Sunday, February 12, 2012
D2h Hodge
Quick shots with a D2h and a tethered Speedlight SB-900, ISO 200, 10mm, f11, 1/160 with an AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f1:2.8 G ED of Hodge scampering around the trees; slight cropping during post processing in the digital darkroom . . .
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Gabriel Dawe: Plexus No. 12
At the Fain Arts Center, Gabriel Dawe spent eight days installing 250 miles of thread with an astonishing outcome. View a video on YouTube of him installing Plexus No. 4.
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| Plexus No. 12, Gutermann thread, wood, hooks. |
When Dawe disestablishes his creation, he displays the thread encased in plexiglass, as shown below.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Random Visit to Past Wild Bird Rescue
A nice lady asked me to contribute some images I took of the wild birds at Wild Bird Rescue for an article she has written. Searching through albums felt both thrilling and trying, for the pictures reminded me of the wonderful times I spent volunteering for Bob Lindsay (whom I referred to as "BirdManBob") on behalf of Wild Bird Rescue.
Bob feeding a quickly growing Great Horned Owl. He subsequently asked a volunteer to transport him/her (Bob insisted that I personalize the wild birds and to not refer to them as "it.") to Lubbock.
One of my favorites: Bob holds a baby Inca dove.
Volunteer Pete devotes many hours of his week tending to ducks and geese. Here the Mallards enjoy fresh water.
I think this is a baby Mississippi kite. And that is Bob's hemostats handing him/her a small piece of beef heart.
Common Nightjar.
Terry holds a Burrowing owl. Bob eventually released this owl in a Prairie dog town on a nearby private ranch.
At first, Bob could not figure out the species of the bird shown above; as he/she grew, it became evident she was a cardinal.
Yellow-crowned heron.
Cedar waxwing.
Scissortail Flycatcher.
Woodpecker.
Chris checking on a baby Barn owl. What a belly!
Chris feeds a baby Barn owl.
Chris feeds Mississippi kites. This photo, though, does not show the fifty or so kites that surround Chris as they sit patiently for her to feed them.
A Cliff swallow peers outside the incubator.
Frank gives worms to a nightjar.
A hatchling. Hard to say which species at this point in her life.
Yellow-crowned heron in an aviary outside, raised from a nestling and now only a few weeks away from freedom.
Eastern Kingbird.
Hungry Purple Martins.
A volunteer feeds a Red-shouldered hawk. The hawk eats pieces of beef heart.
Two robins and a mockingbird.
Tiny hatchlings eating worms from Lila's hand.
Nightjar.
Penny feeds a robin.
Tiny!
Pied-billed grebe.
In view of the enormous number of shore birds arriving at Wild Bird Rescue in 2011, raising the cost spent by the organization on food, the Texas Master Naturalists volunteered to catch dinner for them.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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