Thank you. Those are powerful words and I am glad that you find a positive purpose in the photos. I, too, am awed by the beauty that I find in my front yard. I find myself pausing in the my current endeavor and just putting my screen saver on with music to take my mind away for a moment.
Even better are the surprises that come when you download to the computer and see things that you didn't see through the lens....like these Red Tail Hawks. This pair has raised several families in our valley. They were doing an aireal ballet yesterday afternoon and as they passed high overhead, I took photos. Here is the photo before zooming in....what I saw.
When I zoomed in on the computer, I could see that he (The male has the feather gap) was carrying a twig or straw to take back to their nest site. Both birds had material in their beaks. At this point, he is in a high and shallow dive back the nest.
