Feb 102014
 

Late afternoon today was truly overcast, with a gloom betokening approaching winter weather.  Rain tomorrow, freezing rain on Wednesday.  I spent most of my hour along Piney Woods Church Road looking for splashes of color to photograph, doing a lot of experimental out-of-focus work (Is it possible to be focused on not focusing?).  I took several images reminiscent of abstract watercolors, which may find their way into a separate post.  At the end of my time in the field, on the way back to Rico Road, I took several photographs of red-winged blackbirds silhouetted in the bare upper branches of a distant tree.  To try for some telephoto shots without blur, I used a metal fencepost to steady my camera.  I took only one photo, and then the birds were gone.  By sheer luck, I caught this bird with its wings extended, about to launch itself into space.

Blackbird Fly