Photography

Happy Monday color 12 on my blog. Let's see what i pick out for this Mondays color post on my blog. Oh yeah, its a yellow coneflower that I planted in my backyard garden to attract different types of birds and different types of insects that I can photograph during the spring, summer and fall conditions for many years to come in my backyard gardens.

its My 29th Birthday and of course I decided to make a holiday for my birthday this year " Go Find a swallowtail-butterfly "for this year on my birthday. These are Sawallowtails that I photographed at the Botanical Gardens on orange flowers which they seem to be enjoying for the nectar today. Heres another swallowtail photograph which I took of this creature on butterfly bush enjoying its nectar and hanging around the area to see if there was anymore things to find to use for sources of nectar.

 Hey Hey its Me AL B and its 29th Birthday today and Happy Birthday to me ! Todays Mid week abstract is another  abstract i took during sunset conditions at Jordan Lake this year in October . I hope you are enjoying my new weekly theme on my blogs far. 

 Happy Monday Color # 11 of the yearly theme I have going on my blog this year. lets see what i choose for this Mondays Color post to use this time.  The color of the day is yellow and pink. I did this photograph at my neighborhood pond last month after it had stopped raining and decided to do some macro photography to see what photographs I could produce after it had stopped raining that day. I produced a bunch of different photographs with different rain drops in them after it stopped raining. I hope everyone is staying very healthy during this crazy  times of COVID 19 in North Carolina. 

 Hey hey its AL with a special edition to my blog today with a new adventure that I took today at wildlife Refuge in Hilton head called Pickney's Wildlife Refuge. I caught several new species of birds that are never found in central North Carolina where I am from. I was able to a get a Tri Colored Heron picture. Try Colored Herons are really cool herons to photograph and still did not find the bird I wanted to take pictures of the Wood Stork, so hopefully next time I am here I can get pictures of these bird, the wood storks.  This a Belted Kingfisher , that I also see in Central North Carolina where I currently reside.  Belted Kingfishers are wading birds as well and they eat fish just like the other wading birds.  This is an Anhinga which is also a wading bird that we don't have in central North Carolina. But I am really happy , I was able to catch this bird here at the Wildlife Refuge.  Theses birds are really cool to photograph especially at this wildlife ref...

Happy Mid week abstract # 3 on my blog for the year for the newly yearly theme I thought of on my own. Todays mid week abstract is the stump i took pictures of at Jordan Lake in sunset conditions to make a beautiful abstract of it to use on this new theme for my blog for the year. 

 Hey hey its Al back with another post from the beach. Today during sunrise conditions I was able to catch the green flash, which only last about 1-2 seconds after the sun rises . I have finally have attempted to catch it after many years of trying to do and today in 2020 was the day I caught it finally! Catching the green flash can sometimes be hard to catch it but you have to take the chance of acutely catching it in photographs but you still can give it a shot if you like to .  I did mange to catch the same sailboats I did a few days back at sunset conditions but this time at pre sunrise conditions  I had a blast taking these photographs during different conditions today at the beach during pre rise and sunrise conditions as well.  I caught several different subjects this morning during sunrise conditions including a jellyfish on the beach. And most important I kept under exposing to keep the light the way I wanted it to look during sunrise conditions today. Final...

 Hey hey its AL with another Monday color post for the month of November coming live as we speak on the blog. Todays color is orange. I took this photograph of pre- sunrise conditions at Surf City a month ago for a blog post color Monday for the blog so I could use it for a Monday color post.

 Hey Hey its a holiday today for the blog and its Americas Recycles Day! Happy Holiday of Americas Recycles Day  for today! Recycling is part of the world and the environment around us so we can keep the wildlife and their habitats protected from endangering them.  In recycling we throw away tons of bottles, beer and wine containers , newspapers and papers to be recycled for different usage. Did you know 34.6% was recycled in the United States for recycling centers.  Heres some details on recycling materials by percentages. Paper recycling is at 64.7%. 33% is from steel and 26% glass materials. The last ones are 19.8% is Aluminum and 9.5% plastic items to be recycled. E- Watse is called Electronic Device Waste which is pretty cool to think about in terms of reducing and recycling items of electronics you don't use anymore in your household. 

 Hey hey its Al from the beach studios in Hilton head just kidding AL D. who is probably thinking what I am doing posting so much on my vacation. I have more subjects to talk about on my blog this week since I am on a beach trip right now until Saturday November 21st.  This a Brown Pelican that I took photographs of today when it was catching and diving for fish for its dinner. Did you know pelicans can catch up to 4 pounds of fish per day for their food source every day. I just learned about that today and some research on it. They are found in coastal areas such as Hilton head where i am currently at on vacation this week. The next photograph I took today is a Least Tern in flight that I also photographed today at the beach right outside the hotel where I am staying at for this vacation, which I am enjoying it very much being around wildlife and different surroundings for this week. The next coast bird I took photographs of is a Laughing Gull which I was trying for years to ...

