I made another trip to Cache Valley yesterday searching for the Snowy Owl, which at this point hasn't been reported for almost a week. Perhaps he has gone north with the slight hint of warming temps. I spent hours in the haze over the wetlands--the sun trying to shine through made the scene almost blindingly bright. I took no pictures of the hundreds of geese, nor the ducks, hawks, larks, or heron. Instead I took only shots of the bleak yet beautiful landscape all around me.
Going through my photos later, I found two I had taken of two sides of the same tree. On a whim I tried fitting them together, and they joined almost seamlessly. I could not have aligned two scenes more perfectly if I had tried. And that's what I will share from my trip. Two photos joined side by side to provide a serendipitous panoramic view of the wetlands at the Benson Marina, Cache Valley, Utah.
Today the temperatures are warming still and rain is now falling instead of snow. It will take a long time to melt the four-foot deep piles on the sides of the driveway, but the thaw has finally begun.
Nope, I didn't see the owl, nor the blue jay in Smithfield. I met some nice birders and we exchanged phone numbers in case either of us got lucky spotting the owl. For trips like this, I need some new equipment: a spotting scope.
2 comments:
Huh! You coulda fooled me with that serendipitous tree. Is that a new kind of hybrid?
Haha, some kind of magic photography for sure. How I framed two such pictures that aligned perfectly is beyond me! If I tried the rest of my life, I'd never be able to do it on purpose.
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