A few photos sitting largely by themselves, just gotta clear some of the folder out.
Out the other night with the long lens attached, I fired off a few frames handheld at the waxing crescent (nearly half, or first quarter) moon high in the sky, adjusting focus manually each time. This one came out the sharpest, and this is a full-resolution crop from the center – that’s Theophilus crater so prominent near the terminator, and yes, it has multiple peaks in the center. It’s 100km in diameter and about 4.2km deep.
Only now realized that the last ‘Just Because’ was also a moon shot, but it was a couple of months ago so it’s okay. Plus we have other subjects.
Canada geese have several different subspecies, and this appears to be a dusky Canada goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis,) easy to spot because their breast coloration is almost the same as their backs, plus they’re a little smaller. We have a pair that visits semi-regularly now, upsetting another male (probably the most-common Atlantic Canada goose) because he believes this should be his territory. This results in squabbles and lots of honking at times – I’ll have some recordings and video later on. Right now, we look at that pond and recognize that the pond lilies are taking over – no surprise, since the water is quite shallow, but soon it won’t look like water at all.
And finally,
Out the other night looking for snakes and beavers – yes, I’m biphotographic – I was in one section of the property that had been crawling with green treefrogs just two nights previously, but now was hosting countless Carolina anoles (Anolis carolinensis) asleep in the weeds, grasses, and trees – I could stand in any given spot and find at least three in the light of the headlamp, in any direction, with little effort. But these two demanded that I get their picture, because who could pass this up? It’s actually taken from a moderate distance off with the 150-600mm and Vivitar 285HV, since that’s what I had mounted.
There’s more to come, but these required little exposition, so I could throw this post down easier. You’ll see more shortly.