Weekly Photography Challenge #800 Seasonal Moods!

[Tersha]

Last in our Mood and Atmosphere set … Seasonal Moods!

Make the viewer feel the season in a single frame!

Think about … location, light quality, weather, tone, mood.

Embracing Bad Weather Photography for Awesome Images

Here Are Some Photos To Inspire You To Shoot Landscapes This Autumn Season

[Retired Grunt]

[Pat Garrett]

I feel it – still! @retiredgrunt

[Retired Grunt]

I’ve mowed the yard 3 times now this year, so the dealing with snow is fading 🙂

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Great mood, composition and story RG 🙂

[Retired Grunt]

Hooah, thank you. My wife wanted to snowblow, usually once each season and since the snow wasn’t too deep, this was the day for her, LOL.

[Patrick]

[Patrick]

[Patrick]

[Patrick]

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Stunning series of seasonal photos. Is that a reed that the bird is feeding on Patrick? @patrickw-2  just curious. I have some growing in a small pond in the garden and curious to know more about the reed. Would be great to know if the birds love them 🙂

[Patrick]

Thank you so much Dahlia

Hunting for Hidden Insects (Primary Reason)
Larvae and Grubs Over winter and into early spring, the dense, tightly packed seed heads of bulrushes act as a protective blanket for hibernating insects.
The Target , They are usually hunting for the larvae of specialized insects like the Shy Cosmet moth. These tiny caterpillars spin silk threads inside the stalk, feeding on the inner seeds and remaining protected from the cold.
Visual Cue: When these larvae are active, they cause parts of the bulrush to naturally burst open.

Blue tits are highly curious, intelligent, and acrobatic foragers; they easily spot these loosened tufts and use their sharp beaks to shred the plant further to extract a protein-rich meal.

Gathering Nesting Insulation , Soft Lining: During the spring nesting season, female blue tits seek out exceptionally soft materials to line the deep cup of their nests , Warmth for Eggs The fine, cottony fluff of a shredded bulrush provides superb thermal insulation. They will collect mouthfuls of this downy fiber alongside moss, animal fur, and feathers to keep their eggs and hatchlings warm.

I have a pair right now in the bird box in the yard doing just this very job , i have an old chair waiting for the skip and they have plucked the stuffing from it and also used it in the nest 🙂

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Wow! That’s amazing how everything supports each other in nature. So much information Patrick and thank you for sharing. You must be happy seeing the birds building their nest using the materials in your garden 🙂

[Patrick]

I love to see them doing well , so many animals are under pressure its nice to know we can help in some ways with simple things like nest boxes and freshwater for them :).

 

[Patrick]

[Pat Garrett]

@patrickw-2 WOW. Add 2 more and you’ve got next year’s photo calendar!

[Patrick]

Haha thanks Pat

[Michael]

[Pat Garrett]

@michael – beautiful scene!

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Love the vibrant landscape and the layers Michael 🙂

[Tersha]

Beautiful Micheal, the hay bales finish the scene.

[Stefanie Markham]

[Pat Garrett]

@stef very appropriate. Like the “back light”

[Stefanie Markham]

Thank you!

[Holly K]

There might be a story behind this, like Memorial Day or the Fourth of July.  Very eye-catching.

[Tersha]

[Tersha]

[Pat Garrett]

Both look freezing! I prefer #1, I think – has everything – trail, mountains, water and a setting sun under cloud formations

[Tersha]

Thanks Pat, it was pretty cold that day!

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Love the mood in this photo Diane. Looks very cold! 🙂

[Tersha]

Thanks Dahlia, it was cold!

[Stefanie Markham]

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Such glorious light in the scene Stefanie. Beautiful frame too 🙂

[Stefanie Markham]

Thank you.

[Tersha]

Lovely light and colour, Stefanie.

[Stefanie Markham]

Thank you

[Patrick]

Great tit using one of the nest boxes in the yard

[Tersha]

It must be great seeing them going in and out, have you seen any chicks yet? We have great tits on the feeders, but I haven’t seen their nests.

[Patrick]

Not yet no , i have a few magpies knocking about the garden as well as the crows so they are very busy trying not to draw any attention to themselves i watched a parent watching the box  from a nearby tree for ages until the magpie had left the garden

 

[Tersha]

[Robert Apple]

Very nice Diane.

[Tersha]

[Patrick]

This is a lovely one

[Tersha]

Thanks Patrick.

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Wow! Great mood in these photos Diane 🙂

[Anne Hornsby]

Jackets but flowers…

[Anne Hornsby]

[Holly K]

She is in a happy mood, probably spring.

[Anne Hornsby]

[Holly K]

[Robert Apple]

Spring Ice Storm At 7000 Ft and a B.A.P to boot.

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