Redbuds are A'Bloomin'

In St. Mary's County the parking lots are full of beautiful flowering trees.  The cars in the background usually turn the photos into snapshots, so I just enjoy the flowers with my eye instead of a camera.  I tried my best to keep the cars out of these particular photos.  I especially liked the parking lot in Callaway where the Redbud trees were everywhere.

 

 The reflection is from the moon roof of my car!

The shadows on the wall were interesting.

More Spring Photos

Think Pink!

Just some pictures within walking distance of my current job.  Sometimes good photos are closer than you think.

Cherry tree in noonday sunshine vs afternoon 

Cherry tree blossoms

Red dogwood

Spring has Sprung

Just a few flower pictures to brighten your day!

Easter Sunrise

We celebrated Easter morning at the Ruddy Duck Restaurant on St. George Island.  Good food. Lovely view.

http://www.ruddyduckbrewery.com

The Osprey Pair

As I showed on March 16th, the ospreys are back on their nests.  I saw 2 on my way home yesterday along route 5. 

Here are a few shots of this year's osprey pair.  They generally mate for life and often return to the same location, so I don't know if this is a new pair or not.  You may recall that our male osprey died last year, and might have been killed by another bird.

They have already had one argument with the neighboring osprey, according to Jim.  

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