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April 29, 2006

Bald Eagle

Today Emma and I went with the FONZ photo club to take pictures of captive birds of prey. All of the birds we saw today were unable to be released back into the wild due to some of their injuries. This bald eagle was hit by a car when she was young and lost sight in her right eye. She was sucessfully rehabilitated and released back in the Alaskan wild. Several years later she was hit by a plane and lost most of her left wing. She now has a permanent home with the Scales & Tales rehabilitation center in Thurmont, Maryland.

I have also uploaded a version of this photo as a destop wallpaper. Feel free to grab it for your own desktop.

Posted by Mark Anderson on April 29, 2006 02:47 PM Permalink

April 19, 2006

Kay's Car Dreams

Several months ago an artist stumbled upon my website and took a liking to a couple of my photographs. She asked for permission to paint a couple of them and I happily agreed.

All I can say is WOW. I really love the result. You can click the following link to view the original version of "Car Dreams." Please visit her website to view all of her wonderful work: Kay Crain.

Posted by Mark Anderson on April 19, 2006 07:27 PM Permalink

April 18, 2006

Chocolate Eggs

Posted by Mark Anderson on April 18, 2006 08:21 PM Permalink

April 12, 2006

Springtime at the Zoo

It is spring break and I took Emma and her friend Elaine to the Catoctin Zoo today. You can tell that spring is here with all the trees starting to sprout new leaves and the grass is turning green again. It is also a time for all the new baby animals to be born.

This mother duck was keeping a close watch on her little ducklings. Little does she know that she just happened to build her nest in the alligator swamp enclosure at the Catoctin Zoo. There are currently no alligators yet and I hope she moves on before the zoo staff brings them back out for exhibit.

Posted by Mark Anderson on April 12, 2006 02:29 PM Permalink

April 6, 2006

Gold Coin

This was a photo I took for a review I did of the Canon 180mm macro lens. You can read my full review at my Canon Photo News website.

Posted by Mark Anderson on April 6, 2006 08:50 AM Permalink

April 5, 2006

Garden Angel

This is another photo using my new 180mm Macro lens. This statue is in my backyard and is about 10 inches tall. I have also created a wallpaper of this photo and placed it at my newly created desktop wallpaper section of my website. I currently have this photo as my desktop background.

Posted by Mark Anderson on April 5, 2006 08:45 AM Permalink

April 4, 2006

Emma's Eyes

On Sunday of this week Emma took some of her birthday money and bought some Rollerblades. I took several pictures and I really liked how this one came out in color. I decided to desaturate and overexpose it in Photoshop. I think her eyes really stand out now.

Posted by Mark Anderson on April 4, 2006 08:00 AM Permalink

April 3, 2006

Closed Tulip

A closeup of a closed tulip bud from Brookside Gardens.

Posted by Mark Anderson on April 3, 2006 08:06 AM Permalink

April 2, 2006

Brookside Cherry Blossoms

This is the other photo that I will be submitting for critique next week. I like this photo because it proves you can use a macro lens for general photography as well. It performs very well as a prime 180mm lens.

Posted by Mark Anderson on April 2, 2006 05:34 PM Permalink

April 1, 2006

Brookside Gardens Tulip

Today I attended a flower and garden photography class at Brookside Gardens. This was my first real field trip with my Canon 180mm Macro lens. The class will continue next Saturday and I will present this photo as one of my selections for critique.

Posted by Mark Anderson on April 1, 2006 05:22 PM Permalink

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