Category: photography

Feline blend

On By CarynIn Cats, photography

I photographed two neighborhood cats in camouflage environments in the last few weeks.

Photo description: long haired white cat in a field of Texas snow (hard pack ice)
Photo description: Tortoise shell cat in a field of fallen leaves

I would have loved to do a full photo shoot with these cats and matching backgrounds, but the white cat wants to be brushed and is not interested in posing, and the tortie is skittish, so phone pics will have to do.

Wild bird roll call

On By CarynIn photography, Wildlife

As we sat iced in and watched the birds eat seeds, I took pictures. I managed to get shots of most of the menagerie. The iNaturalist app helped me with identification.

Photo description: red-bellied woodpecker hanging on a suet feeder
Photo description: orange-crowned warbler sitting on a snow covered seed tray
Photo description: dark eyed junco eating seeds on the ice
Photo description: mourning dove eating seeds on the ice
Photo description: female downy woodpecker on a suet feeder
Photo description: Harris’ sparrow eating seeds on the ice
Photo description: Carolina wren sitting in a seed tray
Photo description: white winged dove eating seeds on the ice
Photo description: American Goldfinch in its winter colors eating seeds

I did not get photos of the titmouse, or the blue jay, or the crows. The jays and crows kept their distance, but the titmouse were all over the feeder, so there wasn’t really a reason they did not make the roll.

Snow in Stereo

On By CarynIn photography

I did stop to take a pair of pictures of foot steps in the snow while I was out checking on the chickens (they are fine, cold, but fine). These are the stereoscopic photos, in parallel view and cross view (which I still can’t see).

Photo description: stereoscopic parallel view of a snowy path leading up to an open gate
Photo description: stereoscopic cross view of a snowy path leading up to an open gate

These don’t have the depth I’ve achieved in other photos. The vast stretch of white probably doesn’t help. The photo really gets interesting in the top third. Hm.

Texas snow drift

On By CarynIn photography

This is a Texas “snow” drift. My weather app says we received 10 inches of snow. I think that maybe, if this were small fluffy flakes instead of ice pellets, it might be 10”, but it is not. We have maybe 2 inches overall of hard pack. Yuck.

Photo description: looking out the front door at a small white mound in the entryway

Yes, that is a solid mound of ice, after I took the picture, I tested.

She had an adventure

On By CarynIn Cats, photography

Izzy the calico cat is kept indoors, except for the catio. She is allowed in the yard under supervision, but is not allowed outside the fence. She protests to this gilded cage, but she is an urban princess and not prepared for the things that live in our woods. Still she tries, and did manage to slip out the door when I was distracted. I only found out when I let the dog out and she came sauntering back in covered in dust. She was quite pleased with herself. When I checked the trail cam, there were photos of her adventure, all the way out behind the chicken coop.

Photo description: calico cat with collar in the fall leaves by a wooden step
Photo description: calico cat on the steps looking across the meadow at the neighbor’s cat

The pictures didn’t show any encounters with other critters. The series stopped after the one where she spotted another cat.