Being five days without Internet can drive some mad. Leaving no information to be exchanged or communication to be met. It’s madness! Silliness aside I spent the past week with my family in upstate NY. Being disconnected is definitely a different feeling. However we survive.
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The image above is a three image panorama stitched together using PTGui. Although I was using the Sigma 10-20mm I didn’t like the horizontal wide shot. So I went wide vertically and pulled it all together in post. I didn’t set an axis or a nodal point. I just had it sitting on my tripod and swiveled it via my panning plate on my ballhead.
One of the great parts of being up there is that it seems now there is an annual family of yellow-bellied sapsuckers. Here is a shot showing the difference from the male (right) and female (left.) They take advantage of a trees natural defense by removing it’s bark. As the bark becomes removed in this vertical and symmetrical pattern the tree releases a sweet energetic sap to sustain the birds. Not just the birds enjoy it though. Everyone from insects to squirrels want a taste.
Rudely enough this eastern gray squirrel crashed the party and made the yellow-bellied sapsuckers wait a while before he was done and had his fill. Insects however do enjoy the sap as well. A little justice was paid after taking advantage of all their hard work. A bee kept going for the squirrels face deterring him and eventually forcing him to leave. So much so he almost lost his balance. Don’t want the little guy hurt though. It’s truly amazing how everything is connected. Sometimes something we see as simple as a tree can be a vital resource to so many animals and insects.
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