 Hey Hey its Al back with some new stuff for my blog this morning that I just take at sunrise this morning at Hilton Head. Sunrise conditions this morning at the beach were perfect for the photographs I was looking for to use on my blog.  Sunrise came up at 6:53 am this morning at Hilton head and I was out for dawn pictures as well with the same sailboat pictures as I did last night for sunset conditions. I was able to catch a pelican with the sunrise conditions this morning so I can prove that I was trying to do something new that i was trying to catch for years at the beaches in the past. AND today was the day I was able to catch a flying a pelican while the sun was going up and I caught it in mid flight with the sun behind it during sunrise which was cool to do. So this was a perfect sunrise start off at Hilton head. To BAD AL D or should the old Fart who is probably going to believe I am going to beat him in post this month and in the winter months coming up on my blog....

 Hey hey it part 2 of just a little humor day so I can AL D again while I am the beach. Here we go with part two of the series, there will be 4 parts to it so I can Al D really good. AL D: Stop chimping AL B: how about NO! Al D; Did you you smell that stench? Al B; I had tons of homemade chili  last night! AL D: oh boy I watch out for the stench! Al B: Get away from my stench! Al D; How about No! Al B: Its Totally skunk day for you to get farted on! Al D; I better watch out for the next one! Al B: Here go with stench! Al D; NO more chili for the next time on an outing with me! Al B; How about yes and i get you good again!

 Hey hey its the sunset al from Hilton head reporting live just kidding. I am on vacation at the beach until November 20th for a beach trip for my 29th birthday. I took this sailboat silhouette during sunset conditions tonight at Hilton Head at the beach that is front of my condo in the hotel where I am staying at this week until Friday. I will be posting more pictures from the trip this week on my blog. So AL D what do you think about this you will beat big time in posts in November this year thanks to me!!!!

 Hey Hey its Al back on this crispy fall Friday with a new post that I came up for the blog for this photograph I took today at my pond which is right across the street from me in my neighborhood. Today my new improvement was getting the fall colors with green and blue sky.  Today my goal was accomplished for fall colors with green and blue sky. It took many tries to get this photograph and kept going with it and doing some minor improvement with my photography this year. I am headed to Hilton Head, South Carolina tomorrow until Saturday November 21st. My goal for this beach trip is getting different artistic photographs of sunrise and sunsets. I am going to do a dolphin tour while I am there and I am going to Pickney Wildlife Refuge and my goal is to get Wood Stork pictures this year. This will be a post on my blog about the Pickney Wildlife Refuge and the different types of birding photographs I get during my visit there.

Happy Mid week abstract # 2 on my blog. Today its the reflection on my pond of trees plus some fall colors today that I photographed a week ago to use on my blog for mid week abstracts that I am starting to do this year on the blog.  

 Hey Hey its Monday color # 9 for the year on my blog. I hope you are enjoying this fall weather and enjoying my weekly theme on Mondays for color on my blog this year for the entire year.  The color of the day for todays color post is a mixed variety of leaf  colors for this Mondays color of my blog , that I also took at the Eno River on a photo outing with the impeccable Al D. 

Hey hey its Fall Friday, but expect this year in North Carolina our peak is different this year and the leaves have begun turning brown colors while others are still not changing as much compared to past years. Take a look for yourself at the fall colors this year.   

 Hey Hey its Al with a new theme for the year called Mid Week abstracts that I am going to do for this year on Wednesdays for the entire year until November 4,2021. I photographed this flower today which is very cool to start off this weeks Mid week abstract for the year and on my blog. I hope you all are enjoying my new weekly themes on my blog .

 Hey hey its Al with Humor day for todays blog post on humor to get AL D good on my holiday which is " Just a little humor day". Al D: Go find your stump Al B; my stump Al D; My tree Al B: My river Al D: did you catching me look at my LCD on my camera Al B: yes I did  Al D: My spider.. Go Find your own Al B; My snake and my fog!! Al D: Are you looking at the LCD before I catch you? Al B: Nope Al D; Stop looking at LCD Al B; No way old fart whippersnapper! SO I hope this enjoy this" Just a little humor day" for my holiday this week. 

Since you all know we are in the COVID 19 pandemic and now  flu season in North Carolina , here  are some differences between COVID 19 symptoms and Flu symptoms and also a comparison cold symptoms.   COVID 19 is a new infection that was discovered in 2020. It started in December 2019 in China and European countries then exposing the United States to COVID 19 not long after that . It has been affecting  people since then to now in November 2020.  What is happening to the United States during this COVID pandemic , is some states are going through another spike in cases of COVID , including our state of North Carolina.  What we did in North  Carolina , to help control COVID  was  use the dimmer switch approach.  Our  Governor Copper and his leadership team have been reading up on the science behind COVID  19 and using the science to reopen  our state in dIfferent phases.  States that opened to fast having seen a ris...

 Happy Monday Color # 8 for my blog this week. Let's see what i choose for this week's Monday color for blog. Oh yeah it the tree with fall colors from the ENO River I took pictures of during a photo outing with AL D . who probably can't believe I am posting this for this weeks Monday color!