I don’t always look at the contents of my camera’s memory card immediately. Having taken pictures of things around me, I quickly move on. Yet, now and then, things I thought were dross, turn out well. Here are a few from recent days.
This Song Sparrow sang vigorously, then looked at me as if to say: “This is my reality.”
Insects are notoriously difficult to photograph in flight. Success is often the result of happenstance, as was the case of this Hover Fly approaching some Deer Brush.
I have only seen a female Common Merganser alight atop a piling during spring. Why are they there? On this occasion, the merganser’s presence was challenged by a European Starling, which probably had a cavity nest lower in the piling. The merganser is still quacking towards where the starling was as it approached.
A Huntsman Spider was doing the huntsman thing of hanging around bark waiting to pounce on insects at night.
When I see White-tailed Deer along the shore, they are usually doe. But here was a buck. He has just started on this year’s antlers. It will be many months before they are ready to be used to contest a doe.
Good thing you checked that memory chip! Love the merganser shot.
Great series.
I find my mood plays a big role if I like a photo.
If I take one or two great photos in a day the rest of the series seems mundane until a later date.
All wonderful images, Alistair. The syrphid fly is really terrific!