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The colorful wood duck

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I went to feed the ducks with my kids the other day and since I had brought my camera, I thought I’d trying taking a few pictures. Since last time I photographed ducks, I mostly managed to snap mallard ducks, I thought I’d try to focus on wood ducks this time.

Well, it’s great to attract ducks with duck feed, but it doesn’t help if you want to photograph them. Besides getting suddenly surrounded by several dozens of birds, I quickly realized all they wanted was fight for their food, chasing one another back into the pond and landing on top of each other. All of that while moving a lot and letting me snap lots of blurry pictures. Here are the few decent photos I managed to capture of out 15 minutes of feeding frenzy.

The wood duck has to be the most colorful and beautiful duck in North America.

I love this last front angle shot, where you can see the beautiful markings of the wood duck.

Front of wood duck with colorful markings

September 5, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bird photosTags: front of wood duck, nature photography, photography, photos, wood duck colors, wood duck in water, wood duck markings, wood duck photos, wood duck swimming 4 Comments

Floral Friday Fotos: Plumeria flowers

Today I’m participating in Floral Friday Fotos. Remember you can click on the photos below to see them in a larger format. If you enjoy my images, I encourage you to subscribe and receive updates when I post new photos, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

I love the fragrance of plumeria flowers and no photograph can bring you this smell but I hope these few photos can at least satisfy your eyes. These beautiful yellow plumeria flowers smelled as good as they looked.

August 30, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Photography, Plant Photos, Tree PhotosTags: blooms, close-up of plumeria flower, Floral Friday Fotos, nature photography, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, plumeria blooms, plumeria flowers, yellow plumeria flower 8 Comments

Macro Monday: yellow lily and orange lily pistils

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view. 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.

This is the end of the blooming season for lilies and I was able to snap a few photos yesterday. Here’s a yellow lily from up close, including its pistils covered with pollen.

And here’s a similar photo, but this time of a bright orange lily.

August 26, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Photography, Plant PhotosTags: blooms, Macro Monday, nature photography, orange lilies, orange lily pistils, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, yellow lilies, yellow lily pistils 10 Comments

Travel theme: delicate rain drop on grass

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus

Today I’m participating in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “focus”. You can click on the photos below for a larger view. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.

I love the focus on this first picture, as it shows all the fuzz on a grass blade.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus - morning dew on grass blades — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus – morning dew on grass blades

Raindrops are a great subject to focus on, on grass or on tree branches.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus - raindrop on tree branch — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus – raindrop on tree branch

Flowers are another lovely subject to focus on, especially when they are as colorful as this orange protea pincushion flower against a complimentary colorful background.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus - Orange protea pincushion flower — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus – Orange protea pincushion flower

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus - Yellow daisy — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus – Yellow daisy

Faraway objects can be a challenge to focus on but this almost full moon shot looks very sharp. So sharp you can see several moon craters.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus - almost full moon with craters — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus – almost full moon with craters

Finally I took my first shot at photographing fireworks properly this summer. I had to focus on a very far distance to capture them sharp, like this multi-color firework, by far my favorite. You can see more photos of fireworks here and here.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus - multicolor fireworks — WordPress weekly photo challenge: Focus – multicolor fireworks

August 23, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Fireworks photos, Flower Photos, Photography, Plant Photos, Sky Photos, Tree Photos, Water photosTags: blooms, full moon, fuzz on grass blade, moon craters, multi-color fireworks, nature photography, Orange protea pincushion flower, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, rain drops, raindrop on grass blade, raindrop on tree branches, raindrops, Wordpress weekly photo challenge, Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Focus, yellow daisy 17 Comments

Tuberous begonia – begonia tuberhybrida

I find begonias quite fascinating, with their many variations of leaves, stem lengths and blooms. Here are two different blooms of the tuberous begonia (begonia tuberhybrida). These are Picotee begonias, which means the petals are two-tone, with the edge of the petal a much darker color than the rest of it. Remember to click on each photo for a larger view. Enjoy!