This is one of the earlier photographs taken with the Panasonix Lumix DZ8 with the 12x optical zoom and 3x lens. It was taken at the end of August. I also enlarged the photo somewhat, but there was enough clarity in the image so that the detail remained.

iwatermark is a cool little program for my macbook that will enable me to use IPTC code to tag the pictures with; although I need to study up on how to use the coding. I need to upgrade to the paid version, which I’ll be doing later on this week. That should get rid of that annoying middle line that says ‘register’.

Since it was very cold today, coupled with the fact that it ALSO happened to be raining, I didn’t get out to Fermilab. I had intended to check out the Buffalo herd and other parts of the large nature preserve in Fermilab’s surrounding area. Somewhat disappointed, I ended up just coming home and looking through the photos I’ve managed to take so far.

There is something spellbinding about these little athletic birds; they’re only 6-8 inches long; they fly nimbly but self assuredly like little F16’s with attitude. While they’re doing that, they manage to catch bugs, either from the surface of the water or simply during dive bombing style flight patterns.

They also crack me up when I get out of my car and start snapping photos because they come in close to watch.