After sitting days of sitting inside and running both heaters we finally decided to venture out on a birding expedition. Not very far mind you, just a quick trip across Copano Bay to the small town of Lamar. So we loaded up the new gear after plying on several layers of clothing.
The images we are posting here were taken with our new camera and lenses, and when we first saw them we both agreed that it was money well spent. We will still use the waterproof camera for kayaking but for birding and wildlife and flowers oh my!
It will take us a while to learn how to use it and we definitely took a lot of images where we focused on the fence or a post or the shoreline, instead of the birds. Its so nice to snap away knowing that we don't have to wait to develop the film, and I used to do some of my own developing in something called a darkroom. I am definitely full of old arcane knowledge.
So we drove along the shoreline to Big Tree, before reversing ourselves and entering the Goose Island State Park. A cold north wind blew and but still we saw old friends, night herons, redheads, pintails and of course the whooping cranes. Any day is a good day when you are privileged to see whooping cranes! Clear skies and a little warmer please.
Nice pics. It does take a while to learn how to use the new camera. Great thing with digital you can take hundreds.
ReplyDelete