Saturday, November 21, 2009

The Scenic Route

Today provided some nice diffuse light - a light overcast that let lots of soft light through. Perfect for photography, so I took the scenic route to the library and grocery store via the Cliff Walk. There were a bunch of Horned Grebes in their gray, black, and white winter plumage, but they were a bit far offshore, and the telephoto lens was giving me too much grain to make me happy with the shots I got. But this immature male Common Eider got curious and came closer to try and figure out who I was and why I was there.


A little farther along, in front of McAuley Hall in the Salve Regina University stretch of the Cliff Walk, this male Cardinal was having a grand old feast on these Multiflora Rose hips.



And just up the hill from the Chinese Tea House, behind the Marble House (one of Newport's famed 19th century mansions) was this Yellow Sow Thistle gone to seed.


© 2009 by A. Roy Hilbinger

8 comments:

  1. Oh I love that first Cardinal shot. The blur of red on red is so apropos.

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  2. Okay, I admit it. I came over to see if there was a new hat pic. And I wasn't disappointed.

    I really like the dandelion shot!

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  3. I always appreciate your bird pics!

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  4. Red birds, red berries: I envy your landscape!

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  5. I Love The Expression On That Feathered Guy's Face!

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  6. ...love your Red--especially that head-on shot! Perfect...

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  7. Oh, of course it's Italian! French or Italian, it's all Greek to me. (Usually I can recognize a language right away, but in all honesty, I didn't pay much attention to the text, I was giggling so hard. The look on your face is priceless!)

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