Wednesday, May 19, 2010

You Capture - Depth of Field

What a fun challenge. I started working on this one last Thursday afternoon. That diligence coupled with some luck at Striebel Pond left me with way too many pictures. Please bear with me though. I really concentrated on a tight focus AND I eliminated at least 30 of my favorites.

Here's a true blue Cubs fan watching the ball game from the front row of the upper deck! Wow, what seats!

And here's a flower and bud that I spotted at Striebel Pond.

And then there was some real drama going on tonight at my favorite pond. The swan took serious exception to the presence of geese on his side of the reservoir. I think he felt like they were a threat to his mate and six babies.

Mr. Stare-A-Lot thought to hide in the deep grass.

But it didn't take the swan long to spot him and rout him out of there.

After that the battle was on.

The goslings were very spooked since both their parents were involved in the fracas.

The redwinged blackbird was oblivious and sang merrily (or watched warily).

And this little guy just tried to keep a low profile.

Well that's all I've got without testing the limits of obnoxious over-poster. To see more depth of field shots, head over to Beth's Ishouldbefoldinglaundry.

23 comments:

  1. Wow. What a great job you did! I love the fan and the Mr. Duck :) Such great pictures. You really excelled at this challenge. Your pictures are so fun and interesting! You could have put all 30 on here and I would have gladly perused them : ) Nice to visit today.

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  2. Your bird captures are amazing. I can never get to a bird (other than ducks and rats with wings aka seagulls) in time.

    FANTASTIC shots! I especially like the last one.

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  3. Wow what an adventure. Lovely photos that tell an exiting story. The last shot is my favorite, wonderful DOF.

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  4. that baseball picture is awesome! Great in B&W too!

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  5. hahahaha! Love it- I almost got attacked by a goose this week trying to get my shots. Crazy birds!

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  6. I love the story you told with these pics.

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  7. Great shots. I love your captures of the geese-swan fight. Wonderful. Funny thing... my shots for today are also of red wing blackbirds and geese. ;)

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  8. I lvoe that last one, it's jsut perfect!

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  9. Great DOF shots. My favorite is the last shot. The color and composition is just gorgeous.

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  10. I really like the last two - WOW! There are some good action shots in here too. :) And the first one is great because I can see how 'into' the game he is. Great shots!

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  11. You did a great job, love the little bird!

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  12. These are ALL great shots, I enjoyed looking at all of them! Good job!

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  13. Wow that Cub fan is deep in thought.

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  14. the simplicity and quietly beautiful colors in that last shot really set it apart. love it!

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  15. They are all lovely, but I am partial to the one of Mr. Right at the Cubs game.

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  16. Great shots! Those little goslings are SO precious!

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  17. I love the first one. Go Cubs!

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  18. It is uncanny to me the similarities in your capture, vs. my capture!! I forgot to link up to the page, but I followed a link to you and I can't believe how much alike we are on this one!! I have goslings, AND little orange wing black bird pics! Weird!

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  19. You did a fabulous job! I just browsed through your more recent shots and you are a great photographer! Thanks for stopping by my site!

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  20. I really love the shot of the red-winged black bird! And what a story with geese and swans!

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  21. I wanted to tell you about The Happiness Project over at my Blog. It’s simple, every Tuesday you just post a photo of something that makes you wildly happy. It’s been so rewarding to meditate each week on what brings me happiness. I would like to invite you to join and link up to Mr. Linky. I am trying to take over the Blogosphere with happiness!

    Here is a link to last weeks round up if you want to check it out!

    http://leighvslaundry.blogspot.com/2010/05/happiness-project-week-12.html

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