Desert wild life viewing area
Oct 24, 2018 18:39:04 #
The city of Henderson NV (10 miles from Las Vegas) developed the old toxic effluent ponds from a WW2 magnesium plant into a wild life and bird viewing area. Yesterday my daughter and son in law took me there for a little excursion so I could try out my Sony RX10IV somewhere other than sitting on my back porch. With a reservation you may be driven around the paths in a golf cart. Here are some of the various birds etc. that I saw. All are JPEGs....am just learning to shoot manual shutter and aperture with auto ISO. Thanks for looking and any comments pro or con. At age 92 l have developed a thick skin!!
They drove me here.
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The streaks are a reflection of the tall growth on the bank behind him. Egret is somewhat blown out...still learning.
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Birds on the rocks. Guess they don’t like to get their feet wet.
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Drove by a buttrtfly on top of a bush about 15 feet away....heavily cropped.
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Photo finish...he beat her by a nose (beak?)..
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We saw these unidenfified animals strolling by one of the ponds.
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Turtles like to sit on rocks too.
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More big white birds. The end.
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Very nice images. When I see responsible reclamation of mined land, or reclamation of processing effluent....and know there was a need for the mining/processing....it makes me happy. I live in west-central Florida where phosphate is strip mined. The companies in our area do an outstanding job of restoring the habitat to better than original when they are finished. The final projects attract abundant varieties of wildlife, and are wonderful to visit.
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Nice photos. Apparently turtles like to stand on rocks and swim upside down underwater.
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Oct 26, 2018 00:30:45 #
Thanks, photo artist, for your constructive criticism. I will post a few more in a couple of days and will try to improve. I learn from my mistakes. Could have done with out the “ouch” though....I really wasn’t trying to hurt anyone.
Kent
Kent
Oct 26, 2018 10:27:39 #
Sorry. It was a visceral reaction.
ditchdigger wrote:
Thanks, photo artist, for your constructive criticism. I will post a few more in a couple of days and will try to improve. I learn from my mistakes. Could have done with out the “ouch” though....I really wasn’t trying to hurt anyone.
Kent
Kent
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