Photo: Catching The Sunrise
Posted by latoga | Filed under Photos, Wildlife
Unfortunately, I couldn’t tell at the time of taking this photo what bird this was. So I’m not sure if it was an Egret or Heron. Not that it makes a difference for the photo, under these conditions both birds are from the same family and have similar silhouettes.
Tags: Egret, Heron, Sunrise, Wildlife
Photo: Manzanita Snack Time
Posted by latoga | Filed under Photos, Wildlife
Earlier this weekend, while hiking to the summit of Mount Tamalpais (Mount Tam), I was able to capture this shot of a local resident. We were leaving the summit when the Manzanita bush right next to the trail started to shake. My wife and I stopped to see if we could find the shaker. Here was a local chipmunk, no longer than 3 inches, scrambling up to the top branches to grab a berry and scoot back down into the bush to eat. It was very difficult to try and capture this image, between shooting up into the sun, the sun washing out the branches, and then getting the chipmunk in focus and not one of the nearby branches. Eventually, persistance paid off!
I realized this morning that I’m lacking photos in my wildlife photography portfolio on the website (there wasn’t even a pure wildlife portfolio yet!). For some reason, the wildlife photos that I have taken have never made it up to the website. I’ll have to work on addressing this moving forward…
Tags: California, Wildlife
