This is my contribution to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Waiting.
I had a couple of ideas for the challenge before thinking of some of the photos I had taken waiting for various birds and mammals to make an appearance in front of the lens.
The following shots were taken in our yard in 2018 when I was doing my 52 week photo project.
I noticed the way a beam of light was illuminating a patch of Maple leaves.
I set up in the yard to photograph birds in the rain. When the birds weren’t cooperating I photographed rain drops.
Raindrops on a Cedar branch.
Lying in the grass I photographed a Clover flower while waiting for a bird or mammal to appear.
24 replies on “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Waiting”
Beautiful
Thanks Becky. I thought about some of the times I hung around waiting and decided to go with a selection of shots from our yard.
Sign of a good photographer the ability to wait!
As someone who has done a lot of bird and wildlife photography you learn to wait. I once read the Lord of the Rings trilogy while documenting the nesting cycle of a pair of Great Tits.
wow, now that’s dedication for you. My waiting skills are no where near that level.
My nestbox shots were extensively published in the 1980s and 1990s. I once spent a week cursing the Radio Times for not using one of my nestbox shots only to realise it was one of mine when I put it out for recycling.
Is that work still available to see?
I seem to think that I used a Blue Tit nestbox shot for one of the Blue Squares. I’ll check and send you a link if I did.
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Here’s a shot from the Great Tit nestbox when I read the Lord of the Rings trilogy:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2019/05/16/feeding-the-young-again/
And here’s the Blue Tit Blue Squares post:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2019/07/21/july-squares-eurasian-blue-tits/
Fabulous, thanks for sharing David
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Beautiful raindrops. I love the last one,
Thanks Amy, Eye level with a Clover flower is a different perspective.
Thank you for joining in, David! 🙂
It was an interesting challenge with a few possible themes. I was going to go with a selection of birds waiting for prey before the idea of me waiting came to me.
Excellent doings while waiting – and lovely results.
Thanks Leya. I’m usually scanning for something interesting when the birds and mammals aren’t cooperating.
Excellent photos. Worth waiting for.
Thanks John.
Gorgeous, David. I especially love the clover flower. 🙂
Thanks Patti. The clover flower seems to be the most popular shot.
These are beautiful David. Have been in the same situation many times waiting for something to show up. You made excellent lemonade out of lemons!
Thanks Tina. It’s become a habit to look for interesting shots with my telephoto while waiting for the birds and mammals.