pics & quips from a wandering writer, photographer, professor, reprobate
It’s not down there where you’re thinking. Wasn’t he known as ‘Elvis the pelvis’? Yes, but the muscle you’re looking for is also called levator labii superioris alaeque nasi. I … Continue reading Lookin’ for the ‘Elvis Muscle’
I have taken so few opportunities to photograph wildlife in the last three years that I’m afraid I’ve forgotten how. My 400mm lens rarely leaves the house. And osprey? They are … Continue reading Osprey w/ Headless Fish
Osprey with lunch in his talons & blood on his leg. Chopper buzzing a tower. Note osprey & nest. Thin juvenile owl with one eye closed. Help! [images not quite … Continue reading Wednesday Leftovers
A 500mm lens is a must-have for wildlife photography, but I have long resisted because such a heavy piece of equipment requires a bulky tripod and I haven’t the patience … Continue reading Osprey, Pelican, Two Eagles & a Dog
This osprey has been staying close to the nest, even though the eggs have not hatched yet. I’m lovin’ my new camera and am just about to talk myself into … Continue reading Osprey Descending
In the spirit of upgrading my equipment I sold two of my four cameras – D300s & D700 – and yesterday received in the mail a new Nikon D7200. It’s … Continue reading My New Bird Camera
– a ‘poster’ I had fun creating some years ago – 🙂 🙂 🙂 – pic du jour – [a Friday image project, a la carte]
A crow dropped by to visit an osprey. I don’t think he was invited. I couldn’t hear the conversation but I suspect it was unprintable. 😉 😉 😉
It has been almost a month & several thousand miles since my last post. I meandered diagonally across the lower forty-eight again, and I am back now in the Land … Continue reading The Land of Osprey
