Getting Started

I have several loves---My God, my husband, my family, my country, photography, and nature.  What God has created for us is a beautiful world.  Yes there are problems, but if you look close, you will find beauty in everything. 

I have always beleived that if you can get a good photo of a bird, you have accomplished a lot.  I love to travel and have been to all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico.  I have not traveled abroad.  I am not sure I will.  My very favorite place to vacation is in the Anchorage--Denali area in Alaska.  Denali National Park has to be one of the more beautiful places on earth.  One day we were outside of Anchorage on the Seward Highway and my son-in-law pointed to a bird and told me that it was an eagle.  I lifted my Canon Rebel and took some shots.  The Rebel focused perfectly and this is the photo I got.

I have often wondered about that shot.  I have gone to take pictures of birds in flight before and sometimes the camera  cooperates, but most of the time it does not know what to focus on.  Well, getting that photo really inspired me. 

Below is a photo I got at Eagle River in Alaska.

This is a fovorite of mine.  I call it "Move over."  There were so many eagles there on this one day.  They would fly and you could feel the wind their wings generated.  Her is another photo taken in Eagle River.

I emailed this one to my husband who was home in Michigan and he thought at first that it was photo- shopped until he looked closer.  Another favorite of mine.

We were in Homer, Alaska and my daughter and I were walking on the beach.  We spotted two white heads way in the distance, so we just kept walking.  We got closer and closer to this pair of eagles.  It was incredible.  We were so close that you could hear them chattering to each other.  Here is a picture of the two of them.

For my first blog I am going to post one final picture of an eagle.  I hope you have enjoyed my photos and my commentary.  Please feel free to make comments and follow me.