No matter what we humans do

Nature has to have her say.

Street art on a garage in downtown Reno.

Three on the wing

While out front yesterday evening I managed to capture these three flitting from their perches on some dried-out tumbleweeds and branches.

Desert Creatures: Out of hibernation

It has gotten consistently warm enough that the desert lizards are coming out of hibernation. I found this handsome male Yellow-Backed Spiny Lizard bopping around out front yesterday evening. Here he is sunning himself on a rock under the Russian Olives we use as a windbreak.

He is a BIG boy.

He got tired of the crazy lady with the camera and scooted into the Aussie tree.. Still, he wasn’t too skittish and I was able to get pretty close. I love the turquoise on his throat and abdomen. I am also fascinated by lizard mouths.

A peek at Crystal Peak Park

A few more from yesterday’s shoot at Crystal Peak Park in Verdi, NV.

A few of our photographers . . .

Gone Fishing

I participated in my first local photographers’ group shoot today at Crystal Peak Park in Verdi (about four miles from the California-Nevada border west of Reno).

I wasn’t very lucky with capturing any wildlife, but there were plenty of bipedal creatures to photograph.

After Dinner

Same plant, different camera, different time of evening. (40mm, ISO100, f/10, 1/100s)

Cement Plant Redux

This cement plant in Fernley fascinates me. Shot this evening using Hipstamatic for iPhone.

While waiting for my students to appear

I should have known better. Tomorrow is Easter. They probably thought I wasn’t going to be there. While waiting for them to show, I headed out to shoot the bus yard and the surrounding area.