Swan Pond

The Columbus Zoo's trumpeter swans have a new pond. I have pictures of the old one, taken from about the same spot in different months over a couple of years.

April 19, 2021

June 27, 2022

October 18, 2021

November 15, 2021

November 29, 2021

January 23, 2023 

Frozen

It seems to me that macro photographers mostly want to take pictures of bugs, flowers, and drops of water. I've had some success with bugs but only failure with drops of water. I did okay with frozen drops, though.

A frozen water droplet at the tip of a blue spruce twig

It's not fabulous, but I'm happy with it.

I no longer remember why, but I snapped a picture with the latest phone from Apple of which I'm aware: an iPhone 7.

It's not a macro shot, but I like it. A lot. The needles are too dark for a blue spruce, but it's a pleasing image. Here's approximately the same shot from my camera. The color of the needles is pretty accurate.

So...

The droplet, -1.0 exposure value

 

As with the eagle, I didn't make a mistake, but the picture is improved by taking out one stop of brightness. The original photo matches what I saw, but the manipulated image is more pleasing. The next time I take a picture like this, I'll use -1.0 exposure compensation.

Man, this food is dry.

African grey parrot: Same ol' yellow stuff. It tastes okay, but it is soooo dry.

OK. What if I get some in my beak...

turn around...

and work my way over to the water dish? Gotta hang on with my beak without losing the goods.

Strrrrech my right foot... almost there.

Aaaah. After the yellow stuff soaks a little while it goes down easy.