Sometimes the spirit is more willing than Mother Nature wants to give us. Recently Laura and I went to the U.C. Davis Arboretum, in Davis, to photograph the red buds and the wildlife it attracts. Yes, our spirits were willing to take the images, but there were hardly any red buds and birds. We did find some.
I’m guessing there might be more now. But we did find some nice scenery. I had my 55 – 200 mm lens on my Fujifilm XT3 so I did a lot of stepping back for some of these landscape shots.
We did come across a group of cormorants sitting on the shore of the creek. I focused on this one.
And, I couldn’t resist photographing flowers and more in close up.
When I needed to rest, Laura went further while I sat on a bench and people (and dog) watched.
So, our red bud search gave us a beautiful walk and a lot of photo opportunities even if we didn’t see many red buds on the trees.
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Good variety of shots. Successfully captured!
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gorgeous photos!
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Thanks Marlene!
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Thank you for this enjoyable walk. Beautiful photos, Anne.
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Thanks Amy!
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Keep walking… I love the red bud blooms and know one the next few weeks you’ll have more walks, with even more color to add .Donna
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I will keep walking. That and photography are exercise for my aging body! Thank you!!
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So often it seems to happen that we go out with our cameras looking for one specific thing and find many other things instead! You certainly got a beautiful set of images even if they weren’t what you planned!
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Thank you Sarah!
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