Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Home

by Rick Diffley on February 11, 2013

 

Top Flite Golf Ball
Bird Home

Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Home

This last weekend I was out bicycling on my Specialized Roubaix road bike thinking about this week’s Word Press Photo Challenge: “Home.”

With every photo challenge I really like to pursue and photograph something different, unusual, or unexpected.  To my surprise and delight, I came across a series of unique hand built bird homes on the side of the road.

Today, I returned and took these series of images. All shot with a Nikon D300 using a Tamron 90mm macro lens at f/4 to make sure the background was blurry. Post processing was done use Nikon Capture, since I always shoot in RAW, and finishing up with Nik Software Color Efex for the various effects.

Three Bed Room Two Level Bird Home

 

Hope you enjoy the various hand crafted bird homes for our feather friends (-:

Eight Bed Room Luxury Home

 

As always – Thank you for stopping by and viewing my images. Hoping you were a little surprised and the images brought a smile to your face. Comments are *always* welcomed!

Tagged as: Bird Homes, Hand-Made Bird Homes, How to take better pictures, Unusual Bird Homes

8 comments on “Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Home”

1. Shu @travelographers on February 11, 2013 at 11:02 PM said:

   lovely picts.. detail and sharp..
   nice shot..

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2. Alyshia on February 12, 2013 at 2:49 AM said:

   Good gosh. Someone really has a passion for building little homes for feathery friends. Fantastic shots.

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3. Jessica Bernard on February 12, 2013 at 4:15 AM said:

   My father likes bird houses. I think that it has something to do with his father on the cape always having bird feeders.

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4. Cardinal Guzman on February 13, 2013 at 2:09 AM said:

   Great collection of homes. With the prices these days, this is probably what we’ll have to settle for as well.

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5. Jeff Sinon on February 13, 2013 at 2:57 AM said:

   A nice collection of homes, Rick.

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6. Misky on February 13, 2013 at 9:01 AM said:

   Rick, would you kindly tell me … on the first photo where did you focus?

   Thanks, ~ Misky

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   • Rick Diffley on February 19, 2013 at 7:27 PM said:

     Using my Tamron 90mm macro lens doesn’t leave much leeway for sharp, complete focusing. Here, I was more concerned with making sure the background was blurred which was a tradeoff for a sharper birdhouse image. The focus was the top-flite golf ball on the far left to accompany my title for the image. If I had my 2oomm zoom lens with me, I would have shot a few images with it at a low F/stop to possibly gain a sharp image.

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7. Rick Diffley on February 19, 2013 at 7:23 PM said:

   Behind in my comments. Sorry! Unexpected project popped up.

   Thank you all for taking the time out to stop what you were doing to view and leave a comment. I also look forward to you feedback!

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