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Yellow Squared, Part One
We walked along the river, at its highest tide of the month this morning. To shake things up a bit while editing my pictures, I decided to crop into a square format today, just to see how they looked.
Can you tell me what you think?
There is always something happening on the riverside path. I think these guys were talking about a local troublemaker.
We walked over to the sand dunes and my wife filled her shoes with sand. Unintentionally.
Birds looking for breakfast - possibly worms and so forth are driven up by the high water.
Seagulls mark the sand bar in the middle of the river. Fail to notice this and you could be stuck there all day waiting for Matt's Off-Road Recovery to come and rescue you.
River high water also attracts the bugs.
Next dry land past that lifeguard tower is Hawaii, 3000 miles across the Pacific Ocean.
3000 miles in this direction you come to the Atlantic Ocean.
There is always something happening on the riverside path. I think these guys were talking about a local troublemaker.
We walked over to the sand dunes and my wife filled her shoes with sand. Unintentionally.
Birds looking for breakfast - possibly worms and so forth are driven up by the high water.
Seagulls mark the sand bar in the middle of the river. Fail to notice this and you could be stuck there all day waiting for Matt's Off-Road Recovery to come and rescue you.
River high water also attracts the bugs.
Next dry land past that lifeguard tower is Hawaii, 3000 miles across the Pacific Ocean.
3000 miles in this direction you come to the Atlantic Ocean.
Paying close attention is a good idea when walking around in San Diego County.
This bird was a genuinely cooperative photo subject. It only took me 4 shots to get these two good ones.
Likewise these two guys got only 2 snaps each and I was happy with the (yellow) results.
Not sure what to say about this one, only he's probably not the brightest bird in the bush...
and these guys don't know which way to go, they were revolving in a circle.
Time to move to part 2, for the real action! But first, I have to swat a mosquito!
Yellow Squared, Part One
We walked along the river, at its highest tide of the month this morning. To shake things up a bit while editing my pictures, I decided to crop into a square format today, just to see how they looked. Can you tell me what you think? There is always someth...
Yellow Squared, Part Two
Largest wild mammal of the day (not counting the dogs in the dog park nearby, or their owners) Here I was working on my focus and I loved the fragile and colorful flowers Notice the bug flying in from the left? A hazard of shooting photos from the path is...
Still can’t get over the zoom power of your camera🤩
The hummingbird lesson is the best today, but the Merlin is a close second since that’s new to me as well.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
It works!
But I think the shots without much need for perspective work better with the square format. With perspective I think the 36x24 format works in your favor.
Yes, I noticed the rectangular image is much better for some things
whereas the square is fine for a bird on a branch or a flower with bokeh effect background. I didn't shoot the photos thinking about a square format, it just occurred to me that it might be interesting to see what happens. These failed the square test. Th...
Looks like a couple of new birds I hadn’t noticed in past posts…
the birds with the black and yellow legs are VERY interesting, and the big birds with the long pink beaks that turn black towards the tips are just as intriguing. An [aquatic] bird watcher’s paradise.
Thank you Mike …
I really enjoyed your photos and joining you on this virtual walk. Best regards Captain