Perfect Day for a Bowl of Soup

Today has been gray, blustery and rainy all day long. Perfect for sitting by the woodstove with a bowl of Minestrone Soup. Nuff said. God's love and blessings to all, chris

Stuck Inside

Today the rain poured down for most of the day as promised by the National Weather service. I stayed inside and edited some images. Later on in the morning I sat in the back bedroom and photographed some of the natives coming to the backyard bird feeders.The only bird of some interest was a Red Breasted Nuthatch. While waiting at one point I photographed a vase of flowers on the windowsill.Time to get back to work on my book. God's precious love to all, chris

Last of the Fall Color Blue Jays

Tonight the wind is beating against the house and a storm is pouring in off of the Pacific. It looks like we are going to be in for rain for the next three or four days. I'm looking forward to seeing the salmon spawning in the local creeks. In talking to some of my friends they are already going up many of the creeks. The rains will allow many more of them to push further up into some of the smaller waterways. This morning the storm forced me out of the photoblind and into the house. In reviewing my images from this morning I did manage to capture another Steller's Jay image to add to my collection. This will be the last Steller's with fall colors as I have far too many of them already. Today I changed all of my feeders and perches around so the fall colors won't be included in the background anymore until next year. Now if some different birds would come in! God's precious love to all, chris

The Weather Outside is Frightful

I awoke this morning to the patter of rain showers on the rooftop. By the time I finished dressing it had stopped. When I peeked my head out the window all I could see was dark gray skies and hear the sound of the wind through the redwoods. Not exactly the best day for bird photography.Why give it a go and try out my new perch set up I thought to myself. So I bundled myself up and trundled out to the photoblind. It turned out not to be the best idea in the world. I lasted about a half an hour between holding onto my tripod and grabbing the blind to keep it from being blown over. It really wasn't worth it. I came back inside and looked into one of my idea books for some indoor photography. I found a simple stock photo idea for cheese to photograph. When I was done photographing it I went back outside and reconfigured all of my perch set ups so I could photograph from the warmth of the house through a window. God's love and blessings to everyone, chris

Crawling Around on the Forest Floor

To effectively photograph fungi you have to get down to the level where it grows. This means getting down and dirty onto the forest floor.You know crawling around with your camera down into the forest duff. This afternoon I photographed a few species of fungi in our front yard. With the rains it's amazing how many species start popping up just off of our driveway. I had a good time and now it is time for a shower. God's love and blessings to all, chris

Touch of Rainy Weather

The past four days have had weather to stay inside and sit by the fire. We ventured out a few times to buy groceries and what not but mostly we have stayed indoors. It has given me some time to edit images and just look out on the changing shades of gray with fleeting glimpses of the valley below. Here is the view today of the Madrone Tree outside my office window today plus a few Chipmunk images that were taken last week before the rain started in earnest. God's light and love to all, chris Click on the images to see them in a larger size on your screen!

Killer Steller's Jay Image!

Yesterday afternoon and the evening were spent going through and editing the rest of the images from yesterday's photography expedition to the backyard photoblind. I came across quite a few more great images. My favorite though was this image of a Steller's Jay. It is really sharp and I love the composition and the eye contact. A really nice image. God's precious love to all, chris