Category Archives: Photography

Sciuridaes of Greenwood Street

Not what your were expecting?  🙂

The little critters in the backyard provide hours of entertainment for both Cyndie and I as well as our dachshund girls and now the kitty too.  We go out of our way to invite them into our backyard to eat, play and get in all sorts of bird feeder mischief.  Most of the year they all run about in the wood behind the house.  We see them here and there, but nothing like this time of year.  It is good see that the them are still around, getting comfortable and belly’in up to the feeders.  They are especially fond of casa de la squirrel hut.  Complete with a hopper-feeder full of black sunflower seeds.  If you look close you can see Red Foreman in the corner next to the feeder.  He is an ornery cuss and does not care much for the other grays.

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Here are the ladies and gents in no particular order.  There are close to two dozen that will meander around the backyard at one time.

 

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2015-11-23 Purple One Way

Purple One Way

2015-11-23 Purple One Way

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2015-11-21 IDEAL Diner #idealdiner

IDEAL Diner

2015-11-21 IDEAL Diner

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2015-11-20 Sandhills

Sandhills

2015-11-20 Sandhills

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2015-11-19 Rural No. 11

Rural No. 11 | Barnyard

2015-11-19 Barnyard

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Flashes of Light & Shadows #time-lapse

Rustic Road 51, Maiden Rock, WI

This is the 2nd part of the time-lapse I shot on Friday, November 13th, 2015.  This was shot in the same location as Sun Flares; utilizing a different angle of view.

Pine Creek

Sun Flares was shot in the direction of the blue arrow and this sequence in the direction of the red arrow.  The location is along a stretch of Rustic Road 51 close to from Maiden Rock, WI (off of Hwy 35 and AA).  My original intent was to tie the two different angles of view together with a third, but the third sequence did not turn out.  The result was two independent parts instead of a three-view start to finish video.  I’ll try again.

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I didn’t anticipate any traffic, but I am glad I positioned the camera just off the road.  Six cars came through while I was shooting.  Here is the other view from the 2 1/2 hours of shooting.

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2015-11-18 100 Years

100 Years

2015-11-17 100 Years

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2015-11-17 Missing Ampersand?

Missing Ampersand?

2015-11-17 Harold's Green Isle

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Sun Flares #time-lapse

Pine Creek

I’ve admired time-lapse photography for some time now; mostly through viewing websites on the Internet and what you see on TV from time to time.  I can attest that once you get the bug to give it go, you can easily get hook – for a time anyway.  As mentioned in a previous post, time-lapse photography is time-intensive.  Last week I made some time for more practice.

The second shoot of the week was in another favorite location – Pine Creek.  A lovely little spring creek not far from Maiden Rock, WI (off of Hwy 35 and AA; then Rustic Road 51).

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I setup right in the stream just off of the road.  I did not figure I would encounter any traffic in the early morning hours along this minimum maintenance road, but I was wrong.  You’ll notice a few instances of ripples in the video as a result.

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The sun had already risen and was making its way along the ridge of the bluff out in front of me.  The sun flares that resulted as the sun rose higher in the air were very nice surprise.  I had only anticipated cloud movement in the sky as well as reflected in the stream.  I also had hoped for some moving shadows; those were more prevalent in the other angle I shot (next post).  I shot for 2 1/2 hours in his location.  I am pretty happy with the result.

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