Picture-A-Week 2021 - Week 47

[pierces]

Pictures taken between Monday, November 15 and Sunday, November 21.

 

Next week it will be food photos in the US. What will you shoot this week? 

 

Rules: See above

That's it. This isn't a contest.

All photos taken this week are welcome (not just cruising).

Prizes will not be awarded. Discovering the joy of photography is the prize.

The idea is to get folks out using their cameras for more than vacations and toddler birthdays.

Post one. Post many. Up to you.

Have fun with your camera and share your fun with others!

Edited November 15, 2021 by pierces

[ski ww]

This morning we had snow that stayed, earlier snow was gone as soon as it hit the ground. Glad we got our out side X-mas lights up yesterday, & cleaned up most of the leaves.

 

[boeckli]

Taking a walk together (checking out if the picnicking humans will take pity on us ....) - Answer: NO!!

 

Edited November 17, 2021 by boeckli

[Docker123]

I have been trying for a few weeks to see this little birdie in the open. It only allowed 1 shot.

 

Sacred kingfisher.

 

[ski ww]

We have a bunch of Blue Jays living in our hedge.

 

[Docker123]

Almost the end of Sunday here, 10.20pm.

My bedtime preparations were a little disturbed with the need to grab the macro.

 

(as we say in Australia, luck it was not a redback on the toilet seat).

 

 

And here is the youtube of the red back

 

 

 

[cruises42]

Friday evenings moon.

 

[Re-tired]

Southbound heading to Puerto Vallarta.

 

[zackiedawg]

Out this weekend again - the heat returned, the rains were all around and I had to dodge the raindrops, but there were still some nice scenes and nice animals to shoot even in the overcast skies:

 

A blue-winged teal found itself a very comfy looking plant to use as a daybed:

 

A feeder near the nature center building at my local wetlands was being visited by the lovely painted buntings...here, a female painted bunting sits on the left and a male on the right, showing just how different the sexes are between some birds:

 

"I'm a genius!  With this well placed camouflage on my back, no one can see me!  I can hide right here in plain sight and wait for my prey to come walking down the levee, and they won't even see me!":

 

A grey-headed swamphen walking through the shallow water, seemed to be looking at its own reflection admiringly:

 

I know - it looks HUGE and scary - but this orchard orbweaver isn't actually all that big...about 1/4 inch long for this larger female...the males are about 1/3 smaller than her.  The lens I was using has pretty good close focus ability, so I can get right in there with tiny bugs like this:

 

A very attentive red-shouldered hawk up in the trees, watching the wetlands below for any small movements - rats, snakes, lizards...anything small enough to pick up and fly away with:

 

The lovely yellow-bellied sapsucker - a bird I only see once or twice a year:

 

A pig frog hiding deep in the reeds, half-underwater - but I found just a big enough hole between the reeds and shooting almost straight down on the frog, with the overcast skies silvering the water around him: