Pixel Eyed

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Hummingbird -- That's a lot of nectar, by golly.

This is something new for the Hummingbirds that have been hanging around our backyard. This guy stands on top of the plastic petals and stares at the nectar reservoir. It's like he's planning how long it will take him to drink it all.

The rest of them will take their drink and then fly away or fly up to the top to play King on the Hummingbird Feeder -- chasing after any rival that comes near it -- including, one time, giving me a ear-popping buzzing as I was walking past.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Fountains whet appetite for concert

Sometime back, we were at a concert in the courtyard by the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge, LA. I don't know if this is a common occurrence, but many of the kids were splashing in the ponds and fountains. It was great relieve from the heat, I am sure. This young man took it up a notch, lying in the water and leaning over the waterfall. It was not long, though, before dozens were as immersed in the water as the adults were immersed in the music.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Sunny Serenity of Selected Seats.

Looking out from a baptismal font in a church into which we wandered in Washington D.C. The sun had found a trio of windows it could blaze through and was adding real ambience to the scene. It's nice to have a production assistant like that when your shooting photos.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Ferris Wheel wait

These two are waiting to go soaring at the Aquarium in Houston. Big Ferris Wheels always get my stomach quesy.--steve buser

Friday, February 12, 2010

Smiley Gators

Well, snap my finger!

It looked like a chorus line of Alligator mississippiensis. They sat staring out at the crowds from their French Quarter shop perch. They seemed almost to be saying "Come on, snap me up."
Okay, it was a bad joke, but I tried didn't I?
-steve buser

Aligators, New Orleans, French Quarter

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Duck -- the water is your world.

When you live in it, swim in it, and eat from it, even a little extra murkiness in the water can't stop you from appreciating its vitalizing power. Yeah, that's refreshing.
--steve buser

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Nightfall hush

Nightfall out in the backyard. Calm, quiet, still. As if the night had sucked the sound as well as the sun from the horizon.
-steve buser

Friday, January 22, 2010

Black-Crowned Night Heron

I go all over the place trying to find these birds, then I walk out my door a few months back to find one is there in the ditch. This is a Black-Crowned Night Heron.
--steve buser

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Rules of the road: buffalo rule the road.

Don't get out of your car to get close to wildlife near a road, the park rangers tell you at Yellowstone Park where this was taken. Still, people do it all the time. The buffalo looks calm and peacefule moving across the road, but apparently they can get riled easily. If they do get riled, they can put up such a tantrum that a car can be the loser.

--steve buser

Yellowstone National Park, buffalo

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Giraffe ballet anyone?

A little giraffe ballet anyone? These giraffes were just checking me out -- trying to guess if I was going to feed them or something. I was standing about eight feet back from the fence at Global Wildlife Center in Folsom, LA. Nonetheless, the attendant wandered over and suggested that giraffes have a longer reach than that, should they decide to lean across. I had no problem moving back.
--steve buser

Giraffes, Louisiana

Monday, January 18, 2010

Giraffe, eye-to-eye.

Seeing wildlife is an up close and personal thing at the Global Wildlife Center near Folsom, LA, north of New Orleans. The animals come up to the wagon train to eat from the visitors' food cups.