gessman Loc: Colorado

I went out one day back in the Spring to find and shoot a Meadowlark. I found some and got some so-so shots plus a few other bird shots and on the way home I rounded a turn and found myself having to stop for a photo shoot taking place in the middle of the road. Here was a wedding party doing a group shot smack dab in the middle of the road so, being a captive audience, and in spite of my vow to never shoot a wedding, I raised my camera and shot through the windshield.

Obviously, judging from appearance of the participants in the wedding party, I was closer to South Park than Hyannis Port or Kennebunkport. I guess I was a welcome guest - the bride had a big smile on her face and the photographer turned around and took a shot of me hopefully to include in the album. LOL. We sometimes do things differently here in the wild west, like marry in the middle of the road... Actually, there was a wedding chapel just off to my right, a beautiful setting in an old three story home that was moved up into the mountains from down in Denver and these people were refugees from there.

A female Meadowlark "belting it out..."


My First and Last Wedding...


Flycatcher...


A Rose Finch...


White Breasted Nuthatch...


Mourning Dove...


Female Downy Woodpecker...


Male Downy Woodpecker...

Nancy J Loc: lower North Island, New Zealand

Lovely pics, Gessman, how far from the birds were you? A tripod shot with tele? Co, one of my favourite states, I have lots of blog friends there, Nederland, Lafayette, and Breckenridge. Enjoy the last of your summer days. Cheers, Nancy J

John Lawrence

Looks like a western stand-off with cameras. The woman has her camera pointed at the wedding party, the photographer his camera aimed at you and you've got the whole group covered. Who fired the first shot and who was the last one standing? Funny story. Thanks for sharing.

bogeyeliot Loc: Signal Hill, CA

Good shots Gessman, I enjoyed the story a lot, and it seems that you had fun with the whole wedding thing....looked like a great day!

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent set.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Thank you Nancy J. I think most of the bird shots were with my 70-200 with 1.4x TC. Distance varied from 10 to 40 feet probably. All handheld. Gosh, don't shove us off into winter so soon. Our weather normally remains fairly mild here up into December with a couple of cold snaps between now and then.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Thanks John Lawrence - yep, a good ol' stand-off. I chuckled about it all the way home and a few times since. Thanks for looking in.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Thanks bogeyeliot. It was a great day and I did indeed have fun with it. Still am. Cheers!

gessman Loc: Colorado

Thanks angler. It's always about the fun.

GWR100 Loc: England

Greta set, and a Giggle in the Middle, thanks for the trip gessman
(And the birds are terrific)

Acountry330 Loc: Dothan,Ala USA

Looks and sounds like you had a good day. Nice shots.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Thank s GWR100! Always try to get a little giggle in the middle.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Thanks Acountry330. It's always a good day when you can come away with what you went after.

tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

Great bird photos (as always!) That nut-hatch shot is a work of art!

And what a fun, "happy accident" that wedding photo-op had to be for you :)

gessman Loc: Colorado

Thanks tilde! And no doubt the photo-op was for me. The forces of evil are bound and determined to make a liar out of me yet. :roll: