The Letter "S"

I thought I'd have some fun here. A random post.  Actually a lot of folders with pics of unused shots.  So I thought I'd have some fun with the theme.  Okay.  First.  Several of you asked how my "Supermoon" shots turned out.  I said that I failed, but really I got a great shot of the moon.....just not of the canyon below it.  I think I've figured out the trick after doing the shoot with the Solar eclipse.  In any case, this is from the Supermoon evening back in early May at Saguaro East National Park.  If I had gotten the canyon in the shot, this pic would have been posted sooner:)

Lately it seems that I have been encountering all kinds of Snakes.  Not that I want to as they give me the heebie jeebies.  I was birding near some water and these two "little" darling Common Kingsnakes swam into view.  I have to be honest, this pic and being so close creeped me out.  I DO NOT like snakes at all. They were mating/going after a certain Pied Billed Grebe near the reeds.

This bird was quite expressive and showing signs of "anxiety".  I picked up on that feeling and watched the area closely.  It moved quickly out of the way as these 2 huge snakes came out of the reeds!!!!  They were a little too close to me and so I moved back.....they followed.   If you do find this snake in our desert, don't worry.  It's not poisonness. Did you know they eat rattlesnakes?  It was a strange night because this all happened during our Solar Eclipse.

The final pic below is the one that I like the most from this series of snapshots.  Why?  It's the dragonfly on the branch that makes this shot magical for me.

So there you have it. Snakes, Supermoon, Solar eclipse.  More tomorrow......

Remembering the Supermoon......

Taken in front of the Eucalyptus

Laying on the dirt road(hoping not to get run over) snapping away a million shots!:)

Shot from Anklam Road behind A Mountain

Sometimes the shots have a yellowish tint while others are whiter...

Our dusty air created this visual display on 3/19/2011.  What an incredible view!!! I need something else for my camera because these pics take forever to get right......here is an attempt to show you just how tricky taking moon pictures can get.....

Sometimes, they turn out blurred or the hand moves slightly or the moon face doesn't even show up!!!:)  That's the fun of photography:)

                                                     Rising behind the Rincon Mountains

Supermoon

I'm taking just a little break from the tree series:)  Get outside tonight and this weekend to snap some pictures of our Supermoon.  We will have a super full moon which means that there will be a larger brighter moon this weekend.   The last time this event happened was back in 1983 and won't happen again for another 18 years!!  Our moon will appear 14 percent larger than it normally does. The optimal time for the "Super Full Moon" spotting is just after it clears the horizon on Saturday evening, so get your digital cameras out and shoot some lunar beauty, pending a clear line of sight, of course. Here are a couple of my shots from tonight.

Magical clarity!  I love digital cameras.