Bateman Island woodpecker

How much do I love my b'day present from my family? It's an R-strap camera strap which allows me to carry my camera like a swashbuckling sword down by my side and grab it quickly when it's needed. This little fella (or fellas, don't know if these are the same bird or a differents ones) only gave me a few seconds to grab the camera, I would have missed him if I'd had to pull it out of my camera bag. I think it's a Downy Woodpecker, but I'm not positive.
























The doves were just hanging out, though

Dogs

Here is a googles map of places I like to walk my dog around the Tricities
View TriCities places to walk dogs in a larger map
No walk tonight, too many things going on. so, I'm going to post some old photos I've taken of dogs.
Up first, my old man Murphy. This isn't a great photo, but it shows is joie de vivre
Murphy's a rescue, got him about 7 years ago, he's about 10 now. He weighs 18 lbs and is less than 8" at the withers, he's a compact little guy. He's very fear aggressive, but getting better all the time.






This is Finn. I always laugh when I see bios of people that say they are outstanding in their fields. Well here is Finn outstanding in her field. Finn is a Shiba Inu-X, also a rescue. This little 20 lb girl was feral the first year of her life. She doesn't speak domestic dog and that has gotten her into trouble. I think she also might be insane. But, I love her.

And here are some photos of dogs that aren't mine.
Starting with my friend, Andrea's dog, Buzz.
This is what Andrea had to say about Buzz and this shot. "Buzz is my prized border collie, the dog who will someday win ribbons and accolades, my prodigy dog, my agility partner and apparently a dog who will always be a source of humor, amusement and joy as I continue to work with him."













I'm still learning the art of taking agility photos, but her are some from our club's trial back in May

July 2009

With any luck this will be a photoblog of what I'm seeing. I have 2 dogs, my dynamic negatives Murphy and Finagle (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finagle%27s_law ) and walk them everyday. It was still 98 degrees tonight at 7 pm when we went out. But, I still took some pictures. I used my new R-strap - awesome way of carrying a camera and brought along my Canon Rebel Xti and my EF 100-400 f 4.5-5.6 L IS USM lens, currenlty the only lens I have. I'm in despirate need of something with a wider angle.