As of late I’ve found myself rather uninspired. At least part of this is late-season ennui but I also have come to feel that my “art” is rather unfocused. (No pun intended.) While other photographers tend to specialize, I just photograph absolutely anything from random people to found objects. My camera has been accumulating photos for the past couple weeks that I haven’t bothered to upload. Today I have a bit to show for the time that’s passed.
#1: Someone can probably tell me what this odd-looking bird is.
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#2: I like the colors and lines here. The bird itself is of no great note but it does leave a trail in its environment.
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#3: I spent a fair amount of time the other day trying to get action shots of ducks on the water. My eventual assessment was that I needed a longer lens. At 270mm I can just barely squeeze out a reasonable level of detail.
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#4: Some shots I just love the romantic aspects of a road vanishing into the distance.
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#5: In the category of odd found-objects, I give you this child’s toy long trapped in a retention pond.
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#6: Similar to #4, I like the irony of a No Trespassing sign overrun by nature.
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#7: In the city where I live there’s a 106th street and there’s a forgotten “Old 106th” street. The homes on Old 106th street seem to have been trapped in a timewarp since the traffic on them has declined substantially. One features this ancient flag and gate.
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#8: Not far from #7, it seems that a house has moved and birds now make their homes in this forgotten mailbox.
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#9: Some photos you just take because they seem artsy.
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#10: After the trip down Old 106th street I came home and played with some macro shots.
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#11: And took apart an old computer. Here are the pins for an old Pentium processor.
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#12: The heatsink on the processor on an older video card.
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#13: The internals of some HP hardware. No comment on the countries of origin.
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#14: I also took apart an old hard drive. A very chiaroscuro experience.
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#15: Oops. Sure hope I didn’t void the warranty.
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Anyway, such is the two weeks or so since the last post.
The bill on the unidentified #1 looks a lot like an eider; but if I had to guess (and I’m still looking), I’d say it’s a black scoter.
http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/298/overview/Black_Scoter.aspx
What do you think after seeing a picture? I wonder whether it’s a juvenile. Where is my Roger Tory Peterson, where is my Sibley?
Hrm. Well, looking at the map, the Scoter doesn’t appear here. I’m going with the coot identification: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Coot
#1 looks like an American Coot. We have a flock of them that overwinter here in Cookeville, TN at Cane Creek Park. They have the most peculiar feet, green and kind of scaly like a prehistoric reptile.
At first glance I thought #5 was a real car. Nice find!
Yup, Coot it is. Thanks. You’re the first and therefore the winner of…. well, our admiration.
And yes, #5 does make one look twice.
Coot!!
right you are! thanks!
The bird in #1 is a water fowl and the hard drive shot is historic. That is as close as those two will ever get. Good pictures. You seem to have a knack…
Thanks much! And yes, this is a rather random collection.