Photo Of The Day July 2020

[Hughmac]

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Cheers

Hugh

 

[stillcrazyman]

A Limpkin bird, looking for snails.

 

[tizeye]

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

 

[Susurs]

Near lakeside.

 

[fcortese]

Ok, just one more. Bleu Horses. Kemp Hill. Outside of Three Forks Montana.

 

[MacNut]

From last week.

 

[AllergyDoc]

My youngest getting his nose cleaned.

 

[fauxtog]

Yesterday’s shot with Xs edited in lightroom mobile.

 

[Clix Pix]

This wind is mussing my feathers....

 

[Micky Do]

Fish feeding @ Kata Yai Beach, Phuket, Thailand.

Snapped with an Olympus TG 310

 

[Hughmac]

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Near lakeside.

This wind is mussing my feathers....

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Stop taunting me with heron photos please

Herons and hawks are the main reason I bought the 150-600mm, and I haven't seen either since the purchase - I know where they hang out but they simply won't come out and play for me!

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Clix Pix]

No hawks around here (thank goodness!) but for me it's an easy walk down the boardwalk to where Alfred is likely to be either standing in the water catching his lunch or sometimes, as yesterday, standing on the rocks at the foot of the lake watching for prey..... Where I have trouble is trying to capture smaller birds such as cardinals or red-winged blackbirds and others -- they move too fast and by the time I get the camera to my eye they're gone.

 

[Hughmac]

There is at least one breeding pair of Marsh Harriers about 8 miles from our village (quite rare, medium size raptors), and one of the largest heronries in the UK about 4 miles away. The Grey Herons from there fish in the River Medway nearby, so there's really no excuse for me to miss them

The smaller native birds are very fast and seem to flit off as soon as they spot a camera lens, but I've had some success with them.
I'm going to be building a better bird bath for them in the garden and hopefully will get some better shots from our conservatory once they get used to the bath and the camera.

Cheers

Hugh

 

[dmb8021]

 

[stillcrazyman]

Dragonfly just out of range. Maybe time to buy a longer lens.

 

[akash.nu]

Cornwall, one of the most beautiful coastline in the UK.

 

[mrsmith1]

Family of swans in a local canal.

 

[Hughmac]

We made it to the local beach yesterday, and it gave me the chance to try out my 'new' (2010) Sigma 10-20mm 3.5.
Much to my surprise it works great on the Z 50, which is quite picky on older non-Nikon lenses.



Cheers

Hugh

 

[tizeye]

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Two for the price of one on the insects today. The zinnias are ready, now I’m just waiting for the butterflies to arrive and really give this 40-150 a workout.

This is a soldier beetle (with an ant incoming). I have fond memories of the soldier beetle, as I did a field experiment back in an ecology class back in college on this species. We captured and measured their lengths to see if, um, size mattered when it came to mating. If I recall right, there was no correlation between a beetle’s body length and if he found a mate.

 

[Clix Pix]

 

[fauxtog]

Xs portrait mode, edited in photos app

 

[AllergyDoc]

And they mean it…

 

[Clix Pix]

Now THAT's different! Cool shot!