Show Your Snaps...August 8, 2022

This is the weekly Show Your Snaps thread where we invite you to show your own snapshots or even choice pictures. I'll be sure to comment about your photos, if you choose to share.

When you are posting your own images please submit them as a reply to this post. Otherwise your pictures may be overlooked. You might also consider describing your pictures in the subject title. See my own photos for this week as a reply.

Remember it's all about the enjoyment of taking pictures regardless of what we have. We can learn from each other and it's fun to share too. Thanks everyone for your participation.

This is open to all camera systems and skill levels.

Last Saturday, I saw this Green Heron. I only had this one opportunity. They have been extremely difficult for me to capture in the past (when I can see them). The lighting was really bad.  I was shooting into the sunny light, but the heron hid behind this rock.  It flew off shortly after I got this one.  The Great Blue Heron was also difficult, because I had to wait for a long time for it to move away from the shoreline of this lake before I got this one I liked.  Otherwise, there were too many distracting elements.

I've got tons of other photos from my vacation. I may submit them this week or the next. I've still been extremely busy.

Photo No. 1 - Green Heron

Photo No. 2 - Great Blue Heron

Thanks Don.  Taking pictures of the herons was also difficult because it was so hot.  It's generally in an area without a lot of trees, so there was only a little shade too (to keep cool).  But sometimes I get lucky at this location.  It's where I found the hawk perched a few weeks ago that I first thought was a juvenile bald eagle.

Thanks.  It's rare for me to see the green herons too.  Some years, I don't see them at all.

I just love seeing these photos of old English villages and architecture. They are unique from our perspective for us living in the "New World".  That's a nice capture of the flower growing in the wild.  I don't remember seeing anything like it.

Here's one photo of Mt. Shasta  while I was on vacation.  It's over 14,000 feet in elevation.

I have so many pictures of my trip, but haven't had the time to go through all of them.  Then right after vacation, I went to a number of different events.  I have even more pictures.  I think I got ahead of myself.  But hey, it's summer and lots of things are going on.

I like this one because I was able to capture a portion of the truck on the right side.  It was taken directly from our car as we traveled along the highway.  I was the passenger.

Here's a couple of photos of the lazy days of summer.  It was taken along the Truckee River in Northern California this past July.  Doesn't that look like fun?

Thanks for the reply. That's nice to know that you had hiked up to the top. When I was high up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at night, I remembered seeing all of those stars. There was very little light pollution so I got to see all of that amazing beauty.

Thanks. It turned out pretty good taken through the windshield. I did take a lot of other pictures from the car. When someone else is driving, it's great to be able to play with the camera.