Chickadee Ballet - Friday Feathers

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. ~William Hazlitt

I am fascinated with motion. I thought this little one looked like a ballerina.

Relish Small Pleasures

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

~H. Jackson Brown, Jr

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly - From the archives - August 2010 - Gateway Trail, Blacksburg VA

Friday Feathers - Upward Motion

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.
William Hazlitt

I really like to capture movement in the birds. This little house finch cooperated nicely.

Actually these shots for me are Pure Luck - but I'll take it!

Kate at Chronicles of a Country Girl has caught a LOVELY Chickadee in motion - Check it out: Here And if you aren't following her already - I encourage you to do so. Her images are Fabulous!

There Are No Shortcuts

I am fascinated with the "motion" of birds and I take a LOT of pictures trying to capture them in motion. I have often thought of doing a "bloopers" post to show the zillions of pics I have with maybe one wing in the frame, or just the tail feathers. Most of the time I end up with nothing at all as they've left the frame before I can even get a shot off. It has been VERY hard for me to capture the entire bird in the frame. This is NOT a great picture - BUT - I caught the entire Downy Woodpecker in the shot :) I have posted before of a Red-bellied Woodpecker In Motion - Here and a Female Cardinal in Motion - Here. So I will keep trying to capture the birds in motion - and someday in focus too :)

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. ~Beverly Sills