Photo of the Day - February 2015

[Apple fanboy]

AFB, Scepticalscribe, Florian and MCH-1138...thank you for your kind comments.

AFB, no I don't use a blind. While the thought of a heated blind is very appealing, Snowy Owls are not a bird that you can lay in wait for.

~ Peter

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Snowy Owl at rest:

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Thanks for the info. He looks depressed.

 

[gaswerks]

just outside banff ...

 

[Keleko]

Stone Mountain Lake on a day where the fog never lifted, and the wind did not blow.

 

[kenoh]

Stone Mountain Lake on a day where the fog never lifted, and the wind did not blow.

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That sounds like the opening sentence of a creepy murder mystery story!

Nice moody picture.

 

[lfhdez]

On the Way to Death Valley National Park

Comments & Suggestions always appreciated.

 

[VirtualRain]

 

[needfx]

hi all
been going through a photographers block the past few months + super busy and stuff.
anyhoo, from a a recent trip to The Netherlands, I've gone on a drug induced wacky panorama stint on a ip6

https://flic.kr/p/qZMsMGhttps://www.flickr.com/people/107651264@N04/

You can see the rest here --> Drugsterdam

ps
Sceptical Scribe, I was thinking of you while visiting the Late Rembrandt exposition @Rijksmuseum AND when visiting Hague.

 

[Apple fanboy]

hi all
been going through a photographers block the past few months + super busy and stuff.
anyhoo, from a a recent trip to The Netherlands, I've gone on a drug induced wacky panorama stint on a ip6

[url=https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/16406472858_cb6e8bc9bd_c.jpg]Image[/url]https://flic.kr/p/qZMsMGhttps://www.flickr.com/people/107651264@N04/

You can see the rest here --> Drugsterdam

ps
Sceptical Scribe, I was thinking of you while visiting the Late Rembrandt exposition @Rijksmuseum AND when visiting Hague.

You've been missed. Although that last one messed with my brain!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

AFB, Scepticalscribe, Florian and MCH-1138...thank you for your kind comments.

AFB, no I don't use a blind. While the thought of a heated blind is very appealing, Snowy Owls are not a bird that you can lay in wait for.

~ Peter

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Snowy Owl at rest:

Image

Wow. Outstanding. Superlative photograph.

Seriously, seriously superb. Take a bow - that is brilliant.

Thanks, AFB -- glad to hear your colleagues liked it. Cheers!



Thanks, Oblomow!



Thanks, Cheese&Apple -- I may have to hang up my spurs if you start chasing hummingbirds! I am really enjoying your snowy owl series. The low-contrast shots from the past few days have a stark beauty to them, and I really like the fence posts and composition in today's.



Many thanks, Scepticalscribe -- I find the hummingbirds captivating to watch, even when I am not photographing them. One advantage to having these colorful birds frequenting my yard is that it is a somewhat controlled environment, so I can test different lighting setups, look for different backgrounds to shoot against, etc., and then try something entirely different the next day.



Very nice, AlaskaMoose. I'm with fcortese -- I don't think I'll ever get tired of these Aurora photos. I really like the clouds drifting overhead in this one. I hope to see the Northern Lights in person some day.

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Similar setup for today, but shot against a different background with different lighting ratios...

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Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird (Female or Juvenile) by MCH-1138, on Flickr

D7000 • Nikon 300mm f/4D (AF-S) • 1/250 @ f/11 • 2 Speedlights

Lovely shot, excellent. And, what a real pleasure it is to be greeted with hummingbirds and Snowy Owls both……when one drops in to pay a vista to this thread……Superbly well done, both of you…..

 

[Mike4AU]

D700, Nikkor 105 VR

 

[kallisti]

Another one from the recent spate of blizzards in New England. This one holding my camera at arm's length outside of a window looking out on my deck with the camera aimed blindly orthogonal to my position with a 20mm lens.

 

[AlaskaMoose]

Couldn't agree more. That, or he's just the world's first Snowy Owl tamer.

The only owl whisperer in the world

 

[MCH-1138]

Thanks, AlaskaMoose and Scepticalscribe, for your kind comments.

I decided the hummingbirds deserved a day or two off, so I wandered over to a local field and spent a couple of hours seeing what I could find...


American Kestrel by MCH-1138, on Flickr

D7000 • Nikon 300mm f/4D (AF-S) w/1.4x TC • 1/2000 @ f/8 (Heavily Cropped)

 

[anotherscotsman]

OK, so I lied when I said no more Chicago for a while...Comments always appreciated.


El @ Night 2 by another_scotsman, on Flickr

 

[oblomow]

OK, so I lied when I said no more Chicago for a while...Comments always appreciated.

Liar!!

 

[Apple fanboy]

Another one from last weekend. Looks like tomorrow might be a wash out so not sure if I'll get to take any this weekend.

_DSC8618 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

 

[Doylem]

A quiet corner of Christchurch...

 

[someoldguy]

Bit of ice on the Hudson yesterday ….

7D , 18-135 @ 59 , f8@1/1000 , ISO 100

 

[lfhdez]

Desert, Mountains, and Sky.

Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes @ Death Valley National Park.


Comments appreciated.

 

[r.harris1]

Huge fan of starlings. The composition and indeed the entire image could have obviously been better had I been quicker on my toes, but I love the personality of the bird on the right.

USA_CO_NIKON D300S_2324 by eRayHarrison, on Flickr

 

[AlexH]

my rainy day pastime by ALXPhotog, on Flickr

 

[AlaskaMoose]

OK, so I lied when I said no more Chicago for a while...Comments always appreciated.

[url=https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8672/16413428229_b2896b9240_c.jpg]Image[/url]
El @ Night 2 by another_scotsman, on Flickr

Great shot!

 

[needfx]

https://flic.kr/p/rhku8phttps://www.flickr.com/people/107651264@N04/

 

[kenoh]

Took a wander today

Today took a wander through the Necropolis in Glasgow. Happy with some of the results.

 

[Joe King]

Beautifully taken shot, gorgeous composition and lighting. Where exactly in Dublin was it taken? (I know Dublin pretty well).

Thanks! It's taken in the grounds of the Department of Education on Marlborough Street.

Another Government Department:

Industry & Commerce by picturesbyJOE, on Flickr