Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Accidental Birding

 Yesterday, I drove about an hour southeast of Munich to Tegernsee specifically to spend a few hours photographing the hot air balloons at their annual festival.  Unfortunately, there were no balloons when I got there (save for the one you see on the left and that one is electronically inflated so it doesn't really count) because I had translated the website incorrectly and didn't realize that it only ran on two weekends.  But, in the spirit of turning lemons into lemonade, I decided that since I was there I would wander around the lake and shoot whatever seemed interesting - landscapes, the birds, the details.  After a few minutes of shooting, I realized that the birds were having a ball.  It was an unseasonably warm and sunny day and they were relishing every moment of it.  So, my shoot then turned into a challenge.  To shoot movement and allow it to be seen.  See, I have learned over the years how to stop movement with my camera.  It is something photographers of little ones master pretty quickly because no one really wants a portrait of their child that is blurry and out of focus.  And though I know the mechanics of how to show movement with my pictures it has never been something I have really practiced - until yesterday.  And I got a bunch of great shots (and some not so great blurs) with all of the flowing water and the birds frolicking.  I also got some great still of the birds and our surroundings.  I am not much of a birder but this was a lot of fun and I love how the shots turned out.  Maybe I should misread the web more often...  What do you think?    {Make sure you make it about half way down and see if you can find the picture I am obsessed with at the moment}

The lake

 Love the sun sparkles.


 Reflection



 {Obsessed}

Shaking off the wings

Underneath the wave...

 Waves crash.




 Please do not walk on the flowerbed. (ironic, right?)

 Lonely, stark and waiting for its Biergarten heyday to come back...







 Curly tail feathers...




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