Photo of the Day - July 2021

[fooferdoggie]

saw this guy wondering around in the middle of the city

 

[Clix Pix]

 

[Clix Pix]

Went out to take a walk around the boardwalk yesterday and decided to snap a photo of the flowers decorating the edge of the lake adjacent to the boardwalk....and along with the view I also managed to capture a calm little birdie relaxing on the rope! (Of COURSE this happens when I've got the wide-angle lens on and not a long telephoto!!)

 

[Clix Pix]

Looking in the other direction: more flowers and the pier....

 

[User.191]

Morning view from the deck of our cottage

 

[Huntn]

Morning view from the deck of our cottage

Beautiful, but you should add the image to the post.

 

[Huntn]

Bougainvillea house in San Francisco, in the summer this hits full bloom and is something to see.

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Very impressive, I wonder if a trellis is provided?

 

[User.191]

Beautiful, but you should add the image to the post.

I would but It was a bugger getting even that posted - I’m in the middle of the boonies with something lie 56K WiFi and zero cellular signal…

 

[Huntn]

I would but It was a bugger getting even that posted - I’m in the middle of the boonies with something lie 56K WiFi and zero cellular signal…

Oh, did not realize… I assume that is a temporary situation?

 

[Pumbaa]

I would but It was a bugger getting even that posted - I’m in the middle of the boonies with something lie 56K WiFi and zero cellular signal…

Ah, making sure no tree gets to fall without anyone there to hear it?

 

[Clix Pix]

 

[Pumbaa]

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Nice!

Is it just me, or does the bird look annoyed af?

 

[Clix Pix]

Thanks! LOL! He's wondering what the heck that strange woman is doing standing there pointing this big white long thing at him! Why wasn't she offering him a nice treat, something to nibble on?

I was surprised that he didn't immediately take flight, instead just stayed where he was while I hurriedly made some adjustments in my settings, then raised the camera to my eye and fired off some shots. Later I got a few more shots which I haven't yet processed of several swallows all lined up in a row on another section of rope. What is interesting is that not all that far from them there were several people sitting out on a deck chatting away. Only when someone came walking along the boardwalk and got pretty close did they quickly take flight, but they returned within a couple of minutes and resettled themselves on the rope as I kept watching and shooting.

This was great, as the day before when I'd gone out on the boardwalk to shoot I had a different lens on -- the wide-angle one -- and of course that wasn't great for getting nice closeup shots, so I went out there prepared this time.

 

[fooferdoggie]

 

[Clix Pix]

Oops, I just belatedly realized that we're now in the month of August.....!!!! Oh, well, I'll just leave this here anyway....

 

[fooferdoggie]

my dog he was pretty ok with this we about died laughing.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Wrong month