Entries tagged under ' Birds '

The sign obviously hasn’t worked!
This was on South Wabash, Chicago around the same time this photo was taken.

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Urban ducks and wild fowl are luckier than their country brethren. People think they are cute and feed them!
This is the same duck I posted before at the Crown Fountains, Chicago.

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Written February 26, 2006 in Birds, Chicago, Nature, Photos, United States

I love when animals and birds look at you with a tilt of their heads as if inquisitive. What is this duck saying?
“There’s that guy with the camera again! Why does he keeping taking photos of me and my man?”
“What’s that thing he’s pointing at me?”
“I wonder if he has any bread?”
Ah yes, such is the life of a bird in an urban environment!

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Written February 25, 2006 in Birds, Chicago, Nature, Photos, United States, Water

A duck in Millenium Park, Chicago last May. Bet you’re wondering what is casting that red glow on the water? All will be revealed on Monday after I post a cute picture of it’s mate!

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Written February 19, 2006 in Birds, Blarney, Cork, Ireland, Nature, Photos

This was taken yesterday in my back garden. We had some beautiful light after a very dull start to the day and I took advantage of it.
I used the Canon 75-300 IS lens but the bird feeder is about 3m away from my backdoor so I can’t get as close as I’d like. This is a very close crop of a much larger image. The original crop is 1188×1188 pixels but I really like how this came out.
There is purple fringing on the highlight around his mouth, and in his eye but it’s not too bad thankfully!

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Written February 18, 2006 in Birds, Blarney, Cork, Ireland, Nature, Photos

Two ducks in the bird sanctuary outside Blarney. I took this back in May 2005 on the same day as this one.
This one’s for Matt!

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Written February 17, 2006 in Birds, Black and White, Cork, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Urban

A seagull roused by traffic noise flies up from the River Lee.

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Written February 6, 2006 in Birds, Cork, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Signs, Sky, Urban

Street lighting and STOP sign pictured on the quays just up from here last Saturday.
I wanted to make the stop sign jump out a bit more but didn’t want to force it too much. I do like the leading lines the guide the eye to the top of the pole!
And in other news, voting for the Irish Blog Awards has commenced! I’ve been nominated in 3 categories including “Best Photo Blog” for this blog!

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Written January 5, 2006 in Birds, Cork, Photos, River

Swan on the River Lee last December. I love the quality of the winter sun when it shows. It’s an evening glow almost all day!

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Written December 31, 2005 in Birds, Black and White, Cork, People, Photos, River, Urban

I love the old style nature of this shot. The fog that day made the far distance disappear and the middle distance was shrouded in white!

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