constanius Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 With apologizes but this forum has been so quite and I wanted to share some pictures from my garden. Hope this makes you smile. Moderators, if you want to delete this post please do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Wonderful pictures, Pat! I know Art will definitely appreciate these, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 They are wonderful. Nicely photographed and a visual pleasure for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Wish I could get birds that colorful to my feeders -- all I've seen so far are house sparrows, European swallows, and one skittish northern cardinal who bolts as soon as I reach for my camera. There's a woodpecker nearby, but I don't want to coax it over because I don't need that right outside my window when I'm trying to sleep I recently started a new set on my Flickr page for the birds visiting my feeders called Dinosaurs on my Windowsill -- I keep one feeder on the living room window, and one on a bedroom window, just a couple suet cake cages. So far I've got my best results keeping the window half shaded, and shooting through the blinds. Do birds seem different to you when you remember they're all that's left of the dinosaurs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted June 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Here are a few more from my backyard feeders And the last from my front garden. Glad they are just birds and not T.Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted June 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Just one two more Anyone know what this last bird on the feeder below is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 And the last from my front garden. Glad they are just birds and not T.Rex That would require rather a larger feeder, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Very lovely subjects :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Great bird shots. They're beautiful creatures and you've photographed them wonderfully. Love the chipmunk too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 WOW. I'm not just impressed with your photography skills but with the animals that you got at your backyard. Very very nice variety of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted July 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 WOW. I'm not just impressed with your photography skills but with the animals that you got at your backyard. Very very nice variety of them! Thanks for the compliments, always welcome I don't need much encouragement to post pictures of my visitors..........as you will see A cropped image for a better look at her hairstyle. I love my Canon but for my medals & tokens I use a Fuji. I find my flowers are easier than wildlife to capture as they tend to remain in the same place, so lighting & angles are a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Love the cardinal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arminius Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Living objects are much more colorful and interesting than our dead metal objects. But coins can´t escape. How do you avoid the animals to flee before the pic is finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 The food in the bird-feeders is a powerful incentive to stay. It is no coincidence that in most of my bird shots the bird is on the feeder. Sometimes when I go to top-up the feeders a bird will fly off but land in one of the trees in my garden & watch, so I think that perhaps they have a sense that I am no danger to them & seem to tolerate me. This is an older picture, it was beginning to get cooler and the female hummingbird was using this rose to perch on & then feeding & returning to the same spot on the rose repeatedly, tanking up for her trip south. It was a very dark overcast day, so I took a chair and whilst she was feeding I sat a few feet away from her perching spot..........so combined with the magnetism of a feeder & she being well used to me by then........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Love the cardinal! We have been having some tremendous rainfall today and it is very dark & cloudy, but with some small breaks, and one of Mrs Cardinals new arrivals appeared at the feeder. Sorry the picture is not the greatest but the light was so poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Fledgling Baltimore Oriole, my backyard. For the first time, the woodpeckers have decided that what is okay for the Orioles is okay for them too!. Not to be out done, even though there are humming-bird feeders. Chippy watches all this audacity with amazement, oblivious to the fact he is not a bird!!! Fledgling female Rose Breasted Grosbeak. Fledgling Robin, but he already knows the value of a good umbrella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Incredible. All in your backyard? Very jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Very nice shots. You've got a very nice selection of birds visiting. I haven't been able to find bird feeders that keep the squirrels away. They empty the feeders pretty quickly. I think as part of the July 4th. holiday, I'll get a new bird feeder for the garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 All in my backyard, which is a lot of work but helps keep me fit! Thanks guys, here is a combined image of 2 photos from early spring with the apple tree in full blosssom. A northern flicker, what a striking bird. and one of the wild bunnies, looks like he is poking his(green) tongue out. A rare visitor, a Brown Thrasher, they are a very hard bird to get a good picture of because they skulk in thick undergrowth mostly, this one had a dip in the bird-bath and was drying in the sun Another fledgling.......Cowbird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 More nice shots. It's wonderful that you enjoy working your backyard and the animals are reaping the rewards too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1942Sept Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Nice photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 4th of July play - July 4,1976 187 July 4 1976 by Art OConnell, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Frannie's garden - 1975 Marietta Ga img154 by Art OConnell, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Frannie's garden - 1975 Marietta Ga img154 by Art OConnell, on Flickr I built the fence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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