Is it spring?

It is finally starting to look like spring in Cache Valley.  You can tell it is spring because the flowers all have frost damage on them.  Here are a few of the ones that have weathered the cold - mostly.

Wellsvilles test shoot.

 I want to get a picture of the Wellsville mountains before we head south for the summer but it is still not spring enough for the landscape to look real great.  So I went out for a test shoot today just to scout out a location.  Never did get a good pic of the mountains... but I found some other things.  Enjoy.

There were a few water fowl in the area so I took a few test shots and then sat on the dock waiting for them to come in closer.

They were starting to get into a better range when both they and I heard a rather loud motor in the distance... so they left.

Then the guys and dogs with the motor came by and scared everything else away.

So I had to start shooting things that were not on the water.  Like this... this.... well this thing out in the field.

But I still found the water more interesting and I heard the motor coming back so I went back to the dock out of curiosity. 

Which was a god choice as the guys with the dogs pulled in the boat then took to training their dogs.  Meet Ginger - He was so anxious to get in the water.

Apparently just as anxious to get the water off.

This is Cooper.  Cooper loved the water every bit as much as Ginger.

Cooper wasn't a big fan of watching Ginger chase the target.  But did so obediently.

 

This was the shot I was waiting for. Though I think I just missed it.  I managed to cut off the reflection just a bit unfortunately.

Ah well - it was my first "wild life" shoot.  Learned a few things and had fun doing so - not a bad way to end the day.