Georgia Photos » techbitsnbytes http://www.gaphotos.com A collaborative effort between Georgia educators and their cameras. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:00:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Copyright © 2010 Georgia Photos sbrahn@gmail.com () sbrahn@gmail.com () posts A collaborative effort between Georgia educators and their cameras. sbrahn@gmail.com No no http://www.gaphotos.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Georgia Photos http://www.gaphotos.com 144 144 Cute Little Critters http://www.gaphotos.com/archives/165 http://www.gaphotos.com/archives/165#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:01:10 +0000 Lisa http://www.gaphotos.com/?p=165 Hummingbirds are so cute.  I’m learning how to photograph them.  Boy does it ever take patience!!!

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Canadian Goose drying off feathers

The geese flocked to the water to preen their feathers.  This looks like a picture of flight, but the geese would actually just flap their wings and stroll a little ways across the water.  I guess they were just trying to dry out the feathers and get them all oily and shiny again.

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English Dogwood blooms—this is the first time I’ve seen it bloom this well.

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You can go here to view my Callaway Gardens set on Flickr.

 

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Pear trees on US Highway 78

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Last year’s Bartlett pear for this year (2008)

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A friend

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“and bless Mommy and Daddy and little squirrely…”

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That is, until I step in an ant bed today and started dancing a jig!

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These are from a bouquet of flowers I bought at WalMart a few days ago. I use them for practice shots.

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Here’s one of a bug I found today before I got in the ant bed!

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And a magnolia “cone”

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Enjoy!

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And this is an unusual blend!!!

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I hope the bees are happy with all this pollen we’re having in the south. Wow! I’ve never seen it like this.

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That’s all for now! Don’t want to hog the blog!!!

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 I love spring!!!  The flowers are gorgeous this year as well.  I took a few pics today of some fruit tree blossoms and found a nice little honey bee in one of them.  Of course, he was the only one that would be still long enough for me to take his pic!

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Barry Bonds

Yep, that’s Barry Bonds at bat.  I’m not a big fan of his, but nonetheless, history is being made when you watch him.  We had seats in the nosebleed section of left field, and my camera was zoomed in to the max here!

Bay Bridge

This is a view of the San Francisco Bay Bridge from AT&T Park.

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Entrance to AT&T Park

 

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