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188/366: Watching the bird watcher

One of the nice things about taking up this hobby is that it's opened up doors to other hobbies for me. It started when I decided that I wanted to know some of the details regarding what I was shooting, something beyond "bird" and "building" and "Pink flower".

After a while, I decided that if I got a bird feeder, I might be able to get some nice bird shots, especially once I decided to do a 365 project.

Indeed, the birds came. I recognized the cardinals, of course, but the others were a total mystery. I started looking them up online, but now I decided that I really need an offline book to complement that resource, especially if I happen to shoot a bird (i mean photograph, perhaps "shoot" is the wrong choice of word in this instance!) away from home and need an offline resource.

Away, that's the story behind today's photo.

And for the record, I've seen at least half a dozen species of birds stopping to eat at the feeder. Given that many of them are coupled up, it's probable a lot of their nests are nearby as well. They're all common species to the Southeast US, but it's still pretty cool to see them.

SH103417a

Uploaded on Jul 6, 2008

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188/366: Sunny reflection

It rained quite a bit the night before, and there was a nice sized puddle in the driveway in which you could see the sun reflected there.

SH103402a

Uploaded on Jul 6, 2008

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Bzzzzzzzz

Thankfully, not all the bees are gone yet.

SH103300a

Uploaded on Jul 6, 2008

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187/366: Butterfly on purple 4

Took this series while visiting friends in the 336. We were just sitting and making conversation on the deck while this beauty was drifting around nearby. I couldn't resist. These are the first decent butterfly pics I ever got, so I'm very happy with the results.

I posted 2 at normal exposure and 2 that are overexposed. I like the overexposed shots because it places slightly more emphasis and contrast.

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Uploaded on Jul 6, 2008

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Butterfly on purple 3

Uploaded on Jul 6, 2008

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