"Both photography and art open my eyes to the infinite beauty of nature in her every detail."
~ Kim Moore
Sights of June 2022 - back to the mountains
June 30, 2022
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Last month I wrote about migration and said that, if you missed birds during migration, you had to wait until they returned in the fall to see them. Well, that was not entirely true. If you miss them during migration, you can follow them. My friend and I woke up particularly early one morning to drive up to the San Gabriel Mountains. She did the dr...
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Sights of May 2022 - Understanding Migration
May 31, 2022
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My husband has a t-shirt that he likes to wear that says, "I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you". It has taken me a while to really understand some of the things I have been taught. One of those is bird migration. We are all taught that birds migrate in the spring and the fall. They go north for the summer and then south for t...
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Sights of April 2022 - My Own Private Lockdown
May 01, 2022
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At the end of last month my husband caught COVID. I got tested about four days later, and on April 1, I got back a result of negative. I was feeling rather invincible because of good health and vaccinations. My husband and I were both triple vaxed. I should have known it was April Fools'. That night I developed symptoms and the next morning I teste...
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Sights of March 2022 - Something Comes Along
April 03, 2022
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I had written a very nice blog for March and published it. It had lots of fascinating stories about heterochromia, grunion runs, large flocks of birds at the shore....
And then something comes along. I started to work on next month's blog and deleted the March one entirely, never to be retrieved. Unless you read it in the first two days of April...
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Sights of February 2022 - Getting Out
February 28, 2022
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Are we getting out of the pandemic? Cases are dropping rapidly, but several of my friends recently have
been getting it. Fortunately, they were all boosted and cases were mild. I think we are all ready for it to be over. I am ready to get out farther afield.
I took my first overnight trip to the Salton Sea with a group of friends. The Salton Sea...
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Sights of January 2022 - A Fresh Start
January 31, 2022
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Just two days into the new year and I did some marathon birding, artwork, worked on a jigsaw puzzle, and had a minor plumbing disaster. End of the month much of the same and a catalytic converter stolen. This is probably an indication of how my year will go. January is a particularly good time for birding (when isn't it?), but less so for insects....
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Gelli Print Collage - Becoming an Artist
January 31, 2022
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I strive to be an artist, but find my overly analytic mind sometimes gets in the way of the artist I want to be. I started out with botanical illustration. I so admire illustration and the beauty of it. I have done nature journaling which requires observation, but artistic technique is secondary. This has suited me at times and got me to be a littl...
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Happy New Year - LB100 2022
January 02, 2022
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First sunrise of the new year
Some people like to end the year in celebration and start the new year sleeping in and with perhaps a hangover. I like to end the year going to sleep early with a full night sleep and start the new year with a celebration of birds. For the 5th year in a row, I have organized the LB100. A group of us go out and try t...
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Sights of December 2021 - Another Year Wrapped-up
December 31, 2021
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That's a wrap. Or is it? Just when you think we are getting past COVID, along comes Omicron leading us into the next year. Well, at least 2021 is done.
I ended the year as I usually do, preparing for and participating in the Audubon Christmas Bird Counts (CBC).Christmas bird counts are held by different Audubon chapters in the days around Christma...
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Sights of November 2021 - Just Chill
November 30, 2021
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November in Southern California always starts to have a chill in the air, and it feels like fall and the start of the holiday season. I spent the month with family and friends and just chillin'. Sometimes after pandemics and politics you just need a break. I think that's what's needed for much of the nation.
It was cool enough to drive to Tucson f...
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Sights of October 2021 - Welcome Back
November 01, 2021
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I started the month with a theme of welcome back. Welcome back Fall. Welcome back migrating birds. Welcome back good weather. Welcome back normalcy. But as we got deeper into October, a Halloween theme emerged.
I photographed some spiders. I saw a Noble False Widow hanging outside in daylight. They generally come out at night. As I watched, I saw...
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Sights of September 2021 - New York, New York
September 30, 2021
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This was a busy month. Not only was it full-on migration season, but I went to New York, and I created some short video talks on photographing insects.
Photographing Insects Part 1: https://kimssight.zenfolio.com/blog/2021/9/photographing-insects---part-1
Photographing Insects Part 2: https://kimssight.zenfolio.com/blog/2021/9/photographing-insec...
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Photographing Dragonflies
September 23, 2021
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(See a transcript below)
One of my favorite things to photograph is dragonflies in flight. I love the challenge. I love to watch dragonflies. Not only are they colorful, but their large eyes and behavior make them easy to anthropomorphize and think they have personalities.
The key to photographing them is the same as with all animals. First you...
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Photographing Insects - Part 3 Techniques and Tips
September 06, 2021
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(See a transcript below) Getting the Shot
The old joke goes: A man goes to New York to attend a concert, but gets lost. He spots another man who’s carrying a violin case. “Sir, can you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?” The musician smiles and says, “Practice, practice, practice.”
How do you get to good photos? Practice, practice, practice. Yo...
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Photographing Insects - Part 2 Cameras and Lenses
September 05, 2021
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(See a transcript below)
My Gear
I have often heard something like, ‘You take good pictures, what kind of camera do you use?’ I have a friend who responds to that type of question with, ‘You are a wonderful cook; what kind of stove do you use?’
Cameras
I have used a number of cameras and lenses. I have a Nikon DSLR (digital single-lens reflex c...
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