Audubon Nature Center: March 19th, 2012
The Audubon Nature Center was by far the best trip of the year, so far [edit - definitely the best trip]. The weather gods decided to cooperate and gave us sunny skies and temperatures nearing the mid-80's! It was fantastic to mill about in the woods and feel the warm sun on our faces and backs. The sun certainly posed some issues with exposure settings, but I managed to capture some really neat photos.
The Audubon Center seems to focus around conversation of wildlife, in particular birds and beavers, at least from the knowledge I gained while visiting the site. I wasn't able to capture any great beaver or bird shots, but I got a nice shot of a beaver dam in one of the ponds. As you can tell in this photo I struggled a bit to reduce the lens flare, so instead of trying to go against the light I used a nice post production filter to allow the lens flare to seem wanted within the photo, giving it that kind of old school film camera feel.
Besides the beautiful weather I was able to get my hands wet and catch some of the early signs of spring. I caught a newt, a tadpole and a snake all in the same trip, I felt like a young Steve Irwin! For the rest of this post, I'd really like my photos to do the talking. I am quite proud of many of these photos and I think words will take away from their expression and mood. So I leave the words up to you!
Enjoy the photos!
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