Tag: Heron

Painterly Picture Week

Taking Flight

WARNING…for those of you who do not enjoy digital manipulation of photographs, please take the week off from my posts, but also be aware that I use my own photos in all my work, and they are not AI generated. Yes, I do use software to edit them and to alter pixels to suit my mood.

So with that said…Taking Flight was one of my first attempts at digital manipulation and although I’ve created many since, it’s still one of my favorites.

I photographed the image here in Sequim along 3-Crabs Road, printed it, and also exhibited it here in Sequim by invitation at City Hall.

I hope you enjoy it and that you’ll look forward to seeing more in the coming week!

Florida is for the Birds!

A Great Blue Heron Nestled in the Swamp Grass

Some say Florida is a place you either love or hate. So what’s to love, and what’s to hate?

Well let’s see…the highest natural point in Florida is Britton Hill, on the Panhandle region of Florida, close to the Alabama border. It has an elevation of 345 feet, so if you want mountainsides on the horizon, a causeway is your best bet.

And if you like solitude, but despise crowds and traffic – Florida has the third highest population in the U.S., trailing only California and Texas. So if you decide to visit the zoo for a nature fix, consider going mid-week when the kids are in school, otherwise, you could be confronted with 5 busloads of screaming children, like we were.

And if you hate crawling bugs, flying insects, snakes, fire ants, and overwhelming heat and the heavy humidity…well, you may as well stay home!

But if you go for the birds, then all of the above will be more than tolerable simply because you’ll come home with treasures that money just can’t buy…and you’ll dream about when you can go back to do it all over again! Believe me, it’s truly for the birds!