Like 2015, this too shall pass

A little birdie lit on the frost-covered hummingbird feeder this morning …

Birds of a feather

Two bluebirds among a flock feeding on sumac growing around the house.

Oops – again!

Classic finger in the lens photo oops while trying to take video today of the Ferndale Country Christmas parade.

Oops!

Every time we pick up the camera and look through the viewfinder, we compose, then fiddle with the aperture and the exposure, all in search of that perfect photo. However, this week’s photo challenge — “Oops” — is about those less-than-perfect images. Hardly the stuff of galleries or museums, but more the stuff of  the heart or humor.

The smiles here weren’t so much the result of everyone-say-cheese! but of the determination of the barn dog  Gus to become part of the shot and seek some attention from the photographer. 

 

 

 

(fiddle)sticks!

With point n’ shoots, autofocus can be a tremendous asset especially if you don’t have an optical viewfinder or have aging eyes that can make focusing difficult.  There’s a downside to autofocus. Well, we’ll let the photos speak for themselves. 🙂

Bald eagle. Foiled by twigs. (Taken on the fly on an oxbow off US 70)

 

Cardinal. Foiled by twigs. (what happens when you try to shoot while cooking brunch.)

Eye to Eye

There’s no doubting the power of eyes — you know, windows to the soul and all that. This week’s photo challenge, Eye Spy, asks us to give the eye a second look.

In the photo below, two very well-camouflaged creatures eye each other warily.

Eyes were a topic of an earlier post as well, as in this pensive primate at the Little Rock Zoo.