In addition to this blog, I've started a second one as an exercise in keeping the photographic juices flowing. It's by no means a unique idea in that I will try to post at least one new photo per week. I've seen other blogs of this type including ones in which the blogger posts one per day. I had considered that but I know that would be doomed to failure. If you're so inclined, checkout my other blog at Fifty-Two A Year.
This past weekend we visited Spencer Island which is just outside of Everett. We had set up to photograph some barn swallows not expecting much other than some much needed practice. Some swallows perched on some bare branches and nearby barbed-wire. Occassionally another swallow would swoop in and seemingly attack the perched birds. I soon realized that the "attacking" birds were actually feeding the perched ones. Barn swallows aren't very big and we were about 40-50 feet away so it was a bit of a challenge. I was able to get a few shots as the feeding went on.
Of course we have to have the obligatory duck shots. While it was good practice for getting birds in flight, they stayed to far off for my liking.
We couldn't hang around for the "golden hour" shots so settled for a few landscape type photos.
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