Ted Grussing is a Photographer, Soaring Pilot, Attorney, Custom Jewelry Designer and Caregiver.
Not all days are productive and there are days when I just shoot for the sake of shooting something … this hen dove is one such example.
In this place of golden silence as a great blue heron slips quietly across calm waters at sunset
Stealth Mode: … this Black Hawk has his wings fully extended, max glide ratio and closing in on an unsuspecting target … food for the day soon to be added to his shopping cart.
… I got this shot over the weekend of one of my favorite predators launching an attack on a Gambel’s quail.
This Gambel’s quail was sitting on top of the desert olive bush in the back yard, looking back at One and me and asking the question, “do you really want to try to get me?” well in response I shot him and One was frustrated by her inability to climb up through the safe haven of that bush.
When I took off this morning the smoke was pretty intense, so I pointed the nose up and to the north.
There are few things that can bring a smile to my face more than watching the squirrels in our neighborhood as they bounce their way across the grass … I caught this one in midflight as the back feet have just left the ground and the front are reaching for the next landing spot.
It was an exciting encounter and lasted a total of two or three seconds.
Not long ago I resumed my evening walks and have started getting some shots I like again. I took this one of a javelina who was also on his evening walk … taken up near the green on the 11th hole as I was walking back home down the fairway.
Down the hatch … among humans a way of toasting or celebrating by throwing a drink down your throat ...
