Can you bring me one back? A strong male I can take to next weeks meeting with the SS.
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Photo Of The Day - April 2018
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[doublepost=1524775474][/doublepost]I liked the contrast of the spikes and the feathers.
_DSC6845 by apple fanboy1, on FlickrAn outcast from the current weekly theme contest. I got to go into town with a few participants from my Mindful Photography groups the other night.
Not too shabby for a handheld image taken at 1/10 of a second with no image stabilisation on this lens, leaning over the railing, taken whilst on liveview.
Canon 6D, Canon 17-40mm f/4 L, Multi-segment Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 6400, 17mm, f/8, 1/10
Not too shabby for a handheld image taken at 1/10 of a second with no image stabilisation on this lens, leaning over the railing, taken whilst on liveview.
Canon 6D, Canon 17-40mm f/4 L, Multi-segment Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 6400, 17mm, f/8, 1/10
What a privilege to play with such magnificent beasts. Mrs MacRy got to play with a couple of lion cubs through work a few years back and she was astonished at how powerful there were even at 12 weeks old.
Treasure that moment Ken.
Have a suspicion that those things the bug is on are possibly Bird Dropping Spider Egg-sacks! We get them all around our yard, and they have that little hole after the hatchlings have escaped.Same bug as yesterday, but with a bit better lighting and context. Which do you prefer?
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What an experience Ken! Priceless, once in a lifetime stuff! Glad you were able to have it captured to be able to remember it from in later years, and for the family to see too.
Yeah i agree. It was truly amazing but i have now been told my pictures are boring by my friend. Dont know why he chose to say that. "Nice and crisp, boring subject"
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Treasured. Thanks. Tell Mrs MacRy that at 5 months the lion was already locking me down with his dew claw at the base of my skull and sizing my head up (licking) for the kill shot. They are incredible tacticians fascinating to watch.
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Yes! I thought that too! I was surprised because they look fluffy but it is wiry yes. Amazing isnt it?
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Grabbing some spring sunshine while you can (it's raining here again today)...
Not a Care in The World by Hugh Russell, on Flickr
Cheers
Hugh
Not a Care in The World by Hugh Russell, on Flickr
Cheers
Hugh
Paddle boarders at sunset. Taken last night with my iPhone.
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My first attempt at astrophotography at Zion NP last week.
Sunshine? Where? And you need to mow that grass.Grabbing some spring sunshine while you can (it's raining here again today)...
Not a Care in The World by Hugh Russell, on Flickr
Cheers
Hugh
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Not too shabby for a first attempt!
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Beautiful as always.
Ha! That was just after the grass had been cut. It was so long that I did a high cut for the first one.
Cheers
Hugh
Most retirees have a lawn you could putt on!Ha! That was just after the grass had been cut. It was so long that I did a high cut for the first one.
Cheers
Hugh
The boiler house of Zeche Zollverein:
Macro of the petals from a spider mum.
Looking through the waterfall that juts out of part of the main footbridge in town. The glittery bits in the background are from a highly underused and visually disturbing contentious barge that's used for private (very expensive) soirées in what is supposed to be a public area within the cities parklands.
Just realised this one is an even longer handheld image taken with no image stabilisation than yesterdays meagre 1/10 of a second effort, with this one clocking in at 4/10 of a second!
Canon 6D, Canon 17-40mm f/4 L, Multi-segment Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 6400, 40mm, f/9, 4/10 Second
Just realised this one is an even longer handheld image taken with no image stabilisation than yesterdays meagre 1/10 of a second effort, with this one clocking in at 4/10 of a second!
Canon 6D, Canon 17-40mm f/4 L, Multi-segment Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 6400, 40mm, f/9, 4/10 Second
Back in college I spent a summer in Berkeley CA (1990) and went to the San Francisco zoo one day. They had (and still do) a building where they brought all the big cats (lions and tigers) into for feeding. This was before they had their "incidents" and you could get fairly close to the cages (between 6 and 8 feet away if memory serves), the floors of which were raised a foot or two compared to where I was standing. So the cats' heads were about chest height. They closed the doors and brought out fresh meat. The sound of the roars was deafening in the enclosed space and you could feel the bass in your bones. One of the few times in my life I've experienced something akin to primal terror--a momentary feeling where time slowed and I was acutely aware of everything going on around me. And my own insignificant place in the universe.
Obviously not the same as being outside with them sans bars or cages. But I kind of get what you were experiencing. They are awesome creatures (in the truest sense of the word--literally inspiring awe).