Afternoon with the Eagles

Around 4PM Jordon and I loaded the bikes and took a quick trip to Alligator Lake where the eagle family is nesting. Two chicks and two adult eagles. One of the adult eagles was at the nest when we arrived at the nest sight just off the trail in the tallest pine tree. She soon circled and lit on a nearby tree. Suddenly, in came the other adult with what looked to be a mole or large rat. We only got a glimpse and two quickly framed shots off. She or he tore up the rodent and fed it to the two chicks. She or he then lit on the branch below and hung around as well awhile. Jordon and I needed to get on and pick up Meme Clara, so we left.
I was able to capture around fifty decent shots. It will be interesting to see what happens when they fly, which will be soon.

A welcome visitor

 

Little hands explore

 

Remember Lake City Life

 

New moon and planets align

 

Magnolia Memory

 

Come my Amaryllis

 

Canna's Come

 

Canna Lily

 

Elusive One

 

 

Focus Found

The Cloudless Sulphur is the most elusive of the butterflies in the yard. This is the typical photograph I have of them. In this one, with the house in the background and the sulphur flying from the azalea, the out of focus approach is perhaps better. The minds eye actually need not have precise, sharp focus. The imagination is sharp and in focus, and easily creates a clear scene depicted. Not that initial sharpness is a bad thing. It is the preferred approach, and nothing pleases me more than to capture in vivid sharpness the butterflies and birds as they fly past. But then too, just as pleasing is the blurred and surreal dream-like scene.
As I said on the post in Facebook, Perfectly sharp perspective needs no human focus.