutes, including a raven-head walking cane branch flute. Lots of cool 'stuff' waiting in the wings...