Wide angle at Rehobeth Beach

We went to Rehobeth Beach Delaware for the weekend to attend the Photo Beach Bash conference by Coastal Camera Club.  The had some excellent speakers; Karen Messick, Tony Sweet, Corey Hilz and Parish Kohanim.  On Sunday, I decided to try out my fairly new wide angle lens.  Instead of thinking "Great, I can get lots of stuff in the picture!" and create a very busy looking photo, I was thinking "What can I photograph in the foreground to add interest to the picture?"  I was at the beach, so I bought a shell.  It wasn't quite as local as I would have liked, but I could experiment with it.  The midday light wasn't good either.  I learned that I had to put the lens only a few inches away from the shell.  Six inches away made it look like the shell was tiny and halfway across the beach!

So, what do you think of them for a first attempt?

I liked the little pebbles in this to add interest and the clouds.

That's the Boardwalk Plaza on the left, a nice Victorian looking hotel next door.

The Osprey are Back

The osprey come back each year to our creek between about March 10-15 every year.  I wish my internal clock was that good!  We've got 1/2 of the pair so far.  I've never seen a pair arrive together.

We believe the female last year lost it's mate, so we don't know what to expect.  (See August 5, 2014 blog)  A new pair?  The baby female and a mate?

Photographed on March 16th

Snow Panoramas

I can't resist taking photos of the snowy landscape, even if it is sometimes hard to find a distinctive subject, instead of a haphazard group of lovely trees.  (photo 2)  It is almost hard to believe these photos were taken only a few days ago before the 60 degree meltdown!

The Many Shapes of Ice

I took a few photos of ice in the recent storm with my iphone.  Although they aren't the best photos I've ever taken, they are interesting to compare the variety of ways ice can be photographed.  I've even added a fun creepy photo.

Spaghetti Grass

Cherries in Ice

Barn Fringe

Winter Tree

Creepy Icicle

Please share any interesting ice photos you took.

Glowing Snowy Sunset

While dealing with several minor illnesses in the last two weeks, it's been challenging to take any photos at all.  The house windows are coated with bits of snow debris, creating blurry photos, but I occasionally stuck the camera out the door in the late afternoon to catch some interesting light.

It is obvious that these two photos were taken on 2 different days, before and after the snow began to melt.

A Pair of Bald Eagles

We are fortunate to have some visiting bald eagles in the winter.  We had a pair visit over the weekend.  The enjoy sitting on the osprey nest to look around, occasionally bringing some food.  This time they didn't move around too much, but I can't resist taking their picture anyway.

A Christmas Gift : Orchids

Orchids can be a little bit of spring in the dreary winter weather.  A friend gave us this pretty pink one.  I took a few cell phone photos of it so we could remember the blooms.  I just used a blank wall in my hallway for the plain background.

You may also like my blog from last March, with a lovely blue orchid photographed with a " real"camera.

http://calmreflectionsphotography.blogspot.com/2013/03/february-winning-photo.html?m=1