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I’m finally able to take a lot of photos this week and it’s taking me a while to delete the bad ones, and keep and edit the good ones. I’m capturing a nice mix of flora, fauna and landscapes and I’ll be sharing these photos as I clean them up.
Today I’ll like to share these giant dandelions in seed I spotted in a large meadow. They were the only dandelions around and measured a couple of inches wide. I was tempted to go out there and blow on them, but I wasn’t crazy about climbing over barbed wire and probably stepping on a few snakes hiding in the dry grass. I’m just glad the wind didn’t blow all these dandelions away so I could take a picture first.
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Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.
Technically this photo is a zoom and not a macro but I really wanted to take the opportunity to share it with you. I took it on June 21, 2013, when the moon was almost full and was supposed to be the supermoon of 2013. I actually tried to take a photo of the full moon on Saturday and then again on Sunday, when the moon was supposed to be at its fullest. But there was obviously some haze or cloud cover between me and the moon and the surface of the moon wasn’t very sharp. So here’s an almost full supermoon, also called a perigee moon. I love being able to capture so many moon details, including the craters on the bottom part. By the way, I used my brand new Canon Powershot SX280 HS camera for this picture, with a 20x optical zoom. I already love this camera!
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The world through my eyes seems pretty young right now. Besides my kids, I’ve been enjoying a lot of baby animals all around. Here are just a few I happened to spot yesterday and the day before.
A couple of days ago, I spent a little time by a local pond. While there, I noticed a lot of young birds, including this juvenile black-crowned night heron. He wasn’t shy at all and let me take a nice picture of him.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: The world through my eyes – juvenile black-crowned night heron
WordPress weekly photo challenge: The world through my eyes – juvenile wood duck
I was lucky enough to spot these two juvenile great blue herons in their nest at the very top of the tree. Check out the hummingbird who came to say hi to them. They seemed quite intrigued. If you ask me, these young herons are way too big to wait for home to bring their food and should go fly out on their own already.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: The world through my eyes – great blue herons
There are plenty of swallows around San Diego, specifically cliff swallows, who come in the spring to breed. They build their gourd-shaped mud nests on the outside walls of many homes, including my neighbor’s this year. I heard a lot of noise yesterday afternoon so I felt compelled to check it out. This is what I saw: many cliff swallows chatting with each other, while a juvenile swallow was sitting in the nest. There were actually a few more of them but they left by the time I grabbed my camera.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: The world through my eyes – cliff swallows
I hope you enjoyed these quick snapshots of the world through my eyes, at least for these past few days.
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Today I’m participating in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “curves”. Remember you can click on each image to see a larger view. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.
Nature is full of curves and I love capturing them on camera, including these giant fern fiddleheads.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of giant fern fiddleheads
I love the curves the pistils of this beautiful purple and yellow lily form.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of purple lily pistils
Flower petals often display some type of curve. The petals of this yellow rose are a lovely example of curves.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of yellow rose petals
Of course, roses are not the only flowers to display curves. Here are the fancy curves of an orange protea pin cushion flower.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of orange protea pincushion flower
Many types of fruit display beautiful curves, like this ripe yellow lemon ready to be picked from the tree.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of a yellow lemon
As for animals, some of them can be pretty curvy, like these cute little seahorses with their curved tails and curved bellies.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of seahorses
Flamingos have such long necks they tend to walk around with them in a curved position. Check out the little duck at the bottom left, he’s got some curved neck going too!
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of a flamingo’s neck
Of course human beings can create a lot of curves too. Check out this beautiful chandelier in the lobby of the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. It’s full of curves!
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Curves of the chandelier at the Hotel Del Coronado
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Today I’m participating in Where’s My Backpack’s Travel Theme photo challenge. This week’s theme is “peaceful”. It’s taken me a few days to get to this challenge because I was thinking about the types of photos I would use. I settled on a water theme because I find water very peaceful in many ways, whether it’s still or moving, quiet or loud. I hope you enjoy my choices!
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Standing in front of the ocean is peaceful and refreshing at the same time.
Travel theme: Peaceful waves at Coronado Beach in San Diego
What’s under water can be very peaceful too. That’s why I like visiting aquariums. One of my favorite underwater animals is the seahorse. I love how seahorses peacefully swim from one plant to the next.
Travel theme: Peaceful seahorses underwater
Sea jellies look very peaceful and I love looking at them. However taking photos of sea jellies is not very relaxing, as only a few usually come out OK.
Travel theme: Peaceful sea jellies swimming
As noisy as they can be, I love sitting by waterfalls and enjoy their peaceful and stress-free effect.
Travel theme: Peaceful waterfall
Animals in ponds often look very peaceful, like this painted turtle who moved and swam very slowly and quietly.
Travel theme: Peaceful painted turtle in a pond
I want to finish this theme with a photo that illustrates a beautiful, peaceful sound (out of the water). This is my brand new wind chime in my garden. I just got it this weekend after searching for the perfect wind chime for years, the one with the most peaceful sounds to my years. This is it and I love it!
If you enjoy my photos and would like to purchase some, I want to thank you! Simply visit my Zazzle online shop and browse the product offerings. If there’s a photo you would like to purchase but don’t see it in my shop, please contact me by using the Contact form at the bottom of my home page and let me know which photos you are interested in purchasing, and in what format / medium.
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