Let's Rumble!

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We were setting in the car about 50 feet away from where this scene played out. A few birds were at the feeder having a snack. This squirrel approached slowly. He would take a step, lean in, look around, then take another jump closer. He seemed to be particularly interested in the cardinal that was just out of this frame. This went on for several minutes ... until he spotted me. Game over. He split.

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©2019 Rick Cartwright

I Have Missed You!

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It has been weeks .. no, months since I have photographed a Cardinal. This one was anxious to let me photograph him. Such a beautiful bird.

Native American tradition holds the spiritual belief that spirits, or souls, inhabit the universe and each of its natural elements. The belief that all birds and other animals, known as power or medicine animals, are messengers from the Great Spirit has long been an element of shamanism. Cardinal medicine symbolizes relationships, courtship and monogamy in Native American lore. (Meaning of the red cardinals to the native Americans)

~ Rick

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Clouds And Blue Sky

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We have been getting in a hike every day. I need to capture some video soon. The sky has been amazing.

~ Rick

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Low Sun: Long Shadows

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The sun is not at a low angle and creates some interesting photo opportunites at odd hours of the day. Even at mid-day, it is low on the horizon. This makes shadows very long, and extends the golden hour).

So how low is that sun in the sky? Check out this app: SunCalc

Here is what it can do ... and look that the shadow difference computed in the Jan 5 vs June 22 photo:

SunCalc shows the movement of the sun and sunlight-phase for a certain day at a certain place.

You can change the suns positions for sunrise, selected time and sunset see. The thin yellow-colored curve shows the trajectory of the sun, the yellow deposit shows the variation of the path of the sun throughout the year. The closer a point in the center, the higher the sun above the horizon. The colors in the above time-slider shows the sunlight during the day. The sun on the time slider can be moved by mouse or with the arrow keys of the keyboard

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Rick’s latest technology muse:

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Prints are available for many of the photos on this site on canvas, metal or glass. They are stunning and you can purchase them for a wall at home. Click the link or the ‘prints and such’ tab.

©2019 Rick Cartwright