So near and yet so far! Lizards come to the doors often but I never quite get the shot.
I loved the cat’s silhouettes in the photo, though, so I played on that in Photoshop.
Below is the original shot with a Canon Point and Shoot.
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target practice
Someone’s target practice becomes my yard art and now a photo target for me!
This morning I noticed interesting shadows and found the scary owl face below.
desert spiny lizard
I’m fairly sure this is the common Desert Spiny Lizard which I can always count on for a quick photo of the day 🙂
native bee
A tiny native bee captured at the Desert Botanical Garden yesterday. Their bodies are a fluorescent blue green which didn’t show up at this angle. (hand held, f2.8, Canon 24-70mm at 70mm with a 25mm extension tube)
McDowell Sonoran Preserve groundbreaking
The much anticipated groundbreaking for the Gateway to the McDowell Sonoran Preserve was held yesterday morning. Pictured from left to right are Len Marcisz (MSC board member), Carla (long time conservation advocate), Betty Drake (councilwoman), Jamie Drinkwater Buchanan (former Mayor Drinkwater’s daughter), Mary Manross (Scottsdale’s Mayor), Art Decabooter (president of SCC) and Jane Rau (MSC board member). Behind them is councilman Tony Nelssen on one of his mules.
Photo FYI: Canon 40D and Sigma 18-200mm lens. Shooting into the sun was a challenge. I converted to black and white to give it a journalistic look.
Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion
Moving rocks the other day and this crawled out! It’s a Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion and definitely the largest I’ve seen yet. It waited long enough for me to grab a quarter to show scale but then scooted off.
javelina food
Yummy! Javelina love cactus blooms so this one lasted only one day. I took a quick shot of it the day before they found it with the intention of going back for some macro shots the next morning. I should have known better.
(FYI:a variety of Octopus Cactus)
Phainopepla
This photo shows why Painopepla are mistakenly called “black cardinals”. FYI:They love mistletoe berries and are responsible for spreading it to other trees. My goal is to catch one in the act but no luck so far. This is a grab shot of one resting in the Ocotillo outside our front door. (Captured with my Canon point and shoot at 200mm).
I see marbles
This aisle of sport drinks made me think of photoshop marbles. I used my Canon S5 (set on the smallest aperture) and walked very quickly to get the blur. I then applied a Flaming Pear filter called Flexify2 .
sunset
Leaving for the day in a few moments so I grabbed a photo from my archives; converted into a line drawing and then added sunset colors that I remembered from two nights ago. (used threshold and gradient fill adjustment layers among other things)