Mountain Bluebird
A very rare sighting in my area.
A very rare sighting in my area.
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Photo of the Day December 2015
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Canon T3, 50mm, f1.8, 1/15, ISO400.
I absolutely love this beer, big spruce flavor, nice hop underneath it. This is the ideal Christmas beer if you ask me!
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Stunning, man! Hard to find anything wrong with this picture.Mountain Bluebird
A very rare sighting in my area.
Thank you very much. It's always fun to photograph a celebrity and this bird was a real star around here for the couple days it stopped while on her journey south.
~ Peter
Waiting to take off
Very sharp with great tones...well seen and nicely done.
Granted, but then like Gloria Swanson, you got her when she was "ready for her closeup". Such a beautiful timed shot to capture the fanned feathers, catching the steel blue tones... scoring a 12 on the "1-10 wish I took that picture scale"!
Close up? With his 500mm lens I bet he was a fair distance away.
I'm still trying to decide if I need a 200-500 mm for Christmas. Prices go up in January so I'm a bit tempted.
The only thing putting me off is images like C&A. Not sure I'd get that sharpness and boka with a 5.6 aperture
Here's another one to lighten your spirits (not): must be the dour Scot in me. A little blurred due to wind during long exposure. Comments always appreciated.
All the fun of the fair...2 by another scotsman, on Flickr
All the fun of the fair...2 by another scotsman, on Flickr
If it is going up, then you maybe need to get it...
5.6 is OK no? my issue is I would like to get a 400mm+ and a small aperture would be fine as I am thinking static subjects BUT... I would only use it once in a blue moon (hint) and so cant justify the cost of tooling up for occasional use.
I think you have been talking about this long enough to suggest you need it rather than "fancy it"... there will always be people like C&A to show us what the pinnacle looks like but we have to walk our own paths...
As for the close up, with C&As heavy artillery, he could be quarter mile away and count individual feathers!!!
Waiting to take off
P51C Mustang!
Very different perspective - nice photo!
Cheers,
This is the only way I can make sure I get into a photo at the moment...
Still out of focus though...
Photobomb by Archie Campbell, on Flickr
Still out of focus though...
Photobomb by Archie Campbell, on Flickr
Smoking hardhats by Alex X, on Flickr
I seem to be capturing a lot of folks smoking. My anecdotal experience is more people are smoking than 5 years ago.
Go for it AFB. The 200 – 500mm sounds like a good lens and 5.6 isn't bad at all. The bokeh may not be quite as nice but as we know, there's more to a smooth background that just the lens. I was lucky with the background for the bluebird shot. There was nothing behind the perch for at least 50 metres. Any lens will make that look good.
Besides only crazy people pay the insane price they want for a 500 f/4. Oh wait a minute…
Or people who's wife doesn't see the bank statement!
I'd love a lens like yours, but sadly we are not all employed by Birdwatching monthly like you!
The last of the funfair pics. Comments always appreciated.
All the fun of the fair...3 by another scotsman, on Flickr
All the fun of the fair...3 by another scotsman, on Flickr
Just a random shot of a London Soho backstreet one morning.
